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
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
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 Debi
–
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 , Jeniffer 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
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