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List Of Highest-grossing Indian Bengali Films

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. West Bengal was the center of Indian cinema in the 1930s, with Bengali cinema accounting for a quarter of India's film output in the 1950s. 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. 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.

Highest-grossing films worldwide

   Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 1 November 2024 in theaters around the world.
Rank Film Year Worldwide gross Ref
1 Amazon Obhijaan 2017 ₹48.63 crore
2 Chander Pahar 2013 ₹20 crore
3 Bohurupi * 2024 ₹13 crore
4 Projapoti 2022 ₹13 crore
5 Boss 2: Back to Rule 2017 ₹10.5−13 crore
6 Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo 2010 ₹10.2 crore
7 Pather Panchali 1955 ₹10 crore
8 Saptapadi 1961 ₹10 crore
9 Paglu 2011 ₹9.95 crore
10 Sathi 2002 ₹9.8−9.95 crore
11 Poran Jai Joliya Re 2009 ₹9.5 crore
12 Karnasubarner Guptodhon 2022 ₹9.25 crore
13 Nabab 2017 ₹9.15 crore
14 Rangbaaz 2013 ₹9 crore
15 Game: He Plays to Win 2014 ₹8.95 crore
16 Chaamp 2017 ₹8.9 crore
17 Awara 2012 ₹8.52 crore
18 Praktan 2016 ₹8.5 crore
19 Khoka 420 2013 ₹8.12 crore
20 Posto 2017 ₹8 crore

Highest opening weeks

   Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 1 November 2024 in theaters around the world.

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)
2 Karnasubarner Guptodhon 2022 Dhrubo Banerjee 5.0 crore (US$600,000)
3 Bohurupi * 2024 Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee Windows 4.98 crore (US$600,000)
4 Chander Pahar 2012 Kamaleswar Mukherjee Shree Venkatesh Films 4.83 crore (US$824,263.03)
5 Rangbaaz 2013 Raja Chanda Surinder Films 4.5 crore (US$540,000)
6 Dawshom Awbotaar 2023 Srijit Mukherji SVF
Jio Studios
4.15 crore (US$500,000)
7 Chengiz 2023 Rajesh Ganguly Grassroot Entertainment
Jeetz Filmworks
3.5 crore (US$420,000)
8 Bagha Jatin 2023 Arun Roy Dev Entertainment Ventures 3.4 crore (US$410,000)
9 Tekka * 2024 Srijit Mukherjee Dev Entertainment Ventures 2.99 crore (US$360,000)
10 Raktabeej 2023 Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee Windows 2.5 crore (US$300,000)

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 theatrical films Average of films (in crores) Highest-grossing film (gross in INR() crores)

Highest-grossing films by year

Year Films Box office(Domestic Net Collection) Director Note Ref.
1932 Palli Samaj

44 lakh (equivalent to 135 crore or US$16 million in 2023)

Sisir Bhaduri
1933 Seeta

41 lakh (equivalent to 134 crore or US$16 million in 2023)

Sisir Bhaduri
1934 Dhruba

88 lakh (equivalent to 303 crore or US$36 million in 2023)

Kazi Nazrul Islam and Satyendranath Dey
1935 Devdas

41 lakh (equivalent to 141 crore or US$17 million in 2023)

Pramathesh Barua
1936 Grihadah 44 lakh (equivalent to 150 crore or US$18 million in 2023) Pramathesh Barua
1937 Vidyapati 77 lakh (equivalent to 250 crore or US$30 million in 2023) Debaki Bose
1938 Gora 44 lakh (equivalent to 143 crore or US$17 million in 2023) Naresh Mitra
1939 Chanakya 50 lakh (equivalent to 162 crore or US$19 million in 2023) Sisir Bhaduri
1940 Nartaki

88 lakh (equivalent to 285 crore or US$34 million in 2023)

Debaki Bose
1941 Abatar

50 lakh (equivalent to 143 crore or US$17 million in 2023)

Premankur Atorthy
1942 Shesh Uttar

41 lakh (equivalent to 95 crore or US$11 million in 2023)

Pramathesh Barua
1943 Dikshul

40 lakh (equivalent to 61 crore or US$7.3 million in 2023)

Premankur Atorthy
1944 Pratikar

47 lakh (equivalent to 69 crore or US$8.3 million in 2023)

Chhabi Biswas
1945 Dui Purush 80 lakh (equivalent to 122 crore or US$15 million in 2023) Subodh Mitra
1946 Vande Mataram 40 lakh (equivalent to 57 crore or US$6.9 million in 2023) Sudhir bandhu Bannerjee
1947 Noukadubi 88 lakh (equivalent to 110 crore or US$13 million in 2023) Naresh Chandra Mitra
1948 Kalo Chhaya

50 lakh (equivalent to 57 crore or US$6.8 million in 2023)

Premendra Mitra
1949 Kuasha

51 lakh (equivalent to 56 crore or US$6.8 million in 2023)

Premendra Mitra
1950 Vidyasagar

55 lakh (equivalent to 61 crore or US$7.3 million in 2023)

Kali Prasad Ghosh
1951 Barjatri

60 lakh (equivalent to 63 crore or US$7.6 million in 2023)

Satyen Bose
1952 Pasher Bari 50 lakh (equivalent to 54 crore or US$6.5 million in 2023) Sudhir Mukherjee
1953 Sharey Chuattor 65 lakh (equivalent to 69 crore or US$8.2 million in 2023) Nirmal Dey
1954 Agni Pariksha 72 lakh (equivalent to 73 crore or US$8.7 million in 2023) Agradoot
1955 Pather Panchali 10 crore (equivalent to 11 billion or US$130 million in 2023) Satyajit Ray
1956 Saheb Bibi Golam 68 lakh (equivalent to 78 crore or US$9.3 million in 2023) Kartik Chatterjee
1957 Harano Sur 77 lakh (equivalent to 77 crore or US$9.3 million in 2023) Ajoy Kar
1958 Indrani (film) 70 lakh (equivalent to 67 crore or US$8.0 million in 2023) Niren Lahiri
1959 Deep Jwele Jaai 1 crore (equivalent to 92 crore or US$11 million in 2023) Asit Sen (director)
1960 Meghe Dhaka Tara 70 lakh (equivalent to 63 crore or US$7.5 million in 2023) Ritwik Ghatak
1961 Saptapadi 10 crore (equivalent to 884 crore or US$110 million in 2023) Ajoy Kar
1962 Bipasha 75 lakh (equivalent to 64 crore or US$7.7 million in 2023) Agradoot
1963 Deya Neya

78 lakh (equivalent to 65 crore or US$7.8 million in 2023)

Sunil Banerjee
1964 Lal Pathore 75 lakh (equivalent to 55 crore or US$6.6 million in 2023) Sushil Mazumder
1965 Thana Theke Aschi 70 lakh (equivalent to 47 crore or US$5.6 million in 2023) Hiren Nag
1966 Nayak 80 lakh (equivalent to 48 crore or US$5.8 million in 2023) Satyajit Ray
1967 Antony Firingee 87 lakh (equivalent to 46 crore or US$5.6 million in 2023)

Sunil Bannerjee

1968 Chowringhee (film) 80 lakh (equivalent to 41 crore or US$4.9 million in 2023)

Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee

1969 Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne 88 lakh (equivalent to 46 crore or US$5.5 million in 2023) Satyajit Ray
1970 Nishi Padma 85 lakh (equivalent to 42 crore or US$5.0 million in 2023) Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
1971 Nimantran 85 lakh (equivalent to 41 crore or US$4.9 million in 2023) Tarun Majumdar
1972 Mem Saheb 82 lakh (equivalent to 37 crore or US$4.4 million in 2023) Pinaki Mukherjee
1973 Titash Ekti Nadir Naam 1.23 lakh (equivalent to 47 lakh or US$57,000 in 2023) Ritwik Ghatak
1974 Mouchak 1.8 crore (equivalent to 54 crore or US$6.5 million in 2023) Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
1975 Sanyasi Raja 85 lakh (equivalent to 24 crore or US$2.9 million in 2023) Pijush Bose
1976 Datta (film) 75 lakh (equivalent to 23 crore or US$2.7 million in 2023) Ajoy Kar
1977 Baba Taraknath 70 lakh (equivalent to 20 crore or US$2.4 million in 2023) Sunil Bandyopadhyay, Baren Chatterjee, Shanti Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar
1978 Ganadevata 50 lakh (equivalent to 14 crore or US$1.6 million in 2023) Tarun Majumdar
1979 Joi Baba Felunath 70 lakh (equivalent to 18 crore or US$2.2 million in 2023) Satyajit Ray
1980 Hirak Rajar Deshe 90 lakh (equivalent to 21 crore or US$2.5 million in 2023) Satyajit Ray
1981 Ogo Bodhu Shundori

1 crore (equivalent to 20 crore or US$2.5 million in 2023)

Salil Dutta
1982 Troyee

29 lakh (equivalent to 5.5 crore or US$660,000 in 2023)

Gautam Mukherjee
1983 Protidan 70 lakh (equivalent to 12 crore or US$1.4 million in 2023) Prabhat Roy
1984 Shatru 70 lakh (equivalent to 11 crore or US$1.3 million in 2023) Anjan Choudhury
1985 Bhalobasa Bhalobasa 78 lakh (equivalent to 12 crore or US$1.4 million in 2023) Tarun Majumder
1986 Pathbhola

21 lakh (equivalent to 2.9 crore or US$340,000 in 2023)

Tarun Majumdar
1987 Guru Dakshina 86 lakh (equivalent to 11 crore or US$1.3 million in 2023) Anjan Choudhury
1988 Choto Bou 85 lakh (equivalent to 9.7 crore or US$1.2 million in 2023) Anjan Choudhury
1989 Asha O Bhalobasha 88 lakh (equivalent to 9.4 crore or US$1.1 million in 2023) Sujit Guha
1990 Devota

88 lakh (equivalent to 8.6 crore or US$1.0 million in 2023)

Abhijit Sen
1991 Beder Meye Josna 90 lakh (equivalent to 7.8 crore or US$930,000 in 2023) Tojammel Haque Bokul
1992 Goopy Bagha Phire Elo 98.57 lakh (equivalent to 7.6 crore or US$910,000 in 2023) Sandip Ray
1993 Padma Nadir Majhi 30 lakh (equivalent to 2.2 crore or US$260,000 in 2023) Goutam Ghose
1994 Rakta Nadir Dhara 88 lakh (equivalent to 5.8 crore or US$690,000 in 2023) Ram Mukherjee
1995 Sangharsha 95 lakh (equivalent to 5.7 crore or US$680,000 in 2023) Haranath Chakraborty
1996 Bhai Amar Bhai 1 crore (equivalent to 5.5 crore or US$660,000 in 2023) Swapan Saha
1997 Bakul Priya 1.8 crore (equivalent to 9.2 crore or US$1.1 million in 2023) Swapan Saha
1998 Raja Rani Badsha 1 crore (equivalent to 4.5 crore or US$540,000 in 2023) Haranath Chakraborty
1999 Jibon Niye Khela 1 crore (equivalent to 4.3 crore or US$510,000 in 2023) Anjan Choudhury
2000 Sasurbari Zindabad 2.5 crore (equivalent to 10 crore or US$1.2 million in 2023) Haranath Chakraborty
2001 Pratibad 2 crore (equivalent to 8.0 crore or US$950,000 in 2023) Haranath Chakraborty
2002 Sathi 9.80 crore (equivalent to 37 crore or US$4.5 million in 2023) Haranath Chakraborty
2003 Guru 1.88 crore (equivalent to 6.9 crore or US$830,000 in 2023) Swapan Saha
2004 Bandhan 2 crore (equivalent to 7.1 crore or US$850,000 in 2023) Ravi Kinagi
2005 Yuddho 3.5 crore (equivalent to 12 crore or US$1.4 million in 2023) Ravi Kinagi
2006 MLA Fatakeshto 4 crore (equivalent to 13 crore or US$1.5 million in 2023) Swapan Saha
2007 I Love You 3 crore (equivalent to 9.1 crore or US$1.1 million in 2023) Ravi Kinnagi
2008 Mon Mane Na 3.5 crore (equivalent to 9.8 crore or US$1.2 million in 2023) Sujit Guha
2009 Challenge 6.5 crore (equivalent to 16 crore or US$2.0 million in 2023) Raj Chakraborty
2010 Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo 10 crore (equivalent to 22 crore or US$2.7 million in 2023) Sujit Mondal
2011 Paglu 9.95 crore (equivalent to 21 crore or US$2.5 million in 2023) Rajiv Kumar Biswas
2012 Awara 8.5 crore (equivalent to 16 crore or US$1.9 million in 2023) Ravi Kinagi
2013 Chander Pahar 20 crore (equivalent to 34 crore or US$4.1 million in 2023) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
2014 Game : He Plays To Win 8.95 crore (equivalent to 14 crore or US$1.7 million in 2023) Baba Yadav
2015 Shudhu Tomari Jonno 6.50 crore (equivalent to 9.8 crore or US$1.2 million in 2023) Birsa Dasgupta
2016 Praktan 8.5 crore (equivalent to 12 crore or US$1.5 million in 2023) Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee
2017 Amazon Obhijaan

48.63 crore (equivalent to 68 crore or US$8.2 million in 2023)

Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
2018 Haami 6 crore (equivalent to 8.0 crore or US$960,000 in 2023) Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee
2019 Durgeshgorer Guptodhon 6 crore (equivalent to 7.5 crore or US$890,000 in 2023) Dhrubo Banerjee
2020 Dwitiyo Purush 4 crore (equivalent to 4.7 crore or US$560,000 in 2023) Srijit Mukherjee
2021 Tonic 6.5 crore (equivalent to 7.3 crore or US$870,000 in 2023) Avijit Sen
2022 Projapoti 13 crore (equivalent to 14 crore or US$1.7 million in 2023) Avijit Sen
2023 Chengiz 6.75 crore (US$810,000) Rajesh Ganguly
2024 Bohurupi 13 crore (US$1.6 million) Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee

See also

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