List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films

Cinema of West Bengal, commonly known as Indian Bengali cinema or Tollywood, 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 Indian 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 Indian Bengali film industry, which was valued at around ₹150-170 crore in terms of revenue in 2017,^[4] has decreased over the years to ₹66 crore in 2023.^[5]

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.^[a] The figures are not adjusted for inflation.

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Highest-grossing films worldwide

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Rank	Title	Year	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	Amazon Obhijaan	2017	₹48.63–50 crore	^[b]
2	Dhumketu	2025	₹28.07 crore	^[9]^[10]
3	Khadaan	2024	₹25−26 crore	^[11]^[10]
4	Chander Pahar	2013	₹22.5 crore	^[12]
5	Bohurupi	2024	₹21.24 crore	^[c]
6	Projapoti	2022	₹13–14 crore	^[16]^[7]
7	Raghu Dakat	2025	₹13 crore	^[11]
8	Boss 2: Back to Rule	2017	₹10.5 crore	^[17]^[7]
9	Pather Panchali	1955	₹10 crore	^[18]
10	Paglu	2011	₹9.95–10 crore	^[17]^[7]
11	Sathi	2002	₹9.82 crore	^[17]
12	Karnasubarner Guptodhon	2022	₹9.8 crore	^[19]
13	Poran Jai Joliya Re	2009	₹9.5 crore	^[17]
14	Rangbaaz	2013	₹9 crore	^[20]
15	Game: He Plays to Win	2014	₹8.95 crore	^[21]
16	Chaamp	2017	₹8.9 crore	^[21]
17	Praktan	2016	₹8.5 crore	^[22]^[23]
18	Khoka 420	2013	₹8 crore	^[20]
19	Mishawr Rawhoshyo	2017	₹7.5 crore	^[20]
20	Posto	2017	₹7 crore	^[24]
21	Boss: Born to Rule	2013	₹6.75 crore	^[20]
22	Durgeshgorer Guptodhon	2019	₹6.5 crore	^[25]

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Highest-grossing films by opening week

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Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	Dhumketu	₹18 crore	2025	^[d]
2	Khadaan	₹7.26 crore	2024	^[29]
3	Raghu Dakat	₹6 crore	2025	^[e]
4	Amazon Obhijaan	₹5.50 crore	2017	^[33]
5	Karnasubarner Guptodhon	₹5.50 crore	2022	^[34]
6	Bohurupi	₹5.24 crore	2024	^[35]
7	Chander Pahar	₹4.83 crore	2012	^[36]
8	Rangbaaz	₹4.5 crore	2013	^{[citation needed]}
9	Dawshom Awbotaar	₹4.25 crore	2023	^[37]
10	The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika	₹2.85 crore	2025	^[38]

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Highest-grossing films by year

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Year	Title	Domestic net	Director	Ref.
1932	Palli Samaj	₹44 lakh (₹937 crore in February 2025)	Sisir Bhaduri	^{[citation needed]}
1933	Seeta	₹41 lakh	Sisir Bhaduri	^{[citation needed]}
1934	Dhruba	₹88 lakh (₹1667 crore in February 2025)	Kazi Nazrul Islam and Satyendranath Dey	^{[citation needed]}
1935	Devdas	₹41 lakh	Pramathesh Barua	^{[citation needed]}
1936	Grihadah	₹44 lakh	Pramathesh Barua	^{[citation needed]}
1937	Vidyapati	₹77 lakh	Debaki Bose	^{[citation needed]}
1938	Gora	₹44 lakh	Naresh Mitra	^{[citation needed]}
1939	Chanakya	₹50 lakh	Sisir Bhaduri	^{[citation needed]}
1940	Nartaki	₹88 lakh	Debaki Bose	^{[citation needed]}
1941	Abatar	₹50 lakh	Premankur Atorthy	^{[citation needed]}
1942	Shesh Uttar	₹41 lakh	Pramathesh Barua	^{[citation needed]}
1943	Dikshul	₹40 lakh	Premankur Atorthy	^{[citation needed]}
1944	Pratikar	₹47 lakh	Chhabi Biswas	^{[citation needed]}
1945	Dui Purush	₹80 lakh	Subodh Mitra	^{[citation needed]}
1946	Vande Mataram	₹40 lakh	Sudhir bandhu Bannerjee	^{[citation needed]}
1947	Noukadubi	₹88 lakh	Naresh Chandra Mitra	^{[citation needed]}
1948	Kalo Chhaya	₹50 lakh	Premendra Mitra	^{[citation needed]}
1949	Kuasha	₹51 lakh	Premendra Mitra	^{[citation needed]}
1950	Vidyasagar	₹55 lakh	Kali Prasad Ghosh	^{[citation needed]}
1951	Barjatri	₹60 lakh	Satyen Bose	^{[citation needed]}
1952	Pasher Bari	₹50 lakh	Sudhir Mukherjee	^{[citation needed]}
1953	Sharey Chuattor	₹65 lakh	Nirmal Dey	^{[citation needed]}
1954	Agni Pariksha	₹72 lakh	Agradoot	^{[citation needed]}
1955	Pather Panchali	₹10 crore	Satyajit Ray	^[18]
1956	Saheb Bibi Golam	₹68 lakh	Kartik Chatterjee	^{[citation needed]}
1957	Harano Sur	₹77 lakh	Ajoy Kar	^{[citation needed]}
1958	Indrani	₹70 lakh	Niren Lahiri	^{[citation needed]}
1959	Deep Jwele Jaai	₹1 crore	Asit Sen (director)	^{[citation needed]}
1960	Meghe Dhaka Tara	₹70 lakh	Ritwik Ghatak	^{[citation needed]}
1961	Saptapadi	₹10 crore	Ajoy Kar	^{[citation needed]}
1962	Bipasha	₹75 lakh	Agradoot	^{[citation needed]}
1963	Deya Neya	₹78 lakh	Sunil Banerjee	^{[citation needed]}
1964	Lal Pathore	₹75 lakh	Sushil Mazumder	^{[citation needed]}
1965	Thana Theke Aschi	₹70 lakh	Hiren Nag	^{[citation needed]}
1966	Nayak	₹80 lakh	Satyajit Ray	^{[citation needed]}
1967	Antony Firingee	₹87 lakh	Sunil Bannerjee	^{[citation needed]}
1968	Chowringhee	₹80 lakh	Pinaki Bhushan Mukherjee	^{[citation needed]}
1969	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne	₹88 lakh	Satyajit Ray	^{[citation needed]}
1970	Nishi Padma	₹85 lakh	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay	^{[citation needed]}
1971	Nimantran	₹85 lakh	Tarun Majumdar	^{[citation needed]}
1972	Mem Saheb	₹82 lakh	Pinaki Mukherjee	^{[citation needed]}
1973	Titash Ekti Nadir Naam	₹1.23 lakh	Ritwik Ghatak	^{[citation needed]}
1974	Mouchak	₹1.8 crore	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay	^{[citation needed]}
1975	Sanyasi Raja	₹85 lakh	Pijush Bose	^{[citation needed]}
1976	Datta	₹75 lakh	Ajoy Kar	^{[citation needed]}
1977	Baba Taraknath	₹70 lakh	Sunil Bandyopadhyay, Baren Chatterjee, Shanti Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar	^{[citation needed]}
1978	Ganadevata	₹50 lakh	Tarun Majumdar	^{[citation needed]}
1979	Joi Baba Felunath	₹70 lakh	Satyajit Ray	^{[citation needed]}
1980	Hirak Rajar Deshe	₹90 lakh	Satyajit Ray	^{[citation needed]}
1981	Ogo Bodhu Shundori	₹1 crore	Salil Dutta	^{[citation needed]}
1982	Troyee	₹29 lakh	Gautam Mukherjee	^{[citation needed]}
1983	Protidan	₹70 lakh	Prabhat Roy	^{[citation needed]}
1984	Shatru	₹70 lakh	Anjan Choudhury	^{[citation needed]}
1985	Bhalobasa Bhalobasa	₹78 lakh	Tarun Majumdar	^{[citation needed]}
1986	Pathbhola	₹21 lakh	Tarun Majumdar	^{[citation needed]}
1987	Guru Dakshina	₹86 lakh	Anjan Choudhury	^{[citation needed]}
1988	Chhoto Bou	₹85 lakh	Anjan Choudhury	^{[citation needed]}
1989	Asha O Bhalobasha	₹88 lakh	Sujit Guha	^{[citation needed]}
1990	Devota	₹88 lakh	Abhijit Sen	^{[citation needed]}
1991	Beder Meye Josna	₹90 lakh	Tojammel Haque Bokul	^{[citation needed]}
1992	Mon Mane Na	₹98.57 lakh	Indar Sen	^{[citation needed]}
1993	Padma Nadir Majhi	₹30 lakh	Goutam Ghose	^{[citation needed]}
1994	Rakta Nadir Dhara	₹88 lakh	Ram Mukherjee	^{[citation needed]}
1995	Sangharsha	₹95 lakh	Haranath Chakraborty	^{[citation needed]}
1996	Bhai Amar Bhai	₹1 crore	Swapan Saha	^{[citation needed]}
1997	Bakul Priya	₹1.8 crore	Swapan Saha	^{[citation needed]}
1998	Raja Rani Badsha	₹1 crore	Haranath Chakraborty	^{[citation needed]}
1999	Jibon Niye Khela	₹1 crore	Anjan Choudhury	^{[citation needed]}
2000	Sasurbari Zindabad	₹2.5 crore	Haranath Chakraborty	^{[citation needed]}
2001	Pratibad	₹2 crore	Haranath Chakraborty	^{[citation needed]}
2002	Sathi	₹9.80 crore	Haranath Chakraborty	^[17]
2003	Guru	₹1.88 crore	Swapan Saha	^{[citation needed]}
2004	Bandhan	₹5 crore	Ravi Kinagi	^{[citation needed]}
2005	Yuddho	₹3.5 crore	Ravi Kinagi	^{[citation needed]}
2006	MLA Fatakeshto	₹7.5 crore	Swapan Saha	^{[citation needed]}
2007	I Love You	₹3 crore	Ravi Kinagi	^{[citation needed]}
2008	Mon Mane Na	₹3.5 crore	Sujit Guha	^{[citation needed]}
2009	Paran Jai Jalia Re	₹9.5 crore	Ravi Kinagi	^{[citation needed]}
2010	Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo	₹12.50 crore	Sujit Mondal	^[39]
2011	Paglu	₹9.95 crore	Rajiv Kumar Biswas	^{[citation needed]}
2012	Awara	₹8.5 crore	Ravi Kinagi	^{[citation needed]}
2013	Chander Pahar	₹21 crore	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee	^[17]
2014	Game	₹8.95 crore	Baba Yadav	^{[citation needed]}
2015	Shudhu Tomari Jonno	₹6.50 crore	Birsa Dasgupta	^{[citation needed]}
2016	Praktan	₹8.5 crore	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee	^{[citation needed]}
2017	Amazon Obhijaan	₹48.63 crore	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee	^[b]
2018	Haami	₹6 crore	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee	^[40]
2019	Durgeshgorer Guptodhon	₹6 crore	Dhrubo Banerjee	^{[citation needed]}
2020	Dwitiyo Purush	₹5 crore	Srijit Mukherji	^{[citation needed]}
2021	Tonic	₹7 crore	Avijit Sen	^{[citation needed]}
2022	Projapoti	₹13 crore	Avijit Sen	^[41]
2023	Chengiz	₹6.75 crore	Rajesh Ganguly	^[42]
2024	Khadaan	₹26 crore	Soojit Rino Dutta	^[10]
2025	Dhumketu	₹28.07 crore	Kaushik Ganguly	^[f]
2026	Saptadingar Guptodhon	₹10.5 core	Dhrubo Banerjee	^[46]^{[better source needed]}

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Highest-grossing franchises

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Rank	Franchise	Worldwide gross (crore)^[g]	No. of films	Average gross (crore)	Highest grosser

1	Chander Pahar	₹68.63	2	₹34	Amazon Obhijaan (₹48.63 crore)
1	Amazon Obhijaan (2017)^[6]	₹48.63
2	Chander Pahar (2013)^[h]	₹20

2	Goenda Shabor	₹17.78	4	₹4	Aschhe Abar Shabor (₹7.7 crore)
1	Tirandaj Shabor (2022)^{[citation needed]}	₹3.2
2	Aschhe Abar Shabor (2018)^{[citation needed]}	₹7.7
3	Eagoler Chokh (2016)^{[citation needed]}	₹5.76
4	Ebar Shabor (2015)^{[citation needed]}	₹1.12

3	Guptodhon Series	₹30.3	3	₹10	Saptadingar Guptodhon (₹10.5 crore)
1	Saptadingar Guptodhon (2026)^[46]	₹10.5
2	Karnasubarner Guptodhon (2022)^[19]	₹9.8
3	Durgeshgorer Guptodhon (2019)^{[citation needed]}	₹6
4	Guptodhoner Sandhane (2018)^{[citation needed]}	₹4

4	Feluda Theatrical Films	₹18.91	11	₹2	Badshahi Angti (₹4 crore)
1	Badshahi Angti (2014)^{[citation needed]}	₹4
2	Hatyapuri (2022)^{[citation needed]}	₹2.56
3	Royal Bengal Rahashya (2011)^{[citation needed]}	₹2.25
4	Bombaiyer Bombete (2003)^{[citation needed]}	₹2
5	Kailashey Kelenkari (2007)^{[citation needed]}	₹2
6	Nayan Rahasya (2024)^{[citation needed]}	₹1.4
7	Tintorettor Jishu (2008)^{[citation needed]}	₹1.25
8	Gorosthaney Sabdhan (2010)^{[citation needed]}	₹1
9	Double Feluda (2016)^{[citation needed]}	₹1
10	Sonar Kella (1974)^{[citation needed]}	₹0.75
11	Joi Baba Felunath (1979)^{[citation needed]}	₹0.7

5	Srijit Mukherji's Cop Universe	₹18.5	4	₹5	Dawshom Awbotaar (₹7.5 crore)
1	Dawshom Awbotaar (2023)^{[citation needed]}	₹7.5
2	Dwitiyo Purush (2020)^[48]	₹5
3	Vinci Da (2019)^{[citation needed]}	₹3
4	Baishe Srabon (2011)^{[citation needed]}	₹3

6	Boss	₹17.25	2	₹9	Boss 2: Back to Rule (₹10.50 crore)
1	Boss 2: Back to Rule (2017)^[17]	₹10.50
2	Boss: Born to Rule (2013)^[49]	₹6.75

7	Khokababu	₹15.15	2	₹8	Khoka 420 (₹8.2 crore)
1	Khoka 420 (2013)^[49]	₹8
2	Khokababu (2012)^{[citation needed]}	₹7.15

8	Ekenbabu Theatrical Films	₹9.35	3	₹3	The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (₹3.5 crore)
1	The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika (2025)^[50]	₹2.85
2	The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan (2023)^[50]	₹3.5
3	The Eken (2022)^[50]	₹3.0

9	Challenge	₹14.2	2	₹7	Challenge 2 (₹7.7 crore)
1	Challenge 2 (2012)^{[citation needed]}	₹7.7
2	Challenge (2009)^{[citation needed]}	₹6.50

10	Srijit Mukherji's Kakababu	₹14	3	₹5	Yeti Obhijaan (₹5 crore)
1	Kakababur Protyaborton (2022)^{[citation needed]}	₹2
2	Yeti Obhijaan (2017)^{[citation needed]}	₹5
3	Mishawr Rawhoshyo (2013)^[49]	₹7

11	The Apu Trilogy	₹12.8	3	₹4	Pather Panchali (₹12 crore)
1	The World of Apu (1959)^[51]	₹1.4
2	Aparajito (1956)^{[citation needed]}	₹1.4
3	Pather Panchali (1955)^[52]	₹10

12	Paglu	₹11.5	2	₹6	Paglu (₹10)
1	Paglu 2 (2012)^{[citation needed]}	₹6.5
2	Paglu (2011)^[i]	₹5

13	Bela Films	₹6.68	2	₹3	Belashuru (₹4.38 crore)
1	Belashuru (2022)^[19]	₹4.38
2	Bela Seshe (2015)^{[citation needed]}	₹2.3

14	Haami	₹8	2	₹4	Haami (₹5 crore)
1	Haami 2 (2022)^{[citation needed]}	₹3
2	Haami (2018)^{[citation needed]}	₹5

15	Cheeni	₹2.67	2	₹1	Cheeni (₹2.2 crore)
1	Cheeni 2 (2023)^{[citation needed]}	₹0.47
2	Cheeni (2020)^{[citation needed]}	₹2.2

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[a]
See WP:RSP, WP:ICTFSOURCES
[b]
Amazon Obhijaan's reported box office varies between ₹48.53 crore (The Statesman^[6]) – ₹50 crore (Hindustan Times^[7] and Indian Express^[8])
[c]
In India, including West Bengal, the net income is calculated by subtracting GST from the gross income of the film.^[13] The net income of the film is 18 crores, resulting in a gross income of almost 21.24 crores, including 18% GST.^[14]^[15]
[d]
In India, including West Bengal, the net income is calculated by subtracting GST from the gross income of the film.^[26] The net income of the film is 15.24 crores, resulting in a gross income of almost 18 crores, including 18% GST.^[27]^[28]
[e]
In India, including West Bengal, the net income is calculated by subtracting GST from the gross income of the film.^[30] The net income of the film is ₹5.1 crores, resulting in a gross income of almost ₹6 crores, including 18% GST.^[31]^[32]
[f]
In India, including West Bengal, the net income is calculated by subtracting GST from the gross income of the film.^[43] The net income of the film is 23.79 crores, resulting in a gross income of almost 28.07 crores, including 18% GST.^[44]^[45]
[g]
The franchise gross is calculated using the lowest reported gross for each film in the franchise.
[h]
Chander Pahar's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹15 crore (The Indian Express^[47]) – ₹16.53 crore (The Statesman^[6])
[i]
Paglu's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹5 crore (The Indian Express^[53]) – 9.95 crore (The Statesman^[17])

List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films

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Highest-grossing films worldwide

Highest-grossing films by opening week

Highest-grossing films by year

Highest-grossing franchises

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