Best Bengali film actors of all time
Paran Banerjee ranks first by critic score. Abir Chatterjee leads at the box office with ₹35.79 Cr India net. Ranked from the films, reviews and box office records on Bengali Movie Reviews.
Best by critic score
Paran Banerjee3.6 / 5 critics30 films . ₹7.63 Cr net . top: Tekka2
Parambrata Chatterjee3.5 / 5 critics42 films . ₹16.12 Cr net . top: Dhumketu3
Abir Chatterjee3.5 / 5 critics37 films . ₹35.79 Cr net . top: Bohurupi4
Ambarish Bhattacharya3.5 / 5 critics12 films . ₹24.67 Cr net . top: Projapati5
Jeetu Kamal3.5 / 5 critics6 films . ₹5.69 Cr net . top: Aparajito6
Sandip Bhattacharya3.5 / 5 critics6 films . ₹0.37 Cr net . top: Hubba7
Indraneil Sengupta3.4 / 5 critics12 films . ₹3.03 Cr net . top: Puratawn8
Kharaj Mukherjee3.2 / 5 critics43 films . ₹28.85 Cr net . top: Projapati9
Vikram Chatterjee3.1 / 5 critics12 films . ₹0.91 Cr net . top: Mrigaya: The Hunt10
Loknath Dey2.9 / 5 critics9 films . ₹4.79 Cr net . top: Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole DakatBiggest at the box office
Abir Chatterjee₹35.79 Cr net37 films . top: Bohurupi2Kharaj Mukherjee₹28.85 Cr net43 films . top: Projapati3Ambarish Bhattacharya₹24.67 Cr net12 films . top: Projapati4Parambrata Chatterjee₹16.12 Cr net42 films . top: Dhumketu5Paran Banerjee₹7.63 Cr net30 films . top: Tekka6
Debashis Roy₹7.45 Cr net3 films . top: Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti7Jeetu Kamal₹5.69 Cr net6 films . top: Aparajito8Loknath Dey₹4.79 Cr net9 films . top: Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat9Indraneil Sengupta₹3.03 Cr net12 films . top: Puratawn10
Arna Mukhopadhyay₹1.19 Cr net10 films . top: AthhoiMost films
Kharaj Mukherjee43 films43 films . ₹28.85 Cr net . top: Projapati2Parambrata Chatterjee42 films42 films . ₹16.12 Cr net . top: Dhumketu3Abir Chatterjee37 films37 films . ₹35.79 Cr net . top: Bohurupi4Paran Banerjee30 films30 films . ₹7.63 Cr net . top: Tekka5Ambarish Bhattacharya12 films12 films . ₹24.67 Cr net . top: Projapati6Indraneil Sengupta12 films12 films . ₹3.03 Cr net . top: Puratawn7Vikram Chatterjee12 films12 films . ₹0.91 Cr net . top: Mrigaya: The Hunt8Arna Mukhopadhyay10 films10 films . ₹1.19 Cr net . top: Athhoi9Loknath Dey9 films9 films . ₹4.79 Cr net . top: Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat10Jeetu Kamal6 films6 films . ₹5.69 Cr net . top: AparajitoThe best of each era
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Abir Chatterjee3.8 / 5 critics18 films2Parambrata Chatterjee3.7 / 5 critics17 films3Paran Banerjee3.7 / 5 critics15 films4Kharaj Mukherjee3.6 / 5 critics15 films5Vikram Chatterjee3.6 / 5 critics3 films2020 onwards
Debashis Roy3.7 / 5 critics3 films . ₹7.45 Cr net . top: Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti2
Tathagata Mukherjee3.7 / 5 critics3 films . ₹0.35 Cr net . top: Pinjar3Jeetu Kamal3.5 / 5 critics6 films . ₹5.69 Cr net . top: Aparajito4Paran Banerjee3.4 / 5 critics12 films . ₹7.63 Cr net . top: Tekka5Sandip Bhattacharya3.5 / 5 critics6 films . ₹0.37 Cr net . top: HubbaQuestions
Who is the best Bengali actor of all time?
By critic score, the highest ranked actor in our records is Paran Banerjee, followed by Parambrata Chatterjee and Abir Chatterjee. The ranking uses the average critic score of their films, adjusted so a person with a few great films does not beat one with many good ones.
Which Bengali actor has the biggest box office?
Abir Chatterjee leads with ₹35.79 Cr combined India net across 37 films, ahead of Kharaj Mukherjee (₹28.85 Cr). Figures are Sacnilk India net and only cover films with a published daily record.
How is this list made?
Names come from the cast and crew of each film page, scores from the critic reviews published on Bengali Movie Reviews, and money from Sacnilk India net. Films without critic scores or box office figures count only where the data exists. It is a record of what we can source, not an audited ranking.
Studio, screenplay and cast details are still being collected (5 of 497 films), so this list is growing.
See also the full cast and crew rankings and the all-time box office chart.