West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Film

WBFJA for Best Film
Awarded for	Best Bengali Film
Country	India
Presented by	West Bengal Film Journalists' Association
Final award	2025
Most Recent Winner	Mayanagar

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.

List of winners

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
2025	Mayanagar	Aditya Vikram Sengupta	Anshulika Dubey, Priyankar Agarwal, Shashwat Singh, Aditya Vikram Sengupta, Jonaki Bhattacharya, Priyankar Patra, Vikram Mohanta	For Films	[12]
	Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei	Srijit Mukherji	Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni	Shree Venkatesh Films
	Grihapravesh	Indraadip Dasgupta	Sameeran Das	Kaleidoscope Entertainment
	Dear Maa	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Indrani Mukherjee, Aashish Singh, Pooja Singh, Sameerr Rao, Shillpa Kataria Singh	ABP Studios, Flying Colours Pictures, Opus Communications, Ace Of Spades Entertainment
	Deep Fridge	Arjunn Dutta	Krishna Kyal	Colors of Dream Entertainment
	Putulnacher Itikatha	Suman Mukherjee	Samiran Das	Kaleidoscope Entertainment

See also

• West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
• Cinema of India

References

1. "WBFJA 2017 Nominations".
2. "WBFJA 2017 Winners".
3. "WBFJA 2018 Nominations".
4. "WBFJA 2018 Winners".
5. "WBFJA 2019 Nominations".
6. "WBFJA 2019 Winners".
7. "'Nagarkirtan' sweeps 4th WBFJA award with 8 awards". uniindia.com. United News of India. Jan 12, 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
8. "WBJFA award function".
9. "Aparajito', 'Jhilli' & 4 other movies nominated in WBFJA Award's Best Film category".
10. "WBFJA Awards 2023: বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!".
11. "WBFJA Award 2024: শেষ পাতা-র বাজিমাত! সিনেমার সমাবর্তনে পুরস্কার পেল দশম অবতার, সেরা অভিনেতা দেব না প্রসেনজিৎ".
12. Nessa, Naikun (12 January 2026). "WBFJA Awards: বাংলা সিনেমা জগতে গর্বের মুহূর্ত তৈরি করল শ্রীলেখা মিত্রের 'মায়ানগর'". Indian Express (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 January 2026.