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.
The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1952:[1] [2]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aan | Mehboob Khan | Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nimmi, Nadira, Murad, Cuckoo, Sheela Nayak, Mukri, Amir Bano | Swashbuckling Musical Romance | ||
| Aandhiyan | Romance Drama | Music: Ali Akbar Khan Lyrics: Narendra Sharma | |||
| Aasmaan | D. M. Pancholi | Family Drama | Music: O. P. Nayyar Lyrics: Prem Dhawan | ||
| Ajeeb Ladki | Mohammed Ehsan | Naseem Banu, Rehman, Shashikala, Cuckoo, Agha, Jayant, Shyam Kumar | Social | Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |
| Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag | Mahipal, Meena Kumari, B. M. Vyas, S. N. Tripathi, W. M. Khan, Jilloo, Vasantrao Pahelwan | Costume Fantasy | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Shyam Hindi | ||
| Amber | Romance Drama | Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics:Shakeel Badayuni | |||
| Anmol Sahara | Amar Dutt | Jayshree, Ameeta, Krishna Kumari, Raj Kumar, Geeta, Nilima | Social | Music: Santosh Mukherjee Lyrics: B. M. Sharma | |
| Anand Math | Patriotic Historical | Music: Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya, Jayadeva | |||
| Anhonee | Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Achala Sachdev, Om Prakash, Agha, David, Jankidas, Shaukat Hashmi | Social Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Ali Sardar Jafri | ||
| Anjaam | Shanti Kumar | Social Drama | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | ||
| Annadata | Ismail Memon | Ajit, Veena, Sheikh Mukhtar, Murad, Neena Maker, Mukri, Kanhaiyalal, N. A. Ansari | Social | Music: Mohammed Shafi Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri, Hasrat Jaipuri, Ali Sardar Jafri | |
| Apni Izzat | Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Yakub, Sulochana Chatterji, Gope, Yashodhara Katju, Agha, Raj Mehra | Family Drama | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Varma Malik | ||
| Ashiana | B. Trilochan | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Master Rattan, Mohana, Randhir | Romance, Supernatural | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | |
| Badnam | D. D. Kashyap | Melodrama | Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra | ||
| Baghdad | Fantasy | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | |||
| Bahu Beti | S. L. Dheer | Geeta Bali, Amarnath, Jaswant, Vijayalaxmi, Leela Mishra, Rashid Khan, S. Nazir | Family Drama | Music: S. D. Batish Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi | |
| Baiju Bawra | Legend Romance Musical | Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |||
| Betaab | Harbans Singh | Naseem Banu, Geeta Bali, Ashok Kumar, Motilal, Murad, Kumar, Kamal | Social Drama | Music: S. D. Batish Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Roopbani, Kaif Irfani | |
| Bewafa | M. L. Anand | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Ashok Kumar, Bhudo Advani, Neelam, Siddiqi | Romance Drama | Music: A. R. Qureshi Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani | |
| Bhakta Puran | Devotional | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Ramesh Chandra Pandey, Gopal Singh Nepali | |||
| Bhule Bhatke | Brij Mohan | Bhagwan, Shyama, Dulari, Baburao Pendharkar, Leela Gupte, Habib, Nihal | Action | Music: Manohar Lyrics: Shams Azimabadi |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamkee | Social | Music: Manna Dey Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep | |||
| Chhatrapati Shivaji | Prithviraj Kapoor, Ranjana, Vanmala, Baburao Pendharkar, Vasantrao Pahelwan, Gajanan Jagirdar, Ratnamala, Lalita Pawar | Biopic | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Shailendra | ||
| Chhoti Maa | Hemchunder | Meera Misra, Pahari Sanyal, Asit Baran, Molina, Shakoor, Manorama, Hiralal | Family Drama | Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: P. Bhushan, B. M. Sharma | |
| Daag | Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran, Kanhaiyalal, Chandrashekhar, Leela Mishra, Lalita Pawar, Jawahar Kaul | Social Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri | ||
| Dahej | V, Shantaram | Prithviraj Kapoor, Karan Dewan | Drama | ||
| Devyani | Vasant Painter | Mahipal, Sapru, Minaxi, Baburao Pendharkar, Shakuntala | Fantasy | Music: Purushottam Lyrics: Manohar Khanna | |
| Diwana | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |||
| Do Raha | Bal Chhabra | Shekhar, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Murad, K. N. Singh, Pratima Devi, Jagdish Sethi | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi, Prem Dhawan | |
| Draupadi Vastraharan | W. Garcher | Mythological | Music: Shanker Rao Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Pandit Shivraj | ||
| Ghungroo | Hiren Bose | Om Prakash, Sumitra Devi, Kuldip Kaur, Murad, K. N. Singh, Badri Prasad | Social | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | |
| Goonj | Suresh, Suraiya, Bhagwan, Sapru, Madan Puri, Manju, Randhir | Music: Sardul Kwatra Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Verma Malik | |||
| Hamari Duniya | Sushil Sahu | Bharat Bhushan, Kishore Sahu, Asha Mathur, Kuldip Kaur, Om Prakash, Jankidas, Menaka Devi, Hiralal | Social | Music: S. B. Pathak Lyrics: Indeevar, Hasrat Jaipuri | |
| Hangama | Ram Kamlani | Social Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | ||
| Hyderabad Ki Nazneen | Costume | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Noor Lakhnavi | |||
| Indrasen | Raja Nene | Mythological | Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta, Neelkanth Tiwari | ||
| Insaan | Prithviraj Kapoor, Ragini, Kamal Kapoor, Cuckoo, Roopmala, Kanhaiyalal, K. N. Singh, Raj Kumar | Social | Music: B. N. Bali Lyrics: Sajan Bihari, Balwant Kapoor | ||
| Izzat | Taimur Bahramshah | Nirupa Roy, Amarnath, Manorama, Agha, Jeevan, Pesi Patel | Social Drama | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | |
| Jaal | Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Johnny Walker, Rashid Khan, K. N. Singh, Purnima, Krishna Kumari | Romance Suspense | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | ||
| Jaggu | Social | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Naqsh Lyallpuri, Asad Bhopali, Verma Malik, A. Shah Shikarpuri, Bharat Vyas | |||
| Jalpari | Fantasy | Music: Gobindram Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | |||
| Jeet Kiski | Shalini, Rajan, Baburao Pendharkar, Salvi | Social | Music: Datta Devjekar |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kafila | Arvind Sen | 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 | 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 | 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 | Suraiya, Ajit, Pran, Jeevan, Veera, Baby Tabassum, Rattan Kumar, Roopmala | Costume Drama | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Asad Bhopali, Prem Dhawan | ||
| Mr. Sampat | 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 | Social | Music: Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi | ||
| Nanhe Munne | 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 | 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 | Action Costume | Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, S. H. Bihari, Hasrat Jaipuri | |||
| Parbat | Premnath, Nutan, Purnima, Shobhana Samarth, K. N. Singh, Ulhas, Raj Mehra | Social | Music: Shanker Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri | ||
| Parchhain | Sandhya, V. Shantaram, Jayshree, Asit Baran, Lalita Pawar, Ulhas, Wasti, Saroj Khan, Nimabalkar | Romantic Melodrama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Noor Lakhnavi | ||
| Poonam | Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri | |||
| Raag Rang | Digvijay | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kaif Irfani, Prakash Bakshi | |||
| Raja Harishchandra | Raman B. Desai | 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 | Social | Music: Chic Chocolate Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | ||
| Rani | Anoop Kumar, P. Bhanumati, Raja, Wahab Kashmiri | Costume Drama | Music: D. C. Dutt Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil, J. S. Kashyap | ||
| Ratnadeep | 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 | Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Sunder, Sapru, Naaz, Achala Sachdev, Ramesh Thakur, Jagdish | Social | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Prem Dhawan |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saloni | J. P. Advani | Social | Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Arjun Dev Ashq, Aziz Kashmiri, Hasrat Jaipuri | ||
| Sandesh | Bal Gajbar | Social | Music: S. Purushottam Lyrics: | ||
| Sangdil | R. C. Talwar | Romantce Drama | Debut film of Dara Singh. Adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | ||
| Sanskar | V. M. Vyas | Social Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra | ||
| Sapna | Drama | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | |||
| Saqi | 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 | Action Comedy | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: P. L. Santoshi | |||
| Shisham | 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 | Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Vasantrao Pahelwan | Religious | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Munshi Sagar Hussain | ||
| Shrimati Ji | 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 | Ranjan, Nirupa Roy, Bhagwan, Yashodhara Katju, Jayant, Shakila, Pran, Samson | Fantasy Action | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri | ||
| Tamasha | 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 | 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 | Mythology | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Pandit Indra | ||
| Vidyasagar | K. P. Ghose | Biopic | Music: Umapati Seel Lyrics: Madhur, Manohar Khanna (1) | ||
| Vishwamitra | 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: |