A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1942:
The five highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1942:[1]
| 1942 Rank | Title | Notes | |
| 1. | Basant | ||
| 2. | Khandan | ||
| 3. | Bhukt Surdas | ||
| 4. | Jawab | ||
| 5. | Roti |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aankh Michouli | R. S. Choudhury | Nalini Jaywant, Satish, Anand Prasad Kapoor, Sulochana, Jilloo, Pratima Devi, Hadi | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Pandit Indra, Satyakam Sharma, Shatir Ghaznavi |
| Amar Asha | Shailen Ghosh | Navin Yagnik, Kamla Varerkar, Devaskar, Bhim | Social | Music: Rattan Lal Lyrics: |
| Apna Ghar | Shanta Apte, Mahesh Kaul, Chandra Mohan, Vimla Vashishta, Maruti, Maya Bannerji, Jeevan, David, Gope, Jagdish Sethi, Nimbalkar, Mishra | Social Family Drama | Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: Narottam Vyas | |
| Apna Paraya | Ramchandra Thakur | Shahu Modak, Hansa Wadkar, Dulari, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, Shakuntala, Pesi Patel, Agha, Rajrani | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: |
| Armaan | Motilal, Meera, A. Shah, Shamim, Nagendra, Bhagwandas, Nazir Bedi, Rajinder Singh, Rajkumari A. Shah | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Kidar Sharma | |
| Arzoo | M. Issa, R.M. Vaidya | Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Purnima, Panna | Social | Music: Lyrics: |
| Awaaz | Rafiq Rizvi | Maya Banerjee, Swarnalata, Wasti, Danve, Kailash, Anwaribai | Social | Music: K C Verma, S Navrekar Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta, Kabil Amritsari |
| Bahana | A. M. Khan | Alaknanda, Yusuf Effendi, Benjamin, Ameena, Ansari, Rafiq, Nawaz, Shahzadi, Anwaribai, Haroon | Social | Music: M. Sagir Asif Lyrics: A. M. Khan |
| Barat | Gunjal | Shobhana Samarth, Harish, Prakash, Kaushalya, Manmohan, Rampyari, Sankatha Prasad, Nayampalli, Mirza Musharraf, Vatsala Kumtekar | Social | Music: Master Ratanlal, Khemraj Lyrics: Raghunath Brahmbhatt |
| Basant | Ulhas, Mumtaz Shanti, Suresh, Kanu Roy, Pithawala, Baby Madhubala, Pramila | Social | ||
| Bhakta Kabir | Rameshwar Sharma | Bharat Bhushan, Mehtab, Mazhar Khan, Ramesh Sinha, Padma Devi, Vanmali Das, Gyani, Rai Mohan | Biopic Devotional | Music: Himanshu Dutta Lyrics: Kabir, Pandit Shivkumar |
| Bharat Milap | Prem Adib, Shahu Modak, Shobhana Samarth, Durga Khote, Umakant, Vimala Vashishta, Shanta Kumari, Amirbai Karnataki, Ratanmala | Epic Religious Drama | Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Tulsidas, Pandit Indra, Pandit Anuj, Baalam Pardesi | |
| Bhakta Surdas | K. L. Saigal, Khursheed, Monica Desai, Nagendra, Gharpure, Kesarbai, B, Sharma, Bashir, M. Saigal | Biopic, Drama | ||
| Blackout | Nari Ghadiali | Sadiq Ali, Benjamin, Sardar Mansur, Shobha, Bibìjan, Mukhtar, Mehdi Raza, Nazira, Habib | Action | Music: Ninu Majumdar Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi |
| Bolti Bulbul | Dhirubhai Desai | Anil Kumar, Zebunissa, Mumtaz Begum, Sardar Mansur, Alaknanda, Mehr Sultana, Shahzadi, Mirajkar, S, Nazir, Samson | Action | Music: K. C. Verma Lyrics: Safdar Aah, Kabil Amritsari, Shams Lakhnavi |
| Bombay Calling | Raja Yagnik | Navin Yagnik, Shirin, Agha, Bhim, Vatsala Kumtekar, Janardhan, Anant, Ghulam Rasool | Action | Music: Pratap Mukherjee Lyrics: A Karim |
| Chandni | Khursheed, Ishwarlal, Kesari, Dixit, Noorjahan, Rajkumari Shukla, Baby Kamla | Social | ||
| Chauranghee | Sibtain Fazli, Nabendusundar | Mehtab, Sajjan, Nazir Kashmiri, Anees Khatoon, Amjad, | Music: Hanuman Prasad Sharma, Kazi Nazrul Islam Lyrics: Mirza Ghalib, Jigar Moradabadi, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Arzu Lakhnavi | |
| Chudiyan | L.J. Bhatt, K.J. Parmar | Prem Adib, Maya Bannerji, Jeevan, Mehr Sultana, Gulab | Music: S N Tripathi Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Pandit Indra, Ramesh Gupta, Sharma | |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Das Baje a.k.a. 10 O'Clock | Raja Nene | Paresh Bannerjee, Urmila Vasant Thengdi, Baby Shakuntala, Manaji Rao, Devraj, Shiraz | Romantic drama | Music: Keshavrao Bhole Lyrics: Mukhram Sharma Ashant |
| Daughter of the Jungle a.k.a. Vanasundari | Ramanlal Desai | Sunetra, Baburao Pehalwan, Brijrani, Mirajkar, Bose, Amir Bano, Ali | Action Adventure | Music: Shantaram Manjrekar Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi |
| Dhiraj | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Rajkumari Shukla, Kesari, Khatoon, Bhagwandas | Social | |
| Dillagi | Balwant Bhatt | Social | Music: Pratap Mukherjee Lyrics: | |
| Dukh Sukh | Ram Daryani | Sitara Devi, Vasanti, Rama Shukul, Pratima Devi, Mukesh (actor), A, Shah, Khatoon, Mukesh | Social | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Wali Sahab |
| Duniya Ek Tamasha | Dwarka Khosla | Sardar Akhtar, W. M. Khan, Urmila, Gope, Shyam Sunder, Minoo Cooper, Devaskar | Social | Music: Lyrics: |
| Duniya Tumhari Hai | G.P. Pawar | Social | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: I. C. Kapoor | |
| Ek Raat | Wahid-ud-din Zia-ud-din Ahmed | Prithviraj Kapoor, Nina, K. N. Singh, Mubarak, Prakash, Rajkumari Shukla, Firoza Begum, Gulab, Bibijan, Yusuf, Mumtaz | Social | Music: S. K. Pal Lyrics: Pandit Indra |
| Fariyaad | Jayant Desai | Noor Jehan, Mubarak, Ishwarlal, Rama Shukal, Shamim, Alaknanda | Social | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: D. N. Madhok |
| Farman | Anil Kumar, Sarojini, W. M. Khan, Ranibala, Anwaribai, S. Nazir, Sadiq | Social | Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics: Ramesh Chandra Pandey, I. C. Kapoor, Harbans, Safdar Aah, Gaskar Delahari, Roopbani | |
| Garib | Ramchandra Thakur | Social | Music: Anil Biswas, Ashok Ghosh Lyrics: Safdar Aah, Pandit Indra (1) | |
| Ghar Sansar a.k.a. Homelife | V.M. Vyas | Sardar Akhtar, Mazhar Khan, Nazir, Kajjan, Kalyani, Mirza Musharaf | Family Social Drama | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: |
| Gora Kumbhar | Anand Kumar | Lalita Pawar | Biopic Drama | Music: Lyrics: |
| Haso Haso Ai Duniyawallaon (Haso Haso Ae Duniya Walo) | Dwarka Khosla | Rattanbai, Devaskar, Gope, Shahzadi, Samson | Social | Music: First film as independent MD C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi |
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| Jawab | P.C. Barua | Jamuna, Kanan Devi, Ratin Banerjee, P.C. Barua, Ahindra Choudhury, Devbala, Tulsi Chakraborty, Asit Baran, Bikram Kapoor | Social | Music: Kamal Dasgupta Lyrics: Bekal, Buddhi Chandra Agrawal Madhur |
| Jawan Ki Pukar a.k.a. Call of Youth | D. Bilimoria, Urmila, Harish, Kalyani, Benjamin, W. M. Khan, Alaknanda, Afghan Sandow, Samson | Action | Music: Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics: A. K. Sindhi | |
| Jawani | Surendra, Husn Banu, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, Agha, A. R. Kabuli, Nawab, Dulari, Laddan | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Mirza, Hazrat Aarzoo | |
| Jhankar | S. Khalil | Chandra Mohan, Pramila, Kumar, Gope, Shahzadi, Altaf, Dulari, Shaukat, Ghulam Mohammed | Social | Music: Bashir Dehlvi Lyrics: Arzu Lakhnavi, D. N. Madhok, Hasrat Lakhnavi |
| The Jungle Princess | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Shahzadi, Radharani | Action | Music: Madholal Damodar Master Lyrics: Pandit Indra |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalakar | A. Karim | Maya Devi, Jal Merchant, Ranibala, Anant Marathe, Mehar Sultana, Fazlu, Saiyyad Ahmed, Fakir Mohammed | Social | Music: Bashir Dehlvi Lyrics: A. Karim |
| Kaljug | Nazir | Nazir, Sitara Devi, Kumar, Gope, Anuradha, Majid, Azurie | Social Drama | Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi Lyrics: Hasrat Lakhnavi |
| Khamoshi | R. C. Talwar | Ramola, Amarnath, Gyani, Shyam Sunder (actor), Manorama, Nand Kishore, Sunder, Leela Mishra, Himmat Rai | Social | Music: G.A. Chishti Lyrics: Himmat Rai Sharma |
| Khandaan | Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | Pran, Noor Jehan, Manorama, Ajmal. Durga Mota, Ghulam Mohammed, G. N. Butt, Ibrahim | Family Drama | |
| Khilona a.k.a. Khilauna/The Toy | Snehprabha Pradhan, P. Jairaj, Prabha, Satish, Kanhaiyalal, Nagendra, Pratima Devi, Pesi Patel | Social | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Pandit Indra | |
| Kirti | Gunjal | P. Jairaj, Lalita Pawar, Sunalini Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Sushil Kumar, Ghulam Rasool, Devaskar, Manchi Thuthi, Mithu Miya | Social | Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: Pandit Phani |
| Kisise Na Kehna | Keshavrao Date, Krishna Gopal | Leela Chitnis, Pahari Sanyal, Keshavrao Date, Sunetra, Hari Shivdasani, Shukla, Ghory | Social | Music: Pratap Mukherjee Lyrics: Amritlal Nagar |
| Kiski Biwi | M. A. Mirza | E. Bilimoria, Kalyani Das, Anuradha, Himalayawala, Vatsala Kumtekar, Fenty Prasad, Gulab, Saiyad Ahmed, Afghan Sandow | Social | Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi Lyrics: Balam |
| Kunwara Baap | Protima Das Gupta, Baby Lal, Anjali Devi, Nana Palsikar, Amritlal Nagar, Moni Chatterjee, Dhulia, Hadi | Music: Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: Amritlal Nagar, Baalam Pardesi, Satyakam Sharma | ||
| Lajwanti | Hiralal Doctor | Rattanbai, Anuradha, W. M. Khan, Ashiq Hussain, Fakir Mohammed | Social | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: |
| Lalaji | Chamankant Gandhi, Lalit Mehta | Yashodhara Katju, Krishnakant, Yakub, Amar, Maya Devi, Abdul Rehman Kabuli, Sunalini Devi, Jagdish Dethi, Badri Prasad, Vatsala Kumtekar | Social Drama | Music: Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics: Mirza Ghalib, Arzu Lakhnavi, Neelkanth Tiwari |
| Mahakavi Kalidas | Niren Lahiri | Karunu Bannerjee, Chhabi Biswas, Ulhas, Menaka Devi, Padma Devi | Biopic | Music: Hariprasanna Das Lyrics: |
| Maheman a.k.a. Guest | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Madhuri, Ishwarlal, Shamim, Rama Shukla, Kesari, Bhagwandas | Social | |
| Malan | V. M. Vyas | Shanta Hublikar, Rattanbai, Balwant Singh, Jagdish Sethi, But Kashar, Kalyani, Mirza Musharraf, Alaknanda, | Social | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi |
| Mamaji | Narottam Vyas | Lalita Pawar, Nandrekar, Yakub, Jeevan, Maruti, Misra, Nana Palsikar, Leela Pawar | Family Social | Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: Narottam Vyas |
| Mamta | I.A. Hafizji | Prince Dara, Pushpa Rani, Kalawati, Padma Devi, Akbar, N. Mohammed, Puttan | Social | Music: R. A. Atra Lyrics: G Shadani |
| Mata | Gunjal | Shobhana Samarth, Chandrakant, Mubarak, Urmila, Himalayawala, Munshi Khanjar, Bhudo Advani, Moti, Bibijan | Family Drama | Music: Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics: D. N. Madhok |
| Meenakshi | Modhu Bose | Sadhona Bose, Ahindra Choudhury, Rajlakshmi Devi, K. C. Dey, Najmal Hussain, Devbala, Sandhya Rani, Priti Majumdar, Panna Devi | Romantic melodrama | Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: Pandit Bhushan |
| Motorwali | A. M. Khan | Radharani, Prakash, Ameena, Sardar Mansur, Nazira, Haroon, Ranibala, Anwaribai, Rafiq | Action | Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics: Gaskar Delahari |
| Muqabala | Babubhai Mistri, Batuk Bhatt | Fearless Nadia, Yakub, Agha, Dalpat, Shrinivas, Rajni, Nazira, Jal Khambatta, Khan Mastana, Baby Madhuri | Double-role Action Drama | Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: A. Karim |
| My Village a.k.a. Mera Gaon | Prafulla Roy | Hansa Wadkar, P. Jairaj, K. C. Dey, Chhaya Devi, Amir Banu, S. L. Puri, Jagdish Sethi, Moti, Aghajani | Social | Music: K. C. Dey Lyrics: Kavi Raghunath |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nai Duniya | P. Jairaj, Shobhana Samarth, Wasti, Mazhar Khan, Hari Shivdasani, Jeevan, Ram Avtar, Azurie | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: Tanveer Naqvi, Rammurti Chaturvedi (1), A Shah Aziz (1) | |
| Nari | Raja Yagnik | Trilok Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Kamla Warekar, Anant Marathe, Urmila, Jilloo, Ghulam Rasool | Social | Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: Basheer Jamali, Pandit Phani |
| Nazrana | G. P. Kapoor | Mahipal, Anuradha, Lalita Devi, Ashiq Hussain, Jugal Kishore | Costume | Music: G. P. Kapoor Lyrics: L. S, Mishra |
| Nishani | Ragini, Majnu, Rooplekha, Ranibala, Ghulam Qadir | Social | Music: Master Amarnath Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri | |
| Parda Nasheen | I. A. Hafizji | Ram Dulari, Haseena, Girdhari, Nargis, Hanuman Prasad, Ganesh | Social | Music: R. A. Atra Lyrics: A. W. Razi |
| Phir Milenge | Sardar Akhtar, Sohrab Modi, Meena Shorey, K. N. Singh, Sadiq Ali, Athavale, Abu Bakar, E. Tarapore, Ghulam Hussain | Social | Music: Mir Sahib Lyrics: Pandit Sudarshan | |
| Pritam | Maya Banerji, Shyam Sunder, Shanti, Ghulam Rasool, Munshi Khanjar, Rajinder Singh | Social | Music: Bhojak Lyrics: Mohan Sinha | |
| Pyara Watan | M. Udwadia | Benjamin, Alaknanda, Yashwant Dave, Samson, But Kashar, Kalyani | Costume Action | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari |
| Raisaheb | S. M. Yusuf | Trilok Kapoor, Kaushalya, Rattanbai, Gope, Dalpat, Mirza Musharraf, Jagdish Sethi, Kesarbai, Mustafa, Bibijan | Social | Music: Baldev Nayak, Madhav Lal Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi |
| Raja Rani | Najam Naqvi | Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: Pandit Anand Kumar | ||
| Return of Toofan Mail | Aspi Irani | Arun, Shamim, Brijmala, Jagdish Sethi, Dixit, Hari Shivdasani, Mehdi Raza, Bibijan, Azurie, Rewashankar, Firoz Dastur | Action | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Pandit Indra |
| Roti | Mehboob Akhtar | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Safdar Aah | |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachcha Sapna | Madhav Kale | Rajkumari, Madhav Kale, Kumar, Ashalata | Social | Music: Annasaheb Mainkar Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi |
| Saheli | S. M. Yusuf | Pahari Sanyal, Rattanbai, Pramila, Jilloo, Rekha Devi, Aziz, Shahzadi, Sayed Ahmed | Social Drama | Music: Bashir Khan Dehlvi Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi |
| Sarovar Ki Sundari a.k.a. Lady of the Lake | A. M. Khan | Romila, Zebunissa, Ameena, Prakash, Benjamin, N. A. Ansari, Rafique, Shhzadi, Anwaribai, Haroon, S. Alam | Action, Costume | Music: Damodar Sharma, Bashir Khan Dehlvi Lyrics: Munshi Aashiq |
| Saugandh | Hemchandra Chunder | Pahari Sanyal, Chhabi Biswas, Tulsi Chakraborty, Bharati Devi, Asit Baran, Dar Kashmiri, Jahar Ganguly, Nemo, Supriya Mukherjee, Puttan | Social | Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: Pandit Natwar |
| Savera | V. C. Desai | Shobhana Samarth, Arun Kumar, Nirmala Devi, Yakub, Brijmala, Kesari, Nagendra, Kesari | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: B. R. Sharma |
| Sewa | Dhirubhai Desai | Shanta Kumari, Zahur Raja, Shyam Sunder, Radharanu, Anwaribai, Prabhashankar | Social | Music: S. N. Tripathi, Biri Singh Dukha Lyrics: G. S. Kapoor |
| Sharda | Mehtab, Ulhas, Nirmala Devi, Wasti, Badri Prasad, Amir Banu, Shyam Kumar | Drama, Family | ||
| Sheikh Chilli | Kikubhai Desai | Moti, Navinchandra, Bose, Vasantrao Pehalwan, Kamala, Dhulia, S. L. Puri Ali, Azoorie, Bose | Comedy | Music: Khan Mastana, Damodar Sharma Lyrics: Kikubhai Desai |
| Kumarsen Samarth | Shobhana Samarth, Shahu Modak, Karan Dewan, Sulochana Chatterjee, Mubarak, David, Kusum Deshpande, Jal Khambata, Vimal Sardesai | Social | ||
| Society | Sitara Devi, Nazir, Rajkumari Shukla, Gope, Alaknanda, Janardhan Sharma | Social | Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi Lyrics: Hasrat Lakhnavi | |
| Station Master | Chimanlal Luhar | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi, Pyare Lal Santoshi, Pandit Indra, B. R. Sharma | |
| Suhagan | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | Jehanara Kajjan, Kumar, Radharani, Kalyani Das, Jilloo, Bhudo Advani, Kesarbai, Mirza Musharraf | Social Family Drama | Music: Shanti Kumar Desai Lyrics: M. R. Kapoor |
| Sukhi Jeevan | Bhagwan, Harishchandra | Bhagwan, Ashalata, Harishchandra, Nazira, Bibijan, W. M. Khan, Shyam Kumar, Samson | Social | Music: Ram Chitalkar Lyrics: M. R. Kapoor |
| Swaminath | Wajahat Mirza | Social | Music: B. N. Bali Lyrics: | |
| Swapna | Social | Music: Shanti Kumar Lyrics: Tanveer Naqvi | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamanna | Nargis, Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Leela Desai, Karan Dewan, Jagdish Sethi, K C Dey, Shanta Kumari | Social | Music: K. C. Dey Lyrics: S K Kalla | ||
| Tamasha | Dwarka Khosla | Sardar Akhtar, Devaskar, W. M. Khan, Urmila Devi, Gope, Minoo Cooper, Samson | Social | Music: Pratap Mukherjee Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi | |
| Ujala | K. M. Multani | Naseem Banu, Prithviraj Kapoor, Mubarak, Jillani, Rattanbai, Mirza Musharraf, Khan Mastana | Social | Music: Bashir Dehlvi Lyrics: | |
| Uljhan | N.R. Acharya | Sardar Akhtar, Mazhar Khan, Anjali Devi, Bhim, Amritlal, Rajkumari Shukla, Krishnakant Amir Banu | Social | Music: Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: | |
| Ulti Ganga | Keshavrao Dhaiber | Paresh Bannerjee, E. Tarapore, Brijrani, Sadat Ali, Mehboob Khan, Gulab, Pramila, Abu Bakar, Athavale, Putlibai | Social | Music: G. D. Kapoor Lyrics: Munshi Abdul Baki | |
| Vasantsena | Gajanan Jagirdar, Shahu Modak, Vanamala, Sunalini Devi, Vimla Tripathi, E. Tarapore, Navin Yagnik, Raj Vishwas, Nazir Bedi | Drama | Based on the play Mricchakatika (The Toy Cart) around 2nd to 5th century. Music: Master Krishnarao Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, D. N. Madhok | ||
| Vijay | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Safdar Aah | |||
| Yaad | Veena, Satish Batra, Mazhar Khan, Agha, Azurie, Shahzadi, Devaskar, Ram Avtar, Hadi | Social | Music: Datta Naik Lyrics: Arzu Lakhnavi | ||
| Zamindar | Moti B. Gidwani | Shanta Apte, Manorama, Ghulam Mohammed, Azmal, M. Esmail, S. D. Narang, Khairati, Durga Mota | Social | ||
| Zevar | E. Bilimoria, Jayant, Indurani, Veena, Rajkumari, Jagan, Mirajkar, Badri Prasad, Rama Shukal | Action |