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A list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1964.
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A list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1964.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes/Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bireswar Vivekananda | Madhu Bose | Amaresh Das, Gurudas Bandyopadhyay | ||
| Charulata | Satyajit Ray | Drama | Won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Jatugriha | Tapan Sinha | Uttam Kumar, Arundhati Devi, Anil Chatterjee | Social Drama | |
| Ke Tumi | Shyam Chakraborty | Anil Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Bikash Roy | Drama | |
| Lalpathore | Sushil Majumdar | Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi, Srabani Basu, Rabi Ghosh | ||
| Marutrisha | Suresh Roy | Sabitri Chatterjee, Sabita Basu, Tapati Ghosh | Drama | |
Tollywood may refer to:
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"Aarohi" I saw it in 1964 (ref: My diary of 1964, on Wednesday 18 Nov)
I have also noted in this diary that I saw the following movies in Bengali this year:
Prabhater Rang; Momer Alo; Deep nebhe nai; Mahatirtha Kalighat ; Lalpathar (saw twice); Bakso-Badal; Palatak;