# 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla

The 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla is a ceremony, presented by The Times Group, which honored the best Indian Bengali-language films of 2023.
Shesh Pata led the ceremony with 16 nominations, and won 5 awards including Best Director (for Atanu Ghosh) and Best Actor (for Prosenjit Chatterjee). It was followed by Dawshom Awbotaar and Ardhangini, with 15 and 11 nominations respectively. While the former won only Best Music Director (for Anupam Roy), the latter went on to win a leading 6 awards, including Best Film, Best Actress (for Churni Ganguly), Best Supporting Actress (for Jaya Ahsan) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ambarish Bhattacharya).
Mayar Jonjal won 6 awards from 8 nominations, including Best Film Critics, also shared by Niharika which additionally received 6 nominations, subsequently winning Best Female Playback Singer (for Abarna Roy).
Jaya Ahsan received dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, winning the latter.

## Ceremony

Held at ITC Royal Bengal, the 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla honoured the Bengali films released in 2023. At a press conference helmed by Jitesh Pillai, the editor of Filmfare magazine prior to the ceremony, Joy was revealed to be the title sponsor. Actors Parambrata Chatterjee, Sauraseni Maitra and Sourav Das were announced as the co-hosts, while actors Koel Mallick, Nusraat Faria, Srabanti Chatterjee, Bonny Sengupta, Koushani Mukherjee and Ankush Hazra were announced to be performing during the event. It took place on 29 March 2024, and was broadcast on 21 April 2024 on Zee Bangla.

## Winners and Nominees

The nominations were announced by Filmfare on 25 March 2024.

### Popular Awards

| Best Film | Best Film | Best Film | Best Director | Best Director | Best Director |
| Ardhangini – Surinder Films Bagha Jatin – Dev Entertainment Ventures Dawshom Awbotaar – Shree Venkatesh Films Kabuliwala – Shree Venkatesh Films Pradhan – Dev Entertainment Ventures Raktabeej – Windows Production | Ardhangini – Surinder Films Bagha Jatin – Dev Entertainment Ventures Dawshom Awbotaar – Shree Venkatesh Films Kabuliwala – Shree Venkatesh Films Pradhan – Dev Entertainment Ventures Raktabeej – Windows Production | Ardhangini – Surinder Films Bagha Jatin – Dev Entertainment Ventures Dawshom Awbotaar – Shree Venkatesh Films Kabuliwala – Shree Venkatesh Films Pradhan – Dev Entertainment Ventures Raktabeej – Windows Production | Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Arun Roy – Bagha Jatin Avijit Sen – Pradhan Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Raktabeej Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar Suman Ghosh – Kabuliwala | Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Arun Roy – Bagha Jatin Avijit Sen – Pradhan Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Raktabeej Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar Suman Ghosh – Kabuliwala | Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Arun Roy – Bagha Jatin Avijit Sen – Pradhan Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Raktabeej Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar Suman Ghosh – Kabuliwala |
| Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Actress | Best Actress |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Anirban Chakrabarty – The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan as Ekendra Sen Dev – Bagha Jatin as Bagha Jatin Dev – Pradhan as Deepak Pradhan Jeet – Manush as NCB Officer Arjun Mukherjee / Victor Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed | Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Anirban Chakrabarty – The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan as Ekendra Sen Dev – Bagha Jatin as Bagha Jatin Dev – Pradhan as Deepak Pradhan Jeet – Manush as NCB Officer Arjun Mukherjee / Victor Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed | Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Anirban Chakrabarty – The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan as Ekendra Sen Dev – Bagha Jatin as Bagha Jatin Dev – Pradhan as Deepak Pradhan Jeet – Manush as NCB Officer Arjun Mukherjee / Victor Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed | Churni Ganguly – Ardhangini as Subhra Chatterjee Jaya Ahsan – Dawshom Awbotaar as Moitreyee Ghatak Koel Mallick – Jongole Mitin Mashi as Mitin Mashi Ritabhari – Fatafati as Phoollari K. Bhaduri Solanki Roy – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E as RJ Anindita Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas | Churni Ganguly – Ardhangini as Subhra Chatterjee Jaya Ahsan – Dawshom Awbotaar as Moitreyee Ghatak Koel Mallick – Jongole Mitin Mashi as Mitin Mashi Ritabhari – Fatafati as Phoollari K. Bhaduri Solanki Roy – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E as RJ Anindita Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas | Churni Ganguly – Ardhangini as Subhra Chatterjee Jaya Ahsan – Dawshom Awbotaar as Moitreyee Ghatak Koel Mallick – Jongole Mitin Mashi as Mitin Mashi Ritabhari – Fatafati as Phoollari K. Bhaduri Solanki Roy – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E as RJ Anindita Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actress |
| Ambarish Bhattacharya – Ardhangini as Sukanta Chatterjee Kaushik Ganguly – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Shrikanta Munshi Anirban Bhattacharya – Dawshom Awbotaar as ACP Poddar Anirban Chakrabarty – Pradhan as Jatileshwar Mukherjee Jisshu Sengupta – Dawshom Awbotaar as Bishwarup Bardhan Sohel Mondal – Mayar Jonjal as Satya Vikram Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Shaunak | Ambarish Bhattacharya – Ardhangini as Sukanta Chatterjee Kaushik Ganguly – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Shrikanta Munshi Anirban Bhattacharya – Dawshom Awbotaar as ACP Poddar Anirban Chakrabarty – Pradhan as Jatileshwar Mukherjee Jisshu Sengupta – Dawshom Awbotaar as Bishwarup Bardhan Sohel Mondal – Mayar Jonjal as Satya Vikram Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Shaunak | Ambarish Bhattacharya – Ardhangini as Sukanta Chatterjee Kaushik Ganguly – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Shrikanta Munshi Anirban Bhattacharya – Dawshom Awbotaar as ACP Poddar Anirban Chakrabarty – Pradhan as Jatileshwar Mukherjee Jisshu Sengupta – Dawshom Awbotaar as Bishwarup Bardhan Sohel Mondal – Mayar Jonjal as Satya Vikram Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Shaunak | Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi Anashua Majumdar – Raktabeej as Gauri Mukherjee Aparajita Adhya – Cheeni 2 as Mishti Mukherjee Mallika Mazumder – Niharika as Deepa's Aunt Srabanti Chatterjee – Kaberi Antardhan as Kaberi Bhattacharya | Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi Anashua Majumdar – Raktabeej as Gauri Mukherjee Aparajita Adhya – Cheeni 2 as Mishti Mukherjee Mallika Mazumder – Niharika as Deepa's Aunt Srabanti Chatterjee – Kaberi Antardhan as Kaberi Bhattacharya | Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi Anashua Majumdar – Raktabeej as Gauri Mukherjee Aparajita Adhya – Cheeni 2 as Mishti Mukherjee Mallika Mazumder – Niharika as Deepa's Aunt Srabanti Chatterjee – Kaberi Antardhan as Kaberi Bhattacharya |
| Debut Awards ||||||
| Best Male Debut | Best Male Debut | Best Female Debut | Best Female Debut | Best Debut Director | Best Debut Director |
| Sohel Mondal – Mayar Jonjal as Satya | Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Prateeksha Soumitrisha Kundu – Pradhan as Rumi Pradhan Sreeja Dutta – Bagha Jatin as Indubala Banerjee | Sumantra Roy – Ghasjomi Aritra Sen – Ghore Pherar Gaan Paroma Neotia – Mitthye Premer Gaan Srijato – Manobjomin |
| Writing Awards ||||||
| Best Story | Best Story | Best Screenplay | Best Screenplay | Best Dialogue | Best Dialogue |
| Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Kaushik Ganguly – Kaberi Antardhan Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Raktabeej | Indranil Roychowdhury & Sugata Sinha – Mayar Jonjal Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar Zinia Sen & Sarbari Ghoshal – Raktabeej | Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Sreejib – Kabuliwala Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar |
| Music Awards ||||||
| Best Music Director | Best Music Director | Best Music Director | Best Lyricist | Best Lyricist | Best Lyricist |
| Anupam Roy – Dawshom Awbotaar Anupam Roy – Ardhangini Bickram Ghosh – Maayakumari Indraadip Dasgupta – Kabuliwala Kuntal De, Ranajoy Bhattacharjee & Soumya Rit – Mitthye Premer Gaan Nabarun Bose & Akash Chakraborty – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E | Anupam Roy – "Alada Alada" – Ardhangini Anupam Roy – "Aami Shei Manushta Aar Nei" – Dawshom Awbotaar Aritra Sengupta & Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Nirabotay Chhilo" – Mitthye Premer Gaan Kaushik Ganguly – "Aami Aar O" – Palan Ritam Sen – "Jani Okaron" – Fatafati |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female | Best Playback Singer – Female | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Arijit Singh – "Bhaabo Jodi" – Kabuliwala Anupam Roy – "Aami Shei Manushta Aar Nei" – Dawshom Awbotaar Anupam Roy – "Phire Esho" – Pradhan Arijit Singh – "Jiya Tui Chara" – Biye Bibhrat Ishan Mitra & Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Nirobotay Chhilo" – Mitthye Premer Gaan Mahtim Shakib – "Tumi Jantei Paronaa" – Cheeni 2 Rupam Islam – "Shesh Bole Kichu Achey Ki" – Shesh Pata | Abarna Roy – "Moloya Batashe" – Niharika Iman Chakraborty – "Alada Alada" – Ardhangini Antara Mitra – "Jani Okaron" – Fatafati Antara Nandy & Ankita Nandy – "Nakku Nakur Na Jao" – Raktabeej Gargi Roychowdhury – "Amar Jwoleni Aalo" – Shesh Pata |

### Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director) :
| Indranil Roychowdhury – Mayar Jonjal Indrasis Acharya – Niharika Kaushik Ganguly – Palan Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Aritra Sen – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E ||||
| Best Actor | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Actress |
| Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Anjan Dutt – Palan as Anjan Sen Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Ritwick Chakraborty – Mayar Jonjal as Chandan / Chandu Silajit Majumdar – Niharika as Akash Chatterjee Subrat Dutta – Samaresh Basu-R Projapoti as Sukhen | Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Anjan Dutt – Palan as Anjan Sen Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Ritwick Chakraborty – Mayar Jonjal as Chandan / Chandu Silajit Majumdar – Niharika as Akash Chatterjee Subrat Dutta – Samaresh Basu-R Projapoti as Sukhen | Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas Anuradha Mukherjee – Niharika as Deepa Aupee Karim – Mayar Jonjal as Shoma C. Gargi Roychowdhury – Shesh Pata as Medha Ray Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Prateeksha | Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas Anuradha Mukherjee – Niharika as Deepa Aupee Karim – Mayar Jonjal as Shoma C. Gargi Roychowdhury – Shesh Pata as Medha Ray Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Prateeksha | Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas Anuradha Mukherjee – Niharika as Deepa Aupee Karim – Mayar Jonjal as Shoma C. Gargi Roychowdhury – Shesh Pata as Medha Ray Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Prateeksha |

### Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Prabhat Roy

### Technical Awards

| Best Editing | Best Production Design | Best Cinematography |
| Sumit Ghosh – Mayar Jonjal Amir Mondal – Samaresh Basu-R Projapoti Malay Laha – Raktabeej Pranoy Dasgupta – Dawshom Awbotaar Sujay Datta Ray – Shesh Pata Sumantra Roy – Ghasjomi | Tanmoy Chakraborty – Kabuliwala Bablu Singha – Bagha Jatin Gautam Basu – Shesh Pata Kaushik Das – Mayar Jonjal Nafisa Ali Khatun – Raktabeej Shibaji Pal – Dawshom Awbotaar | Indranil Mukherjee – Mayar Jonjal Pratip Mukhopadhyay – Raktabeej Rana Pratap Karforma – Ghasjomi Santanu De – Niharika Soumik Haldar – Dawshom Awbotaar Soumik Haldar – Shesh Pata Subhankar Bhar – Kabuliwala |
| Best Sound Design | Best Background Score | Best Costume |
| Subhadeep Sengupta – Mayar Jonjal Amit Kumar Datta – Bagha Jatin Anindit Ray & Adeep Singh Manki – Shesh Pata Anindit Ray & Adeep Singh Manki – Dawshom Awbotaar Dipankar Chaki – Raktabeej Sukanta Mazumder – Niharika | Debojyoti Mishra – Shesh Pata Amit Chatterjee – Ardhangini Indraadip Dasgupta – Dawshom Awbotaar Indraadip Dasgupta – Kabuliwala Joy Sarkar – Niharika Nilayan Chatterjee – Baghajatin Santajit Chatterjee – Ghasjomi | Ritarupa Bhattacharya – Mayar Jonjal Jayanti Sen – Baghajatin Sanchita Bhattacharjee – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo Sulagna Choudhury & Nighat Iman – Ardhangini |

## Superlatives

Multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 16 | Shesh Pata |
| 15 | Dawshom Awbotaar |
| 11 | Ardhangini |
| 11 | Raktabeej |
| 10 | Kabuliwala |
| 8 | Baghajatin |
| 8 | Mayar Jonjal |
| 6 | Niharika |
| 6 | Pradhan |
| 4 | Mitthye Premer Gaan |
| 3 | Aaro Ek Prithibi |
Multiple wins :
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | Ardhangini |
| 6 | Mayar Jonjal |
| 5 | Shesh Pata |
| 2 | Aaro Ek Prithibi |
| 2 | Niharika |