List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films

This is a list of highest-grossing Bengali-language films. This list covers the Bengali cinema in West Bengal (Kolkata).

This article is about Indian Bengali-language films. For Bangladeshi Bengali-language films, see List of highest-grossing Bangladeshi films.

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]

Highest-grossing films
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*Top 10 Bengali Film's (West Bengal, Kolkata).

Rank Film Year Director Studio(s) Worldwide gross Ref
01 Amazon Obhijaan 2017 Kamaleswar Mukherjee Shree Venkatesh Films ₹50 Croes+ [4][5]
02 Chander Pahar 2013 ₹22 Crore [6]
03 Projapati 2022 Avijit Sen Bengal Talkies & Dev Entertainment Ventures ₹13 Crore [7]
04 Pather Panchali 1955 Satyajit Ray Government Of West Bengal ₹11 Crore [8]
05 Boss 2: Back to Rule 2017 Baba Yadav

Co-Direction: Abdul Aziz

 Jeetz Filmworks,

Jaaz Multimedia, Walzen Media Works

 ₹10.50Crore [9]
06 Paglu 2011 Rajiv Kumar Biswas Surinder Films ₹10 Crore [10]
07 Sathi 2002 Haranath Chakraborty Shree Vankatesh Films ₹9.80 Crore [11]
08 Poran Jai Joliya Re 2009 Ravi Kinagi Shree Venkatesh Films ₹9.50 Crore [12]
09 Karnosuborner Guptodhan 2022 Dhruvo Banerjee Shree Venkatesh Films ₹9.25 Crore [6]
10 Rangbaaz 2013 Raja Chanda Surinder Films ₹ 9.2 Crore+ [13]
11 Nabab 2017 Joydeep Mukherjee Eskay Movies ₹9.1 Crore [14]
12 Khoka 420 2013 Rajiv Kumar Biswas Eskay Movies ₹ 9 Crore
13 Game : He Plays To Win 2014 Baba Yadav Grassroot Entertainment ₹8.95 Crore [15]
14 Chaamp 2017 Raj Chakraborty Dev Entertainment Ventures 8.90 Crore [16]
15 Belashuru 2022 Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy Windows Production ₹ 8.73 Crore [17]
16 Awara 2012 Ravi Kinagi Shree Vankatesh Films ₹8.50 Crore [18]
17 Praktan 2016 Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy Windows Production ₹ 8.50 Crore [19]
18 Shatru 2011 Raj Chakraborty Eskay Movies ₹8.1 Crore
19 Posto 2017 Shiboprasad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy Windows Production ₹8 Crore
20 Challenge 2 2012 Raja Chanda Shree Vankatesh Films ₹7.56 Crore

Highest opening weeks
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Rank Film Year Director Studio(s) Worldwide gross Ref
1 Amazon Obhijaan 2017 Kamaleswar Mukherjee Shree Venkatesh Films ₹8.8 crore (US$1.35 million) [5]
2 Karnasubarner Guptodhon 2022 Dhrubo Banerjee ₹5.0 crore (US$630,000) [20]
3 Chander Pahar 2013 Kamaleswar Mukherjee ₹4.13 crore (US$704,804.62) [21]
4 Rangbaaz 2013 Raja Chanda Surinder Films ₹4.5 crore (US$560,000)
5 Awara 2012 Ravi Kinagi Shree Venkatesh Films ₹2.0 crore (US$307,117.76) [22]
6 Projapoti 2022 Avijit Sen Bengal Talkies ₹1.6 crore (US$200,000) [23]
7 Bela Shuru 2022 Nandita Roy
Shiboprosad Mukherjee		 Windows Production ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) [24]
8 Karnasubarner Guptodhon 2022 Shree Venkatesh Films Shree Venkatesh Films ₹1.4 crore (US$180,000)

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Highest-grossing franchises and film series
Highest-grossing franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show".)
Rank Series Total worldwide box office (in crores) No. of films Average of films (in crores) Highest-grossing film (gross in INR(₹) crores)

Highest-grossing films by year
  film currently playing Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 31 March 2023 in theaters around the world.

Note:- This list is only for the theatrical collection of the movies(not overall collections like OTT, Satelight rights , music rights and don't include worldwide collection at all). Please didn't change (2000-2022) this film names ,rather add the films of 2023 and onwards.

Films Year Director Box office(Domestic Net Collection)
Vidyasagar1950Kali Prasad Ghosh

₹5 lakh (equivalent to ₹4.7 crore or US$590,000 in 2020)

Jighansa1951Ajoy Kar

₹6 lakh (equivalent to ₹5.4 crore or US$670,000 in 2020)

Basu Poribar1952Nirmal Dey₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹64 crore or US$8.0 million in 2020)
Sharey Chuattor1953Nirmal Dey₹75 lakh (equivalent to ₹67 crore or US$8.4 million in 2020)
Agni Pariksha1954Agradoot₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹60 crore or US$7.5 million in 2020)
Pather Panchali1955Satyajit Ray₹11 crore (equivalent to ₹10 billion or US$130 million in 2020)
Shyamali1956Ajoy Kar₹58 lakh (equivalent to ₹56 crore or US$7.1 million in 2020)
Harano Sur1957Ajoy Kar₹77 lakh (equivalent to ₹66 crore or US$8.2 million in 2020)
Indrani1958Niren Lahiri₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹57 crore or US$7.1 million in 2020)
Apur Sansar1959Satyajit Ray₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹78 crore or US$9.7 million in 2020)
Meghe Dhaka Tara1960Ritwik Ghatak₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹53 crore or US$6.7 million in 2020)
Saptapadi1961Ajoy Kar₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹53 crore or US$6.6 million in 2020)
Bipasha1962 Agradoot₹60 lakh (equivalent to ₹44 crore or US$5.4 million in 2020)
Deya Neya 1963Salil Dutta

₹62 lakh (equivalent to ₹44 crore or US$5.5 million in 2020)

Jatugriha 1964Tapan Sinha ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹44 crore or US$5.4 million in 2020)
Thana Theke Aschi 1965Hiren Nag₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹40 crore or US$5.0 million in 2020)
Nayak 1966Satyajit Ray ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹36 crore or US$4.5 million in 2020)
Antony Firingee1967

Sunil Bannerjee

 ₹77 lakh (equivalent to ₹35 crore or US$4.4 million in 2020)
Chowringhee (film)1968

Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee

 ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹31 crore or US$3.8 million in 2020)
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne1969Satyajit Ray ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹31 crore or US$3.9 million in 2020)
Nishi Padma1970Arabinda Mukhopadhyay ₹75 lakh (equivalent to ₹31 crore or US$3.9 million in 2020)
Joy Joyonti 1971Arabindo Mukherjee ₹65 lakh (equivalent to ₹26 crore or US$3.3 million in 2020)
Mem Saheb 1972Pinaki Mukherjee ₹72 lakh (equivalent to ₹28 crore or US$3.4 million in 2020)
Shriman Prithviraj 1973Tarun Majumder ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹23 crore or US$2.9 million in 2020)
Mouchak1974Arabinda Mukhopadhyay ₹1.8 crore (equivalent to ₹46 crore or US$5.7 million in 2020)
Sanyasi Raja1975Pijush Bose ₹75 lakh (equivalent to ₹18 crore or US$2.2 million in 2020)
Jana Aranya1976Satyajit Ray₹25 lakh (equivalent to ₹6.5 crore or US$810,000 in 2020)
Anand Ashram1977Shakti Samanta₹90 lakh (equivalent to ₹21 crore or US$2.7 million in 2020)
Dui Purush1978Sushil Mukherjee ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹16 crore or US$2.0 million in 2020)
Joi Baba Felunath 1979Satyajit Ray ₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹15 crore or US$1.9 million in 2020)
Hirak Rajar Deshe1980 Satyajit Ray₹80 lakh (equivalent to ₹16 crore or US$2.0 million in 2020)
Ogo Bodhu Shundori 1981Salil Dutta

₹82 lakh (equivalent to ₹14 crore or US$1.8 million in 2020)

Kharij 1982Mrinal Sen

₹29 lakh (equivalent to ₹4.7 crore or US$580,000 in 2020)

Protidan 1983Prabhat Roy₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹10 crore or US$1.3 million in 2020)
Shatru1984Anjan Choudhury₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹9.3 crore or US$1.2 million in 2020)
Bhalobasa Bhalobasa1985Tarun Majumder₹78 lakh (equivalent to ₹9.8 crore or US$1.2 million in 2020)
Pathbhola 1986Tarun Majumdar

₹21 lakh (equivalent to ₹2.4 crore or US$300,000 in 2020)

Amar Sangi 1987Sujit Guha₹86 lakh (equivalent to ₹9.1 crore or US$1.1 million in 2020)
Choto Bou 1988Anjan Choudhury₹85 lakh (equivalent to ₹8.3 crore or US$1.0 million in 2020)
Asha O Bhalobasha 1989Sujit Guha₹88 lakh (equivalent to ₹8.0 crore or US$1.0 million in 2020)
Apan Amar Apan 1990Tarun Majumdar

₹88 lakh (equivalent to ₹7.3 crore or US$920,000 in 2020)

Beder Meye Josna1991Tojammel Haque Bokul₹0.9 crore (equivalent to ₹6.6 crore or US$820,000 in 2020)
Goopy Bagha Phire Elo1992Sandip Ray₹98.57 lakh (equivalent to ₹6.4 crore or US$810,000 in 2020)
Shraddhanjali1993Srikant Guha Thakurata₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹6.2 crore or US$770,000 in 2020)
Rakta Nadir Dhara1994Ram Mukherjee₹88 lakh (equivalent to ₹4.9 crore or US$620,000 in 2020)
Sangharsha1995Haranath Chakraborty ₹95 lakh (equivalent to ₹4.8 crore or US$600,000 in 2020)
Bhai Amar Bhai1996Swapan Saha ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹4.6 crore or US$580,000 in 2020)
Nishpap Asami1997Swapan Saha ₹1.8 crore (equivalent to ₹7.8 crore or US$980,000 in 2020)
Ranokhetro 1998Haranath Chakraborty ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹3.8 crore or US$480,000 in 2020)
Jibon Niye Khela1999Anjan Choudhury₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹3.7 crore or US$460,000 in 2020)
Sasurbari Zindabad2000Haranath Chakraborty ₹3.5 crore (equivalent to ₹12 crore or US$1.5 million in 2020)
Pratibad2001Haranath Chakraborty ₹3 crore (equivalent to ₹10 crore or US$1.3 million in 2020)
Sathi2002Haranath Chakraborty₹9.8 crore (equivalent to ₹32 crore or US$4.0 million in 2020)[6]
Sangee2003Haranath Chakraborty₹4 crore (equivalent to ₹12 crore or US$1.6 million in 2020)
Bandhan2004Ravi Kinagi₹7 crore (equivalent to ₹21 crore or US$2.6 million in 2020)
Yuddho2005Ravi Kinagi₹6 crore (equivalent to ₹17 crore or US$2.2 million in 2020)
MLA Fatakeshto2006Swapan Saha₹7.50 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$2.6 million in 2020)
I Love You2007Ravi Kinnagi₹7 crore (equivalent to ₹18 crore or US$2.2 million in 2020)
Chirodini Tumi Je Amar2008Raj Chakraborty₹6.5 crore (equivalent to ₹15 crore or US$1.9 million in 2020)
Paran Jai Jaliya Re2009Raj Chakraborty₹9.50 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$2.5 million in 2020)
Dui Prithibi2010Raj Chakroborty₹6.8 crore (equivalent to ₹13 crore or US$1.6 million in 2020)
Paglu2011Rajiv Kumar Biswas₹10 crore (equivalent to ₹18 crore or US$2.2 million in 2020)
Awara2012Ravi Kinagi₹8.5 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore or US$1.7 million in 2020)
Chander Pahar2013Kamaleshwar Mukherjee₹25 crore (equivalent to ₹36 crore or US$4.5 million in 2020)[6]
Badshahi Angti2014Sandip Ray₹8.95 crore (equivalent to ₹12 crore or US$1.5 million in 2020)
Shudhu Tomari Jonno2015Birsa Dasgupta₹7.50 crore (equivalent to ₹9.6 crore or US$1.2 million in 2020)
Praktan2016Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee₹8.9 crore (equivalent to ₹11 crore or US$1.4 million in 2020)
Amazon Obhijaan2017Kamaleshwar Mukherjee

₹50 crore (equivalent to ₹60 crore or US$7.5 million in 2020)[4]

Haami2018Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee₹7.40 crore (equivalent to ₹8.4 crore or US$1.1 million in 2020)
Durgeshgorer Guptodhon2019Dhrubo Banerjee₹7.5 crore (equivalent to ₹7.9 crore or US$990,000 in 2020)
Asur2020Pavel Bhattacharjee₹7 crore (US$880,000)
Tonic2021Avijit Sen₹6.50 crore (US$810,000)
Projapoti2022Avijit Sen₹13 crore (US$1.6 million)

See also

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