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'''Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards''' commonly referred as '''BFJA Awards''', is given by '''The Bengal Film Journalists' Association'''.<ref>[http://www.bfjaawards.com/bfja/index.htm Introduction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313203234/http://www.bfjaawards.com/bfja/index.htm |date=2008-03-13 }}</ref> The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in [[India]], founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism and film industry.

==Overview==
Members of the association are drawn from the film section of the entire press of [[West Bengal]] composed of dailies, periodicals and film journals in various languages published from [[Kolkata]]. Film correspondents and critics working for any newspaper or periodicals published outside [[Bengal]] having their base in Kolkata were also eligible to be members of this association.

The association was the first to institute awards in an endeavor to promote and encourage the production of better films, when in 1938, a year after its inception, the 1st Motion Picture Congress was held in [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). Representatives of the association played a vital role in its deliberations.

In 1952 when India staged the First International Film Festival, a large exhibition was held in [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Kolkata Maidan]]. It included an exhibit of antique movie cameras, projectors and other accessories, showing the growth of films and development of the Indian film industry. BFJA had its own stall where it displayed its various magazines, periodicals and journals published from Kolkata, as well as copies of old magazines and journals on films tracing the history of the growth of film journalism in the country.

Thereafter, when the I.F.F.I. became a regular event on the circuit of International Film Festivals, the BFJA tendered active assistance and co-operation whenever called upon to serve on any committee in the interest the festival’s success. For the last four years the Association has been bringing out a special bulletin to commemorate the I.F.F.I. and hosting a reception for the visiting delegates.

To the members of BFJA, cinema, apart from its basic function of providing clean entertainment, is a strong social, cultural and artistic force to help the progressive development of the nation.<ref>[http://www.bfjaawards.com/bfja/index.htm 69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313203234/http://www.bfjaawards.com/bfja/index.htm |date=2008-03-13 }}</ref>

[[Soumitra Chatterjee]] is the most awarded actor of all time with 9 wins, followed by [[Uttam Kumar]] (7) and [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] (7), [[Rajesh Khanna]] (4), [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]] (2) and [[Utpal Dutt]] (2).

==Awards==

*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Films|Best Indian Films]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Director Award|Best Director]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award|Best Actor]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award|Best Actress]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Supporting Actor Award|Best Supporting Actor]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Supporting Actress Award|Best Supporting Actress]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Screenplay Award|Best Screenplay]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Cinematographer Award|Best Cinematographer]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Art Director|Best Art Director]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Editor Award|Best Editor]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Music Director Award|Best Music Director]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Lyricist Award|Best Lyricist]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award|Best Male Playback]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Female Playback Award|Best Female Playback]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Make Up Man Award|Best Make Up Man]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Babulal Chowkhani Memorial Trophy for Best Original Story|Babulal Chowkhani Memorial Trophy for Best Original Story]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Outstanding Work of the Year Award|Most Outstanding Work of the Year]] (Actor and Actress)
*[[BFJA B.C. Agarwal Memorial Award for Best Film Critic/Journalist|B.C. Agarwal Memorial Award for Best Film Critic/Journalist]]
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Book on Cinema Award
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Clean & Entertainment Film Award|Best Clean & Entertainment Film]]
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Director Award
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Actor Award|Most Promising Actor]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Actress Award|Most Promising Actress]]

===Documentary Section===
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Documentary (Jointly) Award
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Director Documentary (Film) Award

===Special Awards===
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Hero Honda Youth Icon Awards
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Hero Honda Voice of All Gen

===Hindi Section===

*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Film Award (Hindi)
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Director Award (Hindi)|Best Director]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award (Hindi)|Best Actor]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Actress Award (Hindi)|Best Actress]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Supporting Actor Award (Hindi)|Best Supporting Actor]]
*[[BFJA Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi)|Best Supporting Actress]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Female Playback Singer (Hindi)|Best Female Playback Singer]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Singer (Hindi)|Best Male Playback Singer]]
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Screenplay Award (Hindi)
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Lyricist Award (Hindi)|Best Lyricist]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Music Director Award (Hindi)|Best Music Director]]
*Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement

== Foreign Film Section ==
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Foreign Film Award]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Foreign Director Award]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Foreign Actor Award]]
*[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Foreign Actress Award]]

==See also==
*[[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web| title = BJFA Awards - Official Listings, 1938 onwards| publisher = Bengal Film Journalists' Association| url = http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141112143810/http://www.bfjaaward.com/award-winners.php| archive-date = 2014-11-12| access-date = 2014-05-22}}*
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010080058/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/eventseries/3687 ftvdb.bfi.org.uk]

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