26th Annual BFJA Awards


The 26th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1963, honoring the best in Indian cinema in 1962.

Main Awards

Best Indian Films (In Order of Merit)

Satyajit Ray - Abhijan

Best Actor

Soumitra Chatterjee - Abhijan

Best Actress

Arundhati Mukherjee - Bhagini Nivedita

Best Actor In Supporting Role

Charu Prakash Ghosh - Abhijan

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Anubha Gupta - Hansuli Banker Upakatha

Best Cinematographer

Dilip Ranjan Mukherjee - Kumari Mon

Best Music Director

Robin Chatterjee - Mayar Sansar

Best Lyricist

Tarashankar Banerjee - Hansuli Banker Upakatha

Best Audiographer

Satyen Chatterjee - Dada Thakur

Best Dialogue

Satyajit Ray - Kanchenjungha

Hindi Section

Best Director

Abrar Alvi - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Best Actor

Guru Dutt - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Best Actress

Meena Kumari - Aarti

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Rehman - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Best Actress in Supporting Role

Shashikala - Aarti

Best Music Director

Hemant Kumar - Bees Saal Baad

Best Lyricist

Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra - Professor

Best Cinematographer

V. R. Murthy - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Best Audiographer

R. G. Pushalkar - Aarti

Best Dialogue

Abrar Alvi - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Foreign Film Section

Ten Best Films

  1. Two Women
  2. The Island
  3. Ballad of a Soldier
  4. Come September
  5. The Guns of Navarone
  6. The Longest Day
  7. Spartacus
  8. La Dolce Vita
  9. Sleeping Beauty
  10. Psycho

    Best Director

Kaneto Shindo - The Island

Best Actor

Gregory Peck - The Guns of Navarone

Best Actress

Sophia Loren - Two Women

Best Supporting Actor

Charles Laughton - Spartacus

Best Supporting Actress

Sandra Dee - Come September