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Best Bengali Directors, ranked by critics

The 10 best rated Bengali directors in our records. Each is ranked by the average critic score of the films they worked on, newspapers and YouTube critics combined. Someone needs at least 3 scored films to appear, and small samples are pulled towards the site average so two lucky films do not beat a long record. First place: Kaushik Ganguly, 3.6/5 across 10 rated films.

Updated 1 Jan, 5:30 am IST. Scores only, no opinions of ours.

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  1. 1

    Kaushik Ganguly

    16 films, 10 rated, ₹4.4 Cr India net

    3.6/5 avg
  2. 2

    Srijit Mukherji

    26 films, 14 rated, ₹5.39 Cr India net

    3.6/5 avg
  3. 3

    Joydeep Mukherjee

    5 films, 4 rated, ₹77 Lakh India net

    3.5/5 avg
  4. 4

    Shiboprosad Mukherjee

    14 films, 6 rated, ₹3.72 Cr India net

    3.5/5 avg
  5. 5

    Nandita Roy

    14 films, 6 rated, ₹3.72 Cr India net

    3.5/5 avg
  6. 6

    Atanu Ghosh

    7 films, 3 rated

    3.5/5 avg
  7. 7

    Samik Roy Choudhury

    3 films, 3 rated, ₹29 Lakh India net

    3.4/5 avg
  8. 8

    Raj Chakraborty

    9 films, 3 rated, ₹89 Lakh India net

    3.3/5 avg
  9. 9

    Abhirup Ghosh

    3 films, 3 rated, ₹20 Lakh India net

    2.9/5 avg
  10. 10

    Sayantan Ghosal

    4 films, 3 rated

    2.5/5 avg

Quick answers

Who is the best Bengali director according to critics?

Kaushik Ganguly ranks first, with an average critic score of 3.6/5 across 10 rated films.

How are Bengali Directors ranked here?

By the average BMR critic score of the films they worked on. The BMR score converts every critic rating to one scale and averages it. Rankings lean slightly towards people with more rated films, so one hit does not outrank a long record. A film needs at least 2 critic reviews to count.

Who are the top 3 Bengali Directors?

Kaushik Ganguly, Srijit Mukherji, Joydeep Mukherjee.

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Scores are the BMR score: every critic rating converted to one scale and averaged. Box office is Sacnilk's India net, Bengali version. A dash means the figure does not exist yet, never zero.