# West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards

West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The association was founded in 2013 in Kolkata. The award show is called Cinemar Somaborton (transl. Cinema Convocation).

## Overview

WBFJA can be called the successors of BFJA the oldest association of film critics in India, which was founded in 1939. BFJA used to felicitate Indian Cinema every year. In 2013, the last BFJA Awards were held in Kolkata, same year as the WBFJA was founded. That was the time WBFJA decided to be the successor of BFJA by giving awards to the Bengali Cinema in particular.
In 2017, four years after establishment WBFJA decided to hold their first award ceremony and to honor the Bengali Films of the previous year. Unlike BFJA, WBFJA Awards are only for the Bengali Films. In 2018, after success of their first award show they announced the 2nd edition of WBFJA Awards. In 2019, they announced their 3rd edition.

## Ceremonies

| Ceremony | Year | Date | Best Film | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress |
| 1st WBFJA Award | 2017 | | Cinemawala | Kaushik Ganguly | Paran Bandopadhyay, Prosenjit Chatterjee | Rituparna Sengupta |
| 2nd WBFJA Award | 2018 | | Mayurakshi | Kaushik Ganguly | Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee | Jaya Ahsan |
| 3rd WBFJA Award | 2019 | 13 January 2019 | Pupa | Srijit Mukherji | Jisshu Sengupta | Rituparna Sengupta, Sudipta Chakraborty |
| 4th WBFJA Award | 2020 | 14 January 2020 | Nagarkirtan | Kaushik Ganguly | Riddhi Sen | Subhashree Ganguly |
| 5th WBFJA Award | 2021-2022 | 16 January 2022 | Borunbabur Bondhu | Anik Dutta | Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee | Aparajita Auddy |
| 5th WBFJA Award | 2021-2022 | 16 January 2022 | Binisutoy | Atanu Ghosh | Ritwick Chakraborty, Paran Bandopadhyay | Jaya Ahsan |
| 6th WBFJA Awards | 2023 | 8 January 2023 | Dostojee, Aparajito | Anik Dutta | Dev, Ritwick Chakraborty | Gargi Roychowdhury |
| 7th WBFJA Award | 2024 | 14 January 2024 | Shesh Pata | Atanu Ghosh | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Churni Ganguly, Swastika Mukherjee |
| 8th WBFJA Awards | 2025 | 12 January 2025 | Manikbabur Megh | Debaloy Bhattacharya Srijit Mukherji | Chandan Sen | Rituparna Sengupta |

## Awards

WBFJA has 18 awards in the popular category and 8 awards in the technical category.

## Popular awards

* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Actor in a Leading Role
* Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Best Actor in a Negative Role
* Best Actor in a Comic Role
* Best Music
* Best Male Playback Singer
* Best Female Playback Singer
* Best Background Score
* Most Promising Director
* Most Promising Actor
* Most Promising Actress
* Most Popular Film of the Year
* Most Popular Actor of the Year
* Lifetime Achievement Award

## Technical awards

* Best Art Director
* Best Screenplay
* Best Cinematographer
* Best Costume Designer
* Best Sound Designer
* Best Make-Up Artist
* Best Editor
* Best Lyricist

## Lifetime Achievement Award

| Year | Honouree | Profession |
| 2021 | Victor Banerjee | Actor |
| 2020 | Soumendu Roy | Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Director |
| 2018 | Tarun Majumdar | Director |
| 2017 | Madhabi Mukherjee | Actress |