An overview of the films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1952. Dilip Kumar went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1954 for his performance in Daag. Meena Kumari went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role in Baiju Bawra.
Highest-grossing films
[edit]The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1952:[1][2]
Rank | Title | Cast |
1. | Aan | Dilip Kumar, Nadira, Nimmi |
2. | Baiju Bawra | Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan, Kuldip Kaur, Surendra |
3. | Jaal | Geeta Bali, Dev Anand |
4. | Daag | Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran |
5. | Anhonee | Nargis, Raj Kapoor |
6. | Anand Math | Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan, Prithviraj Kapoor, Pradeep Kumar |
7. | Sangdil | Dilip Kumar, Madhubala |
8. | Maa | Leela Chitnis, Bharat Bhushan, Shyama |
9. | Bewafa | Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Raj Kapoor |
10. | Aandhiyan | Nimmi, Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik |
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[edit]Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Kafila | Arvind Sen | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Motilal, Ranjan, Ameeta, Nazir Hussain | Social | Music: Husanlal Bhagatram, Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep, Vrajendra Gaur |
Khubsurat | S. F. Hussain | Suraiya, Nasir Khan, Yakub, Noor, Husn Banu, Jankidas, Bhudo Advani, Baby Zubeida | Social | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Shams Azimabadi |
Krishna Kanhaiya | S. Nadkarni | A L Raghvan, Narishnh Bharti, T Premavati, R. Balasubramaniam, Laxmi, Prabha | Mythological | Music: B. S. Kalla, Shufi Lyrics: |
Kyonji | Nari Ghadiali | Agha, Urvashi, Leela Kumari, Sheikh, Habib | Action | Music: Nasir Bazmi Lyrics: Ratanlal Khanjar, Sheikh Adam |
Lal Kunwar | Ravindra Dave | Suraiya, Nasir Khan, Usha Kiran, P. Jairaj, Agha, Durga Khote | Historical Romance Drama | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi |
Lanka Dahan | Raja Nene | Sapru, Usha Kiran, Ranjana, Paro Devi, Ranjit Kumari | Religious | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: S. P. Kalla |
Maa | Bimal Roy | Bharat Bhushan, Shyama, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev, B. M. Vyas, Bikram Kapoor, Asit Sen, Leela Chitnis | Family Drama | Music: S. K. Pal Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
Mamta | Gunjal | Ulhas, Sumitra Devi, Paro Devi, Kamal Mehra, Rajan Haksar, Ramesh | Social Drama | Music: Sonik, Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Verma Malik, Shyam Hindi |
Mordhwaj | Balwant Bhatt | Prem Adib, Durga Khote, Tiwari, Shashi Kapoor, Leela Mishra, Ram Singh, Raj Adib, Nand Kishore, Manju, Babu Raje | Mythological | Music: Narayan Dutt Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
Moti Mahal | Ravindra Dave | Suraiya, Ajit, Pran, Jeevan, Veera, Baby Tabassum, Rattan Kumar, Roopmala | Costume Drama | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Asad Bhopali, Prem Dhawan |
Mr. Sampat | S. S. Vasan | Motilal, Padmini, Kanhaiyalal, Agha, Badri Prasad, Vanaja, Sundari Bai, Narayan Rao | Social Drama | Music: Shanker Shastri Lyrics: Pandit Indra, J. S. Kashyap |
Najariya | Murtaza Changezi | Geeta Bali, Sajjan, David, Begum Para, Madan Puri, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Ali | Social | Music: Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi |
Nanhe Munne | Datta Dharmadhikari | Sulochana, Raja Nene, Raja Gosavi, Shakuntala | Family Melodrama | Music: Vasant Pawar Lyrics: Pandit Phani |
Nau Bahar | Pt. Anand Kumar | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Kuldip Kaur, Sunalini Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Indu Shivraj | Romantic Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra |
Neelam Pari | Dhirubhai Desai | Geeta Bali, Sajjan, Kuldip Kaur, Sapru, Naranjan Sharma, Gope, Samson | Fantasy | Music: Khurshid Anwar Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Saraswati Kumar Deepak |
Nirmohi | Baij Sharma | Nutan, Sajjan, Amarnath, Chaman Puri, Rattan Kumar, Neeru, Leela Mishra, Raj Mehra | Social | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Uddhav Kumar, Indeevar, P. N. Rangeen |
Nishan Danka | Jayant Desai | Shyama, Ranjan, Jeevan, Baby Tabassum | Action Costume | Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, S. H. Bihari, Hasrat Jaipuri |
Parbat | O. P. Dutta | Premnath, Nutan, Purnima, Shobhana Samarth, K. N. Singh, Ulhas, Raj Mehra | Social | Music: Shanker Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri |
Parchhain | V. Shantaram | Sandhya, V. Shantaram, Jayshree, Asit Baran, Lalita Pawar, Ulhas, Wasti, Saroj Khan, Nimabalkar | Romantic Melodrama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Noor Lakhnavi |
Poonam | M. Sadiq | Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Sajjan, Asha Mathur, Om Prakash, Ram Avtar | Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri |
Raag Rang | Digvijay | Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Madan Puri, Ruma Devi, Jankidas, Agha, Sunder, Nand Kishore, Raja Paranjpe | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kaif Irfani, Prakash Bakshi | |
Raja Harishchandra | Raman B. Desai | Prem Adib, Sumitra Devi, Gope, Tiwari, Lalita Pawar, Bipin Gupta | Mythological | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta, Gulshan Jalalabadi, Qamar Jalalabadi, Bharat Vyas |
Rajrani Damayanti | Raja Nene | Nirupa Roy, Usha Kiran, Trilok Kapoor, Ramsingh, Tabassum, Shakila, Rattan Kumar | Mythology | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Devendra Mohan, Mukhram Sharma |
Rangeeli | Najam Naqvi | Raaj Kumar, Rehana, Yakub, Mumtaz Ali, S Nasir, Leela Mishra | Social | Music: Chic Chocolate Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan |
Rani | L. V. Prasad | Anoop Kumar, P. Bhanumati, Raja, Wahab Kashmiri | Costume Drama | Music: D. C. Dutt Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil, J. S. Kashyap |
Ratnadeep | Debaki Bose | Anuva Gupta, Abhi Bhattacharya, Manju Dey, Pahari Sanyal, Molina, Chhaya Devi, Nitish Mukerji | Social Drama | Music: Robin Chatterjee Lyrics: Mahendra Pran, Vidyapati, Madhur, Meerabai |
Resham | Lekhraj Bhakri | Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Sunder, Sapru, Naaz, Achala Sachdev, Ramesh Thakur, Jagdish | Social | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Prem Dhawan |
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Saloni | J. P. Advani | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Mohana, Jayant, Purnima, Shakila, Achala Sachdev | Social | Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Arjun Dev Ashq, Aziz Kashmiri, Hasrat Jaipuri |
Sandesh | Bal Gajbar | Kumud, Umesh Sharma, Meenaxi, Durga Khote, Lalita Pawar, Nana Palsikar | Social | Music: S. Purushottam Lyrics: |
Sangdil | R. C. Talwar | Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Kuldip Kaur, Dara Singh, Leela Chitnis, Randhawa, Shammi | Romantce Drama | Debut film of Dara Singh. Adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
Sanskar | V. M. Vyas | Ishwarlal, Mumtaz Shanti, Pran, Veera, Shashi Kapoor, Purnima, Murad, Sapru | Social Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra |
Sapna | Kidar Sharma | Kishore Sahu, Bina Rai, Shakuntala, Moni Chatterjee, Hiralal, Cuckoo | Drama | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
Saqi | H. S. Rawail | Prem Nath, Madhubala, Gope, Mohna, Bipin Gupta, Cuckoo, Iftekhar | Costume Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
Sheesha | Shahid Lateef | Nargis, Sajjan, Amar, Achala Sachdev, Zebunissa, Majnu, Anwari | Social Drama | Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shakeel Badayuni |
Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo | P. L. Santoshi | Ranjan, Rehana, Sadhana Bose, Goldstein, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Ali, Tiwari | Action Comedy | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: P. L. Santoshi |
Shisham | Kishore Sharma | Nasir Khan, Nutan, Gope, Kuldip Kaur, Cuckoo Gulab | Romance Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Indeevar |
Shiv Leela | Govind Ghanekar | Mahipal, Ratnamala, Sumati Gupte, Shyam Kumar | Mythological | Music: Vasant Kumar Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak |
Shiv Shakti | Jayant Desai | Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Vasantrao Pahelwan | Religious | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Munshi Sagar Hussain |
Shrimati Ji | I. S. Johar | Shyama, Nasir Khan, I. S. Johar, Murad, Majnu | Social Comedy | Music: S. Mohinder,Jimmy Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra |
Sinbad Jahazi a.k.a. Sinbad The Sailor | Nanabhai Bhatt | Ranjan, Nirupa Roy, Bhagwan, Yashodhara Katju, Jayant, Shakila, Pran, Samson | Fantasy Action | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri |
Tamasha | Phani Majumdar | Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Sunalini Devi, Randhir, S. N. Banerjee, Bipin Gupta | Social Drama | Music: Khemchand Prakash, Manna Dey, S. K. Pal Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
Tarang | I. C. Kapoor | Ajit, Munawwar Sultana, Bhagwan, Manju, Jeevan, Manorama, Niranjan Sharma | Social Action | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: I. C. Kapoor, D. N. Madhok (1) |
Usha Kiron | Javed Hussain | Nimmi, Geeta Bali, Altaf, Lalita Pawar, Mazhar Khan | Drama | Music: Hanuman Prasad Lyrics: Anjum Pilibhiti, Kamil Rashid |
Vanraj | Mohammed Hussain | John Cawas, Krishna Kumari, Habib, Sheikh, Vimla | Action | Music: S. B. Pathak Lyrics: Indeevar |
Vasna | Rameshwar Thakur | Ajit, Kaushalya, Urmila, Ranjit Roy, Paresh Bannerjee | Costume Drama | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: |
Veer Arjun | Ramchandra Thakur | Mahipal, Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Dulari, Suryakant, Vasant Rao, Tiwari | Mythology | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Pandit Indra |
Vidyasagar | K. P. Ghose | Utpal Dutt, Pahari Sanyal, Molina Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Chhabi Biswas | Biopic | Music: Umapati Seel Lyrics: Madhur, Manohar Khanna (1) |
Vishwamitra | Baburao Painter | Sapru, Sheela Naik, M. Kale, Sudha Apte | Mythology | Music: B. Laxman Lyrics: Manohar Khanna |
Yatrik | Kartik Chatterjee | Abhi Bhattacharya, Basanta Choudhury, Arundhati Devi, Maya Mukherjee | Social | Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: |
Zalzala | Paul Zills | Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Kishore Sahu, Sunalini Devi | Social Drama | Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: Ali Sardar Jafri, Vrajendra Gaur, Uddhav Kumar |
Zamane Ki Hawa | Walli | Mumtaz Shanti, Suresh, Pran, Husn Banu, Majnu | Social Melodrama | Music: Z. Sherman Lyrics: |
References
[edit]- ^ "Box Office By Year (1952)". muvyz.com. Muvyz, Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1952". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
External links
[edit]- Bollywood films of 1952 at the Internet Movie Database
- Indian Film Songs from the Year 1952 - A review of the year 1951 with a special focus on Hindi film songs