7th WBFJA Award explained

Number:	5
Award:	WBFJA Awards
Awarded For:	Excellence in Indian Bengali cinema
Announced Date:	Nominations:
Date:	14 January 2024
Organiser:	West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (WBFJA)
Best Film:	Shesh Pata
Best Direction:	Atanu Ghosh
Best Actor:	Prosenjit Chatterjee
Best Actress:	Churni Ganguly Swastika Mukherjee
Last:	6th
Year:	2022-2023

7th Edition of The WBFJA Award, also known as Cinemar Samabartan (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) took place on 14 January 2024 honoring the best films of 2023.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Superlatives

Multiple wins! Awards !! Film

7	Shesh Pata
3	Dawshom Awbotaar
2	Aaro Ek Prithibi, Pradhan

Winners and Nominees

Jury Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Shesh Pata – Friends Communication Ardhangini – Surinder Films Maayakumari – Camellia Productions Mayar Jonjal – Views and Visions and Indranil Roychowdhury Films	Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Arindam Sil – Maayakumari Indranil Roychowdhury – Mayar Jonjal Kaushik Ganguly – Palan
Best Actor	Best Actress
Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Abir Chatterjee – Maayakumari as Kanan Kumar Anjan Dutt – Palan as Anjan Sen Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed	Churni Ganguly – Ardhangini as Subhra Chatterjee Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas Arunima Ghosh – Maayakumari as Aruna / Rooni Gargi Roychowdhury – Shesh Pata as Medha Roy Rituparna Sengupta – Maayakumari as Maayakumari
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kaushik Ganguly – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Shrikanta Munshi Ambarish Bhattacharya – Kaberi Antardhan as Amiyo Bhattacharya Indrasish Roy – Maayakumari as Film Director Kaushik Sen – Kaberi Antardhan as Mrinmoy Ghosh Vikram Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Saunak	Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Ananya Sen – Dilkhush as Putul Anindita Bose – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Ayesha Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafizur-Chatterjee
Best Actor in a Negative Role	Best Actor in a Comic Role
Jisshu Sengupta – Dawshom Awbotaar as Biswarup Bardhan Anirban Chakrabarti – Pradhan as Jatileshwar Mukherjee Kharaj Mukherjee – Shibpur as Tapan Barik Prosenjit Chatterjee – Kaberi Antardhan as Arghya Kamal Sen	Sohag Sen – Love Marriage as Dipanjan's grandmother Ashim Roychowdhury – Daal Baati Churma Chacchori Rajatava Dutta – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo Ranjit Mullick – Love Marriage
Debut Awards
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Biswajit Sarkar – Shibpur Soumya Mukherjee – Mitthye Premer Gaan Ujan Chatterjee – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo	Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi Aishwarya Sen – Dilkhush
Most Promising Director
Aritra Sen – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E Paroma Neotia – Mitthye Premer Gaan

Music Awards

Best Music	Best Background Score
Bickram Ghosh – Maayakumari Anupam Roy – Ardhangini Anupam Roy –Dawshom Awbotaar Kuntal De, Ranajoy Bhattacharjee and Soumya Rit – Mitthye Premer Gaan	Debojyoti Mishra – Shesh Pata Amit Chatterjee – Shibpur Joy Sarkar – Niharika Neel Dutt – Palan Prabuddha Banerjee – Kaberi Antardhan
	Best Female Playback Singer
Anupam Roy – "Ami Sei Manushta Aar Nei" – Dawshom Awbotaar Anirban Bhattacharya – "Bibagi Phone" – Dilkhush Arijit Singh – "Jiya Tui Chhara" – Biye Bibhrat Manomoy Bhattacharya – "Chokher Jole" – Maayakumari	Iman Chakraborty – "Alada Alada" – Ardhangini Antara Mitra – "Jani Okaron" – Fatafati Madhubantii Bagchi – "Modhu Mashe" – Maayakumari Shreya Ghoshal – "Toka Dile Bhenge Jabe" – Manobjomin

References

1. Web site: Nominations 2024 - Cinemar Somabarton: Welcome to the official website of Cinemar Somabarton . 2024-02-02 . cinemarsomabarton.com.
2. Web site: Award 2024 - Cinemar Somabarton: Welcome to the official website of Cinemar Somabarton . 2024-02-02 . cinemarsomabarton.com.
3. Web site: 2024-01-15 . শেষ পাতা-র বাজি! WBFJA-তে পুরস্কার পেল দশম অবতার, সেরা অভিনেতা দেব না প্রসেনজিৎ . 2024-02-02 . Hindustantimes Bangla . bn.