Best Bengali film directors of all time

Best by critic score

1Satyajit Ray4.3 / 5 critics18 films2Rituparno Ghosh4.2 / 5 critics11 films3Suman Mukhopadhyay4.2 / 5 critics3 films4Anik Dutta3.8 / 5 critics7 films . ₹5.09 Cr net . top: Aparajito5Kaushik Ganguly3.6 / 5 critics25 films . ₹15.78 Cr net . top: Dhumketu6Ritwik Ghatak3.8 / 5 critics4 films7Shiboprosad Mukherjee3.5 / 5 critics18 films . ₹38.00 Cr net . top: Bohurupi8Nandita Roy3.5 / 5 critics18 films . ₹38.00 Cr net . top: Bohurupi9Suman Ghosh3.6 / 5 critics4 films . ₹1.40 Cr net . top: Puratawn10Sandip Ray3.5 / 5 critics10 films

Biggest at the box office

1Shiboprosad Mukherjee₹38.00 Cr net18 films . top: Bohurupi2Nandita Roy₹38.00 Cr net18 films . top: Bohurupi3Dhrubo Banerjee₹22.06 Cr net3 films . top: Saptadingar Guptodhon4Srijit Mukherji₹17.93 Cr net27 films . top: Dawshom Awbotaar5Avijit Sen₹17.42 Cr net3 films . top: Projapati6Kaushik Ganguly₹15.78 Cr net25 films . top: Dhumketu7Joydeep Mukherjee₹10.84 Cr net6 films . top: The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika8Soojit Dutta₹8.24 Cr net1 film . top: Khadaan9Pathikrit Basu₹5.21 Cr net4 films . top: Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat10Anik Dutta₹5.09 Cr net7 films . top: Aparajito

Most films

1Srijit Mukherji27 films27 films . ₹17.93 Cr net . top: Dawshom Awbotaar2Kaushik Ganguly25 films25 films . ₹15.78 Cr net . top: Dhumketu3Shiboprosad Mukherjee18 films18 films . ₹38.00 Cr net . top: Bohurupi4Nandita Roy18 films18 films . ₹38.00 Cr net . top: Bohurupi5Satyajit Ray18 films18 films6Raj Chakraborty17 films17 films . ₹3.26 Cr net . top: Shontaan7Anjan Dutt15 films15 films8Rituparno Ghosh11 films11 films9Haranath Chakraborty10 films10 films10Sandip Ray10 films10 films

The best of each era

Golden age, to 1979

1Satyajit Ray4.3 / 5 critics13 films2Ritwik Ghatak3.8 / 5 critics4 films

1980 to 1999

1Satyajit Ray4.2 / 5 critics5 films

2000 to 2009

1Rituparno Ghosh4.2 / 5 critics10 films2Suman Mukhopadhyay4.5 / 5 critics2 films3Swapan Saha3.3 / 5 critics5 films4Arnab Riingo Banerjee3.3 / 5 critics2 films5Sandip Ray3.1 / 5 critics5 films

2010 to 2019

1Sandip Ray3.8 / 5 critics5 films2Shiboprosad Mukherjee3.7 / 5 critics10 films3Nandita Roy3.7 / 5 critics10 films4Kaushik Ganguly3.6 / 5 critics16 films5Anik Dutta3.8 / 5 critics4 films

2020 onwards

1Anik Dutta3.9 / 5 critics3 films . ₹5.09 Cr net . top: Aparajito2Subhrajit Mitra3.9 / 5 critics2 films . ₹1.86 Cr net . top: Devi Chowdhurani3Kaushik Ganguly3.6 / 5 critics7 films . ₹15.78 Cr net . top: Dhumketu4Suman Ghosh3.7 / 5 critics2 films . ₹1.40 Cr net . top: Puratawn5Atanu Ghosh3.5 / 5 critics4 films

Questions

Who is the best Bengali director of all time?

By critic score, the highest ranked director in our records is Satyajit Ray, followed by Rituparno Ghosh and Suman Mukhopadhyay. 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 director has the biggest box office?

Shiboprosad Mukherjee leads with ₹38.00 Cr combined India net across 18 films, ahead of Nandita Roy (₹38.00 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.

See also the full cast and crew rankings and the all-time box office chart.