25th Annual BFJA Awards
# 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

