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{{short description|Indian film awards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox film awards
|number=5
|award=WBFJA Awards
| awarded_for = Excellence in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Indian Bengali cinema]]
| announced_date = Nominations: {{Start date|2021|8|31|df=y}}
| presented_date = {{Start date|2022|1|16|df=y}}
| date = 16 January 2022
| site =
| organiser = West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (WBFJA)
|best_film=[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]
|best_direction=[[Anik Dutta]]
|best_actor=[[Parambrata Chatterjee]], [[Saswata Chatterjee]]
|best_actress=[[Aparajita Auddy]]
|last=[[4th WBFJA Award|4th]]|next=[[6th WBFJA Awards|6th]]|year=2020-2021
| website = {{URL|https://wbfja.com/award.php|WBFJA}}
}}

'''5th Edition of The [[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|WBFJA]] Award''', also known as ''''Cinemar Samabartan'''<nowiki/>' (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) took place on 16 January 2022 honoring best movies of the past two years.<ref>{{Citation|title=WBFJA Award 2021 Update {{!}} Nomination List {{!}} Lifetime achievement Award {{!}} Bengali Movie Award Show|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FUPdNSEfQY|language=en|access-date=2021-11-06}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=WBJFA award function to be held on Oct 6 {{!}} Entertainment|url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/1715059-wbjfa-award-function-to-be-held-on-oct-6|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Devdiscourse|language=en}}</ref>

== Theme & Outline ==
Called 'Cinemar Samabartan' (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films), the festival will have the tag line 'Cinemar Moja Cinemar Hall E' (you can truly enjoy the charm of films by watching on big screen) as the campaign to bring back the audience to the cinema halls and multiplexes which is incomparable with OTT.<ref name=":0" />

== Lifetime Achievement ==
The Lifetime Achievement award for WBFJA 2021 was given to [[Victor Banerjee]].

== Winners and Nominees ==

=== Best Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
!TItle
!Director
!Producer
!Studio
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Anik Dutta]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Nispal Singh]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Surinder Films]]'''
|-
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush (film)|Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|[[Srijit Mukherji|Srijit Mukherjee]]
|Mahendra Soni, [[Shrikant Mohta]]
|[[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
|-
|''[[Abyakto]]''
|Arjun Dutta
|Tarun Das
|Trina Films, Roop Production & Entertainment
|-
|''[[Sraboner Dhara]]''
|[[Sudeshna Roy]], [[Abhijit Guha (director)|Abhijit Guha]]
|Pradip Churiwal
|Macneil Engineering Ltd
|-
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|[[Debaloy Bhattacharya]]
|Mahendra Soni, Shrikant Mohta
|[[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
|}

=== Best Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Anik Dutta]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]''
|-
|[[Srijit Mukherji|Srijit Mukherjee]]
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush (film)|Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|[[Sudeshna Roy]], [[Abhijit Guha (director)|Abhijit Guha]]
|''[[Sraboner Dhara]]''
|-
|[[Debaloy Bhattacharya]]
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|[[Mainak Bhaumik|Mainak Bhaumick]]
|''Cheeni''
|}

=== Best Actor (Male) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Parambrata Chatterjee]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Saswata Chatterjee]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''''[[Chobiyal]]'''''
|-
|[[Anirban Bhattacharya]]
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|[[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]]
|''[[Asur (film)|Asur]]''
|}
◆ Other [[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor Winners]]

=== Best Actor (Female) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Aparajita Adhya]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''''Cheeni'''''
|-
|[[Arpita Chatterjee]]
|''[[Abyakto]]''
|-
|[[Rituparna Sengupta]]
|''Parcel''
|-
|[[Swastika Mukherjee]]
|[[Guldasta (2020 film)|''Guldasta'']]
|-
|[[Rukmini Maitra|Rukmini Mitra]]
|''Switzerland''
|}

=== Most Popular Actor ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Anirban Bhattacharya]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|[[Mimi Chakraborty]]
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|[[Koel Mallick]]
|''[[Rawkto Rawhoshyo]]''
|}

=== Most Popular Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Director
!Studio
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |[[Srijit Mukherji|'''Srijit Mukherjee''']]
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Shree Venkatesh Films]]'''
|-
|[[Asur (film)|Asur]]
|[[Pavel (film director)|Pavel Bhattacharjee]]
|Jeetz Filmworks
|-
|[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]
|Aritra Mukherjee
|Windows Production
|-
|[[Cheeni]]
|[[Mainak Bhaumik|Mainak Bhaumick]]
|[[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
|}

=== Best Supporting Actor (Male) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Paran Bandopadhyay]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]''
|-
|[[Rwitobroto Mukherjee]]
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Padmanabha Dasgupta
|''[[Sraboner Dhara]]''
|-
|Sumanta Mukherjee
|''[[Saheber Cutlet]]''
|-
|[[Sourav Das (actor)|Sourav Das]]
|''[[Cheeni]]''
|}

=== Best Supporting Actor (female) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Paoli Dam]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Love Aaj Kal Porshu]]''
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |[[Bidipta Chakraborty|'''Bidipta Chakroborty''']]
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|Soma Chakroborty
|''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
|-
|Ankita Chakroborty
|''[[Shironam]]''
|-
|Debjani Chatterjee
|[[Guldasta (2020 film)|''Guldasta'']]
|}

=== Most Promosing Actress ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Ritabhari Chakraborty]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
|-
|Sritama Dey
|''[[Saheber Cutlet]]''
|-
|[[Madhumita Sarcar]]
|''[[Cheeni]]''
|}

=== Most Promising Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Arjunn Dutta]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''''[[Abyakto]]'''''
|-
|Aritra Mukherjee
|''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
|-
|Indranil Ghosh
|''[[Shironam]]''
|-
|Ujjwal Basu
|''[[Doodhpither Gachh]]''
|-
|Souvik Kundu
|''Switzerland''
|}

=== Best Actor in a Negetive Role ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Abir Chatterjee]]'''
|style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Asur (film)|'''Asur''']]''
|-
|[[Rudranil Ghosh]]
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|[[Chandan Roy Sanyal]]
|''[[Rawkto Rawhoshyo]]''
|}

=== Best Actor in a Comic Role ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Manasi Sinha]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
|-
|[[Kanchan Mullick]]
|''[[Saheber Cutlet]]''
|}

=== Best Music Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Anupam Roy]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|[[Bickram Ghosh]]
|''[[Asur (film)|Asur]]''
|-
|[[Arindom Chatterjee]]
|''[[Love Aaj Kal Porshu]]''
|-
|Amit & Ishan
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|[[Anindya Chatterjee]]
|''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
|}

=== Best Playback Singer (Male) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
!Song
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Ishan'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dracula Sir]]''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''"Raat Pohale"'''
|-
|[[Mohammed Irfan (singer)|Mohammed Irfan]]
|''[[Asur (film)|Asur]]''
|<nowiki>''</nowiki>Tor hoye jete chai"
|-
|[[Arijit Singh]]
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|"Abar Phire Ele"
|-
|Dev Arijit
|''[[Love Aaj Kal Porshu]]''
|<nowiki>''</nowiki>Shune Ne"
|-
|Ishan
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|"Shono Ami Abar Jonmo Nebo"
|}

=== Best Playback Singer (Female) ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
!Song
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Surangana Bandyopadhyay]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''"Kon Gopone"'''
|-
|[[Iman Chakraborty]]
|''[[Asur (film)|Asur]]''
|"Aami Radha Moto"
|-
|[[Subhamita Banerjee]]
|''Cheeni''
|"Ki Naamey Daaki"
|-
|[[Lagnajita Chakraborty]]
|''Cheeni''
|"Tomar Chokher Shitalpati"
|}

=== Best Lyrics ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
!Song
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Anindya Chatterjee]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''"Kon Gopone"'''
|-
|[[Anupam Roy]]
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|"Abar Phire Ele"
|-
|Ritam Sen
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|"Priyotoma"
|-
|Saqi Banerjee
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|"Shono Ami Abar Jonmo Nebo"
|-
|Ritam Sen
|''Cheeni''
|"Tomar Chokher Shitalpati"
|}

=== Best Screenplay ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |[[Srijit Mukherji|'''Srijit Mukherjee''']]
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dwitiyo Purush (film)|'''Dwitiyo Purush''']]''
|-
|[[Arjunn Dutta]]
|''[[Abyakto]]''
|-
|[[Anik Dutta]] & Utsav Mukherjee
|''[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]''
|-
|Zinia Sen
|''[[Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti]]''
|-
|Kallol Lahiri & [[Debaloy Bhattacharya]]
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|}

=== Best Cinematographer ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Sirsha Ray'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''''[[Shironam]]'''''
|-
|Soumik Haldar
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Supratim Bhol
|''[[Abyakto]]''
|-
|Indanath Marick
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|Santanu Banerjee
|''[[Doodhpither Gachh]]''
|}

=== Best Editor ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Arghakamal Mitra'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Borunbabur Bondhu]]''
|-
|Pronoy Dasgupta
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Sanglap Bhowmick
|''[[Love Aaj Kal Porshu]]''
|-
|Sanglap Bhowmick
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|Anirban Maity
|''[[Doodhpither Gachh]]''
|}

=== Best Art Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Ananda Addhya'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Asur (film)|'''Asur''']]''
|-
|Shibaji Pal
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Indranil Ghosh
|''[[Shironam]]''
|-
|Tapan Kumar Seth
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|}

=== Best Background Score ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''[[Joy Sarkar]]'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''''[[Doodhpither Gachh]]'''''
|-
|Soumya Rit
|''[[Abyakto]]''
|-
|Avijit Kundu
|''[[Love Aaj Kal Porshu]]''
|-
|Amit & Ishan
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|}

=== Best Sound Designer ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Anindit Roy & Adeep Singh Manki'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Hindol Chakraborty
|''[[Shironam]]''
|-
|Divya
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|Anirban Ganguly
|''[[Doodhpither Gachh]]''
|}

=== Best Makeup ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Manjeet Tiwari'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |''[[Asur (film)|'''Asur''']]''
|-
|Somnath Kundu
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Prosenjit Banerjee
|[[Guldasta (2020 film)|Guldasta]]
|-
|Prasenjit Dey
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|Sandeep Neogi & Dipankar Chakraborty
|''[[Abyakto]]''
|}

=== Best Costume ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
|-
| style="background:#FFFF00" |'''Abhishek Roy'''
| style="background:#FFFF00" |[[Guldasta (2020 film)|'''''Guldasta''''']]
|-
|[[Sanchita Bhattacharya]]
|''[[Dwitiyo Purush]]''
|-
|Baisakhi Banerjee & Sandy Ghoshal
|''[[Dracula Sir]]''
|-
|Apu Gobinda Mondal
|''[[Doodhpither Gachh]]''
|}

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]]
[[Category:2022 Indian film awards]]
[[Category:2022 awards in India]]

5th WBFJA Award - Revision history

DnyanjyotiEducationNagpur at 17:34, 18 February 2026