5th Annual BFJA Awards

Template:Singlesource The 5th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1942, honoring the best in India cinema in 1941.

Main Awards

Best India Film

• Pratishruti
• Padosi
• Sikandar
• Naya Sansar
• Khazanchi
• Parichaya
• Punar Milan
• Pardesi
• Raj Nartaki
• Nandini

Best Director

Hemchandra Chunder - Pratishruti

Best Actor

Pahari Sanyal - Pratishruti

Best Actress

Kanan Devi - Parichaya

Best Screenplay

Binoy Chatterjee - Pratishruti

Hindi Film Section

Best Director

V. Shantaram - Padosi

Best Actor

Gajanan Jagirdar - Padosi

Best Actress

Durga Khote - Charnon Ki Dasi

Best Screenplay

K. A. Abbas - Naya Sansar

Foreign Film Section

Ten Best Film

• Template:Country - Citizen Kane
• Template:Country - Kitty Foyle
• Template:Country - Hold Back the Dawn
• Template:Country - The Letter
• Template:Country - The Philadelphia Story
• Template:Country - Meet John Doe
• Template:Country - Blossoms in the Dust
• Template:Country - The Great Dictator
• Template:Country - My Life with Caroline
• Template:Country - Back Street