West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Director

The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Director is given yearly by WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best director of the previous year.

WBFJA for Best Director
Awarded for	Best direction by a director
Country	India
Presented by	West Bengal Film Journalists' Association
First awarded	2013
Last awarded	2024
Most Recent Winner	Atanu Ghosh for Shesh Pata

Superlatives

Category	Name	Superlative
Most Awards	Kaushik Ganguly	3 awards
Most Nominations	Kaushik Ganguly	5 nominations
Most Nominations without a Win	Arindam Sil	3 nominations

List of winners

Winner Wise

Year	Winner	Film
2017	Kaushik Ganguly	Cinemawala
2018	Kaushik Ganguly	Bishorjon
2019	Srijit Mukherji	Ek Je Chhilo Raja
2020	Kaushik Ganguly	Nagarkirtan
2021	Anik Dutta	Borunbabur Bondhu
2022	Atanu Ghosh	Binisutoy
2023	Anik Dutta	Aparajito (2022 film)
2024	Atanu Ghosh	Shesh Pata

Nomination Wise

• 2017 Kaushik Ganguly – Cinemawala^[1][2]
  • Goutam Ghose - Shankhachil
  • Kamaleshwar Mukherjee - Khawto
  • Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy - Praktan
  • Srijit Mukherji - Zulfiqar
• 2018 Kaushik Ganguly – Bishorjan^[3][4]
  • Atanu Ghosh - Mayurakshi
  • Pratim D. Gupta - Maacher Jhol
  • Anik Dutta - Meghnad Badh Rahasya
  • Mostofa Sarwar Farooki - Doob
  • Suman Mukhopadhyay - Asampta
  • Arindam Sil - Dhananjay
  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta - Tope
• 2019 Srijit Mukherji - Ek Je Chhilo Raja^[5][6]
  • Arnab Riingo Banerjee - Ray
  • Ranjan Ghosh - Rongberonger Korhi
  • Soukarya Ghosal - Rainbow Jelly
  • Indrasis Acharya - Pupa
  • Mainak Bhaumik - Generation Ami
  • Arindam Sil - Byomkesh Gotro
• 2020 Kaushik Ganguly – Nagarkirtan^[7]
  • Srijit Mukherji - Vinci Da
  • Aparna Sen - Ghawre Bairey Aaj
  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta - Urojahaj
  • Dhrubo Banerjee - Durgeshgorer Guptodhon
  • Churni Ganguly - Tarikh
• 2021 Anik Dutta - Barunbabur Bondhu^[8]
  • Srijit Mukherjee - Dwitiyo Purush
  • Sudeshna Roy & Abhijit Guha - Sraboner Dhara
  • Debaloy Bhattacharya - Dracula Sir
  • Mainak Bhaumik - Cheeni
• 2022 Atanu Ghosh - Binisutoy^[9]
  • Bratya Basu - Dictionary
  • Dhrubo Banerjee - Golondaaj
  • Saibal Mitra - Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
  • Kamaleshwar Mukherjee - Anusondhaan
• 2023 Anik Dutta - Aparajito^[10]
  • Dhrubo Banerjee - Karnasubarner Guptodhon
  • Kaushik Ganguly - Lokkhi Chele
  • Parambrata Chatterjee - Abhijaan
  • Raj Chakraborty - Habji Gabji
  • Srijit Mukherji - X=Prem
• 2024 Atanu Ghosh - Shesh Pata^[11]
  • Arindam Sil - Maayakumari
  • Indranil Roychowdhury - Mayar Jonjal
  • Kaushik Ganguly - Palan

See also

• West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
• Cinema of India

References

1. "WBFJA 2017 Nominations".
2. "WBFJA 2017 Winners".
3. "WBFJA 2018 Nominations".
4. "WBFJA 2018 Winners".
5. "WBFJA 2019 Nominations".
6. "WBFJA 2019 Winners".
7. "Satyajit Ray's trusted cinematographer to be conferred lifetime achievement award".
8. "WBJFA award function".
9. "'Aparajito', 'Jhilli' & 4 other movies nominated in WBFJA Award's Best Film category".
10. "WBFJA Awards 2023: বাংলার সাংবাদিকদের বিচারে সেরা অভিনেতা দেব, জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা মিঠুন, গায়ক অরিজিৎ!".
11. "শেষ পাতা-র বাজিমাত! সিনেমার সমাবর্তনে পুরস্কার পেল দশম অবতার, সেরা অভিনেতা দেব না প্রসেনজিৎ".