Best Bengali film writers of all time
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay ranks first by critic score. Shiboprosad Mukherjee leads at the box office with ₹26.88 Cr India net. Ranked from the films, reviews and box office records on Bengali Movie Reviews.
Best by critic score
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay4.6 / 5 critics6 films2
Satyajit Ray4.1 / 5 critics26 films3
Rituparno Ghosh4.0 / 5 critics11 films4
Rabindranath Tagore4.0 / 5 critics8 films5
Suman Mukhopadhyay4.2 / 5 critics3 films6
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay3.8 / 5 critics7 films7
Shiboprosad Mukherjee3.6 / 5 critics12 films . ₹26.88 Cr net . top: Bohurupi8
Kaushik Ganguly3.6 / 5 critics22 films . ₹7.09 Cr net . top: Aajo Ardhangini9
Ritwik Ghatak3.8 / 5 critics4 films10
Nandita Roy3.6 / 5 critics13 films . ₹26.88 Cr net . top: BohurupiBiggest at the box office
Shiboprosad Mukherjee₹26.88 Cr net12 films . top: Bohurupi2Nandita Roy₹26.88 Cr net13 films . top: Bohurupi3
Srijit Mukherji₹16.34 Cr net26 films . top: Dawshom Awbotaar4
Padmanabha Dasgupta₹13.50 Cr net18 films . top: The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika5
Zinia Sen₹12.64 Cr net5 films . top: Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti6Sugata Guha₹10.42 Cr net1 film . top: Saptadingar Guptodhon7
Dhrubo Banerjee₹10.42 Cr net1 film . top: Saptadingar Guptodhon8Biswaroop Biswas₹8.24 Cr net1 film . top: Khadaan9Kaushik Ganguly₹7.09 Cr net22 films . top: Aajo Ardhangini10
Subhadeip Das₹6.99 Cr net1 film . top: Projapati 2Most films
Srijit Mukherji26 films26 films . ₹16.34 Cr net . top: Dawshom Awbotaar2Satyajit Ray26 films26 films3Kaushik Ganguly22 films22 films . ₹7.09 Cr net . top: Aajo Ardhangini4Padmanabha Dasgupta18 films18 films . ₹13.50 Cr net . top: The Eken: Benaras e Bibhishika5
Anjan Dutt15 films15 films6Nandita Roy13 films13 films . ₹26.88 Cr net . top: Bohurupi7Shiboprosad Mukherjee12 films12 films . ₹26.88 Cr net . top: Bohurupi8Rituparno Ghosh11 films11 films9
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay9 films9 films . ₹1.98 Cr net . top: Byomkesh O Durgo Rohosyo10Rabindranath Tagore8 films8 filmsThe best of each era
Golden age, to 1979
Satyajit Ray4.3 / 5 critics13 films2Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay4.8 / 5 critics3 films3Shaktipada Rajguru4.2 / 5 critics2 films4Ritwik Ghatak3.8 / 5 critics4 films5Rabindranath Tagore3.6 / 5 critics2 films1980 to 1999
2000 to 2009
Rituparno Ghosh4.1 / 5 critics9 films2Suman Mukhopadhyay4.5 / 5 critics2 films3Rabindranath Tagore4.4 / 5 critics2 films4
Goutam Ghose3.0 / 5 critics3 films5
N.K. Salil2.9 / 5 critics5 films2010 to 2019
Sandip Ray3.8 / 5 critics5 films2Shiboprosad Mukherjee3.7 / 5 critics7 films3Satyajit Ray3.8 / 5 critics4 films4
Anik Dutta3.8 / 5 critics4 films5Nandita Roy3.6 / 5 critics8 films2020 onwards
Utsav Mukherjee4.3 / 5 critics2 films . ₹3.20 Cr net . top: Aparajito2Kaushik Ganguly3.7 / 5 critics6 films . ₹7.09 Cr net . top: Aajo Ardhangini3
Subhrajit Mitra3.9 / 5 critics2 films . ₹1.86 Cr net . top: Devi Chowdhurani4Shiboprosad Mukherjee3.5 / 5 critics5 films . ₹26.88 Cr net . top: Bohurupi5Nandita Roy3.5 / 5 critics5 films . ₹26.88 Cr net . top: BohurupiQuestions
Who is the best Bengali writer of all time?
By critic score, the highest ranked writer in our records is Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, followed by Satyajit Ray and Rituparno Ghosh. 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 writer has the biggest box office?
Shiboprosad Mukherjee leads with ₹26.88 Cr combined India net across 12 films, ahead of Nandita Roy (₹26.88 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.