7th Filmfare Awards Bangla

The 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla is a ceremony, presented by The Times Group, which honored the best Indian Bengali-language films of 2023.

7th Filmfare Awards Bangla
Presented on	29 March 2024
Site	ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata
Hosted by	Parambrata Chatterjee, Sauraseni Maitra Sourav Das
Organized by	The Times Group
Official website	Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024
Highlights
Best Film	Ardhangini
Best Director	Atanu Ghosh for Shesh Pata
Best Actor	Prosenjit Chatterjee for Shesh Pata
Best Actress	Churni Ganguly for Ardhangini
Best Critic	Mayar Jonjal Niharika
Most awards	Ardhangini (6)
Most nominations	Shesh Pata (16)
Television coverage
Network	Zee Bangla

Shesh Pata led the ceremony with 16 nominations, and won 5 awards including Best Director (for Atanu Ghosh) and Best Actor (for Prosenjit Chatterjee). It was followed by Dawshom Awbotaar and Ardhangini, with 15 and 11 nominations respectively. While the former won only Best Music Director (for Anupam Roy), the latter went on to win a leading 6 awards, including Best Film, Best Actress (for Churni Ganguly), Best Supporting Actress (for Jaya Ahsan) and Best Supporting Actor (for Ambarish Bhattacharya).

Mayar Jonjal won 6 awards from 8 nominations, including Best Film Critics, also shared by Niharika which additionally received 6 nominations, subsequently winning Best Female Playback Singer (for Abarna Roy).

Jaya Ahsan received dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, winning the latter.

Ceremony

Held at ITC Royal Bengal, the 7th Filmfare Awards Bangla honoured the Bengali films released in 2023. At a press conference helmed by Jitesh Pillai, the editor of Filmfare magazine prior to the ceremony, Joy was revealed to be the title sponsor. Actors Parambrata Chatterjee, Sauraseni Maitra and Sourav Das were announced as the co-hosts, while actors Koel Mallick, Nusraat Faria, Srabanti Chatterjee, Bonny Sengupta, Koushani Mukherjee and Ankush Hazra were announced to be performing during the event. It took place on 29 March 2024, and was broadcast on 21 April 2024 on Zee Bangla.

Winners and Nominees

The nominations were announced by Filmfare on 25 March 2024.

Atanu Ghosh, Best Director

Churni Ganguly, Best Actress

Prosenjit Chatterjee, Best Actor

Swastika Mukherjee, Best Actress Critics

Mithun Chakraborty, Best Actor Critics

Jaya Ahsan, Best Supporting Actress

Ambarish Bhattacharya, Best Supporting Actor co-winner

Anupam Roy, Best Music Composer & Best Lyricist

Arijit Singh, Best Male Playback Singer

Iman Chakraborty, Best Female Playback Singer

Popular Awards

Best Film			Best Director
Ardhangini – Surinder Films Bagha Jatin – Dev Entertainment Ventures Dawshom Awbotaar – Shree Venkatesh Films Kabuliwala – Shree Venkatesh Films Pradhan – Dev Entertainment Ventures Raktabeej – Windows Production			Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Arun Roy – Bagha Jatin Avijit Sen – Pradhan Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Raktabeej Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar Suman Ghosh – Kabuliwala
Best Actor			Best Actress
Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Anirban Chakrabarty – The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan as Ekendra Sen Dev – Bagha Jatin as Bagha Jatin Dev – Pradhan as Deepak Pradhan Jeet – Manush as NCB Officer Arjun Mukherjee / Victor Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Parambrata Chatterjee – Shibpur as Sultan Ahmed			Churni Ganguly – Ardhangini as Subhra Chatterjee Jaya Ahsan – Dawshom Awbotaar as Moitreyee Ghatak Koel Mallick – Jongole Mitin Mashi as Mitin Mashi Ritabhari – Fatafati as Phoollari K. Bhaduri Solanki Roy – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E as RJ Anindita Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas
Best Supporting Actor			Best Supporting Actress
Ambarish Bhattacharya – Ardhangini as Sukanta Chatterjee Kaushik Ganguly – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Shrikanta Munshi Anirban Bhattacharya – Dawshom Awbotaar as ACP Poddar Anirban Chakrabarty – Pradhan as Jatileshwar Mukherjee Jisshu Sengupta – Dawshom Awbotaar as Bishwarup Bardhan Sohel Mondal – Mayar Jonjal as Satya Vikram Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Shaunak			Jaya Ahsan – Ardhangini as Meghna Mustafi Anashua Majumdar – Raktabeej as Gauri Mukherjee Aparajita Adhya – Cheeni 2 as Mishti Mukherjee Mallika Mazumder – Niharika as Deepa's Aunt Srabanti Chatterjee – Kaberi Antardhan as Kaberi Bhattacharya
Debut Awards
Best Male Debut		Best Female Debut		Best Debut Director
Sohel Mondal – Mayar Jonjal as Satya	Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Prateeksha Soumitrisha Kundu – Pradhan as Rumi Pradhan Sreeja Dutta – Bagha Jatin as Indubala Banerjee	Sumantra Roy – Ghasjomi Aritra Sen – Ghore Pherar Gaan Paroma Neotia – Mitthye Premer Gaan Srijato – Manobjomin
Writing Awards
Best Story		Best Screenplay		Best Dialogue
Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Kaushik Ganguly – Kaberi Antardhan Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee – Raktabeej	Indranil Roychowdhury & Sugata Sinha – Mayar Jonjal Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar Zinia Sen & Sarbari Ghoshal – Raktabeej	Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Kaushik Ganguly – Ardhangini Sreejib – Kabuliwala Srijit Mukherji – Dawshom Awbotaar
Music Awards
Best Music Director			Best Lyricist
Anupam Roy – Dawshom Awbotaar Anupam Roy – Ardhangini Bickram Ghosh – Maayakumari Indraadip Dasgupta – Kabuliwala Kuntal De, Ranajoy Bhattacharjee & Soumya Rit – Mitthye Premer Gaan Nabarun Bose & Akash Chakraborty – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E	Anupam Roy – "Alada Alada" – Ardhangini Anupam Roy – "Aami Shei Manushta Aar Nei" – Dawshom Awbotaar Aritra Sengupta & Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Nirabotay Chhilo" – Mitthye Premer Gaan Kaushik Ganguly – "Aami Aar O" – Palan Ritam Sen – "Jani Okaron" – Fatafati
Best Playback Singer – Male			Best Playback Singer – Female
Arijit Singh – "Bhaabo Jodi" – Kabuliwala Anupam Roy – "Aami Shei Manushta Aar Nei" – Dawshom Awbotaar Anupam Roy – "Phire Esho" – Pradhan Arijit Singh – "Jiya Tui Chara" – Biye Bibhrat Ishan Mitra & Ranajoy Bhattacharjee – "Nirobotay Chhilo" – Mitthye Premer Gaan Mahtim Shakib – "Tumi Jantei Paronaa" – Cheeni 2 Rupam Islam – "Shesh Bole Kichu Achey Ki" – Shesh Pata	Abarna Roy – "Moloya Batashe" – Niharika Iman Chakraborty – "Alada Alada" – Ardhangini Antara Mitra – "Jani Okaron" – Fatafati Antara Nandy & Ankita Nandy – "Nakku Nakur Na Jao" – Raktabeej Gargi Roychowdhury – "Amar Jwoleni Aalo" – Shesh Pata

Critics' awards

Best Film (Best Director)
Indranil Roychowdhury – Mayar Jonjal Indrasis Acharya – Niharika Kaushik Ganguly – Palan Atanu Ghosh – Shesh Pata Aritra Sen – Shohorer Ushnotomo Din E
Best Actor		Best Actress
Mithun Chakraborty – Kabuliwala as Rehmat Khan Anjan Dutt – Palan as Anjan Sen Prosenjit Chatterjee – Shesh Pata as Balmiki Sengupta Ritwick Chakraborty – Mayar Jonjal as Chandan / Chandu Silajit Majumdar – Niharika as Akash Chatterjee Subrat Dutta – Samaresh Basu-R Projapoti as Sukhen		Swastika Mukherjee – Shibpur as Mandira Biswas Anuradha Mukherjee – Niharika as Deepa Aupee Karim – Mayar Jonjal as Shoma C. Gargi Roychowdhury – Shesh Pata as Medha Ray Mamata Shankar – Palan as Mamata Sen Tasnia Farin – Aaro Ek Prithibi as Prateeksha

Special Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Prabhat Roy

Technical Awards

Best Editing	Best Production Design	Best Cinematography
Sumit Ghosh – Mayar Jonjal Amir Mondal – Samaresh Basu-R Projapoti Malay Laha – Raktabeej Pranoy Dasgupta – Dawshom Awbotaar Sujay Datta Ray – Shesh Pata Sumantra Roy – Ghasjomi	Tanmoy Chakraborty – Kabuliwala Bablu Singha – Bagha Jatin Gautam Basu – Shesh Pata Kaushik Das – Mayar Jonjal Nafisa Ali Khatun – Raktabeej Shibaji Pal – Dawshom Awbotaar	Indranil Mukherjee – Mayar Jonjal Pratip Mukhopadhyay – Raktabeej Rana Pratap Karforma – Ghasjomi Santanu De – Niharika Soumik Haldar – Dawshom Awbotaar Soumik Haldar – Shesh Pata Subhankar Bhar – Kabuliwala
Best Sound Design	Best Background Score	Best Costume
Subhadeep Sengupta – Mayar Jonjal Amit Kumar Datta – Bagha Jatin Anindit Ray & Adeep Singh Manki – Shesh Pata Anindit Ray & Adeep Singh Manki – Dawshom Awbotaar Dipankar Chaki – Raktabeej Sukanta Mazumder – Niharika	Debojyoti Mishra – Shesh Pata Amit Chatterjee – Ardhangini Indraadip Dasgupta – Dawshom Awbotaar Indraadip Dasgupta – Kabuliwala Joy Sarkar – Niharika Nilayan Chatterjee – Baghajatin Santajit Chatterjee – Ghasjomi	Ritarupa Bhattacharya – Mayar Jonjal Jayanti Sen – Baghajatin Sanchita Bhattacharjee – Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo Sulagna Choudhury & Nighat Iman – Ardhangini

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
16	Shesh Pata
15	Dawshom Awbotaar
11	Ardhangini
	Raktabeej
10	Kabuliwala
8	Baghajatin
	Mayar Jonjal
6	Niharika
	Pradhan
4	Mitthye Premer Gaan
3	Aaro Ek Prithibi

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
6	Ardhangini
	Mayar Jonjal
5	Shesh Pata
2	Aaro Ek Prithibi
	Niharika

External links

• Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024: Winners
• Jaya, Farin, Shohel dominate Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024
• Filmfare Awards Bangla 2024: জোড়া মনোয়ন দেবের,সেরা নবাগতার দৌড়ে সৌমিতৃষা, হাড্ডাহাড্ডি লড়াই অরিজিৎ-অনুপমের
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