WB-WBFJA-AWARDS

Kaushik Ganguly's Nagarkirtan wins big in WBFJA
    Kolkata, Jan 12 (PTI) Kaushik Ganguly's Nagarkirtan
was adjudged the 'Best Feature Film' by the West Bengal Film
Journalist Association at its award ceremony held here on
Sunday.
    Ganguly, who had won national award and IFFI Goa
award for several of his films, was also adjudged the 'Best
Director' for Nagarkirtan that deals with transgender issues
and sexuality.
    Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was adjudged
the 'Most Popular Actor' for his portrayal of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose in Gumnaami which he shared jointly with Dev for
his role of a youth from rural belts in the film Sanjhbati.
    Adventure-fantasy 'Durgeshgorer Guptodhan' was awarded
the 'Most Popular Film', while Ritwick Chakraborty was
adjudged the 'Best Actor in Negative role' for Vinci Da.
    The jury award for the 'Best Actor in Leading Role -
Female' went to Subhasree Ganguly for Parineeta, while actor
Riddhi Sen got the crown as 'Best Actor in Leading Role -
Male' for Nagarkirtan.
    "I am still learning. The word best does not apply to
me. And I owe this honour to Kaushik Ganguly, and my parents
(Kaushik Sen and Chitra Sen)," Riddhi said after receiving the
award.
    Actor Rudranil Ghosh was awarded for 'Best Actor in
Supporting Role' for Kedara.
    The 'Best Background Score' award went to music
composer Debojyoti Mishra for his music in Robibar and
Prabuddha Banerjee for his score in Nagarkirtan.
    Tuhina Das got the 'Best Promising Actor - Female'
award for portraying Bimala in Aparna Sen's 'Ghawre Baire
Aaj'.
    Lyricist-turned-director Indradip Dasgupta got the
'Most Promising Director' award for his debut film Kedara,
which was critically acclaimed in different film festivals.
    Soumendu Roy, who had worked closely with maestro
Satyajit Ray in 21 films including Berlin Film Festival Golden
Bear-winning Ashani Sanket (1973), was given the 'Lifetime
Achievement' honour.
    Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee said getting awards from
film journalists, who work 365 days to promote the cause of
Bengali film industry, is the most defining moment for an
actor. PTI SUS
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