6th WBFJA Awards explained

Number:	5
Award:	WBFJA Awards
Awarded For:	Excellence in Indian Bengali cinema
Announced Date:	Nominations:
Date:	8 January 2023
Organiser:	West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (WBFJA)
Best Film:	Dostojee Aparajito
Best Direction:	Anik Dutta
Best Actor:	Dev Ritwick Chakraborty
Best Actress:	Gargi Roychowdhury
Last:	6th
Next:	7th
Year:	2022-2023

6th Edition of The WBFJA Award, also known as Cinemar Samabartan (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) took place on 8 January 2023 honoring the best films of 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Superlatives

Multiple wins! Awards !! Film

8	Aparajito
6	X=Prem
5	Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Dostojee
4	Projapoti

Winners and Nominees

Jury Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Aparajito – Friends Communication Dostojee – Katha Talkies The Holy Conspiracy – Walzen Media Works Private Limited Ballabhpurer Roopkotha – Shree Venkatesh Films Jhilli – Goutam Ghose Associates Lokkhi Chele – Windows Production	Anik Dutta – Aparajito Dhrubo Banerjee – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Kaushik Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Parambrata Chatterjee – Abhijaan Raj Chakraborty – Habji Gabji Srijit Mukherji – X=Prem
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dev – Projapoti as Joy Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty – Ananta: The Eternal as Mr. Shuvo Arjun Chakraborty – X=Prem as Arnab Bratya Basu – Jhora Palok as Jibanananda Das Parambrata Chatterjee – Habji Gabji as Aditya Basu Riddhi Sen – Bismillah as Bismillah a.k.a Bishu	Gargi Roy Chowdhury – Mahananda as Mahananda Bhattacharya Arpita Chatterjee – Hridpindo as Aarja Sohini Sarkar – Ananta: The Eternal as Ms. Mishtu Subhashree Ganguly – Boudi Canteen as Poulami Swastika Mukherjee – Shrimati as Shrimati
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Shyamal Chakraborty – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Manohar Ambarish Bhattacharya – Lokkhi Chele as Joy Mitra Kharaj Mukherjee – Kishmish as Govinda Chatterjee (Goblu) Prantik Banerjee – Hridpindo as Rick Rudranil Ghosh – Abhijaan as Rabi Ghosh	Paoli Dam – Byomkesh Hatyamancha as Sulachana Anashua Majumdar – Boudi Canteen as Poulami's mother-in-law Anjana Basu – Kishmish as Pubali Chatterjee Sneha Chatterjee – Bismillah as Safeena Tanusree Chakraborty – Abar Kanchanjungha as Ruchira
Best Actor in a Negative Role	Best Actor in a Comic Role
Chandan Sen – Tirandaj Shabor as Pareshnath Chakraborty Anirban Chakrabarti – Kakababur Protyaborton as Amal Dey Gaurav Chakrabarty – Bismillah as Shibu Indrasish Roy – Lokkhi Chele as Rajat Ray Rahul Banerjee – Abar Kanchanjungha as Devesh	Debraj Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Sanjiv Basu Kharaj Mukherjee – Projapoti as Gaur Chakraborty's neighbour Rajatava Dutta – Karnasubarner Guptodhon as Dashanan Daw Rudranil Ghosh – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore as Dutta Sandip Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as B. P. Haldar
Debut Awards
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Jeetu Kamal – Aparajito as Aparajito Roy Anindya Sengupta – X=Prem as Khilaat Arif Shaikh – Dostojee as Safiqul Samontak Dyuti Maitra – Habji Gabji as Anish Basu / Tipu Satyam Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Bhoopati / Raghupati / Ramapati Ujaan Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele as Aamir Hussain	Shruti Das – X=Prem as Joyee Ipsita Mukherjee – Prosenjit Weds Rituparna as Rituparna Solanki Roy – Baba Baby O as Brishti Roy Surangana Bandopadhyay – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Chanda Haldar
Most Promising Director
Anirban Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Prasun Chatterjee – Dostojee Abhinandan Dutta – Ananta: The Eternal Avijit Sen – Projapoti Ishaan Ghose – Jhilli Kumar Chowdhury – Priyo Chinar Pata: Iti Segun Rahool Mukherjee – Kishmish Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti – Kalkokkho Sayantan Mukherjee – Jhora Palok Srimanta Sengupta – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore

Music Awards

Best Music Director	Best Background Score
Saptak Sanai Das – X=Prem Anindya Chatterjee and Anupam Roy – Belashuru Amit-Ishan – Baba Baby O Indraadip Dasgupta – Bismillah Nilayan Chatterjee – Kishmish	Debojyoti Mishra – Aparajito Bickram Ghosh – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Indraadip Dasgupta – X=Prem Subhadeep Guha – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha
Best Male Playback SInger	Best Female Playback Singer
Arijit Singh – "Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Saptak Sanai Das – "Cindrella Mon" – X=Prem Anupam Roy – "Sohage Adore" – Belashuru Arijit Singh – "Abosheshe" – Kishmish Papon – "Kanna" – Kishmish Sonu Nigam – "Mukti" – Kacher Manush	Shreya Ghoshal – "Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Iman Chakraborty, Ananya Bhattacharjee & Upali Chattopadhyay – "Tapa Tini" – Belashuru Mekhla Dasgupta – "Mon Kemoner Janmodin" – Hridpindo Sahana Bajpaie – "Saja Sajao" – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha

Technical Awards

See also

• West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
• Cinema of West Bengal

References

1. Web site: 2023-01-08 . বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ! . 2024-02-03 . Hindustantimes Bangla . bn.
2. Web site: 7th WBFJA Awards 2023 – Nominations . 2024-02-03 . Cinemar Somabarton.