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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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 |
