It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, and is dedicated to the production of films in the Bengali-language.
The Indian Bengali film industry has been known by the nickname Tollywood, a blend word of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, since 1932.
[1] In the 1930s, West Bengal was the centre of Indian cinema, and Bengali cinema accounted for a quarter of India's film output in the 1950s.
[1][2] A 2014 industry report noted that while approximately 100 films were produced annually in Bengali.
[5] This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian Bengali films produced by Bengali cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia.