5th Annual BFJA Awards

The 5th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1942, honoring the best in India cinema in 1941.^[1]

Main Awards

Best India Film

• Pratishruti
• Padosi
• Sikandar
• Naya Sansar
• Khazanchi
• Parichaya
• Punar Milan
• Pardesi
• Raj Nartaki
• Nandini

Best Director

Hemchandra Chunder - Pratishruti

Best Actor

Pahari Sanyal - Pratishruti

Best Actress

Kanan Devi - Parichaya

Best Screenplay

Binoy Chatterjee - Pratishruti

Hindi Film Section

Best Director

V. Shantaram - Padosi

Best Actor

Gajanan Jagirdar - Padosi

Best Actress

Durga Khote - Charnon Ki Dasi

Best Screenplay

K. A. Abbas - Naya Sansar

Foreign Film Section

Ten Best Film

•  United States - Citizen Kane
•  United States - Kitty Foyle
•  United States - Hold Back the Dawn
•  United States - The Letter
•  United States - The Philadelphia Story
•  United States - Meet John Doe
•  United States - Blossoms in the Dust
•  United States - The Great Dictator
•  United States - My Life with Caroline
•  United States - Back Street

References