List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films explained

Cinema of West Bengal, popularly known as Tollywood, is the filmmaking industry based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The films are made primarily in Bengali language.

The following is a list of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films based on worldwide gross.

Tollywood film industry

The Indian Bengali film industry is centered in the Tollygunge neighborhood of the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, and has been known by the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, since 1932.[1] West Bengal was the center of Indian cinema in the 1930s,[1] with Bengali cinema accounting for a quarter of India's film output in the 1950s.[2] A 2014 industry report stated that while there were about 100 films created in Bengali every year, no more than ten percent were breaking even financially.[3] The Bengali film industry which valued around 120-150 crores in terms of revenue in 2014, has diminished over the years to 66 crores in 2023.[4] [5]

Highest-grossing films worldwide

RankFilmYearWorldwide gross
1Amazon Obhijaan2017[6] [7] [8]
2Chander Pahar2013[9] [10]
3Projapoti2022 [11]
42017[12]
5Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo2010[13]
6Pather Panchali1955[14]
7Saptapadi1961[15]
8Paglu2011[16]
9Sathi2002[17]
10Poran Jai Joliya Re2009[18]
11Karnasubarner Guptodhon2022[19]
12Nabab2017[20] [21]
13Rangbaaz2013[22]
142014[23]
15Chaamp2017[24]
16Awara 2012[25]
17Praktan2016[26]
18Khoka 4202013[27]
19Posto2017[28]
20Belashuru2022[29]

Highest opening weeks

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RankFilmYearDirectorStudio(s)Worldwide gross
1Amazon Obhijaan2017Kamaleswar MukherjeeShree Venkatesh Films
2Karnasubarner Guptodhon2022Dhrubo Banerjee[30]
3Chander Pahar2012Kamaleswar Mukherjee[31]
4Rangbaaz2013Raja ChandaSurinder Films
5Dawshom Awbotaar2023Srijit MukherjiSVF
Jio Studios		[32]
6Chengiz2023Rajesh GangulyGrassroot Entertainment
Jeetz Filmworks		[33]
7Bagha Jatin2023Arun RoyDev Entertainment Ventures[34]
8Raktabeej2023Shiboprosad Mukherjee & Nandita RoyWindows Production[35]
9Projapoti2022 Avijit SenBengal Talkies
Dev Entertainment Ventures		[36] [37]
10Awara2012Jeetz Filmworks

Highest-grossing films by year

YearFilmsBox office(Domestic Net Collection)DirectorNote
1932Palli SamajSisir Bhaduri
1933SeetaSisir Bhaduri
1934DhrubaKazi Nazrul Islam and Satyendranath Dey
1935DevdasPramathesh Barua
1936GrihadahPramathesh Barua
1937VidyapatiDebaki Bose
1938GoraNaresh Mitra
1939ChanakyaSisir Bhaduri
1940NartakiDebaki Bose
1941AbatarPremankur Atorthy
1942Shesh UttarPramathesh Barua
1943DikshulPremankur Atorthy
1944PratikarChhabi Biswas
1945Dui PurushSubodh Mitra
1946Vande MataramSudhir bandhu Bannerjee
1947NoukadubiNaresh Chandra Mitra
1948Kalo ChhayaPremendra Mitra
1949KuashaPremendra Mitra
1950VidyasagarKali Prasad Ghosh
1951 BarjatriSatyen Bose
1952Pasher BariSudhir Mukherjee
1953Sharey ChuattorNirmal Dey
1954Agni ParikshaAgradoot
1955 Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray[38]
1956 Saheb Bibi Golam Kartik Chatterjee
1957 Harano Sur
1958Indrani (film) Niren Lahiri
1959 Deep Jwele Jaai Asit Sen (director)
1960 Meghe Dhaka Tara
1961 Saptapadi
1962Bipasha
1963 Deya Neya Sunil Banerjee
1964 Lal Pathore Sushil Mazumder
1965Thana Theke Aschi
1966 NayakSatyajit Ray
1967 Antony FiringeeSunil Bannerjee
1968 Chowringhee (film)Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee
1969 Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Satyajit Ray
1970Nishi PadmaArabinda Mukhopadhyay
1971 NimantranTarun Majumdar
1972 Mem SahebPinaki Mukherjee
1973 Titash Ekti Nadir NaamRitwik Ghatak
1974Mouchak Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
1975Sanyasi Raja Pijush Bose
1976Datta (film) Ajoy Kar
1977Baba Taraknath Sunil Bandyopadhyay, Baren Chatterjee, Shanti Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar
1978Ganadevata Tarun Majumdar
1979Joi Baba FelunathSatyajit Ray
1980Hirak Rajar Deshe
1981 Ogo Bodhu Shundori
1982 Troyee Gautam Mukherjee
1983Protidan
1984Shatru
1985Bhalobasa Bhalobasa
1986 Pathbhola
1987 Guru DakshinaAnjan Choudhury
1988Choto Bou Anjan Choudhury
1989 Asha O Bhalobasha Sujit Guha
1990DevotaAbhijit Sen
1991 Beder Meye Josna (1991 film) Beder Meye Josna Tojammel Haque Bokul
1992Goopy Bagha Phire Elo
1993 Padma Nadir Majhi Goutam Ghose
1994 Rakta Nadir Dhara Ram Mukherjee
1995SangharshaHaranath Chakraborty
1996Bhai Amar BhaiSwapan Saha
1997Bakul PriyaSwapan Saha
1998Raja Rani Badsha Haranath Chakraborty
1999Jibon Niye KhelaAnjan Choudhury
2000Sasurbari ZindabadHaranath Chakraborty
2001PratibadHaranath Chakraborty
2002Sathi
2003 GuruSwapan Saha
2004BandhanRavi Kinagi
2005YuddhoRavi Kinagi
2006MLA Fatakeshto Swapan Saha
2007I Love YouRavi Kinnagi
2008Mon Mane NaSujit Guha
2009ChallengeRaj Chakraborty
2010Shedin Dekha HoyechiloSujit Mondal[39]
2011PagluRajiv Kumar Biswas
2012AwaraRavi Kinagi
2013Chander PaharKamaleshwar Mukherjee
2014Game : He Plays To WinBaba Yadav[40]
2015Shudhu Tomari JonnoBirsa Dasgupta
2016PraktanNandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee
2017Amazon ObhijaanKamaleshwar Mukherjee
2018HaamiNandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee[41]
2019Durgeshgorer GuptodhonDhrubo Banerjee
2020Dwitiyo PurushSrijit Mukherjee
2021TonicAvijit Sen
2022ProjapotiAvijit Sen
2023ChengizRajesh Ganguly[42]
2024AjogyoKaushik Ganguly

See also

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Notes and References

  1. 10.1177/0921374007088054. Bhaskar. Sarkar. The Melodramas of Globalization. Cultural Dynamics. 2008. 20. 34. 143977618. Madhava Prasad traces the origin of the term to a 1932 article in the American Cinematographer by Wilford E. Deming, an American engineer who apparently helped produce the first Indian sound picture. At this point, the Calcutta suburb of Tollygunje was the main center of film production in India. Deming refers to the area as Tollywood, since it already boasted two studios with 'several more projected' (Prasad, 2003) 'Tolly', rhyming with 'Holly', got hinged to 'wood' in the Anglophone Indian imagination, and came to denote the Calcutta studios and, by extension, the local film industry. Prasad surmises: 'Once Tollywood was made possible by the fortuitous availability of a half-rhyme, it was easy to clone new Hollywood babies by simply replacing the first letter' (Prasad, 2003)..
  2. Pather Panchali: Its history, the genius behind it, and Satyajit Ray's style of working . India Today.
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  4. News: Bengali films grossed Rs. 66 crores in 2023 . 20 February 2024. . 2 February 2024 . en.
  5. News: Big production houses garner 70% of revenue in Bengali film industry .
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  7. News: 'Amazon Obhijan' becomes highest grossing Bengali film ever . 17 January 2018 . The Statesman . 16 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064615/https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bengali-cinema/amazon-obhijan-becomes-highest-grossing-bengali-film-ever-1502565557.html . 18 January 2018.
  8. News: 'Amazon Obhijan' Becomes Highest Grossing Bengali Film Ever. 4 March 2022. 17 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417070837/https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/amazon-obhijan-becomes-highest-grossing-bengali-film-ever-1502565557.html/amp. live.
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  21. News: Top 5 Bengali films with good numbers at box office .
  22. Web site: 5 films that rocked the box office this year. www.telegraphindia.com. 2 February 2019. 2 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212435/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/5-films-that-rocked-the-box-office-this-year/cid/230119. live.
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  26. News: Out of the box: Of bad reviews and good collections .
  27. News: 5 films that rocked the box office this year .
  28. News: Bengali films in 2017: Posto and Sahaj Paather Gappo cross 100 days at box office, Amazon Obhijaan creates record .
  29. News: Belashuru Box Office Collection .
  30. News: ৭ দিনে রেকর্ড ব্যবসা! বক্স অফিসে ঝড় তুলছে 'কর্ণসুবর্ণের গুপ্তধন' . 7 October 2022 . abplive - Bengali . bengali.abplive.com. 7 October 2022 . Kolkata . bn.
  31. Web site: 3 October 2022 . পুজোয় ৩ দিনে 1.5 কোটির ব্যবসা! দেবের রেকর্ড ভাঙার পথে আবিরের কর্ণসুবর্ণের গুপ্তধন? .
  32. News: Box Office-Tollywood: পুজোয় লক্ষ্মীলাভ, দশম অবতারে কুপোকাত বাঘা যতীন-রক্তবীজ-মিতিন মাসি! .
  33. News: Chengiz Box office .
  34. News: Box Office-Tollywood: পুজোয় লক্ষ্মীলাভ, দশম অবতারে কুপোকাত বাঘা যতীন-রক্তবীজ-মিতিন মাসি! .
  35. News: Box Office-Tollywood: পুজোয় লক্ষ্মীলাভ, দশম অবতারে কুপোকাত বাঘা যতীন-রক্তবীজ-মিতিন মাসি! .
  36. Web site: ফাটাফাটি ব্যবসা! বিতর্ক ছাপিয়ে শুরুর ১০ দিনে কত আয় করল দেব-মিঠুনের প্রজাপতি? . bangla.hindustantimes.com . 3 January 2023 . Hindustan Times - Bangla . 24 May 2023 . Kolkata . bn.
  37. Web site: তৃতীয় সপ্তাহেও প্রজাপতির উড়ান অব্যাহত, কত কোটির ব্যবসা করল দেব-মিঠুনের ছবি? . www.eisamay.com . Eisamay . 24 May 2023 . bn.
  38. Book: Ray, Bibekananda . Conscience of The Race . 2017 . . 9788123026619 . 424 .
  39. Published: bindaskolkata.com Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo – 2010 accessed: 29 June 2011
  40. News: Game (Rs 8.95 crore) . 2024-02-07 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  41. Web site: 2016-12-31 . What made news in Bengali film industry in 2016 . 2023-07-15 . Hindustan Times . en.
  42. News: Bengali films grossed Rs. 66 crores in 2023 .

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