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List of Bengali films of 1961

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A list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1961.[1]

Critically acclaimed films of 1961

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  • Komal Gandhar
  • Agnisanskar
  • Teen Kanya [Awards: Won the President's Award, India, 1961, Silver Medal for Samapti, XI Melbourne Film Festival (Australia), 1962, Golden Boomerang (Grand Prix) for Postmaster & Samapti and Laurel Award for Postmaster & Samapti]
  • Jhinder Bandi
  • Necklace
  • Punascha [Award: Won the President's Award, India, 1961, Regional Certificate of Merit]
  • Saptapadi [Award: Won the President's Award, India, 1961, Regional Certificate of Merit and a Silver Prize at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival]
  • Dui Bhai

A-Z of films

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Title Director Cast Genre Release Date
Manik Bijolibaran Sen 13 January
Carey Saheber Munshi Bikash Roy 20 January
Ray Bahudur Ardhendu Mukhopadhyay 3 February
Sadhak Kamalakanta Apurba Mitra 10 February
Sathihara Sukumar Dasgupta 3 March
Lakshmi Narayan Nirmal Chowdhury 17 March
Mr. & Mrs. Chowdhury Asim Pal 24 March
Komal Gandhar Ritwik Ghatak Abinash Bannerjee, Abhi Bhattacharya, Bijon Bhattacharya, Satindra Bhattacharya, Debabrata Biswas, Madhabi Mukherjee, Anil Chatterjee, Satyabrata Chattopadhyay, Supriya Devi, Gita Dey 31 March
Bishakanya Sree Jayadratha 31 March
Agnisanskar Agradoot 14 April
Swaralipi Asit Sen 14 April
Madhyarater Tara Pinaki Mukhopadhyay 21 April
Arghya Debaki Kumar Bose 5 May
Teen Kanya Satyajit Ray Chandana Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee, Khagen Pathak, Gopal Roy, Kali Banerjee, Kanika Majumdar, Kumar Roy, Gobinda Chakravarti, Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Sita Mukherjee, Gita Dey, Santosh Dutta, Mihir Chakravarti, Devi Neogy 5 May
Swayambara Asit Sen 19 May
Megh Utpal Dutt 26 May
Jhinder Bandi Tapan Sinha Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Arundhati Devi 9 June
Pankatilak Mangal Chakraborty 16 June
Dilli Theke Kolkata Sushil Ghosh 7 July
Necklace Dilip Nag 7 July
Kanchanmulya Nirmal Mitra 14 July
Aaj Kaal Parshu Nirmal Sarbajna 28 July
Kathin Maya Sushil Majumdar 28 July
Dainee Manoj Bhattacharya 18 August
Ashay Bandhinu Ghar Kanak Mukhopadhyay 25 August
Madhureno Shanti Bandopadhyay 1 September
Mithun Lagna Shib Bhattacharya 15 September
Punascha Mrinal Sen 15 September
Ingit (Without Dialogue) Taru Mukhopadhyay 20 October
Saptapadi Ajoy Kar Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Devi, Utpal Dutt, Tarun Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Padmadevi, Suchitra Sen, Jennifer Kapoor (voice over) 20 October
Dui Bhai Sudhir Mukhopadhyay 27 October
Ahwan Arabinda Mukhopadhyay 10 November
Maa Chitta Bose 17 November
Sandhyarag Jiban Gangopadhyay 17 November
Kanamachhi Mrinal Sen (Script-Writer) 8 December
Rabindranath Tagore Satyajit Ray Raya Chatterjee, Sovanlal Ganguly, Smaran Ghosal Documentary
Sathi Hara Sukumar Dasgupta Uttam Kumar, Mala Sinha, Sudhir Basu

References

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