West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor
| WBFJA for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association |
| Last awarded | 2024 |
| Most Recent Winner | Prosenjit Chatterjee for Shesh Pata |
The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is given yearly by the WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best actor of the previous year.
Superlatives[edit]
| Category | Name | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| Most Awards | Prosenjit Chatterjee | 3 awards |
| Most Nominations | Jisshu Sengupta, Ritwick Chakraborty, Parambrata Chatterjee | 4 nominations |
| Most Nominations without a Win | Anirban Bhattacharya, Arjun Chakraborty | 2 Nominations |
List of winners[edit]
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Paran Bandopadhyay | Cinemawala |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee | Khawto | |
| 2018 | Soumitra Chatterjee | Mayurakshi |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee | Mayurakshi | |
| 2019 | Jisshu Sengupta | Ek Je Chhilo Raja |
| 2020 | Riddhi Sen | Nagarkirtan |
| 2021 | Parambrata Chatterjee | Dwitiyo Purush |
| Saswata Chatterjee | Chobiyal | |
| 2022 | Ritwick Chakraborty | Binisutoy |
| Paran Bandopadhyay | Tonic | |
| 2023 | Dev | Projapoti |
| Ritwick Chakraborty | Ananta: The Eternal | |
| 2024 | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Shesh Pata |
Nominations[edit]
- 2017 Paran Bandopadhyay – Cinemawala as Pranabendu Das and Prosenjit Chatterjee – Khawto as Nirbed Lahiri/Dhrubo (tie)[1][2]
- Anjan Dutt – Shaheb Bibi Golaam as Jimmy
- Debshankar Haldar – Maya Mridango as Jhakshu Ustad
- Jisshu Sengupta – Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana as Byomkesh Bakshi
- 2018 Soumitra Chatterjee – Mayurakshi as Sushovan and Prosenjit Chatterjee – Mayurakshi as Aryanil (tie)[3][4]
- Ritwick Chakraborty – Maacher Jhol as Dev D aka Devdatto
- Anirban Bhattacharya – Dhananjay as Dhananjoy Chatterjee
- Jisshu Sengupta – Posto as Arnab Lahiri
- Parambrata Chatterjee – Samantaral as Sujan
- 2019 Jisshu Sengupta – Ek Je Chhilo Raja as Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury[5][6]
- Jisshu Sengupta – Ghare & Baire as Amit
- Saswata Chatterjee – Ray as Director
- Prosenjit Chatterjee – Drishtikone as Jion Mitra
- Adil Hussain – Maati as Jamil
- 2020 Riddhi Sen – Nagarkirtan as Puti[7]
- Ritwick Chakraborty – Nagarkirtan as Madhu
- Rudranil Ghosh – Vinci Da as Vinci Da
- Prosenjit Chatterjee – Drishtikone as Jion Mitra
- Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Konthho as RJ Arjun Mallik
- Kaushik Ganguly – Kedara as Narasingha
- 2021 Parambrata Chatterjee for Dwitiyo Purush as Abhijit Pakrashi/Khoka and Saswata Chatterjee for Chobiyal as Habol[8]
- Anirban Bhattacharya - Dracula Sir as Amal / Raktim
- Jeet - Asur as Kigan Mandi
- 2022 Ritwik Chakraborty - Binisutoy as Kajal Sarkar and Paran Bandopadhyay - Tonic as Jaladhar Sen
- Mosharraf Karim - Dictionary
- Saswata Chatterjee - Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
- Arjun Chakrabarty - Avijatrik as Apu
- 2023 Dev – Projapoti as Joy Chakraborty and Ritwick Chakraborty – Ananta: The Eternal as Mr. Shuvo[9]
- Arjun Chakraborty – X=Prem as Arnab
- Bratya Basu – Jhora Palok as Jibanananda Das
- Parambrata Chatterjee – Habji Gabji as Aditya Basu
- Riddhi Sen – Bismillah as Bismillah a.k.a Bishu
- 2024 Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta[10]
- Abir Chatterjee – Maayakumari as Kanan Kumar and Ahir Chatterjee
- Anjan Dutt – Palan
- Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "WBFJA 2017 Nominations".
- ^ "WBFJA 2017 Winners".
- ^ "WBFJA 2018 Nominations".
- ^ "WBFJA 2018 Winners".
- ^ "WBFJA 2019 Nominations".
- ^ "WBFJA 2019 Winners".
- ^ "4th WBFJA Awards".
- ^ "WBJFA award function".
- ^ "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".