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| WBFJA for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Bengali Film |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association |
| Last awarded | 2024 |
| Most Recent Winner | Shesh Pata |
The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Film is given yearly by WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best film of the previous year.
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Studio | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Cinemawala | Kaushik Ganguly | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | [1] [2] |
| Khawto | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Peace Haven | Suman Ghosh | Arindam Ghosh | Arindam Ghosh Films | ||
| Shaheb Bibi Golaam | Pratim D. Gupta | Firdausul Hasan, Probal Haldar | Friends Communication | ||
| Shankhachil | Goutam Ghose. | Prasenjit Chatterjee, Faridur Reza Sagar, Mou Raychowdhury, Habibur Rahman Khan | Ashirbad Cholochitro, Impress Telefilm Limited, NIdeas Creations & Productions | ||
| 2018 | Mayurakshi | Atanu Ghosh | Firdausul Hasan, Probal Haldar | Friends Communication | [3] [4] |
| Bishorjan | Kaushik Ganguly | Opera Movies | |||
| Sahaj Paather Gappo | Manas Mukul Pal | Avijit Saha | Avijit Saha Production | ||
| Dhananjay | Arindam Sil | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Raktokorobi | Amitava Bhattacharya | Ashis Ghosh, Bhaskar Chakraborty, Rituparna Thakur | Three Wish Entertainment | ||
| Maacher Jhol | Pratim D. Gupta | Joy Ganguly | Sony Pictures Networks, Mojo Productions | ||
| Tope | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | AVA Film Productions | |||
| Doob | Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Abdul Aziz, Irrfan Khan, Ashok Dhanuka, Himanshu Dhanuka | Jaaz Multimedia, Irrfan Khan Films, Eskay Movies | ||
| 2019 | Pupa | Indrasis Acharya | Rajiv Mehra | Addatimes | [5] [6] |
| Rongberonger Korhi | Ranjan Ghosh | Rupa Datta | Camellia Productions Pvt. Ltd | ||
| Rainbow Jelly | Soukarya Ghosal | Indigenous Productions | |||
| Ray | Bajrang Lal Agarwal | Winds of Autumn Motion Pictures | |||
| Generation Ami | Mainak Bhaumik | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Shonar Pahar | Parambrata Chattopadhyay | Shyamsundar Dey. Arijit Dutta | Greentouch Entertainment | ||
| 2020 | Nagarkirtan | Kaushik Ganguly | Acropoliis Entertainment | [7] | |
| Vinci Da | Srijit Mukherji | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Kedara | Indraadip Dasgupta | Samiran Das | Kaleidoscope | ||
| Ghare Baire aaj | Aparna Sen | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Urojahah | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | ||||
| Tarikh | Churni Ganguly | ||||
| 2021 | Borunbabur Bondhu | Anik Dutta | Nispal Singh | Surinder Films | [8] |
| Dwitiyo Purush | Srijit Mukherjee | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Dracula Sir | Debaloy Bhattacharya | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | SVF | ||
| Abyakto | Arjun Dutta | Tarun Das | Trina Films, Roop Production & Entertainment | ||
| Sraboner Dhara | Sudeshna Roy, Abhijit Guha | Pradip Churiwal | Macneil Engineering Ltd | ||
| 2022 | Binisutoy | Atanu Ghosh | Sandeep Agarwal | Echo Entertainments | [9] |
| 2023 | Aparajito | Anik Dutta | Firdausul Hasan, Probal Halder | Friends Communication | [10] |
| Dostojee | Prasun Chatterjee | Katha Talkies | |||
| The Holy Conspiracy | Shaibal Mitra | Joydeep Roy Chowdhury, Shubhra Sarthi Chakraborty | Walzen Media Works Private Limited | ||
| Ballabhpurer Roopkotha | Anirban Bhattacharya | Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni | Shree Venkatesh Films | ||
| Jhilli | Ishaan Ghose | Goutam Ghose, Ishaan Ghose | Goutam Ghose Associates | ||
| Lokkhi Chele | Kaushik Ganguly | Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee | Windows Production | ||
| 2024 | Shesh Pata | Atanu Ghosh | Firdausul Hasan, Probal Halder | Friends Communication | [11] |
| Ardhangini | Kaushik Ganguly | Nispal Singh | Surinder Films | ||
| Maayakumari | Arindam Sil | Camellia Productions | |||
| Mayar Jonjal | Indranil Roychowdhury | Josim Uddin Ahmed, Indranil Roychowdhury | Views and Visions, Indranil Roychowdhury Films | ||
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