West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor
Annual Indian film award
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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 in a film released in the previous year.
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
CountryIndia
Presented byWest Bengal Film Journalists' Association
Final award2026
| WBFJA for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | West Bengal Film Journalists' Association |
| Final award | 2026 |
| Most Recent Winner | Parambrata Chatterjee for Killbill Society and Dev for Projapati 2 |
Superlatives
| Category | Name | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| Most Awards | Prosenjit Chatterjee | 3 awards |
| Most Nominations | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee | 5 nominations |
| Most Nominations without a Win | Anirban Bhattacharya, Arjun Chakraborty | 2 Nominations |
List of winners
Winners
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Paran Bandopadhyay | Cinemawala |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee | Khawto | |
| 2018 | Soumitra Chatterjee | Mayurakshi |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee | ||
| 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 |
| 2025 | Chandan Sen | Manikbabur Megh |
| 2026 | Parambrata Chatterjee | Killbill Society |
| Dev | Projapati 2 |
Nominations
- 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
- 2025 Chandan Sen – Manikbabur Megh as Manik Babu[11]
- Abir Chatterjee – Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole as Dipak Chatterjee
- Anjan Dutt – Chaalchitra Ekhon as Kunal Sen
- Dev – Tekka as Iqlakh Alam
- Tota Roy Chowdhury – Chaalchitro: The Frame Fatale as Kanishka Chatterjee
- 2026 Parambrata Chatterjee – Killbill Society as Mrityunjoy Kar / Ananda Kar and Dev – Projapati 2 as Joy Chakraborty
- Abir Chatterjee – Putulnacher Itikatha as Shasi
- Vikram Chatterjee – Omorshongi as Anurag
- Anirban Chakrabarti – The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika as Ekendra Sen aka Eken Babu
