List of Indian Bengali films of 2013

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This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood (Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in 2013.

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January–March

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4 Maach Mishti & More Mainak Bhaumik Soumitra Chatterjee, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Raima Sen, Swastika Mukherjee, Parno Mittra, Anubrata Basu Comedy, drama
Misti Cheler Dustu Buddhi Partha Sarathi Manna Abhishek Chatterjee, Bhola Tamang, Prasun Gain, Master Ankit Seth, Raju Majumder, Indranil Sen, Nupur Children
11HoneymoonArup BhanjaArav, Vikram, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sagar, Rupa Bhattacharya, Biplab Ghosh, Sangeeta Nandi Drama, romance
Target Kolkata Kartick SinghRishi, Bidita Bag, Subrata Dutta, Suparna Malakar, Sreela Majumdar, Suhasini Mulay, Bodhisattwa Majumdar, Prasun Gain, Jagannath Guha, Arindam Sil Drama, action
18 Deewana Rabi Kinagi Jeet, Srabanti, Bharat Kaul, Biswajit Chakraborty, Supriyo Dutta, Tulika Basu, Mausumi Das Romance
Shunyo Awnko Goutam Ghose Soumitra Chatterjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Lolita Chatterjee, Priyanka Bose Drama
Kagojer Nouka Parthasarathi Joardar Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Rajesh Sharma, Bidita Bag, Priyam, Kritika Mitra, Anusuya Majumdar Drama
25Black MailSurya SahaRohan, Arunima Ghosh, Nimisha Dey Sarkar Drama
Ajana DweepPrasun Banerjee Drama
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1 The Light: Swami Vivekananda Utpal (Tutu) SinhaDeep Bhattacharya, Gargi Roy Choudhury, Premankur Chattopadhyay, Courtney Stephens Brook, Biswajit Chakraborty, Piyali Mitra Drama
Porir SwapnoShyamal Bose Drama
8 Namte Namte Rana Basu Roopa Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee, Rajatava Dutta, Bhaswar Chattopadhyay Drama
Golemale Pirit Koro Na Anindya Banerjee Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar, Ritwik Chakraborty, Sumita, Kanchan Mullick Comedy
14 Simanaheen Kevin Dalvi, Ria Mahtab Rahsaan Noor,IsmatRomance
15 Loveria Raja Chanda Soham Chakraborty, Pooja Bose, Rajatava Dutta Romance
Megh Roddur Surajit Dhar, Sudarshan Basu Subhashree Ganguly, Palash Ganguly, Kumar, Debolina Dutta, Rupsa, Biplab Dasgupta, Biswajit Chakraborty, Anindya Banerjee, Bishwanath Basu, Parthasarathi Chakraborty Romance
Aajker SangsarSrikanta Ghosh Action, drama
22Bicycle KickDebashis Sen Sharma, Sumit DasSourav Bandyopadhyay, Ritwick Chakraborty, Ridhima Ghosh Drama, romance
Rupe Tomay Bholabo Na Raj Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Shaan Roy, Ananya Sarkar Romance, drama
Damadol Manoj Michigan Saswata Chatterjee, Saheb Bhattacharya, Ritabhari Chakraborty, Samadarshi Dutta, Anindita Banerjee, Rajdeep Gupta, Gunjan Comedy
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1From HeadquartersDebabrata Roy Abhishek Chatterjee, Locket Chatterjee, Chandan Sen, Anindya Banerjee, Sourav Drama
Aborto Arindam Sil Joya Ahsan, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Reshmi Ghosh, Abir Chatterjee, Kaushik Ganguly, Saswata Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Barun Chanda, Locket Chatterjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Saswati Guha Thakurata, Pallabi Chatterjee, Puja Gupta, Devang Gandhi, Sambaran Banerjee, Ranadeb Bose, Arindam Sil Drama
Final Mission Sudipto Sengupta Ferdous Ahmed, Rimjhim Mitra, Shankar Chakraborty, Raja Chattopadhyay, Shyamal Dutta, Irani Mukherjee, Rajat Ganguly, Bhola Tamang, Sanjay Banerjee Drama
AntardahoSushanta Pal Choudhury Jisshu Sengupta, Rimjhim Gupta, Sabitri Chatterjee, Anuradha Ray, Gourishankar Panda, Parthasarathi Deb, Soumitra Chatterjee, Jnanesh Mukherjee, Pratim Chatterjee Drama
8KidnapperRupak Majumdar Samadarshi Dutta, Ridhima Ghosh, Paran Bandopadhyay, Biswajit Chakraborty, Sourav Chatterjee, Apurbo Roy, Shantilal Mukherjee, Sumit Samaddar Drama
15 Kanamachi Raj Chakraborty Ankush Hazra, Abir Chatterjee, Srabanti Chatterjee, Sayani Ghosh, Rajatava Dutta, Aritra Dutta Banik Romance, action
Panga Nibi Na Sala PrinceArko, Neha, Asish Samal, Anamika Saha, Debraj Ray, Ramen Roychowdhury, Sumit Gangopadhyay, Bhola Tamang Drama
22 Chhayamoy Haranath Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Paran Bandopadhyay, Deepankar De Fantasy drama
Hawa Bodol Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Rudranil Ghosh Comedy
29 Basanta Utsav Ritabrata Bhattacharya Parambrata Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Swastika Mukherjee Drama
Amar Bodyguard Haranath Chakraborty Ridhima Ghosh, Pratik Drama

April–June

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1 Shunyo Rudranil Ghosh Anjan Dutt, Rudrani GhoshMystery
5JigyasaSubharanjan RoyMrinal Mukherjee, Sumit Samaddar, Arnab Banerjee, Debaparna Chakraborty Crime, drama
12 Goynar Baksho Aparna Sen Moushumi Chatterjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Srabanti Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Gargi Roychowdhury, Pijush Ganguly, Manasi Sinha Drama
Shabdo Kaushik Ganguly Ritwick Chakraborty, Raima Sen, Churni Ganguly, Victor Banerjee, Srijit Mukherji Social
Holud Pakhir Dana Kanoj DasDibyendu Mukherjee, Rimjhim Gupta, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Anuradha Ray, Kalyani Mondal, Ramen Raychowdhury, Monu Mukhopadhyay, Nimai Ghosh, Bidyut Das, Sangeeta Sanyal Drama
19 Dekha, Na-Dekhay Arnab Ghoshal Samadarshi Dutta, Debosmita Saha, Laboni Sarkar, Manoj Mitra, Prasun Gayen, Koushik Bandyopadhyay, Mrinal Mukherjee, Pradip Chakraborty Drama
26 Rocky Sujit Mondal Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Pooja Bose, Mithun Chakraborty, Somnath Panja, Bharat Kaul Action
Chupi Chupi Abir BoseRitojit, Priyanka Halder, Laboni Sarkar, Koushik Bandyopadhyay, Kharaj Mukherjee, Manasi Sinha Romance
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3Baro Eka LageGobinda Sil Hiran Chatterjee, Tuya, Srabanti Bhattacharya, Manasi Sinha, Mousumi Saha, Bodhisattva Majumdar, Papia Debrajan Drama
Arjun: Kalimpong E Sitaharan Prem Modi Om, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Dipankar De, Manoj Mitra, Churni Ganguly, Biswajit Chakraborty, Detective
LattuAsish Ro Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Subrat Dutt, Megha Burman, Biswajit Chakraborty, Kharaj Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi Deb Drama
10 Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends Mainak Bhaumik Swastika Mukherjee, Raima Sen, Parno Mittra Drama
17 Mahapurush O Kapurush Aniket Chattopadhyay Bratya Basu, Dipankar De, Locket Chatterjee, Bhola Tamang, Tanima Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty, Biswanath Basu, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, Lama Haldar Comedy
ClassmateAsish RoyAksat, Sagar, Prantik, Jhilik, Sankalita, Anuradha Ray, Bodhisattwa Majumdar, Biswajit Chakraborty, Arpita Becker, Kharaj Mukherjee, Joyjit Banerjee, Shakti Dey, Tanima Sen Romance, drama
E Juger BhalobashaRishi Debasish Dipankar De, Mainak Banerjea, Jasmine Chatterjee, Mrinal Mukherjee, Dulal Lahiri, Anamika Romance, drama
BlackmailSurjo SahaRohaan Bhattarcharjee, Arunima Ghosh, Nimisha, Tirthankar Roy, Rajatava Dutta Romance, drama
Har Mana HarKankan BhattacharyaSom Roy Chowdhury, Priyanka Haldar, Trisha, Debanshu Roy, Debjani Banerjee, Debosmita, Barsha, Rituparna Sengupta, Deepankar De, Soma Chakraborty, Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Raju Thakkar Romance, drama
24SweetheartProdip Saha Indraneil Sengupta, Paoli Dam, Tapas Paul, Santu Mukhopadhyay, Rajatava Dutta, Satabdi Roy, Raja Chattopadhyay Romance, drama
Goyenda Gogol Arindam DeyArijit Ghosh, Indraneil Sengupta, Rachana Banerjee, Ankita, Mosumi, Saheb Chatterjee, Debdut Ghosh Detective
31 Adbhoot Sayantan Mukherjee Soumitra Chatterjee, Biswanath Basu, Anjana Basu, Subhasish Mukherjee, Paran Bandyopadhyay, Kharaj Mukherjee, Sankar Chakraborty Comedy
Mistake S. K. Vikram Chatterjee, Preeti Jhangiani, Sourav Chatterjee, Malabika, Dulal Lahiri, Biswajit Chakraborty, Kunal Padhi Romance, drama
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7 Mrs. Sen Agnidev Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Rohit Roy, Biplab Chatterjee, Anushua Majumdar, Subhasish Mukherjee, Shankar Chakraborty, Priyangshu Chowdhury, Rupsha Guha, Usashi Chakraborty Drama
Prem JuddhoApurba BanerjeeSudip Mukherjee, Pallavi Chatterjee, Vishal, Shampa, Shankar Chakraborty, Arjun Chakraborty, Premjit, Krishno Kishore Mukherjee, Amitava Bhattacharya Drama
14 Meghe Dhaka Tara Kamaleswar Mukherjee Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Rahul, Joydeep Mukherjee, Abhijit Guha, Ritwik Chakrabarty, Anindya Bose, Mumtaz Sorcar, Bidipta Chakrabarty, Subhasish Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit Chakraborty, Debpratim Dasgupta Drama
Oh! Henry Animesh Roy Locket Chatterjee, Dibyendu Mukherjee, Pooja Bose Suspense, thriller
Khoka 420 Rajib Biswas Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Nusrat Jahan, Tapas Paul, Rajatava Dutta Romance
21 Ganesh Talkies Anjan Dutt Chandan Roy Sanyal, Raima Sen, Rajesh Sharma, Biswajit Chakraborty, Konineeca Bannerjee, Taranga Sarkar,Pallavi Chatterjee, Rita Koiral Romance, comedy
28 C/O Sir Kaushik Ganguly Saswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Indraneil Sengupta, Sudipta Chakraborty Drama

July–September

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5A Political MurderAgnidev Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta, Rahul Banerjee, Priyanka Sarkar Thriller
12 Hoi Choi Debarati Gupta Rahul Banerjee, Priyanka Sarkar, Paoli Dam, Vikram Chatterjee, Sekhar Das Drama
Nodi Re TuiKingshuk Dey Soumitra Chatterjee, Abhiraj, Moubani Sorcar, Ashoke Viswanathan Drama
19 Alik Sukh Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee Rituparna Sengupta, Sohini Sengupta, Soumitra Chatterjee, Debshankar Haldar, Kharaj Mukherjee Drama
21 Porichoi Rupali Guha Prosenjit Chatterjee, Mishti Drama
26 Half Serious Utsav Mukherjee Roopa Ganguly, Silajit Majumder, Saheb Bhattacharya, Mumtaz Sorcar, Ridhima Ghosh, Sudipta Chakraborty. Comedy, drama
Ek Fota BhaalobashaAngshuman Pratyush Indraneil Sengupta, Tathoi, Rajesh Sharma Romance, drama
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2 Kangal Malsat Suman Mukhopadhyay Kaushik Ganguly, Kabir Suman, Kamalika, Dibyendu Drama, political
9 Proloy Raj Chakraborty Parambrata Chatterjee, Mimi Chakraborty, Rudranil Ghosh, Saswata Chatterjee, Paran Bandopadhyay Drama
Boss Baba Yadav Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly Action, Romance
23 Bangla Naache Bhangra NandiniSayan, Pallabi Romance
Tasher Desh Qaushiq Mukherjee Tillotama Shome, Imaad Shah, Anubrata Basu, Rii Sen, Maya Tideman, Soumyak Kanti De Biswas, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Tinu Verghese Fantasy, musical
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6 Rupkatha Noy Atanu Ghosh Soumitra Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Kaushik Sen, Indraneil Sengupta, Arindam Sil, Rahul Banerjee
Satyanweshi Rituparno Ghosh Sujoy Ghosh, Anindya Chatterjee, Arpita Pal, Indraneil Sengupta
Promotion Snehasish Chakraborty Paoli Dam, Indraneil Sengupta, Mamata Shankar, Abhishek Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukhopadhyay, Kanchan Mullick, Milind Gunaji
13 Encounter Suman Mukhopadhyay Ferdous Ahmed, Rajesh Sharma, Shantilal Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty Action, thriller
Kaal Madhumas Prabir Roy Arindam Sil, Sudip Sarkar, Rimjhim Gupta, Saptarshi Ray, Ranjini Chatterjee
Swabhoomi Ujjwal Chatterjee Jackie Shroff, Tapas Paul, Debashree Roy
20 Tiyasha Animesh Roy Saswata Chatterjee, Chandrayee Ghosh, Soham Basu RoychowdhuryRomance, drama
Bakita Byaktigato Pradipta Bhattacharya Ritwick Chakraborty, Aparajita Ghosh Das, Madhabi Mukherjee, Debesh Raychowdhury, Supriyo Dutta, Churni Ganguly, Monu Mukherjee, Sudipa Basu Drama
ShantiniketaneyAshok Biswanathan Roopa Ganguly, Neel Mukherjee, Victor Banerjee, Rajesh Sharma, Shruti Bandyopadhyay, Paoli Dam Drama
Aaleyar AaloDebabrata Mukhopadhyay Satabdi Roy, Madhabi Mukherjee, Minakshi Goswami, Shantilal Mukherjee, Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakraborty Drama
27 Phoring Indranil Raychowdhury Sohini Sarkar, Ritwick Chakraborty, Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, Shankar Debnath, Senjuti Roy Mukherjee, Akash Drama
Nayika Sangbad Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Indraneil Sengupta, Arunima Ghosh, Mumtaz Sorcar Drama
Strugglers: The Reality BehindAnil Bajoria, Balai BiswasKamalika, Juhi Sengupta, Vishal, Meghna Halder Horror
Ami Aaj Nasto Hoye Jai SrikantaPiyali, Swaraj, Anamika Saha, Mrinal Mukherjee, Bodhisatya Majumder Drama

October–December

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4KhomaprarthiSanddySaikat Das, Payel, Saniya, Sanat Das, Sahil Hassan, Madhu Mitra Ghosh, Shome Mitra, Amit Sengupta, Mantu, Soumen Shil Drama
MuktiReshmi Mitra Rituparna Sengupta, Rajdeep Gupta, Monami Ghosh, Silajit Majumder, Sreela Majumdar Drama
5 Villain Tota Roy Chowdhury Tota Roy Chowdhury, Rituparna Sengupta Drama
11 Rangbaaz Raja Chanda Dev, Koel Mallick, Rajatava Dutta Action
Mishawr Rawhoshyo Srijit Mukherji Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Swastika Mukherjee, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Devdaan Bhowmik, Rajit Kapur, Barun Chanda, Neel Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma Adventure, Thriller
Khiladi Ashok Pati Ankush Hazra, Nusrat Jahan, Rajatava Dutta, Laboni Sarkar, Tapas Paul, Kharaj Mukherjee, Kanchan Mullick Drama, romance, action
25Anya NaParthasarathi Joarddar Nigel Akkara, Ananya Chatterjee, Krishnakishore Mukherjee, Ratna Ghoshal, Koneenica Banerjee, Arijit Guha Drama
Aashbo Aar Ek DinAbhijit Dasgupta Abir Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Roopa Ganguly, Ridhima Ghosh, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Arindam Sil Drama
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10 Sunglass Rituparno Ghosh Tota Roy Chowdhury, Konkona Sen Sharma Comedy, Thriller
15 Ashchorjyo Prodeep Anik Dutta Saswata Chatterjee, Sreelekha Mitra Fantasy
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6 Hanuman.com Gaurabh Pandey Prosenjit Chatterjee, Mousumi BhattacharyaThriller
The Play Ranjay Ray Choudhury Indrasish Roy, Mumtaz Sorcar Thriller
20 Chander Pahar Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Dev, Gerard RudolfAction, adventure
27 Shudhu Tomari Rajkumar Patra Rajkumar Patra, Priyanka ShahRomantic, Drama

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