A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1956:
Highest-grossing films
[edit]The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1956:[1]
Rank | Title | Cast |
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1. | C.I.D. | Dev Anand, Shakeela, Waheeda Rehman |
2. | Ek Hi Raasta | Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sunil Dutt |
3. | Chori Chori | Raj Kapoor, Nargis |
4. | Basant Bahar | Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi |
5. | New Delhi | Kishore Kumar, Vyjayanthimala |
6. | Raj Hath | Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Sohrab Modi |
7. | Bhai-Bhai | Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Nimmi, Shyama |
8. | Toofan Aur Diya | Rajendra Kumar, Nanda |
9. | Funtoosh | Dev Anand, Sheila Ramani |
10. | Inspector | Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali |
A-C
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[edit]Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Raj Hath | Sohrab Modi | Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Sohrab Modi, Murad, Ulhas, Tun Tun, Jagdish Kanwal, Kammo | Costume Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra |
Raj Rani Meera | G. P. Pawar | Mahipal, Prem Adib, Sulochana, Lalita Pawar, Sapru, Tiwari, Roopmala, Moni Chatterjee | Devotional | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: B. D. Mishra |
Rajdhani | Naresh Saigal | Sunil Dutt, Nimmi, Durga Khote, Purnima, Johnny Walker, Tiwari, Naaz, S. Nazir | Action | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi |
Ram Navami | Raman Desai | Nirupa Roy, Prem Adib, Yashodra Katju, Shobha Khote, Jawahar Kaul, Ratnamala, Tiwari | Devotional | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep |
Ramshastri Ka Nyay | Vishram Bedekar | Biography | ||
Rangeen Raten | Kedar Sharma | Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Geeta Bali, Chand Usmani, Shammi, Pesi Patel, Paro Devi | Romance Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kedar Sharma |
Roop Kumari | Manibhai Vyas | Mahipal, Chandrashekhar, Shakila, Krishna Kumari, Moni Chatterjee, Jankidas, Ratnamala, Tiwari | Costume | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: B. D. Mishra |
Sailaab | Guru Dutt | Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya, Smriti Biswas, Johnny Walker, Tun Tun, Rashid Khan, Moni Chatterjee, Helen, Bipin Gupta, Ram Singh, Nazir Kashmiri | Romance Drama | Music: Mukul Roy Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra, Madhukar Rajasthani |
Sajani | Vasant Painter | Anoop Kumar, Krishna Kumari, Ruby Myers, Lalita Pawar, Sapru, Gope | Music: Sudhir Phadke Lyrics: Narendra Sharma, Nakhshab | |
Samundari Daku | A. R. Zamindar | Nasir Khan, Nadira, Kumkum, Iftekhar, Johnny Walker, Nazir Kashmiri | Action | Music: Jaidev Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil |
Sati Ansuya | Dhirubhai Desai | Manhar Desai, Sumitra, Sulochana, Sunder, B. M. Vyas, Niranjan Sharma, Suryakant | Devotional | Music: Shivram Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
Sati Naag Kanya | Babubhai Mistri | Mahipal, Nirupa Roy, Manhar Desai, S. N. Tripathi, Samar Roy, Malaya | Mythology | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Gopal Singh Nepali, B. D. Mishra, Saraswati Kumar Deepak |
Shatranj | Gyan Mukherjee | Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Yakub, Jagdish Sethi, Rajendra Nath, Nana Palsikar, Vijay Laxmi | Social Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
Shirin Farhad | Aspi Irani | Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, P. Kailash, Ameeta, P Kailash, Ram Avtar, Jagdish Kanwal | Legend Romance | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Tanvir Naqvi, Saba Afghani |
Sheikh Chilli | Ramchandra Thakur | Shyama, Mahipal, Agha, B. M. Vyas, Bhagwan, Kammo | Fantasy | Music: Vinod Lyrics: Pandit Indra |
Shrimati 420 | G. P. Sippy | Meena Shorey, Johnny Walker, Om Prakash, Helen, Uma Dutt, Manorama | Comedy Social | Music: O. P. Nayyar Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Jan Nisar Akhtar |
Sipahsalar | Mohammed Husain | Shammi Kapoor, Nadira, Kumkum, S Nasir, Kamal Mehra, Helen, Cuckoo, Jagdish Kanwal, Nazir Kashmiri | Costume Drama | Music: Iqbal Lyrics: Faruk Kaiser |
Sudarshan Chakra | Datta Dharamadhikari | Nalini Jaywant, Mahipal, Shahu Modak, Sheela Nayak, Sarkar, Sulochana, Jagdish Kanwal | Mythology | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Gopal Singh Nepali |
Sultan-E-Alam | Mohan Sinha | Chitra, Mahipal, Kuldip Kaur, Hiralal, Maruti, Uma Dutt | Costume | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Shyam Lal, Tanveer Naqvi, Butaram Sharma |
Sultana Daku | Mohan Sinha | P. Jairaj, Sheila Ramani, Krishna Kumari, B. M. Vyas, Roopmala | Action | Music: Bipin Babul Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi, Anjum Jaipuri, Tanveer Naqvi, Shewan Rizvi |
Taj | Nandalal Jaswantlal | Pradeep Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Bipin Gupta, Jeevan, Helen, Ulhas, Shakuntala, Amar Kammo | Costume Drama | Music: Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
Taj Aur Talwar | Dwarka Khosla | Daljeet, Shashikala, Smriti Biswas, B. M. Vyas, Maruti, Heera Sawant | Action Costume | Music: Sudipt Lyrics: Uddhav Kumar, Indeevar, Satya Rai, Shyam Hindi, K Razdan, Ismail Azad Qawwal |
Taksaal | Hemen Gupta | Nirupa Roy, Balraj Sahni, Smriti Biswas, Iftekhar, Radhakrishan, Hiralal, Helen, Tun Tun, Nazir Kashmiri | Social | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Prem Dhawan |
Talwar Ka Dhani | Dwarka Khosla | Manhar Desai, Nadira, Anwar Hussain, Shammi, B. M. Vyas, Pakku, Anwar, Maruti | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri, Gopal Singh Nepali | |
Tankhah | Murtaza Changezi | Ajit, Nigar Sultana, Naina, Pran, Radhakrishan | Social | Music: Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi, Anjaan |
Toofan Aur Deeya | Prabhat Kumar | Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Vatsala Deshmukh, Shanta Kumari, Krishna Kumar, Keshavrao Date, Ulhas | Social Drama | Music: Vasant Desai, Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Hasrat Jaipuri |
Zindagi | C. L. Dheer | Geeta Bali, Chandrashekhar, Vijayalaxmi, Jaswant, Gulab, Jagdish Sethi, Rashid Khan, Jagirdar, Dulari | Social | Music: Mohammed Shafi Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan |
Zindagi Ke Mele | K. B. Lal | Chandrashekhar, Chitra, Kumkum, Minu Mumtaz, Dulari, Yakub, K. N. Singh, Lalita Pawar | Social | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Tanvir Naqvi, Shewan Rizvi, Manohar Khanna |
References
[edit]- ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1956". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
External links
[edit]- Bollywood films of 1956 at the Internet Movie Database
- Indian Film Songs from the Year 1956 - A look back at 1956 with a special focus on Hindi film songs
- Listen to songs from Bollywood films of 1956