Kolkata, Jan 16 (PTI) Veteran Bengali filmmaker TarunMajumdar got the Lifetime Achievement honour, at the secondWest Bengal Film Journalist Association award function forfilms released in 2017.
Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee and Bengali filmsuperstar Prosenjit Chatterjee jointly shared the Best Actor(critic) award for the highly acclaimed Bengali filmMayurakshi at the award ceremony by WBFJA, the association offilm journalists.
Mayurakshi, directed by Atanu Ghosh and based on therelationships between an elderly dementia-struck father andhis NRI son, also got the Best Film award at the same functionon January 14.
Director Kaushik Ganguly's film 'Bisarjon' got BestDirector, Best Screenplay, Best Music Director (late KalikaPrasad Bhattacharjee), Best Actress (Jaya Ahsan), BestSupporting actor (Kaushik Ganguly) and Best Comic Actor (Lama)crowns.
Young director Manas Mukul Pal was given the BestPromising Director honour for 'Sahaj Pather Goppo' while theBest Promising Actor crown was jointly given to the two childactors Nur Islam and Samiul Alam, hailing from a remotevillage in North 24 Parganas district.
Bengali hero Dev was named the Best Actor (popular)for his role in Champ, while model-turned-actress RukminiMaitra was named as the Best Promising actress for hercharacter of an air-hostess in Cockpit.
The WBFJA, which decided on the names based on secretballoting by film journalists of the state, adjudged Posto andBibaho Diaries jointly as the Best Films in Popularcategory.
Bollywood singer Arijit Singh got the Best Singer(male) award for his number in Chaamp while Chandrani Banerjeewas named the Best Singer (female) for Projapoti Biskoot.
Sudipta Chakraborty got the Best Negative Role awardfor her portrayal in Dhananjay, while Chandradeep Goswami andIndradeep Dasgupta were honoured for the Best Background scorein Sahaj Pather Goppo.
Ritam Sen was declared the Best Lyricist for ProjapatiBiskoot songs.
Awards were also given in Best Art Director, BestCinematography, Best Make-UP, Best Costume, Best Editorcategories.
Majumdar, the maker of timeless classics like DadarKirti and Balikaabadhu in his four-decade long career, saidhe felt humbled to receive an award associated with the nameof Satyajit Ray and did not believe the loss of the maestrocould ever be compensated.
"I will never waver from my way of film making,"Majumdar, whose simple narrative style musicals which bear thehallmark of Bengali family life and ties, said.
Prosenjit said he was proud to share an award with alegend like Soumitra Chatterjee whom he considered as 'fatherfigure.' PTI SUSRG.
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