West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Director
| WBFJA for Best Director | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best direction by a director |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association |
| First awarded | 2013 |
| Last awarded | 2024 |
| Most Recent Winner | Atanu Ghosh for Shesh Pata |
The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Director is given yearly by WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best director of the previous year.
Superlatives[edit]
| Category | Name | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| Most Awards | Kaushik Ganguly | 3 awards |
| Most Nominations | Kaushik Ganguly | 5 nominations |
| Most Nominations without a Win | Arindam Sil | 3 nominations |
List of winners[edit]
Winner Wise[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kaushik Ganguly | Cinemawala |
| 2018 | Kaushik Ganguly | Bishorjon |
| 2019 | Srijit Mukherji | Ek Je Chhilo Raja |
| 2020 | Kaushik Ganguly | Nagarkirtan |
| 2021 | Anik Dutta | Borunbabur Bondhu |
| 2022 | Atanu Ghosh | Binisutoy |
| 2023 | Anik Dutta | Aparajito (2022 film) |
| 2024 | Atanu Ghosh | Shesh Pata |
Nomination Wise[edit]
- 2017 Kaushik Ganguly – Cinemawala[1][2]
- 2018 Kaushik Ganguly – Bishorjan[3][4]
- 2019 Srijit Mukherji - Ek Je Chhilo Raja[5][6]
- Arnab Riingo Banerjee - Ray
- Ranjan Ghosh - Rongberonger Korhi
- Soukarya Ghosal - Rainbow Jelly
- Indrasis Acharya - Pupa
- Mainak Bhaumik - Generation Ami
- Arindam Sil - Byomkesh Gotro
- 2020 Kaushik Ganguly – Nagarkirtan[7]
- Srijit Mukherji - Vinci Da
- Aparna Sen - Ghawre Bairey Aaj
- Buddhadeb Dasgupta - Urojahaj
- Dhrubo Banerjee - Durgeshgorer Guptodhon
- Churni Ganguly - Tarikh
- 2021 Anik Dutta - Barunbabur Bondhu[8]
- 2022 Atanu Ghosh - Binisutoy[9]
- Bratya Basu - Dictionary
- Dhrubo Banerjee - Golondaaj
- Saibal Mitra - Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
- Kamaleshwar Mukherjee - Anusondhaan
- 2023 Anik Dutta - Aparajito[10]
- Dhrubo Banerjee - Karnasubarner Guptodhon
- Kaushik Ganguly - Lokkhi Chele
- Parambrata Chatterjee - Abhijaan
- Raj Chakraborty - Habji Gabji
- Srijit Mukherji - X=Prem
- 2024 Atanu Ghosh - Shesh Pata[11]
- Arindam Sil - Maayakumari
- Indranil Roychowdhury - Mayar Jonjal
- Kaushik Ganguly - Palan
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "WBFJA 2017 Nominations".
- ^ "WBFJA 2017 Winners".
- ^ "WBFJA 2018 Nominations".
- ^ "WBFJA 2018 Winners".
- ^ "WBFJA 2019 Nominations".
- ^ "WBFJA 2019 Winners".
- ^ "Satyajit Ray's trusted cinematographer to be conferred lifetime achievement award".
- ^ "WBJFA award function".
- ^ "'Aparajito', 'Jhilli' & 4 other movies nominated in WBFJA Award's Best Film category".
- ^ "WBFJA Awards 2023: বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!".
- ^ "শেষ পাতা-র বাজিমাত! সিনেমার সমাবর্তনে পুরস্কার পেল দশম অবতার, সেরা অভিনেতা দেব না প্রসেনজিৎ".