# 7th WBFJA Award

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.

## Superlatives

Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Shesh Pata |
| 3 | Dawshom Awbotaar |
| 2 | Aaro Ek Prithibi, Pradhan |

## Winners & Nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Shesh Pata – Friends Communication Ardhangini – Surinder Films Maayakumari – Camellia Productions Mayar Jonjal – Views and Visions and Indranil Roychowdhury Films | Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Arindam Sil – Maayakumari Indranil Roychowdhury – Mayar Jonjal Kaushik Ganguly – Palan |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| 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 | 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 |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| 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 | Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Ananya Sen – Dilkhush as Putul Anindita Bose – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Ayesha Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi |
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Best Actor in a Comic Role |
| 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 | Sohag Sen – Love Marriage Ashim Roychowdhury – Daal Baati Churma Chacchori Rajatava Dutta – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo Ranjit Mullick – Love Marriage |
| Debut Awards ||
| Most Promising Actor | Most Promising Actress |
| Biswajit Sarkar – Shibpur Soumya Mukherjee – Mitthye Premer Gaan Ujan Chatterjee – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo | Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi Aishwarya Sen – Dilkhush |
| Most Promising Director ||
| Aritra Sen – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E Paroma Neotia – Mitthye Premer Gaan |

### Popular Choice Awards

| Most Popular Film | 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 |

### Music Awards

| Best Music | 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 |
| Best Male Playback Singer | 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 |