8th Annual BFJA Awards

The 8th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1945, honoring the best Indian cinema in 1944.

Best Indian Films (In Order of Merit)

 * Ramshastri
 * Udayer Pathey
 * Shakuntala
 * Wapas
 * Sandhi
 * Parakh
 * Daasi
 * Fashion
 * Chadmabeshi
 * Zameen

Best Director

 * Bimal Roy - Udayer Pathey

Best Actor

 * Radhamohan - Udayer Pathey

Best Actress

 * Sumitra Devi - Sandhi

Best Actor in Supporting Role

 * Biswanath Bhaduri - Udayer Pathey

Best Actress in Supporting Role

 * Rekha Mitra - Udayer Pathey

Best Cinematographer

 * Bimal Roy - Udayer Pathey

Best Music Director

 * Anil Bagchi - Sandhi

Best Lyricist

 * Sailen Roy - Udayer Pathey

Best Audiographer

 * Atul Chatterjee - Udayer Pathey

Best Dialogue

 * Sailen Roy - Udayer Pathey

Best Art Director

 * Souren Sen - Udayer Pathey

Best Screenplay

 * Udayer Pathey

Best Director

 * Gajanan Jagirdar - Ramshastri

Best Actor

 * Gajanan Jagirdar - Ramshastri

Best Actress

 * Mehtab - Parakh

Best Actor in Supporting Role

 * Ananta Marathe - Ramshastri
 * Shah Nawaz - Hamari Baat

Best Actress in Supporting Role

 * Kamala Chatterjee - Shankar Parvati

Best Music Director

 * R. C. Boral - Wapas

Best Lyricist

 * Narendra Sharma - Hamari Baat

Best Cinematographer

 * Sudhin Majumder - Wapas

Best Audiographer

 * A. K. Parmar - Shakuntala

Best Dialogue

 * Bhagabati Charan Varma - Hamari Baat

Best Art Director

 * Bal Gajbar - Shakuntala

Best Screenplay

 * Ramshastri

Ten Best Films

 * 1) The Song of Bernadette
 * 2) Madame Curie
 * 3) Since You Went Away
 * 4) For Whom the Bell Tolls
 * 5) It Happened Tomorrow
 * 6) The Constant Nymph
 * 7) Going My Way
 * 8) Mission to Moscow
 * 9) Heaven Can Wait
 * 10) Jane Eyre

Best Director

 * Leo McCarey - Going My Way

Best Actor

 * Robert Walker - Since You Went Away

Best Actress

 * Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette