The fourth edition of Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2020 took place on 31^st March at Westin, Kolkata, Rajarhat.

Celebrities like Kaushik Ganguly, Srijit Mukherjee, Arindam Sil, Ash King, Benny Dayal, Bikram Ghosh, Anindya Chatterjee, Mayookh Bhaumik, Sourav Das, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Riddhi Sen, Gaurav Chakraborty, Arjun Chakrabarty looked dapper and suave as ever as they walked down the red carpet.

Koel Mallick, Jaya Ahsan, Sudeshna Roy, Subhashree Ganguly, Aparajita Auddy, Iman Chakraborty, Lagnajita, Nikita Gandhi, Aditi Munsi, Ritwika Pal, Sauresheni Maita, Madhumita Sarcar, Ishaa Saha, Puja Banerjee, Monami Ghosh, Ena Saha, Ridhima Ghosh, Sreeja Sen, Sandipta Sen made heads turn at the event as they looked as stunning as ever.

The event was hosted by Parambrata Chatterjee, Anirban Bhattacharya, and Arpita Chatterjee. Kharaj Mukherjee, Aparajita Auddy, and Sayan Ghosh maintained fun and humor at the event.

Anirban Bhattacharya paid a tribute to legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee who passed away recently. Parambrata also paid homage to the veteran actor.

The event also saw a host of music maestros perform to a series of popular chartbusters. This included a section curated by Indradeep Dasgupta titled ‘Musically Bengal’ where singers like Anupam Roy, Iman Chakraborty, Lagnajita Chakraborty, Nikita Gandhi, Ash King, along with an orchestra of 30 live musicians honored acclaimed music directors of the Bengali film industry by crooning the evergreen melodies.

Ash King and Nikita Gandhi made the evening memorable by performing Rabindra Sangeet on stage as well as paying tribute to director Tarun Majumder, along with Benny Dayal, in a section titled ‘Sizzle of Bengal’.

Madhumita Sarcar, Sauraseni Maitra, and Ishaa Saha dazzled on stage in an electrifying performance titled ‘Beauties of Bengal’.

WINNERS LIST

BEST FILM: VINCI DA

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE): PROSENJIT CHATTERJEE (GUMNAAMI)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE): SUBHASHREE GANGULY (PARINEETA) AND SWASTIKA MUKHERJEE (SHAH JAHAN REGENCY)

BEST DIRECTOR: KAUSHIK GANGULY (JYESHTHOPUTRO)

BEST FILM (CRITICS’): ROBIBAAR (ATANU GHOSH)

BEST DIRECTOR (CRITICS): ATANU GHOST (ROBIBAAR)

BEST ACTOR (CRITICS’): RIDDHI SEN (NAGARKIRTAN)

BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS’): JAYA AHSAN (ROBIBAAR) AND (BIJOYA)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE): RITWICK CHAKRABORTY (JYESHTHOPUTRO)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ACTOR ROLE (FEMALE): LILY CHAKRABORTY (SANJHBATI)

BEST DEBUTANT (FEMALE): RITWIKA PAL (KIA AND COSMOS)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: INDRAADEEP DASGUPTA (KEDARA)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM: RANOJOY BHATTACHARYA AND ANINDYA CHATTERJEE (SWEATER)

BEST LYRICS: RANOJOY BHATTACHARYA – PREME PORA BARON (SWEATER)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE): ANIRBAN BHATTACHARYA – KICCHU CHAINI AAMI (SHAH JAHAN REGENCY)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE): LAGNAJITA CHAKRABORTY – PREME PORA BARON (SWEATER)

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE: PRABUDDHA BANERJEE (NAGARKIRTAN)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SHIRSHA RAY (NAGARKIRTAN)

BEST EDITING: SUJAY DATTA RAY (KEDARA)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: SHIBAJI PAL (GUMNAAMI)

BEST SOUND DESIGN: SOUGATA BANERJEE (ROBIBAAR)

BEST SCREENPLAY: KAUSHIK GANGULY (NARGARKIRTAN)

BEST STORY: RUDRANIL GHOSH AND SRIJIT MUKHERJI (VINCI DA)

BEST DIALOGUE: KAUSHIK GANGULY (JYESHTHOPUTRO)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: DIRECTOR TARUN MAJUMDER, LATE SOUMITRA CHATTERJEE

The event will be aired on COLORS Bangla and simulcast on Filmfare’s Facebook page on 9^th May at 6 pm.

Priyanka Dutta