List of highest-grossing Indian films
Highest-grossing films by language -- Bengali
Table:
Rank

Film

Year

Director

Studio(s)

Worldwide gross

Source

1

Amazon Obhijaan

2017

Kamaleswar Mukherjee

Shree Venkatesh Films

₹48.63 crore (US$5.8 million)

[50][51]

2

Chander Pahar

2013

Kamaleswar Mukherjee

Shree Venkatesh Films

₹15 crore (US$1.8 million)

[52]

3

Boss 2: Back to Rule

2017

Baba Yadav

Jeetz Fireworks
Walzen Media Works
Jaaz Multimedia

₹10.50 crore (US$1.3 million)

[53]

4

Nabab

2009

Joydip Mukherjee

Jaaz Multimedia, Eskay Movies

₹9.10 crore (US$1.1 million)

[54]

5

Rangbaaz

2013

Raja Chanda

Surinder Films

₹9 crore (US$1.1 million)

[55]

6

Praktan

2016

Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy

Windows

₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million)

[56]

7

Khoka 420

2013

Rajiv Kumar Biswas

Eskay Movies

₹8 crore (US$960,000)

[55]

8

Posto

2017

Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy

Windows

₹8 crore (US$960,000)

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