List of Bengali films of 1961

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

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	Documentary