# Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Films

Here is a list of the Best Indian Films as voted by Bengal Film Journalists' Association as part of their annual awards.
In most years the films are listed in order of merit as voted by the jury of the association.

## 1939

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### Best Indian Film

* Aadmi

### Best Bengali Film

* Jiban Maran

### Best Hindi Film

* Aadmi

### Best Foreign Film

* Pygmalion

## 1940
### Best Indian Film

* Aurat

### Best Bengali Film

* Doctor

### Best Hindi Film

* Aurat

### Best Foreign Film

* Gone With The Wind

## 1941

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### Indian films

* Pratisruti
* Padosi
* Sikandar
* Naya Sansar
* Khazanchi
* Parichay
* Punar Milan
* Pardesi
* Raj Nartaki
* Nandini

### Foreign films

* Citizen Kane
* Kitty Foyle
* Hold Back the Dawn
* The Letter
* The Philadelphia Story
* Meet John Doe
* Blossoms in the Dust
* The Great Dictator
* My Life with Caroline
* Back Street

## 1942

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### Indian films

* Apna Ghar
* Garmil
* Bondi
* Bharat Milap
* Saugandh
* Doctor
* Kunwara Baap
* Basant
* Shesh Uttar
* Lagan

### Foreign films

* How Green Was My Valley
* Fantasia
* H. M. Pulham, Esq.
* Ball of Fire
* It Started With Eve
* Suspicion
* Two-Faced Woman
* The Little Foxes
* Pimpernel Smith
* Reap The Wild Wind

## 1944

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### Indian films

* Ram Shastri
* Udayer Pathey
* Shakuntala
* Wapas
* Sondhi
* Parakh
* Dasi
* Fashion
* Chhadmabeshi
* Zameen

### Foreign films

* The Song of Bernadette
* Madam Curie
* Since You Went Away
* For Whom The Bell Tolls
* It Happened Tomorrow
* Constant Nymph
* Going My Way
* Mission to Moscow
* Heaven Can Wait
* Jane Eyre and The North Star

## 1945

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* Bhabhi Kaal
* Parbat Pe Apna Dera
* Dui Purush
* Kashinath
* Ek Din Ka Sultan
* Aaina
* Din Raat
* Mun-Ki-Jit
* Devdasi
* Mazdoor

### Foreign films

* Gaslight
* The Lost Weekend
* Arsenic and Old Lace
* A Song to Remember
* Wilson
* A Thousand And One Nights
* Henry V
* Dragon Seed
* The Seventh Cross
* The Picture of Dorian Gray

## 1961

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### Indian films

* Teen Kanya
* Gunga Jumna
* Punasha
* Madhya Rater Tara
* Saptapadi
* Kanoon
* Char Diwari
* Usne Kaha Tha
* Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
* Swayambara

### Foreign films

* Ben-Hur
* Apartment
* Kanał
* Devochka Ishchet Otsa
* The Millionairess
* On The Beach
* South Pacific
* Pepe
* The Singer Not the Song
* Elmer Gantry

## 1962

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### Indian films

* Abhijan
* Kanchanjangha
* Kancher Swarga
* Dada Thakur
* Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
* Bhagini Nivedita
* Sautela Bhai
* Hansuli Banker Upakatha
* Arati
* Benarasi

### Foreign films

* Two Women
* The Naked Island
* Ballad of a Soldier
* Come September
* The Guns of Navarone
* The Longest Day
* Spartacus
* La Dolce Vita
* Sleeping Beauty
* Psycho

## 1963

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### Indian Films

* Mahanagar
* Nirjan Saikate
* Bandini
* Saat Pake Bandha
* Palatak
* Uttar Falguni
* Gumrah
* Nisithe
* Chhaya Surya
* Dil Ek Mandir

### Foreign films

* The Birds
* Judgment at Nuremberg
* The World of Suzie Wong
* The Cranes Are Flying
* Can-Can
* To Kill a Mockingbird
* The Loudest Whisper
* The V.I.P.s
* El Cid
* A Very Private Affair

## 1964

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### Indian films

* Charulata
* Arohi
* Dosti
* Shehar Aur Sapna
* Pratinidhi
* Jotugriha
* Anushtup Chanda
* Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Men
* Jiban Kahini
* Sangam

### Foreign films

* The Night of the Iguana
* West Side Story
* Parent Trap
* The Condemned of Altona
* Lilies of the Field
* Charade
* Five Miles to Midnight
* Hatari!
* Leopard
* Hud

## 1965

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### Indian films

* Atithi
* Subarnarekha
* Haqeeqat
* Eki Ange Eto Rup
* Kapurush o Mahapurush
* Raja Ram Mohan
* Baksho Badal
* Akash Kusum
* Aarzoo
* Geet Gaya Patharon Ne

### Foreign films

* My Fair Lady
* The Visit
* Divorce Italian Style

## 1966

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### Indian films

* Teesri Kasam
* Nayak
* Shaheed
* Guide
* Galpo Holeo Satti
* Mamta
* Kanch Kata Hirey
* Gaban
* Subhashchandra
* Aasman Mahal

### Foreign films

* Lawrence of Arabia
* Love at Twenty
* Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

## 1967

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### Indian films

* Chhuti
* Balika Badhu
* Anupama
* Kedar Raja
* Shakespeare Wallah
* Uski Kahani
* Aakhri Khat
* Hatey Bazarey
* Upkar
* Milan

### Foreign films

* Dr. Zhivago
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
* Zorba The Greek

## 1968

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### Indian films

* Apanjan
* Majhli Didi
* Chotto Jigyasa
* Sunghursh
* Aadmi
* Chowringhee
* Baghini
* Raja Aur Runk
* Hamraaz
* Charan Kavi Mukundadas

### Foreign films

* The Agony and the Ecstasy
* Fahrenheit 451
* Lord Jim

## 1969

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### Indian films

* Bhuvan Shome
* Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
* Aashirwad
* Saraswatichandra
* Anokhi Raat
* Arogya Niketan
* Natun Pata
* Rahgir
* Nannha Farishta
* Parineeta

### Foreign film

* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* Rosemary's Baby
* Bonnie and Clyde

## 1970

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### Indian films

* Pratidwandi
* Mera Naam Joker
* Sagina Mahato
* Interview
* Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
* Diba Ratrir Kabya
* Satyakam
* Safar
* Darpan
* Aranyer Din Ratri

### Foreign films

* Blowup
* The Graduate
* Blow Hot, Blow Cold

## 1971

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### Indian films

* Nimantran
* Anand
* Seemabaddha
* Chetna
* Sara Akash
* Malyadan
* Guddi
* Ekhonee
* Tere Mere Sapne
* Khamoshi

### Foreign films

* Charly
* Woodstock
* Midnight Cowboy

## 1972

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### Indian films

* Anubhav
* Phir Bhi
* Calcutta 71
* Pakeezah
* Dastak
* Bigalita Karuna Janhabi Jamuna
* Uphaar
* Hare Rama Hare Krishna
* Memsaab
* Bawarchi

### Foreign film

* Summer of '42

## 1973

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### Indian films

* Padatik
* Achanak
* Streer Patra
* Saudagar
* Ashani Sanket
* Koshish
* Abhimaan
* Shriman Prithviraj
* Bilet Pherat
* Parichay

### Foreign film

* Zabriskie Point

## 1974

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### Indian films

* Ankur
* Chorus
* Garm Hawa
* Rajnigandha
* Chhenra Tamsuk
* Sonar Kella
* Namak Haram
* Sujata
* Jadubangsha
* Phuleswari

### Foreign film

* The French Connection

## 1975

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### Indian films

* Nishant
* Sansar Simantey
* Palanka
* Aavishkar
* Mili

### Foreign film

* The Touch

## 1985

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### Indian films

* Paar
* Ghare Baire
* Paroma
* Aashray
* Neelkantha

### Foreign film

* A Passage to India

## 1986

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### Indian films

* Kony
* Atanka
* Party
* Ek Pal
* Ankahiee

### Foreign film

* The Killing Fields

## 1987

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### Indian films

* Mirch Masala
* Debshishu
* Chopper
* Nagpash
* Aaj Ka Robinhood

### Foreign film

* Fanny & Alexander

## 1988

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### Indian films

* New Delhi Times
* Phera
* Pestonjee
* Utsav
* Madhuban

### Foreign film

* The Sacrifice

## 1991

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### Indian films

* Ek Doctor Ki Maut
* Astuhara
* Mahaprithibi
* Prahaar: The Final Attack
* Drishti

### Foreign film

* The Whales of August

## 1992

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### Indian films

* Agantuk
* Shakha Proshakha
* Goopi Bagha Phire Elo
* Antardhan
* Current

## 1994

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### Indian films

Wheel Chair Silpi Sardar

## 1995

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### Indian films

* Mammo
* Drohkal
* Charachar

## 1996

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### Indian films

* Unishe April
* Yuganta
* Maachis

## 1998

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### Best Hindi film

* Godmother

## 1999
### Best Hindi film

Source
* Satya

## 2000

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### Indian films

* Uttara
* Paromitar Ekdin
* Kichchu Sanglap Kichchu Pralap

## 2001

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### Indian films

* Utsab
* Dekha
* Zubeidaa

## 2002

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### Indian films

* Mr. & Mrs. Iyer
* Aamar Bhuban
* Sanjh Batir Rupkathara

### Hindi film

* The Legend of Bhagat Singh

## 2003

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### Indian films

* Abar Aranye
* Chokher Bali
* Mondo Meyer Upakhyan

### Hindi film

* Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

## 2004

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### Indian films

* Iti Sreekanta
* Mahulbanir Sereng
* Abar Asbo Phire

### Hindi film

* Swades

## 2005

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### Indian films

* Krantikaal
* Nishi Japan
* Antarmahal

### Hindi film

* Black

## 2005

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### Indian films

* Faltu
* Dosar
* Bhalobasar Anek Naam

### Hindi film

* Lage Raho Munnabhai