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

The 6th edition of the WBFJA Award, also known as Cinemar Samabartan (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) took place on 8 January 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3] It honoured the best Indian Bengali films of 2022.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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 Lyricist
Saptak Sanai Das – X=Prem Anindya Chatterjee and Anupam Roy – Belashuru Amit-Ishan – Baba Baby O Indraadip Dasgupta – Bismillah Nilayan Chatterjee – Kishmish	Baarish – Bhalobashar Morshum" – X=Prem Nilayan Chatterjee – "Kanna" – Kishmish Anupam Roy – "Sohage Adore" – Belashuru Dhrubojyoti Chakraborty – "Roder Nishana" – X=Prem Anirban Bhattacharya – "Sajo Sajao" – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Ranajoy Bhattacharjee - "Bandhu" – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore
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

Best Screenplay	Best Editing	Best Art Director	Best Cinematography
Saibal Mitra – A Holy Conspiracy Anirban Bhattacharya and Pratik Dutta – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Anik Dutta, Sreeparna Mitra and Utsav Mukherjee – Aparajito Kaushik Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Srijit Mukherjee – X=Prem Padmanabha Dasgupta, Dr. Subhendu Sen and Parambrata Chatterjee – Abhijaan Arindam Sil and Subhendu Dasmunshi – Mahananda	Sanglap Bhowmik – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Arghyakamal Mitra – Aparajito Sanglap Bhowmik – X=Prem Md. Kalam – Habji Gabji Sujay Dutta Ray – Bismillah	Ananda Addhya – Aparajito Subrata Barik – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Nafisa Khatun – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Ranjit Gharai – Bismillah	Ishaan Ghose – Jhilli Tuhin Biswas – Jhilli Supratim Bhol – Aparajito Subhankar Bhar – Bismillah Modhura Palit – Kachher Manush Avijit Nandy – Jhra Palok Soumik Halder – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha
Best Sound Designer	Best Background Score	Best Costume Designer	Best Makeup
Prasun Chatterjee and Rohit Sengupta – Dostojee Anindit Roy and Adeep Singh Manki – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Tirthankar Majumder – Aparajito Aneesh Basu – Jhilli Sukanto Majumdar – Jhra Palok Shomi Chatterjee – Abhijaan	Debojyoti Mishra – Aparajito Indraadip Dasgupta – X=Prem Bickram Ghosh – Karnasubarner Guptodhon Subhadeep Guha – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha	Suchismita Dasgupta – Aparajito Abhishek Roy – Bismillah Sabarni Das – Mahananda Poulami Gupta – Abar Bochhor Koori Pore Sanchita Bhattacharjee – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha	Somnath Kundu – Ballabhpurer Roopkotha Barun Kumar Mondal – Abhijaan Avirup Ganguly – Lokkhi Chele Arun Kumar Mondal and Bithika Benia – Kishmish

References

^ "Anik Dutta's 'Aparajito' sweeps WBFJA awards". The Telegraph. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
^ "'Aparajito' sweeps WBFJA awards". The Print. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
^ "বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 8 January 2023. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "7th WBFJA Awards 2023 – Nominations". Cinemar Somabarton. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "'Aparajito' sweeps WBFJA awards". 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
^ "'Aparajito', 'Jhilli' & 4 other movies nominated in WBFJA Award's Best Film category". The Economic Times. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2026.

[1] "Anik Dutta's 'Aparajito' sweeps WBFJA awards". The Telegraph. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.

[2] "'Aparajito' sweeps WBFJA awards". The Print. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.

[3] "বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 8 January 2023. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[4] "7th WBFJA Awards 2023 – Nominations". Cinemar Somabarton. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[5] "'Aparajito' sweeps WBFJA awards". 9 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2026.

[6] "'Aparajito', 'Jhilli' & 4 other movies nominated in WBFJA Award's Best Film category". The Economic Times. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2026.

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