The Best Shantilal Mukherjee Movies, Ranked
49 credits from 2004 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Puppet’s Tale (2025) comes out on top with a score of 83. The biggest box office hit is India’s Most Wanted (2019) with $1.72M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
The Best Shantilal Mukherjee Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Shantilal Mukherjee has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 20 films, and The Puppet’s Tale (2025) is the pick of them.
The Best Shantilal Mukherjee Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Shantilal Mukherjee's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Shantilal Mukherjee Movies
The most recent films Shantilal Mukherjee is credited on, newest first — starting with The Puppet’s Tale (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Puppet’s Tale 2025 · Gopal -
Mirza: Part 1 - Joker 2024 · Thriller -
Bhootpori 2024 · Kalo Thakur -
Byomkesh O Durgo Rohosyo 2023 · DSP Purandar Pandey -
F.I.R NO. 339/07/06 2021 · Bhagirath Mishra -
SOS Kolkata 2020 · Romance -
Tiki Taka 2020 · Drama -
Rawkto Rawhoshyo 2020 · Family Doctor -
Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan 2019 · Drama -
Knock Knock Knock 2019 · Drama -
Goyenda Junior 2019 · Mystery -
Panther 2019 · Jahangir / Firoz Khan
The Best Shantilal Mukherjee Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Shantilal Mukherjee films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Shantilal Mukherjee movie?
The Puppet’s Tale (2025) is the best-rated Shantilal Mukherjee film, with a Movie Echo Score of 83, ahead of Tiki Taka (2020) (47) and India’s Most Wanted (2019) (45). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Puppet’s Tale: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Shantilal Mukherjee movie?
India’s Most Wanted (2019) made the most at the box office, with $1.72M worldwide, followed by Kahaani (2012) with $459K. Together, Shantilal Mukherjee's films with box office figures have made $2.18M.
What is the best Shantilal Mukherjee drama movie?
The Puppet’s Tale (2025) is the best-rated of Shantilal Mukherjee's drama films, with a score of 83. In other genres: Kahaani (mystery) and India’s Most Wanted (action).
What is the newest Shantilal Mukherjee movie?
The newest film on Shantilal Mukherjee's filmography is The Puppet’s Tale (2025), with Shantilal Mukherjee as Gopal.
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