WBFJA announces nominations for 'Cinemar Samabartan'
KOLKATA: West Bengal Film Journalists' Association (WBFJA) announced nominations for the 3rd edition of the West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award 2019, titled 'Cinemar Samabartan'. Veteran actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Chiranjeet Chakraborty, director Haranath Chakraborty, Gautam Jain of Real Reel and WBFJA secretary Nirmal Dhar were present to announce the nominations and other details of the award ceremony.
The award ceremony will be held on January 13, from 9.30 am onwards at Basushree Cinema, Kolkata.
"This is the only simple yet authentic award function of Bangla cinema, leaving behind the pomp and grandeur of several other similar ceremonies that will follow during the year. Ours is the only film award of the country that is judged exclusively by film journalists and is also the first B2B/Industry to Industry award ceremony of the year. This year, the theme of the award ceremony is 'Content is the king vs Audience is the king'. We are trying to explore a new theme that celebrates recent legacies and progressive thinking and vision. Three talented actors will host the show with a roller coaster ride of last year's releases," said the WBFJA secretary.
There will be seventeen award categories in the Popular segment, eight award categories in the Technical Award segment and a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The nomination categories are Best Film, Best Director (In the memory of late Hiralal Sen), Best Actor in Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Actor in a Negative Role, Best Actor in Comic Role, Best Music, Best Playback Singer (Male), Best Playback Singer (Female), Best Background Score, Most Promising Director, Most Promising Actor, Most Promising Actress, Most Popular Film of the Year, Most Popular Actor of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award (in the name of Satyajit Ray).
Award categories for the Technical segment are Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer, Best Editor, Best Lyricist, Best Art Director, Best Sound Designer, Best Costume Designer and Best Makeup Artist.
WBFJA is the first digitally broadcast event of the east. The principle which WBFJA wants to maintain in this award ceremony is 'Better Judgment, Better Evaluation and Better Recognition'. Senco Gold and Real Reel have come forward to support the initiative.
