5th WBFJA Award

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2020-2021 WBFJA Awards
Awarded forExcellence in Indian Bengali cinema
Announced onNominations: 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
Presented on16 January 2022 (2022-01-16)
Date16 January 2022
Organised byWest Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (WBFJA)
Official website WBFJA
Highlights
Best Film Borunbabur Bondhu
Best Direction Anik Dutta
Best Actor Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee
Best Actress Aparajita Auddy
  •   4th
  • WBFJA Awards

5th Edition of The WBFJA Award, also known as 'Cinemar Samabartan' (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) will take place on 16 January 2022 honoring best movies of the past two years. [1] [2]

Contents

Theme & Outline

Called 'Cinemar Samabartan' (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films), the festival will have the tag line 'Cinemar Moja Cinemar Hall E' (you can truly enjoy the charm of films by watching on big screen) as the campaign to bring back the audience to the cinema halls and multiplexes which is incomparable with OTT. [2]

Lifetime Achievement

The Lifetime Achievement award for WBFJA 2021 was given to Victor Banerjee.

Winners and Nominees

Best Film

TItleDirectorProducerStudio
Borunbabur Bondhu Anik Dutta Nispal Singh Surinder Films
Dwitiyo Purush Srijit Mukherjee Mahendra Soni, Shrikant Mohta Shree Venkatesh Films
Abyakto Arjun DuttaTarun DasTrina Films, Roop Production & Entertainment
Sraboner Dhara Sudeshna Roy, Abhijit Guha Pradip ChuriwalMacneil Engineering Ltd
Dracula Sir Debaloy Bhattacharya Mahendra Soni, Shrikant Mohta Shree Venkatesh Films

Best Director

NameTitle
Anik Dutta Borunbabur Bondhu
Srijit Mukherjee Dwitiyo Purush
Sudeshna Roy, Abhijit Guha Sraboner Dhara
Debaloy Bhattacharya Dracula Sir
Mainak Bhaumick Cheeni

Best Actor (Male)

NameTitle
Parambrata Chatterjee Dwitiyo Purush
Saswata Chatterjee Chobiyal
Anirban Bhattacharya Dracula Sir
Jeet Asur

◆ Other Best Actor Winners

Best Actor (Female)

NameTitle
Aparajita Adhya Cheeni
Arpita Chatterjee Abyakto
Rituparna Sengupta Parcel
Swastika Mukherjee Guldasta
Rukmini Mitra Switzerland
NameTitle
Anirban Bhattacharya Dwitiyo Purush
Mimi Chakraborty Dracula Sir
Koel Mallick Rawkto Rawhoshyo
TitleDirectorStudio
Dwitiyo Purush Srijit Mukherjee Shree Venkatesh Films
Asur Pavel Bhattacharjee Jeetz Filmworks
Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti Aritra Mukherjee Windows Production
Cheeni Mainak Bhaumick Shree Venkatesh Films

Best Supporting Actor (Male)

NameTitle
Paran Bandopadhyay Borunbabur Bondhu
Rwitobroto Mukherjee Dwitiyo Purush
Padmanabha Dasgupta Sraboner Dhara
Sumanta Mukherjee Saheber Cutlet
Sourav Das Cheeni

Best Supporting Actor (female)

NameTitle
Paoli Dam Love Aaj Kal Porshu
Bidipta Chakroborty Dracula Sir
Soma Chakroborty Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti
Ankita Chakroborty Shironam
Debjani Chatterjee Guldasta

Most Promosing Actress

NameTitle
Ritabhari Chakraborty Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti
Sritama Dey Saheber Cutlet
Madhumita Sarcar Cheeni

Most Promising Director

NameTitle
Arjunn Dutta Abyakto
Aritra Mukherjee Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti
Indranil Ghosh Shironam
Ujjwal Basu Doodhpither Gachh
Souvik KunduSwitzerland

Best Actor in a Negetive Role

NameTitle
Abir Chatterjee Asur
Rudranil Ghosh Dracula Sir
Chandan Roy Sanyal Rawkto Rawhoshyo

Best Actor in a Comic Role

NameTitle
Manasi Sinha Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti
Kanchan Mullick Saheber Cutlet

Best Music Director

NameTitle
Anupam Roy Dwitiyo Purush
Bickram Ghosh Asur
Arindom Chatterjee Love Aaj Kal Porshu
Amit & Ishan Dracula Sir
Anindya Chatterjee Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti

Best Playback Singer (Male)

NameTitleSong
Ishan Dracula Sir "Raat Pohale"
Mohammed Irfan Asur ''Tor hoye jete chai"
Arijit Singh Dwitiyo Purush "Abar Phire Ele"
Dev Arijit Love Aaj Kal Porshu ''Shune Ne"
Ishan Dracula Sir "Shono Ami Abar Jonmo Nebo"

Best Playback Singer (Female)

NameTitleSong
Surangana Bandyopadhyay Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti "Kon Gopone"
Iman Chakraborty Asur "Aami Radha Moto"
Subhamita Banerjee Cheeni"Ki Naamey Daaki"
Lagnajita Chakraborty Cheeni"Tomar Chokher Shitalpati"

Best Lyrics

NameTitleSong
Anindya Chatterjee Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti "Kon Gopone"
Anupam Roy Dwitiyo Purush "Abar Phire Ele"
Ritam Sen Dracula Sir "Priyotoma"
Saqi Banerjee Dracula Sir "Shono Ami Abar Jonmo Nebo"
Ritam SenCheeni"Tomar Chokher Shitalpati"

Best Screenplay

NameTitle
Srijit Mukherjee Dwitiyo Purush
Arjunn Dutta Abyakto
Anik Dutta & Utsav Mukherjee Borunbabur Bondhu
Zinia Sen Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti
Kallol Lahiri & Debaloy Bhattacharya Dracula Sir

Best Cinematographer

NameTitle
Sirsha Ray Shironam
Soumik Haldar Dwitiyo Purush
Supratim Bhol Abyakto
Indanath Marick Dracula Sir
Santanu Banerjee Doodhpither Gachh

Best Editor

NameTitle
Arghakamal Mitra Borunbabur Bondhu
Pronoy Dasgupta Dwitiyo Purush
Sanglap Bhowmick Love Aaj Kal Porshu
Sanglap Bhowmick Dracula Sir
Anirban Maity Doodhpither Gachh

Best Art Director

NameTitle
Ananda Addhya Asur
Shibaji Pal Dwitiyo Purush
Indranil Ghosh Shironam
Tapan Kumar Seth Dracula Sir

Best Background Score

NameTitle
Joy Sarkar Doodhpither Gachh
Soumya Rit Abyakto
Avijit Kundu Love Aaj Kal Porshu
Amit & Ishan Dracula Sir

Best Sound Designer

NameTitle
Anindit Roy & Adeep Singh Manki Dwitiyo Purush
Hindol Chakraborty Shironam
Divya Dracula Sir
Anirban Ganguly Doodhpither Gachh

Best Makeup

NameTitle
Manjeet Tiwari Asur
Somnath Kundu Dwitiyo Purush
Prosenjit Banerjee Guldasta
Prasenjit Dey Dracula Sir
Sandeep Neogi & Dipankar Chakraborty Abyakto

Best Costume

NameTitle
Abhishek Roy Guldasta
Sanchita Bhattacharya Dwitiyo Purush
Baisakhi Banerjee & Sandy Ghoshal Dracula Sir
Apu Gobinda Mondal Doodhpither Gachh

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