Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday celebrated Holi in Thane after paying tribute to his mentor late Anand Dighe at Anand Ashram

We’re all set for the next edition of the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla. The celebration will take the prestigious Black Lady, the epitome of success in the realm of cinema, to the city of joy – Kolkata. The grand awards ceremony honouring the finest talents from Bengali cinema will be held at the ITC Royal Bengal on March 29, 2024.

The event promises to be a night to remember with the best of Bengali cinema basking in the much-deserved spotlight. Here’s the full list of nominees:

BEST FILM

ARDHANGINI
BAGHA JATIN
DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR
KABULIWALA
PRADHAN
RAKTABEEJ

BEST DIRECTOR

ARUN ROY (BAGHA JATIN)
ATANU GHOSH (SHESH PATA)
AVIJIT SEN (PRADHAN)
KAUSHIK GANGULY (ARDHANGINI)
NANDITA ROY & SHIBOPROSAD MUKHERJEE (RAKTABEEJ)
SRIJIT MUKHERJI (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
SUMAN GHOSH (KABULIWALA)

BEST FILM (CRITICS’)

MAYAR JONJAL (INDRANIL ROYCHOWDHURY)
NIHARIKA (INDRASIS ACHARYA)
PALAN (KAUSHIK GANGULY)
SHESH PATA (ATANU GHOSH)
SHOHORER USHNOTOMO DINEY (ARITRA SEN)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)

ANIRBAN CHAKRABARTY (THE EKEN: RUDDHASWAS RAJASTHAN)
DEV (BAGHA JATIN)
DEV (PRADHAN)
JEET (MANUSH)
MITHUN CHAKRABORTY (KABULIWALA)
PARAMBRATA CHATTERJEE (SHIBPUR)
PROSENJIT CHATTERJEE (SHESH PATA)

BEST ACTOR (CRITICS’)

ANJAN DUTT (PALAN)
MITHUN CHAKRABORTY (KABULIWALA)
PROSENJIT CHATTERJEE (SHESH PATA)
RITWICK CHAKRABORTY (MAYAR JONJAL)
SHILAJIT MAJUMDAR (NIHARIKA)
SUBRAT DUTT (SAMARESH BASU-R PROJAPOTI)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

CHURNI GANGULY (ARDHANGINI)
JAYA AHSAN (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
KOEL MALLICK (JONGOLE MITIN MASHI)
RITABHARI (FATAFATI)
SOLANKI ROY (SHOHORER USHNOTOMO DINEY)
SWASTIKA MUKHERJEE (SHIBPUR)

BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS’)

ANURADHA MUKHERJEE (NIHARIKA)
AUPEE KARIM (MAYAR JONJAL)
GARGEE ROY CHOWDHURY (SHESH PATA)
MAMATA SHANKAR (PALAN)
SWASTIKA MUKHERJEE (SHIBPUR)
TASNIA FARIN (AARO EK PRITHIBI)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)

ANASHUA MAJUMDAR (RAKTABEEJ)
APARAJITA ADHYA (CHEENI 2)
JAYA AHSAN (ARDHANGINI)
MALLIKA MAZUMDER (NIHARIKA)
SRABANTI CHATTERJEE (KABERI ANTARDHAN)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)

AMBARISH BHATTACHARYA (ARDHANGINI)
ANIRBAN BHATTACHARYA (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
ANIRBAN CHAKRABARTY (PRADHAN)
JISSHU SENGUPTA (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
KAUSHIK GANGULY (AARO EK PRITHIBI)
SOHEL MONDAL (MAYAR JONJAL)
VIKRAM CHATTERJEE (SHESH PATA)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM

ARDHANGINI (ANUPAM ROY)
DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR (ANUPAM ROY)
KABULIWALA (INDRAADIP DASGUPTA)
MAAYAKUMARI (BICKRAM GHOSH)
MITTHYE PREMER GAAN (KUNTAL DE, RANAJOY BHATTACHARJEE, SOUMYA RIT)
SHOHORER USHNOTOMO DINEY (NABARUN BOSE & AKASH CHAKRABORTY)

BEST LYRICS

ANUPAM ROY- AAMI SHEI MANUSHTA AAR NEI (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
ANUPAM ROY- ALADA ALADA (ARDHANGINI)
ARITRA SENGUPTA & RANAJOY BHATTACHARJEE- NIROBOTAY CHHILO (MITTHYE PREMER GAAN)
KAUSHIK GANGULY- AAMI AAR O (PALAN)
RITAM SEN- JANI OKARON (FATAFATI)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

ANUPAM ROY- AAMI SHEI MANUSHTA AAR NEI (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
ANUPAM ROY- PHIRE ESHO (PRADHAN)
ARIJIT SINGH- BHAABO JODI (KABULIWALA)
ARIJIT SINGH- JIYA TUI CHARA (BIYE BIBHRAT)
ISHAN MITRA & RANAJOY BHATTACHARJEE- NIROBOTAY CHHILO (MITTHYE PREMER GAAN)
MAHTIM SHAKIB- TUMI JANTEI PARONAA (CHEENI-2)
RUPAM ISLAM- SHESH BOLE KICHU ACHEY KI (SHESH PATA)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

ABARNA ROY- MOLOYO BATASHE (NIHARIKA)
ANTARA MITRA- JANI OKARON (FATAFATI)
ANTARA NANDY & ANKITA NANDY (NAKKU NAKUR NA JAO- RAKTABEEJ)
GARGEE ROYCHOWDHURY- AMAR JWOLENI AALO (SHESH PATA)
IMAN CHAKRABORTY- ALADA ALADA (ARDHANGINI)

BEST ORIGINAL STORY

ATANU GHOSH (SHESH PATA)
KAUSHIK GANGULY (ARDHANGINI)
KAUSHIK GANGULY (KABERI ANTARDHAN)
NANDITA ROY, SHIBOPROSAD MUKHERJEE & ZINIA SEN (RAKTABEEJ)

BEST SCREENPLAY

ATANU GHOSH (SHESH PATA)
INDRANIL ROYCHOWDHURY & SUGATA SINHA (MAYAR JONJAL)
SRIJIT MUKHERJI (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
ZINIA SEN & SARBARI GHOSHAL (RAKTABEEJ)

BEST DIALOGUE

ATANU GHOSH (SHESH PATA)
KAUSHIK GANGULY (ARDHANGINI)
SREEJIB (KABULIWALA)
SRIJIT MUKHERJI (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
ZINIA SEN & SARBARI GHOSHAL (RAKTABEEJ)

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE

AMIT CHATTERJEE (ARDHANGINI)
DEBOJYOTI MISHRA (SHESH PATA)
INDRAADIP DAS GUPTA (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
INDRAADIP DASGUPTA (KABULIWALA)
JOY SARKAR (NIHARIKA)
NILAYAN CHATTERJEE (BAGHA JATIN)
SANTAJIT CHATTERJEE (GHASHJOMI)

BEST EDITING

AMIR MONDAL (SAMARESH BASU-R PROJAPOTI)
MALAY LAHA (RAKTABEEJ)
PRONOY DASGUPTA (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
SUJAY DATTA RAY (SHESH PATA)
SUMANTRA ROY (GHASHJOMI)
SUMIT GHOSH (MAYAR JONJAL)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

AMIT KUMAR DATTA (BAGHA JATIN)
ANINDIT RAY & ADEEP SINGH MANKI (SHESH PATA)
ANINDIT ROY & ADEEP SINGH MANKI (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
DIPANKAR CHAKI (RAKTABEEJ)
SUBHODEEP SENGUPTA (MAYAR JONJAL)
SUKANTA MAZUMDER (NIHARIKA)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (MAYAR JONJAL)
PRATIP MUKHOPADHYAY (RAKTABEEJ)
RANA PRATAP KARFORMA (GHASHJOMI)
SANTANU DE (NIHARIKA)
SOUMIK HALDAR (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
SOUMIK HALDAR (SHESH PATA)
SUBHANKAR BHAR (KABULIWALA)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

BABLU SINGHA (BAGHA JATIN)
GAUTAM BASU (SHESH PATA)
KAUSHIK DAS (MAYAR JONJAL)
PRASUN SAHA (RAKTABEEJ)
SHIBAJI PAL (DAWSHOM AWBOTAAR)
TANMOY CHAKRABORTY (KABULIWALA)
TANMOY CHAKRABORTY (PALAN)

BEST COSTUME

JAYANTI SEN (BAGHA JATIN)
RITARUPA BHATTACHARYA (MAYAR JONJAL)
SANCHITA BHATTACHARJEE (BOGLA MAMA JUG JUG JIYO)
SULAGNA CHOUDHURY & NIGHAT IMAN (ARDHANGINI)

BEST DEBUT FEMALE

SOUMITRISHA KUNDU (PRADHAN)
SREEJA DUTTA (BAGHA JATIN)
TASNIA FARIN (AARO EK PRITHIBI)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR

ARITRA SEN (GHORE PHERAR GAAN)
PAROMA NEOTIA (MITTHYE PREMER GAAN)
SRIJATO (MANOBJOMIN)
SUMANTRA ROY (GHASHJOMI)

Former Telangana Intelligence Bureau chief T Prabhakhar Rao has been named as Accused No 1 in the phone-tapping case that has roiled the state ahead of a general election. 

Mr Rao – on whose order reams of electronic data gathered by illegally tapping the phones of opposition leaders during the earlier BRS government led by K Chandrashekar Rao – is reportedly in the United States. A look-out notice has been issued in his name.

Mr Rao’s home in Hyderabad have been searched, as have nearly a dozen other locations, including the residence of Shravan Rao, who runs a Telugu TV channel called I News.

Sharvan Rao – also believed to be out of the country – allegedly helped set up phone-tapping equipment (from Israel) and servers on the premises of a local school.

Another cop, Radha Kishan Rao – who was serving in the city task force – has also been named as an accused and a look-out notice has been issued for him as well.

Several other Telangana police officers are being investigated in connection with this case.

Three – Additional SPs Bhujanga Rao and Thirupathanna, and Deputy SP Praneeth Rao – have already been arrested. The police said Bhujanga Rao and Thirupathanna, arrested last week, had confessed to monitoring private persons illegally and destroying the evidence.

READ | Former Telangana Cop Arrested For Tapping Opposition Leaders’ Phones

Praneeth Rao was arrested earlier this month, and charged with developing profiles of unknown persons and monitoring their activity in an unauthorised manner, as well as destroying certain computer systems and data stored on electronic gadgets.

The evidence was reportedly destroyed on orders from Prabhakar Rao; the order was allegedly given a day after the Congress beat the BRS in the 2023 election. 

READ | Arrested Telangana Cop Said He Destroyed Intel On Boss’ Orders

The list of individuals whose devices were reportedly monitored include Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, and members of the BJP and Congress, as well as those from ex-Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s BRS. There are also reports that Telugu actors and businessmen were monitored too, and that many of them were blackmailed. 

Sources have said over one lakh phone calls were tapped.

Mr Reddy has vowed action and labelled Mr Rao a “present-day Qasim Rizi”. “Elements of the conspiracy are still under investigation, but there is a lot to come out…” he told NDTV.

Overall, at least 30 police officers are likely to be investigated as this can of worms is opened.

There are even rumours that a BRS leader could be implicated, which will turn the spotlight on the former Chief Minister’s party just days before a general election.

Telangana’s State Intelligence Bureau is supposed to keep tabs on left-wing extremism, but a team was reportedly gathering political intelligence and details of transactions made by opposition party leaders, sources have told NDTV.

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