4th WBFJA Award

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4th WBFJA Awards
Date13 jan 2020
Highlights
Best Film Nagarkirtan
Best Direction Kaushik Ganguly
Best Actor Riddhi Sen
Best Actress Subhashree Ganguly
  • WBFJA Awards
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The 4th ceremony of West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award, Honoring best movies of the past year took place on Jan 14, 2020. [1] [2]

Contents

Nagarkirtan became the most awarded movie of the ceremony winning 8 awards including Best Film, Best Actor & Best Director [3] [4]

Winners & Nominations

Best Film

TitleDirectorProducersStudio
Nagarkirtan Kaushik Ganguly Snigdha Basu Acropoliis Entertainment
Vinci Da Srijit Mukherji Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni Shree Venkatesh Films
Kedara Indraadip Dasgupta Samiran DasKaleidoscope
Ghawre Bairey Aaj Aparna Sen Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni Shree Venkatesh Films
Urojahaj Buddhadeb Dasgupta Amy Ghosh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dagupta Productions
Tarikh Churni Ganguly Suparnokanti KaratiOpera Movies

◆ Other Best Film Winners

Best Director

NameTitle
Kaushik Ganguly Nagarkirtan
Srijit Mukherji Vinci Da
Aparna Sen Ghawre Bairey Aaj
Dhrubo Banerjee Durgeshgorer Guptodhon
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Urojahaj
Churni Ganguly Tarikh

◆ Other Best Director Winners

Best Actor

NameTitle
Riddhi Sen Nagarkirtan
Ritwick Chakraborty Nagarkirtan
Rudranil Ghosh Vinci Da
Prosenjit Chatterjee Drishtikone
Shiboprosad Mukherjee Konttho
Kaushik Ganguly Kedara

◆ Other Best Actor Winners

Best Actress

NameTitle
Subhashree Ganguly Parineeta
Koneenica Banerjee Mukherjee Dar Bou
Anashua Majumdar Mukherjee Dar Bou
Raima Sen Tarikh
Paoli Dam Sanjhbati

◆ Other Best Actress Winner

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

NameTitle
Rudranil Ghosh Kedara
Shubhomoy Chatterjee Mahalaya
Anirban Bhattacharya Finally Bhalobasha
Anjan Dutt Surjo Prithibir Chardike Ghore
Jisshu Sengupta Mahalaya

◆ Other Best Actor in a Supporting Role Winners

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

NameTitle
Lily Chakravarty Sanjhbati Tied
Sudipta Chakraborty Jyestoputro
Rituparna Sengupta Mukherjee Dar Bou
Swastika Mukherjee Shah Jahan Regency
Daminee Benny Basu Jyestoputro

◆ Other Best Actress in a Supporting Role Winners

Best Promising Director

NameTitle
Indraadip Dasgupta Kedara
Pritha Chakroborty Mukherjee Dar Bou
Shieladitya Moulik Sweater
Sudipto Roy Kia and Cosmos
Sayantan Ghosal Jawker Dhan
Pradipta bhattacharyaRajlokkhi O Shrikanto

Best Promising Actor

NameTitle
Sayan GhoshRajlokkhi O ShrikantoTied
Suprabhat Das Finally Bhalobasha

Best Promising Actress

NameTitle
Tuhina Das Ghawre Bairey Aaj
Anuradha Mukherjee Sweater
Ritwika Pal Kia and Cosmos
TitleDirector
Durgeshgorer Guptodhon Dhrubo Banerjee
Konttho Shiboprosad Mukherjee & Nandita Roy
Gumnaami Srijit Mukherji
Mitin Mashi Arindam Sil
Professor Shonku O El Dorado Sandip Ray
Sanjhbati Leena Gangopadhyay
NameTitle
Dev Sanjhbati Tied
Prosenjit Chatterjee Gumnaami
Abir Chatterjee Durgeshgorer Guptodhon
Rituparna Sengupta Ahaa Re
Anirban Bhattacharya Ghawre Bairey Aaj
Koel Mallick Mitin Mashi

Best Actor in a Negative Role

NameTitle
Ritwick Chakraborty Vinci Da
Ritabhari Chakraborty Shesh Theke Shuru
Jisshu Sengupta Ghawre Bairey Aaj
Rahul Banerjee Rajlokhi O Srikanto

Best Actor in a Comic Role

NameTitle
Anirban Bhattacharya Bibaho Obhijaan
Amit Saha Buro Sadhu

Best Screenplay

NameTitle
Kaushik Ganguly Nagarkirtan
Churni Ganguly Tarikh
Srijato Kedara
Srijit Mukherji Gumnaami
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Urojahaj

Best Cinematographer

NameTitle
Subhankar Bhar Kedara
Soumik Haldar Gumnaami
Ashim BoseUrojahaj
Ranjan Palit Purba Paschim Dakshin
Shirsha Ray Nagarkirtan

Best Editor

NameTitle
Subhajit Singha Nagarkirtan
Subhajit Singha Tarikh
Pranoy Dasgupta Gumnaami
Sujay Dutta roy Kedara
Sanglap bhowmik Mitin Mashi

Best Art Director

NameTitle
Shibaji Pal Gumnaami
Shibaji Pal Vinci Da
Ranajit Gharai Kedara
Tanmoy Chakroborty Mukhomukhi

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