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A list of films produced by the Tollywood [1] (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1975.
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A list of films produced by the Tollywood [1] (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1975.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnishwar | Arabinda Mukhopadhyay | Uttam Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee, Tarun Kumar | Drama | |
| Amanush | Shakti Samanta | Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prema Narayan | ||
| Ami Shey O Sakha | Mangal Chakravorty | Uttam Kumar, Anil Chatterjee, Kaberi Bose | Drama | |
| Bagh Bondi Khela | Piyush Bose | Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi | Thriller, Drama | |
| Chhutir Pande | Salil Sen | Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Utpal Dutt | ||
| Kavi | Debaki Kumar Bose | Nripati Chattopadhyay, Tulsi Chakraborty, Nitish Mukhopadhyay | Drama | |
| Nagar Darpane | Tarun Majumdar | Partha Pratim Choudhury, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Yatrik | ||
| Nishi Mrigaya | Dinen Gupta | Bhanu Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Vasant Choudhury | ||
| Palanka | Rajen Tarafdar | Utpal Dutt, Sandhya Roy, Anwar Hossain | Historical Drama | |
| Priyo Bandhabi | Hiren Nag | Tarun Kumar Chatterjee, Bhanu Bannerjee, Suchitra Sen | Drama | |
| Rag Anurag | Dinen Gupta | Aparna Sen, Ranjit Mallick, Anup Kumar | ||
| Sanyasi Raja | Piyush Bose | Uttam Kumar, Supriya Choudhury | Drama | |
| Swayansiddha | Sushil Mukherjee | Ranjit Mallick, Mithu Mukherjee, Utpal Dutt | Drama | |
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