West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards


West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The association was founded in 2013 in Kolkata. The award show is called Cinemar Somaborton.

Overview

WBFJA can be called the successors of BFJA the oldest association of film critics in India, which was founded in 1939. BFJA used to felicitate Indian Cinema every year. In 2013, the last BFJA Awards were held in Kolkata, same year as the WBFJA was founded. That was the time WBFJA decided to be the successor of BFJA by giving awards to the Bengali Cinema in particular.
In 2017, four years after establishment WBFJA decided to hold their first award ceremony and to honor the Bengali Films of the previous year. Unlike BFJA, WBFJA Awards are only for the Bengali Films. In 2018, after success of their first award show they announced the 2nd edition of WBFJA Awards. In 2019, they announced their 3rd edition.

Awards

WBFJA has 18 awards in the popular category and 8 awards in the technical category.

Popular awards

Technical awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

YearHonoureeProfession
2026Biplab ChatterjeeActor
2025Aparna SenActress
2024Sandhya RoyActress
2021Victor BanerjeeActor
2020Soumendu RoyCinematographer
2019Buddhadeb DasguptaDirector
2018Tarun MajumdarDirector
2017Madhabi MukherjeeActress