List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films explained

Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood or Bengali cinema.. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, and is dedicated to the production of films in the Bengali-language. The Indian Bengali film industry has been known by the nickname Tollywood, a blend word of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, since 1932.^[1] In the 1930s, West Bengal was the centre of Indian cinema, and Bengali cinema accounted for a quarter of India's film output in the 1950s.^{[1] [2]} A 2014 industry report noted that while approximately 100 films were produced annually in Bengali.^[3] The Bengali film industry, was valued at around ₹120–150 crore in terms of revenue in 2014.

This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian Bengali films produced by Bengali cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation.

Highest-grossing films worldwide

Rank	Film	Year	Worldwide gross
1	Amazon Obhijaan	2017		^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
2	Chander Pahar	2013		^[7] ^[8]
3	Bohurupi	2024		^[9]
4	Projapoti	2022		^[10]
5		2017		^[11]
6	Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo	2010		^[12]
7	Pather Panchali	1955		^[13]
8	Saptapadi	1961		^[14]
9	Paglu	2011		^[15]
10	Sathi	2002		^[16]
11	Poran Jai Joliya Re	2009		^[17]
12	Karnasubarner Guptodhon	2022		^[18]
13		2013		^[19]
14	Rangbaaz	2013		^[20]
15		2014		^[21]
16	Chaamp	2017		^[22]
17	Awara	2012		^[23]
18	Praktan	2016		^[24]
19	Khoka 420	2013		^[25]
20	Posto	2017		^[26]

Highest-grossing films by opening week

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year
1	Amazon Obhijaan	₹8.8 crore	2017	^[27]
2	Karnasubarner Guptodhon	₹5.5 crore	2022	^[28]
3	Bohurupi	₹4.98 crore	2024
4	Chander Pahar	₹4.83 crore	2012	^[29]
5	Rangbaaz	₹4.5 crore	2013
6	Dawshom Awbotaar	₹4.25 crore	2023	^[30]
7	Chengiz	₹3.5 crore	2023
8	Bagha Jatin	₹3.4 crore	2023
9	Tekka	₹2.99 crore	2024
10	Raktabeej	₹2.5 crore	2023

Highest-grossing films by year

Year	Title	Domestic net	Director
1932	Palli Samaj	₹44 lakh	Sisir Bhaduri
1933	Seeta	₹41 lakh	Sisir Bhaduri
1934	Dhruba	₹88 lakh	Kazi Nazrul Islam and Satyendranath Dey
1935	Devdas	₹41 lakh	Pramathesh Barua
1936	Grihadah	₹44 lakh	Pramathesh Barua
1937	Vidyapati	₹77 lakh	Debaki Bose
1938	Gora	₹44 lakh	Naresh Mitra
1939	Chanakya	₹50 lakh	Sisir Bhaduri
1940	Nartaki	₹88 lakh	Debaki Bose
1941	Abatar	₹50 lakh	Premankur Atorthy
1942	Shesh Uttar	₹41 lakh	Pramathesh Barua
1943	Dikshul	₹40 lakh	Premankur Atorthy
1944	Pratikar	₹47 lakh	Chhabi Biswas
1945	Dui Purush	₹80 lakh	Subodh Mitra
1946	Vande Mataram	₹40 lakh	Sudhir bandhu Bannerjee
1947	Noukadubi	₹88 lakh	Naresh Chandra Mitra
1948	Kalo Chhaya	₹50 lakh	Premendra Mitra
1949	Kuasha	₹51 lakh	Premendra Mitra
1950	Vidyasagar	₹55 lakh	Kali Prasad Ghosh
1951	Barjatri	₹60 lakh	Satyen Bose
1952	Pasher Bari	₹50 lakh	Sudhir Mukherjee
1953	Sharey Chuattor	₹65 lakh	Nirmal Dey
1954	Agni Pariksha	₹72 lakh	Agradoot
1955	Pather Panchali	₹10 crore	Satyajit Ray	^[31]
1956	Saheb Bibi Golam	₹68 lakh	Kartik Chatterjee
1957	Harano Sur	₹77 lakh
1958	Indrani (film)	₹70 lakh	Niren Lahiri
1959	Deep Jwele Jaai	₹1 crore	Asit Sen (director)
1960	Meghe Dhaka Tara	₹70 lakh
1961	Saptapadi	₹10 crore
1962	Bipasha	₹75 lakh
1963	Deya Neya	₹78 lakh	Sunil Banerjee
1964	Lal Pathore	₹75 lakh	Sushil Mazumder
1965	Thana Theke Aschi	₹70 lakh
1966	Nayak	₹80 lakh	Satyajit Ray
1967	Antony Firingee	₹87 lakh	Sunil Bannerjee
1968	Chowringhee (film)	₹80 lakh	Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee
1969	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	₹88 lakh	Satyajit Ray
1970	Nishi Padma	₹85 lakh	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
1971	Nimantran	₹85 lakh	Tarun Majumdar
1972	Mem Saheb	₹82 lakh	Pinaki Mukherjee
1973	Titash Ekti Nadir Naam	₹1.23 lakh	Ritwik Ghatak
1974	Mouchak	₹1.8 crore	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
1975	Sanyasi Raja	₹85 lakh	Pijush Bose
1976	Datta	₹75 lakh	Ajoy Kar
1977	Baba Taraknath	₹70 lakh	Sunil Bandyopadhyay, Baren Chatterjee, Shanti Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar
1978	Ganadevata	₹50 lakh	Tarun Majumdar
1979	Joi Baba Felunath	₹70 lakh	Satyajit Ray
1980	Hirak Rajar Deshe	₹90 lakh
1981	Ogo Bodhu Shundori	₹1 crore
1982	Troyee	₹29 lakh	Gautam Mukherjee
1983	Protidan	₹70 lakh
1984	Shatru	₹70 lakh
1985	Bhalobasa Bhalobasa	₹78 lakh
1986	Pathbhola	₹21 lakh
1987	Guru Dakshina	₹86 lakh	Anjan Choudhury
1988	Chhoto Bou	₹85 lakh	Anjan Choudhury
1989	Asha O Bhalobasha	₹88 lakh	Sujit Guha
1990	Devota	₹88 lakh	Abhijit Sen
1991	Beder Meye Josna (1991 film)	Beder Meye Josna	₹90 lakh	Tojammel Haque Bokul
1992	Goopy Bagha Phire Elo	₹98.57 lakh
1993	Padma Nadir Majhi	₹30 lakh	Goutam Ghose
1994	Rakta Nadir Dhara	₹88 lakh	Ram Mukherjee
1995	Sangharsha	₹95 lakh	Haranath Chakraborty
1996	Bhai Amar Bhai	₹1 crore	Swapan Saha
1997	Bakul Priya	₹1.8 crore	Swapan Saha
1998	Raja Rani Badsha	₹1 crore	Haranath Chakraborty
1999	Jibon Niye Khela	₹1 crore	Anjan Choudhury
2000	Sasurbari Zindabad	₹2.5 crore	Haranath Chakraborty
2001	Pratibad	₹2 crore	Haranath Chakraborty
2002	Sathi	₹9.80 crore
2003	Guru	₹1.88 crore	Swapan Saha
2004	Bandhan	₹2 crore	Ravi Kinagi
2005	Yuddho	₹3.5 crore	Ravi Kinagi
2006	MLA Fatakeshto	₹4 crore	Swapan Saha
2007	I Love You	₹3 crore	Ravi Kinagi
2008	Mon Mane Na	₹3.5 crore	Sujit Guha
2009	Challenge	₹6.5 crore	Raj Chakraborty
2010	Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo	₹10 crore	Sujit Mondal	^[32]
2011	Paglu	₹9.95 crore	Rajiv Kumar Biswas
2012	Awara	₹8.5 crore	Ravi Kinagi
2013	Chander Pahar	₹20 crore	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
2014	Game : He Plays To Win	₹8.95 crore	Baba Yadav
2015	Shudhu Tomari Jonno	₹6.50 crore	Birsa Dasgupta
2016	Praktan	₹8.5 crore	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee
2017	Amazon Obhijaan	₹48.63 crore	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
2018	Haami	₹6 crore	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee	^[33]
2019	Durgeshgorer Guptodhon	₹6 crore	Dhrubo Banerjee
2020	Dwitiyo Purush	₹4 crore	Srijit Mukherji
2021	Tonic	₹6.5 crore	Avijit Sen
2022	Projapoti	₹13 crore	Avijit Sen
2023	Chengiz	₹6.75 crore	Rajesh Ganguly	^[34]
2024	Bohurupi	₹16.50 crore	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee	^[35]

See also

• List of highest-grossing Bangladeshi films
• Cinema of Bangladesh
• Cinema of West Bengal
• Lists of Bengali films
• List of highest-grossing Indian films
  • List of highest-grossing Hindi films
  • List of highest-grossing Marathi films
  • List of highest-grossing Punjabi-language films
  • List of highest-grossing South Indian films
    • List of highest-grossing Kannada films
    • List of highest-grossing Malayalam films
    • List of highest-grossing Tamil films
    • List of highest-grossing Telugu films
• List of highest-grossing films in India
• Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival
• Kolkata International Film Festival

External links

• IMDb: The 100 Greatest Bengali Movies Of All Time

Notes and References

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