25th Annual BFJA Awards

The 25th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1962, honoring the best in Indian cinema in 1961.

Main Awards

Best Indian Films (In Order of Merit)

Teen Kanya
Gunga Jumna
Punascha
Madhya Rater Tara
Saptapadi
Kanoon
Char Diwari
Usne Kaha Tha
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
Swayambara
Best Director

Satyajit Ray - Teen Kanya

Best Actor

Uttam Kumar - Saptapadi

Best Actress

Suchitra Sen - Saptapadi

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Anil Chatterjee - Agni Sanskar

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Manju Dey - Carey Saheber Munshi

Best Cinematographer

Ajoy Kar - Saptapadi

Best Music Director

Hemanta Mukherjee - Swaralipi and Ravi Shankar - Sandhayarag

Best Lyricist

Gouri Prasanna Majumdar - Swaralipi

Best Audiographer

Bani Dutta - Swaralipi

Best Dialogue

Santosh Ghosh - Swayambara

Hindi Section

Best Director

Nitin Bose - Gunga Jumna

Best Actor

Dilip Kumar - Gunga Jumna

Best Actress

Vyjayantimala - Gunga Jumna

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Pran - Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Nirupa Roy - Chhaya and Indrani Mukherjee - Usne Kaha Tha

Best Music Director

Naushad - Gunga Jumna

Best Lyricist

Shakeel Badayuni - Gunga Jumna

Best Cinematographer

V. Baba Saheb - Gunga Jumna

Best Audiographer

M. I. Dharmsay - Gunga Jumna

Best Dialogue

Wazahat Mirza - Gunga Jumna and Rajendra Krishan - Chhaya and S. Khalil - Usne Kaha Tha

Foreign Film Section

Ten Best Films

Ben-Hur
The Apartment
Kanał
Girl Seeks Father
The Millionairess
On the Beach
South Pacific
Pepe
The Singer Not the Song
Elmer Gantry
Best Director

William Wyler - Ben-Hur

Best Actor

Charlton Heston - Ben-Hur

Best Actress

Shirley MacLaine - The Apartment

Best Supporting Actor

Charles Laughton - Under Ten Flags

Best Supporting Actress

Shirley Jones - Elmer Gantry

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