6TH WBFJA AWARDS

2022-2023 WBFJA Awards
2022-2023 WBFJA Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in Indian Bengali cinema
Announced on	Nominations: 5 January 2023
Presented on	8 January 2023
Date	8 January 2023
Organised by	West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (WBFJA)
Official website	WBFJA
Highlights
Best Film	Dostojee; Aparajito
Best Direction	Anik Dutta
Best Actor	Dev; Ritwick Chakraborty
Best Actress	Gargi Roychowdhury
	← 6th; WBFJA Awards; 7th →;

6th Edition of The WBFJA Award, also known as Cinemar Samabartan (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) took place on 8 January 2023 honoring the best films of 2022.^[1]^[2]

Superlatives

Multiple wins
Awards	Film
8	Aparajito
6	X=Prem
5	Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Dostojee
4	Projapoti

Winners and Nominees

Dev, Best Actor co-winner

Ritwick Chakraborty, Best Actor co-winner

Mithun Chakraborty, Best Actor Popular

Paoli Dam, Best Supporting Actress

Jury Awards

Best Film	Best Director
Aparajito – Friends Communication Dostojee – Katha Talkies The Holy Conspiracy – Walzen Media Works Private Limited Ballabhpurer Roopkotha – Shree Venkatesh Films Jhilli – Goutam Ghose Associates Lokkhi Chele – Windows Production	Anik Dutta – Aparajito Dhrubo Banerjee – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Kaushik Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Parambrata Chatterjee – Abhijaan Raj Chakraborty – Habji Gabji Srijit Mukherji – X=Prem
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dev – Projapoti as Joy Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty – Ananta: The Eternal as Mr. Shuvo Arjun Chakraborty – X=Prem as Arnab Bratya Basu – Jhora Palok as Jibanananda Das Parambrata Chatterjee – Habji Gabji as Aditya Basu Riddhi Sen – Bismillah as Bismillah a.k.a Bishu	Gargi Roy Chowdhury – Mahananda as Mahananda Bhattacharya Arpita Chatterjee – Hridpindo as Aarja Sohini Sarkar – Ananta: The Eternal as Ms. Mishtu Subhashree Ganguly – Boudi Canteen as Poulami Swastika Mukherjee – Shrimati as Shrimati
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Shyamal Chakraborty – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Manohar Ambarish Bhattacharya – Lokkhi Chele as Joy Mitra Kharaj Mukherjee – Kishmish as Govinda Chatterjee (Goblu) Prantik Banerjee – Hridpindo as Rick Rudranil Ghosh – Abhijaan as Rabi Ghosh	Paoli Dam – Byomkesh Hatyamancha as Sulachana Anashua Majumdar – Boudi Canteen as Poulami's mother-in-law Anjana Basu – Kishmish as Pubali Chatterjee Sneha Chatterjee – Bismillah as Safeena Tanusree Chakraborty – Abar Kanchanjungha as Ruchira
Best Actor in a Negative Role	Best Actor in a Comic Role
Chandan Sen – Tirandaj Shabor as Pareshnath Chakraborty Anirban Chakrabarti – Kakababur Protyaborton as Amal Dey Gaurav Chakrabarty – Bismillah as Shibu Indrasish Roy – Lokkhi Chele as Rajat Ray Rahul Banerjee – Abar Kanchanjungha as Devesh	Debraj Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Sanjiv Basu Kharaj Mukherjee – Projapoti as Gaur Chakraborty's neighbour Rajatava Dutta – Karnasubarner Guptodhon as Dashanan Daw Rudranil Ghosh – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore as Dutta Sandip Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as B. P. Haldar
Debut Awards
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Jeetu Kamal – Aparajito as Aparajito Roy Anindya Sengupta – X=Prem as Khilaat Arif Shaikh – Dostojee as Safiqul Samontak Dyuti Maitra – Habji Gabji as Anish Basu / Tipu Satyam Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Bhoopati / Raghupati / Ramapati Ujaan Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele as Aamir Hussain	Shruti Das – X=Prem as Joyee Ipsita Mukherjee – Prosenjit Weds Rituparna as Rituparna Solanki Roy – Baba Baby O as Brishti Roy Surangana Bandopadhyay – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha as Chanda Haldar
Most Promising Director
Anirban Bhattacharya – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Prasun Chatterjee – Dostojee Abhinandan Dutta – Ananta: The Eternal Avijit Sen – Projapoti Ishaan Ghose – Jhilli Kumar Chowdhury – Priyo Chinar Pata: Iti Segun Rahool Mukherjee – Kishmish Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti – Kalkokkho Sayantan Mukherjee – Jhora Palok Srimanta Sengupta – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore

Popular Choice Awards

Most Popular Film	Most Popular Actor
Karnasubarner Guptodhon – Shree Venkatesh Films Projapoti – Dev Entertainment Ventures Ballabhpurer Roopkotha – Shree Venkatesh Films Belashuru – Windows Production Hatyapuri – Shadow Films	Mithun Chakraborty – Projapoti as Gaur Chakraborty Abir Chatterjee – Karnasubarner Guptodhon as Subarna Sen / Sona Da Dev – Kishmish as Tintin Chatterjee Jeet – Raavan as Professor Ram Mukherjee / Raavan Prosenjit Chatterjee – Kakababur Protyaborton as Kakababu

Music Awards

Best Music Director	Best Background Score
Saptak Sanai Das – X=Prem Anindya Chatterjee and Anupam Roy – Belashuru Amit-Ishan – Baba Baby O Indraadip Dasgupta – Bismillah Nilayan Chatterjee – Kishmish	Debojyoti Mishra – Aparajito Bickram Ghosh – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Indraadip Dasgupta – X=Prem Subhadeep Guha – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha
Best Male Playback SInger	Best Female Playback Singer
Arijit Singh – "Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Saptak Sanai Das – "Cindrella Mon" – X=Prem Anupam Roy – "Sohage Adore" – Belashuru Arijit Singh – "Abosheshe" – Kishmish Papon – "Kanna" – Kishmish Sonu Nigam – "Mukti" – Kacher Manush	Shreya Ghoshal – "Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Iman Chakraborty, Ananya Bhattacharjee & Upali Chattopadhyay – "Tapa Tini" – Belashuru Mekhla Dasgupta – "Mon Kemoner Janmodin" – Hridpindo Sahana Bajpaie – "Saja Sajao" – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha

Technical Awards

References

^ "বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 8 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "7th WBFJA Awards 2023 – Nominations". Cinemar Somabarton. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[1] "বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 8 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[2] "7th WBFJA Awards 2023 – Nominations". Cinemar Somabarton. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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Superlatives

Winners and Nominees

Jury Awards

Popular Choice Awards

Music Awards

Technical Awards

See also

References

Superlatives

Winners and Nominees

Jury Awards

Popular Choice Awards

Music Awards

Technical Awards

See also

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2022-2023 WBFJA Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in Indian Bengali cinema
Announced on	Nominations: 5 January 2023 (2023-01-05)
Presented on	8 January 2023 (2023-01-08)
Date	8 January 2023
Organised by	West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (WBFJA)
Official website	WBFJA
Highlights
Best Film	Dostojee Aparajito
Best Direction	Anik Dutta
Best Actor	Dev Ritwick Chakraborty
Best Actress	Gargi Roychowdhury
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