9th Annual BFJA Awards

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

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

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

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