9th Annual BFJA Awards

The 9th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards was held on 1946, honoring the best Indian cinema in 1945.

Main Awards

Best Indian Films (In Order of Merit)

1. Bhabikal
2. Parbat Pe Apna Dera
3. Dui Purush
4. Kashinath
5. Ek Din Ka Sultan
6. Aina
7. Din Raat
8. Mun Ki Jit
9. Devdasi
10. Mazdoor

Best Director

Niren Lahiri - Bhabikal

Best Actor

Debi Mukherjee - Bhabikal

Best Actress

Chandravati - Dui Purush

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Amar Mullick - Bhabikal

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Probha Debi - Mane Na Mana

Best Music Director

Pankaj Mullick - Dui Purush

Best Lyricist

Sailen Roy - Dui Purush

Best Cinematographer

Sudhin Majumder - Dui Purush

Best Audiographer

Loken Bose - Dui Purush

Best Dialogue

Premendra Mitra - Bhabikal

Best Art Director

Souren Sen - Dui Purush

Best Screenplay

Bhabikal

Hindi Section

Best Director

V. Shantaram - Parbat Pe Apna Dera

Best Actor

Prithviraj Kapoor - Devdasi

Best Actress

Geeta Nizami - Panna

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Yakub - Aina

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Ranjit Kumari - Chal Chal Re Naujawan

Best Music Director

Amir Ali - Panna

Best Lyricist

Gopal Singh - Mazdoor

Best Cinematographer

V. Avadhoot - Parbat Pe Apna Dera

Best Audiographer

A. K. Parmar - Parbat Pe Apna Dera

Best Dialogue

Upendra Nath Ashk - Mazdoor

Best Art Director

Russi K. Banker - Ek Din Ka Sultan

Best Screenplay

Parbat Pe Apna Dera

Foreign Film Section

Ten Best Films

1. Gaslight
2. The Lost Weekend
3. Arsenic and Old Lace
4. A Song to Remember
5. Wilson
6. A Thousand and One Nights
7. Henry V
8. Dragon Seed
9. The Seventh Cross
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Director

Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend

Best Actor

Cary Grant - Arsenic and Old Lace

Best Actress

Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight