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A list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1950.
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A list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1950.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes/Music |
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| Chinnamul | Nemai Ghosh | Gangapata Basu, Ritwik Ghatak | Historical Drama | |
| Kankal | Naresh Mitra | Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Jiben Bose, Naresh Mitra | Horror | |
| Maryada | Digambar Chattopadhyay | Uttam Kumar, Pahari Sanyal | Drama | |
| Mejdidi | Sabyasachi | Jahar Ganguly, Nripati Chattopadhyay, Tulsi Chakraborty | ||
| Sudhar Prem | Premankur Atorthy | Asit Baran, Manoranjan Bhattacharya | ||
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