An overview of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1950:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1950:[6] [7] [8]
| Rank | Title | Cast |
| 1. | Samadhi | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Shyam, Kuldip Kaur |
| 2. | Babul | Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Munawar Sultana |
| 3. | Dastan | Suraiya, Raj Kapoor, Veena |
| 4. | Jogan | Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Purnima |
| 5. | Har Har Mahadev | Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote |
| 6. | Sangram | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant |
| 7. | Beqasoor | Madhubala, Ajit, Yakub |
| 8. | Sargam | Raj Kapoor, Rehana |
| 9. | Arzoo | Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal |
| 10. | Aankhen | Nalini Jaywant, Shekhar, Bharat Bhushan, Yakub |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes/Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aadhi Raat | Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Kuldip Kaur, Cukoo, Jeevan, Neeaalam, Tiwari | Social Drama | ||
| Aahuti | Kulbhushan | Social | Music: D. C. Dutta Lyrics: Indeevar, Tandon | |
| Aankhen | Devendra Goel | Family Drama | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Bharat Vyas, Saraswati Kumar Deepak | |
| Achchaji | S. H. Tharani | Bhagwan, Leela Gupte, Cuckoo, Baburao, Naaz, Usha Shukla, Habib | Action Comedy | Music: S. B. Pathak Lyrics: |
| Aflatoon | Bhagwan, Usha, Lila Gupta, Baburao Pendharkar, Vasantrao Pehalwan | Action | Music: Ninu Mujumdar Lyrics: Indeevar, Buniyaad | |
| Afsar | Dev Anand, Suraiya, Rashid Khan, Zohra Sehgal, Manmohan Krishan, Kanhaiya Lal, Ruma Devi | Romantic comedy | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Narendra Sharma, Vishwamitra Adil Playback: Suraiya | |
| Alakh Niranjan | Gunjal | Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Durga Khote, Sapru, Aroon, Ulhas | Devotional | Music: Premnath Lyrics: Manohar Khanna |
| Anmol Ratan | Meena Kumari, Karan Dewan, Madan Puri, Gope, Nirmala | Romance Drama | Music: Vinod Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | |
| Arzoo | Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Shashikala, Gope, Cuckoo, Sita Bose | Romantic Drama | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Babooji | Action | Music: P. Ramakant Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi | ||
| Babul | S. U. Sunny | Drama | Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |
| Bahurani | S. M. Yusuf | Family Drama | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Shewan Rizvi | |
| Bakhshish | Brij Mohan, A. Jadhav | Bhagwan, Leela Gupte, Usha Shukla, Baburao, Inamdar | Action | Music: P. Ramakant Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi |
| Banwra | G. Rakesh | Social | Music: Krishna Dayal Lyrics: Gafil Harnalvi, Amar N. Khanna | |
| Basera | Inayat | Social | Music: M. A. Rauf Lyrics: Sardar Ilham | |
| Bawre Nain | Raj Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Cuckoo, Vijayalaxmi, Jaswant, Pesi Patel, Majnu, Nazira | Romance | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kidar Sharma | |
| Bebus | Social | Music: Ganpat Rai Lyrics: Jalal Malihabadi, Salik Lakhnavi | ||
| Beqasoor | Family Drama | Music: Anil Biswas Music: Ehsan Rizvi, Arzoo Lakhnavi | ||
| Bhagwan Shri Krishna | Raja Yagnik | Shahu Modak, Usha Kiran, Sulochana Chatterjiee, David, Ishwarlal, Niranjan Sharma | Religious | Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Pandit Phani |
| Bhai Bahen | Family Drama | Music: Shyam Sundar Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, I. C. Kapoor | ||
| Bhishma Pratigya | Vasant Painter | Nargis, Shahu Modak, Mahipal, Purnima, Kumar, Nimbalkar | Mythology | Music: S. K. Pal Lyrics: Manohar Khanna |
| Birha Ki Raat | Romantic Drama | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani | ||
| Biwi | Kishore Sharma | Drama | Music: Aziz Hindi Lyrics: Nazim Panipati, Wali Sahab | |
| Chhoti Bhabi | Shanti Kumar | Family Drama | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | |
| Chor | A. P. Kapoor | Meera Misra, Krishnakant, Cuckoo, Sankatha, Sona Chatterjee | Crime Action | Music: Gobind Ram Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi, Bharat Vyas, Harish Bhardwaj |
| Circuswale | Balwant Bhatt | Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Dalpat, Narmada Shanker, Sona Chatterjee | Action | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Shyam Hindi |
| Dahej | Social Drama | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi | ||
| Dastan | Raj Kapoor, Suraiya, Veena, Al Nasir, Murad, Suresh, Pratima Devi, S. N. Banerjee | Romantic Melodrama | Music by Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |
| Dilruba | Dev Anand, Rehana, Yakub, Achala Sachdev, Cuckoo, Balam | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, S. H. Bihari, Neelkanth Tiwari | |
| Dolti Naiya | Mirza Musharaf | Nigar Sultana, Amarnath, Shyama, Dulari, Veena, Mukri, Bhudo Advani, Mirza Musharaf | Social | Music: Ram Prasad Lyrics: Jalal Malihabadi, Prakash, Bahaar Ajmeri |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes/Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauna | Usha Kiran, Anoop Kumar, Purnima, S. Nazir, Kesari, Wasti | Family Drama | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | |
| Gulnar | Harbans | Geeta Bali, Salim Raza, Cuckoo, Farida, Kamal | Action | Music: Hansraj Behl, Ghulam Haider Lyrics: Qatil Shifai, Tufail Hoshiyarpuri, Ehsan Rizvi, Mulk Raj Anand |
| Hamara Ghar | Family Drama | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Rammurti Chaturvedi, Anjum | ||
| Hamari Beti | Shobhana Samarth | Shekhar, Nutan, Motilal, Shobhana Samarth, Tanuja, Agha, Pramila, David, K. N. Singh, Veera | Family | Music: Snehal Bhatkar Lyrics: Pandit Phani, Randhir Sahityalankar |
| Hanste Aansoo | K. B. Lal | Social | Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Hanste Rehna | Mohammed Hussain | Mukri, Mumtaz, Arvind Kumar, Habib, Heera Sawant | Action | Producer: Rajan Pictures Music: Wadhwa Lyrics: Faruk Kaiser |
| Har Har Mahadev | Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Shanta Kunwar | Religious | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Shastri, Saraswati Kumar Deepak | |
| Hindustan Hamara | Paul Zils | Social | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Allama Iqbal, S. R. Saaj, Deewan Sharar | |
| Jalte Deep | Deepak Asha | Nimmi, Amarnath, Deepak, Leela Mishra, Randhir | Social | Music: Sardul Kwatra Lyrics: M.A. Taj, Nazim Panipati, Aziz Kashmiri (1) |
| Jan Pahchan | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Shyama, Jeevan, Mukri, Dulari, Amar, Sankatha | Romantic Drama | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |
| Janmashtami | Devotional | Music: S. B. Pathak Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | ||
| Jodidar | Balwant Bhatt | Bhagwan, Malti, Shyam Sunder, Kanta Kumari, Chand | Action | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Shyam Hindi, Anjum |
| Jogan | Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Purnima, Tabassum, Rajendra Kumar, Manju, Ramesh Thakur, Darpan, Pesi Patel | Social Drama | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Kidar Sharma | |
| Kamal Ke Phool | Suraiya, Amarnath, Shakuntala, Raj Mehra, Badri Prasad, Leela Mishra, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma | Social | Music: Shyam Sunder Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | |
| Khamosh Sipahi | Ram Kamlani | Action | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | |
| Khel | S. M. Nawab | Social Drama | Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Jan Nisar Akhtar, Khawar Zaman, Sagar Nizami, Zia Sarhadi | |
| Khiladi | Ashok Kumar, Suraiya, Kumar, Indu, Aloke, E. Tarapore, Narmada Shankar, Sunder | Action Romance | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Naqshab, Rajendra Krishan | |
| Kisi Ki Yaad | Bharat Bhushan, Veena, Sulochana Chatterjee, Paro Devi, Jeevan, Badri Prasad, Mumtaz | Drama | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi, Varma, Tahir Lakhnavi | |
| Lajawab | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Prem Dhawan, Shekhar, Safdar Aah | |
| Lavangi | Y. V. Rao | Rukmini, Shanta Devi, Ramesh Tiwari, R. P. Misra, Leela Bai, Maya Bose | Historical | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes/Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madhubala | Prahlad Dutt | Dev Anand, Madhubala, Jeevan, Ramesh Thakur, Randhir, Ram Avtar, Manju | Romantic melodrama | Music: Lachhiram Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, I. C. Kapoor |
| Magroor | R. D. Mathur | Romance Drama | Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Zia Sindhi, Mullaji | |
| Man Ka Meet | Ratilal Punatkar | Nirupa Roy, Manhar Desai, Dulari, Shanti Madhok, Sarita Devi | Social | Music: Sardul Kwatra Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Sarshar Sailani |
| Mashaal | Social | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep | ||
| Meena Bazaar | Shyam, Nargis, Kuldip Kaur, Om Prakash, Gope, Sapru, Chandabai | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | ||
| Meharbani | Ajit, Begum Para, Yakub, Gope, Cuckoo, Indu Pal, Shanta Pawar | Social Drama | Music: Hafiz Khan Lyrics: Khumar Barabankvi, Anjum Jaipuri, Khawar Zaman | |
| Meri Asha | Dr. Alam | Agha, Murad, Shanta Kanwar, Nihal, Radha | Social | Music: K. Narayan Rao |
| Muqaddar | Arvind Sen | Nalini Jaywant, Sajjan, Kishore Kumar, Radhakrishan, Krishnakant, Iftekhar, Sofia, Samson | Social | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Raj Shekhar, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan |
| Nai Bhabhi | Amarnath, Smriti Biswas, Sunder, Cuckoo, Kaushalya, Maya Devi | Family Drama | Music: Harbaksh Singh Lyrics: Charan Das, B. M. Sharma | |
| Nili | Ratibhai Punatar | Dev Anand, Suraiya, Shyama, Agha, Dulari, Cuckoo | Romance Drama | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Surjit Sethi |
| Nirala | Shanker Mukerji | Dev Anand, Madhubala, Yakub, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Ali, Leela Mishra, Narmada Shankar | Social | Music: C.Ramchandra Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi |
| Nirdosh | Najam Naqvi | Shyam, Rehana, Kuldip Kaur, K. N. Singh, Om Prakash, Mukri, S. L. Puri, Mishra, S. M. Abbas | Social | Music: Shyam Sundar Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Asad Bhopali, S. H. Bihari |
| Nishana | Social Drama | Music: Khurshid Anwar Nakshab Jarchvi | ||
| Pagle | Protima Das Gupta | Social | Music: V. G. Bhatkar Lyrics: Behzad Lakhnavi, Kabil Amritsari, Anjum Rehmani | |
| Pardes | M. Sadiq | Madhubala, Rehman, Karan Dewan, Surendra, Jayant, Cuckoo, Mukri, Shakuntala, Jagdish Sethi, Chanchal | Social Family Drama | Music by Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni |
| Pehla Aadmi | Social | Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: Prakash | ||
| Putli | Wali | Social | Music: Aziz Hindi Lyrics: Wali Sahab | |
| Pyar | V. M. Vyas | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Shyama, Yakub, Nawab, W. M. Khan, Kesari, Kumar | Romance Drama | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Pyaar Ki Manzil | Keki Mistry | Rehman, Munawwar Sultana, Gope, Jankidas, Kamal, Pratima Devi | Social | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi, Rajendra Krishan |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes/Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raj Mukut | P. Jairaj, Nimmi, Veena, Sapru, Baby Tabassum, Ram Singh | Costume Action | Music: Gobindram Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | ||
| Raj Rani | Satish Nigam | Social | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | ||
| Ram Darshan | Ramesh Gupta | Bharat Bhushan, Mridula Rani, Shashi Kapoor, Sheela Naik | Religious | Music: Shanker Rao Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta | |
| Rangila Musafir | A. Karim | Bhagwan, Usha Shukla, Babu Rao, Leela Pawar, Shanta Patel | Action | Music: Manohar Lyrics: A. Karim | |
| Rupaiya | G. P. Pawar | Om Prakash, Shashikala, Manmohan, Baby Naaz, Anwaribai, Mirajkar, Kamalkant | Social | Music: P. Ramakant Lyrics: Indeevar | |
| Sabak | Social | Music: A. R. Qureshi Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | |||
| Sachcha Pyaar | Niranjan | Social | Music: Harbans Lal Lyrics: Satyapal Sharma | ||
| Samadhi | Ramesh Saigal | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Kuldip Kaur, Mubarak, David, Sandhya, Shashi Kapoor, Shyam | Social Patriotic | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | |
| Sangeeta | Ramanlal Desai | Romance Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi | ||
| Sangram | Gyan Mukerjee | Social Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Vrajendra Gaur | ||
| Sargam | Musical | Music: C.Ramchandra Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi | |||
| Sartaj | S. Khalil | Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Shyama, Ansari, Manorama, Mirza Musharraf | Drama | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shewan Rizvi | |
| Sati Narmada | Ishwarlal, Sulochana Chatterjee, Jeevan, Umakant, Salvi, Babu Raje | Devotional | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Pandit Phani | ||
| Shaan | Suraiya, Rehman, David, Sapru, Manorama, Cuckoo, Amar, Pratima Devi | Social | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, Kaif Irfani | ||
| Shadi Ki Raat | Yashwant Pethkar | Geeta Bali, Rehman, Vijaylaxmi, Arun Kumar, Leela Mishra, Jankidas, Ansari, Shanta Kunwar | Drama | Music: Gobind Ram Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani | |
| Sheesh Mahal | Sohrab Modi | Sohrab Modi, Naseem Banu, Amarnath, Nigar Sultana, Pran, Mubarak, Leela Mishra, A. Shah | Family Drama | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi, Nazim Panipati | |
| Shri Ganesh Mahima | Mahipal, Meena Kumari, Amarnath, Mulchand, S. N. Tripathi, Dalpat | Devotional | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Ramesh Pandey | ||
| Shri Krishna Darshan | A. R. Sheikh | Usha Kiran, Anant Marathe, Durga Khote, Shakuntala | Devotional | Music: Sudhir Phadke Lyrics: Narendra Sharma | |
| Shri Ram Avtar | W. Garcher | Religious | Music: Indravadan Bhatt Lyrics: Pandit Shivraj | ||
| Surajmukhi | Social | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | |||
| Veer Babruwahan | Danabhai Bhatt | Mythological | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri | ||
| Veer Bhimsen | Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote, Ram Singh, Umakant, Vasantrao Pehalwan, Shakuntala | Mythological | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: B. P. Bhargav, Saraswati Kumar Deepak | ||
| Wafa | J. P. Advani | Karan Dewan, Nimmi, Yakub, Gope, I. S. Johar, Gulab, Shyam, Bipin Gupta | Romantic Drama | Music: Vinod, Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, D. N. Madhok, Aziz Kashmiri |