7th WBFJA Award

{{Infobox film awards

|number=5

|award=WBFJA Awards

| awarded_for = Excellence in Indian Bengali cinema

| announced_date = Nominations: {{Start date|2024|1|4|df=y}}

| presented_date = {{Start date|2024|1|14|df=y}}

| date = 14 January 2024

| site =

| 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|next=8th|year=2022-2023

| website = {{URL|https://wbfja.com/award.php|WBFJA}}

}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Nominations 2024 - Cinemar Somabarton: Welcome to the official website of Cinemar Somabarton |url=https://cinemarsomabarton.com/nominations-2024.php |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=cinemarsomabarton.com}}{{Cite web |title=Award 2024 - Cinemar Somabarton: Welcome to the official website of Cinemar Somabarton |url=https://cinemarsomabarton.com/award-2024.php |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=cinemarsomabarton.com}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=শেষ পাতা-র বাজি! WBFJA-তে পুরস্কার পেল দশম অবতার, সেরা অভিনেতা দেব না প্রসেনজিৎ |url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/wbfja-award-2023-award-best-actor-prosenjit-chatterjee-dev-got-most-popular-actor-see-full-list-31705285585673.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Hindustantimes Bangla |language=bn}}

Superlatives

class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;" \|+Multiple wins ! Awards !! Film
7 \|Shesh Pata
3 \|Dawshom Awbotaar
2 \|Aaro Ek Prithibi, Pradhan

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|+Multiple wins

! Awards !! Film

|Shesh Pata

|Dawshom Awbotaar

|Aaro Ek Prithibi, Pradhan

Winners & Nominees

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! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\|Best Film ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\| Best Director
valign="top" \| *Shesh Pata* – Friends Communication Ardhangini – Surinder Films Maayakumari – Camellia Productions Mayar Jonjal – Views and Visions and Indranil Roychowdhury Films \| valign="top" \| Atanu Ghosh – *Shesh Pata* Arindam Sil – Maayakumari Indranil Roychowdhury – Mayar Jonjal Kaushik Ganguly – Palan
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\| Best Actor ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\| Best Actress
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| 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
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\|Best Supporting Actor ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\| Best Supporting Actress
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Ananya Sen – Dilkhush as Putul Anindita Bose – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Ayesha Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\| Best Actor in a Negative Role ! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"\| Best Actor in a Comic Role
valign="top" \| 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 \| valign="top" \| Sohag Sen – *Love Marriage* Ashim Roychowdhury – Daal Baati Churma Chacchori Rajatava Dutta – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo Ranjit Mullick – Love Marriage
style="background:#FFAA00;" colspan=6\|Debut Awards
colspan=1 style="background:#EEDD82;"\|Most Promising Actor ! colspan=1 style="background:#EEDD82;"\|Most Promising Actress
colspan=1; valign=top\| Biswajit Sarkar – *Shibpur* Soumya Mukherjee – Mitthye Premer Gaan Ujan Chatterjee – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo \|colspan=1; valign=top\| Tasnia Farin – *Aaro Ek Prithibi* Aishwarya Sen – Dilkhush
colspan=2 style="background:#EEDD82;"\|Most Promising Director
colspan=2; valign=top\| Aritra Sen – *Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E* Paroma Neotia – *Mitthye Premer Gaan*

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! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|Best Film

! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|

Best Director

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Shesh Pata – Friends Communication
Ardhangini – Surinder Films
Maayakumari – Camellia Productions
Mayar Jonjal – Views and Visions and Indranil Roychowdhury Films

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Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata
Arindam Sil – Maayakumari
Indranil Roychowdhury – Mayar Jonjal
Kaushik Ganguly – Palan

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Actor

! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Actress

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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

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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

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|Best Supporting Actor

! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|

Best Supporting Actress

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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

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Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen
Ananya Sen – Dilkhush as Putul
Anindita Bose – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Ayesha
Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"| Best Actor in a Negative Role

! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|

Best Actor in a Comic Role

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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

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Sohag Sen – Love Marriage
Ashim Roychowdhury – Daal Baati Churma Chacchori
Rajatava Dutta – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo
Ranjit Mullick – Love Marriage

style="background:#FFAA00;" colspan=6|Debut Awards

colspan=1 style="background:#EEDD82;"|Most Promising Actor

! colspan=1 style="background:#EEDD82;"|Most Promising Actress

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Biswajit Sarkar – Shibpur
Soumya Mukherjee – Mitthye Premer Gaan
Ujan Chatterjee – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo

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Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi
Aishwarya Sen – Dilkhush

colspan=2 style="background:#EEDD82;"|Most Promising Director

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Aritra Sen – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E

Paroma Neotia – Mitthye Premer Gaan

=Popular Choice Awards=

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style="background:#EEDD82;"\| Most Popular Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;"\| Most Popular Actor
**Pradhan* – Dev Entertainment Ventures *The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan* – Shree Venkatesh Films Bagha Jatin – Dev Entertainment Ventures Dawshom Awbotaar – Shree Venkatesh Films Raktabeej – Windows Production \| Dev – *Pradhan* as Deepak Pradhan Anirban Chakrabarti – The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan as Eken Babu Mimi Chakraborty – Raktabeej as Sanjukta Mitra Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Prosenjit Chatterjee – Dawshom Awbotaar as Prabir Roy Chaudhury

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style="background:#EEDD82;"| Most Popular Film

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=Music Awards=

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style="background:#EEDD82;"\| Best Music ! style="background:#EEDD82;"\| 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
style="background:#EEDD82;"\| Best Male Playback Singer ! style="background:#EEDD82;"\| 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

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style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Music

! style="background:#EEDD82;"| 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

style="background:#EEDD82;"| Best Male Playback Singer

! style="background:#EEDD82;"| 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

Category:West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards

Category:Indian awards