List of Hindi films of 1951 explained

A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1951:^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

1951

The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1951:^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Films

Rank	Title	Cast
1.	Awaara	Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis
2.	Baazi	Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Kalpana Kartik
3.	Albela	Bhagwan Dada, Geeta Bali
4.	Deedar	Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Ashok Kumar, Nimmi
5.	Jadoo	Nalini Jaywant, Suresh, Shyam Kumar
6.	Bahar	Vyjayanthimala, Karan Dewan, Pran, Pandari Bai
7.	Baadal	Madhubala, Prem Nath, Purnima
8.	Hum Log	Nutan, Balraj Sahni, Shyama
9.	Afsana	Ashok Kumar, Veena, Kuldip Kaur
10.	Nagina	Nasir Khan, Nutan, Bipin Gupta

A-B

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Music
25th July	Chitra Mitra	Chandravati, Pahari Sanyal, Raj Kumar	Social	Music: Nichiketa Ghosh Lyrics: B. M. Sharma
Aaram	D.D. Kashyap	Madhubala, Dev Anand, Prem Nath, Talat Mehmood, Durga Khote, Hiralal, Manmohan Krishna, Tabassum, Leela Mishra	Romance - 1 Girl & 3 Suitors	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, Prem Dhawan
Actor	Ramji Arya		Action Drama	Music: Aziz Hindi-Ibrahim Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi-Nazim Panipati
Adaa	D. C. Goel		Action Romance	Music: Madan Mohan Kohli Lyrics: Behzad Lakhnavi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Prem Dhawan
Afsana	B. R. Chopra		Crime Thriller Romance	Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Gafil Harnalvi, Asad Bhopali, Chander Oberoi, Saraswati Kumar Deepak
Albela	Bhagwan	Geeta Bali, Bhagwan, Sunder, Pratima Devi, Nihal, Maruti, Dulari, Badri Prasad	Drama Romance	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Amanat	Aravind Sen		Drama Social	Music: Salil Choudhary Lyrics: Shailendra
Andolan	Phani Mujumdar		National Social Drama	Freedom Fight including Gandhi & Patel Satygraha, Simon Commission and 1942 Quit India Agitation. Music: Pannalal Ghosh Lyrics: Indeevar, Niaz Haider, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Awaara	Raj Kapoor	Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Prithviraj Kapoor, Leela Chitnis, K. N. Singh, Shashi Kapoor	Crime Thriller/Romance	Music: Shankar–Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra
Azaadi Ke Baad	D. K. Chatterji	Meera Mishra, Asit Baran, Pannalal Ghosh, Tandon	Social Drama	Music: K. P. Sen Lyrics: M. Razi Banarsi
Baazi			Crime Thriller	Music: Sachin Dev Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Baadal	Amiya Chakravarty	Madhubala, Premnath, Purnima, Hiralal, Randhir, S. Nazir, Agha	Action Costume Romance	Based on Sherwood Forest Legend. Music: Shankar–Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra
Babla	Agradoot	Paresh Banerjee, Naren Bhattacharya, Nibhanani Devi, Jahar Ganguli, Prabhadevi, Pahari Sanyal, Sova Sen	Social	Robin Chatterjee
Bade Bhaiyya	Aspi Irani	Nirupa Roy, Suresh, Agha, Yakub, Husn Banu, Naaz, Habib	Family Drama	Music: Prem Nath Lyrics: Manohar Khanna
Bade Sahab	G. P. Pawar	Bhagwan, Leela Gupte, Baburao, Habib, Usha	Social	Music: Nissar Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Badi Bahu	S. Bhagat	Nimmi, Shekhar, Sulochana Chatterji, Shivraj, Chanda	Family Drama	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Prem Dhawan
Bahar			Romantic Drama	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Bedardi			Social	Music: Lyrics:
Bhai Ka Pyar	Raja Nene	Nalini Jaywant, Karan Dewan, Jagdish Sethi, Sunalini Devi	Family Drama	Music: Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: Mukhram Sharma
Bhola Shankar	Vishram Bedekar	Mahipal, Prem Adib, Vijaylaxmi, Bhagwan, Sadhna Bose, Sheela Naik	Mythology	Music: Snehal Bhatkar Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Bikhare Moti	S. N. Yusuf	Nigar Sultana, Kamini Kaushal, Jayant, Jeevan, Neelam, Ranjana	Social Drama	Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Akhtar ul Iman
Buzdil	Shahid Lateef		Social	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Shailendra, Kaifi Azmi

C-K

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Music
Damad	Brij Rani		Family	Music: Indravadan Bhatt, Ram Panjwani (3), Shyamu (1) Lyrics: Bahaar Ajmeri, Manohar Singh Sehrai (dialogues)
Daman		Ajit, Nigar Sultana, Pran, Yashodhara Katju, Agha, Hiralal	Family Drama	Music: K. Dutta Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Ehsan Rizvi (1), Rajendra Krishan (1), Anjum Jaipuri (1)
Dasavtaar			Mythological	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak (5), B. P. Bhargav (5), Munshi Sagar Hussain (2)
Deedar	Nitin Bose		Romantic drama	Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Deepak		Prithviraj Kapoor, Vijaylaxmi, Umesh Sharma, Sajjan, Kamal Mehra, Shanti Madhok	Social Drama	Music: Ram Ganguly Lyrics: Madhukar Rajasthani, Narendra Sharma (2)
Dholak		Ajit, Meena Shorey, Manmohan Krishna, Yashodhara Katju, Majnu, Shakuntala	Social Drama	Music: Shyam Sundar Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri
Dilbar	Raja Ram	Agha, Raja, Bibi, Tiwari, Leela Kumari, Siddiqui, Mumtaz		Music: Avinash Sufi Samaj Lyrics: S. A. Ghaffar
Do Sitare	D. D. Kashyap		Social Drama	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Ek Nazar		Nalini Jaywant, Karan Dewan, Kuldip Kaur, Rehman, Gope, Raj Mehra, Randhir	Romantic Drama	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Ek Tha Ladka	Room Sanware		Social	Music: Murari, Rajhans Kataria Lyrics: Ehsan Elahi (3), Rajesh Kumar (5), Kamal R.C. (2)
Ek Tha Raja	K. Ramnath	M. G. Ramachandran, Anjali Devi, Pandaribai, Madhavi Devi, S. V. Sahasraman	Costume Drama	Music: C. R. Subramaniam Lyrics: Sudarshan
For Ladies Only a.k.a. Titli	Bedi	Sadhana Bose, Kuldip Kaur, Rupa Verman, Kamal Mehra, Satish	Social	Music: Vinod Lyrics: Sohanlal Sahir, B. R. Sharma, Sahrai
Ghayal	Ramchandra Thakur	Geeta Bali, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sulochana Chatterjee, Jawahar Kaul, Yashwant Dave, Pesi Patel, Mirza Musharaf	Action Social	Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Manohar Khanna
Hamari Shaan	Balwant Bhatt		Family Drama	Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri, Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1)
Hanuman Patal Vijay		Meena Kumari, Mahipal, Amarnath, Niranjan Sharma, Dalpat, Bimla, Shanta Kanwar	Religious	Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics:
Hulchul	Shubh Karan Ojha		Family Social Drama	Music: Sajjad Hussain, Mohammed Shafi Niyazi Lyrics: Khumar Barabankvi
Humlog		Nutan, Balraj Sahni, Shyama, Sajjan, Kanhaiyalal, Durga Khote, Cuckoo, Ratan	Social	Music: Roshan Lyrics: Udhav Kumar, Vishwamitra Adil
Ishwar Bhakti	Gunjal	Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Shalini, Urvashi, Nand Kishore	Devotional	Music: Sonik, Giridhar Lyrics: Narendra Sharma
Jadoo			Crime Romance	Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Jai Mahakali			Religious	Music: Kumar Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Firoz Jalandhari
Jai Mahalaxmi		Shobhana Samarth, Mahipal, Usha Kiran, Arun, Nirmala, Tiwari, Ramsingh	Religious	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Mulkraj Bhakri, Saraswati Kumar Deepak, B. P. Bhargav
Jai Shankar	Ishwarlal	Ishwarlal, Ranjana, Shakuntala, Niranjan Sharma, Babu Raje, Kesari, Heera Sawant	Religious	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Ambikesh Kuntal
Jawani Ki Aag			Social	Music: G. A. Chisti Lyrics: Jameel Mazhari, G. A. Chishti
Johari	Niranjan	Amarnath, Geeta Bali, Manorama, Sunder, Cuckoo, Rajan Haksar	Social	Music: Harbans Lal Lyrics: Tejnath Zar
Kali Ghata			Romantce Drama	Music: Shanker-Jaikishen Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra
Kashmir	Rajendra Jolly		Social Drama	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani
Khazana		Nasir Khan, Madhubala, Gope, Om Prakash, Cuckoo, Raj Mehra, Ramesh Thakur	Social	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan

L-R

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Music
Lachak	M. R. Dharamsey	Geeta Bali, Amarnath, Kuldip Kaur, Agha, Ram Singh, Paro Devi	Social	Music: Motiram Lyrics: Sheikh Adam, Shreeram Vohra, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shakeel Badayuni
Laxmi Narayan			Religious	Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: B. D. Mishra, Ramesh Pandey
Lav Kush			Mythology	Music: Shanti Kumar Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak	Vishram Bedekar		Documentary	Music:
Madhosh			Social	Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Maldar	Amit Mitra		Social	Music: Satish Bhatia Lyrics: Pran
Malhar	Tara Harish	Shammi, Arjun, Sankatha Prasad, Prem, Moti Sagar, Kanhaiyalal, Sonalini Devi	Family Drama	Produced by Mukesh. Music: Roshan Lyrics: Indeevar, Kaif Irfani
Malati Madhav	M. Neelkanth	Durga Khote, Anant Marathe, Shakuntala, Balakram Kelkar	Social	Music: Sudhir Phadke Lyrics: Narendra Sharma
Mangla		Ranjan, P. Bhanumati, J Doraiswamy, Agha, David, B. S. Kale, Badri Prasad, Suryaprabha	Costume Drama	Music: M. D. Parthasarathy Lyrics:
Maya Machhindra			Biopic Devotional	Music: Premnath Lyrics: Manohar Khanna, Neelkanth Tiwari
Nadaan	Hira Singh	Dev Anand, Madhubala, Sunalini Devi, Madan Puri, Manmohan Krishna, Mubarak, Chaman Puri	Romantic Drama	Music: Chic Chocolate Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi
Nagina		Nasir Khan, Nutan, Gope, Mohana, Hiralal, Bipin Gupta, Goldstein, Shamlal	Suspense Romance	Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri
Nai Zindagi	Mohan Sinha	Nirupa Roy, Amarnath, Kuldip Kaur, Durga Khote, Ulhas, Shanta Kanwar, Narmada Shankar	Social	Music: Murari Sharma Lyrics:
Nakhare	Surya Kumar	Nasir Khan, Geeta Bali, Jeevan, David, Paro Devi, Heera Sawant	Romance Drama	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Tahir Lakhnavi
Nandkishore		Nalini Jaywant, Mahipal, Durga Khote, Lalita Pawar, Baburao Pendharker, Rajan	Devotional	Music: Snehal Bhatkar Lyrics: Narendra Sharma
Naujawan	Mahesh Kaul		Social	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Nazneen	N. K. Ziri	Madhubala, Nasir Khan, Jayant, Agha, Om Prakash, Cuckoo, Chanchal, Ram Avtar, Pratima Devi	Romantic Drama	Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Phoolon Ke Haar	G. P. Pawar	Nasir Khan, Geeta Bali, Nigar Sultana, Yashodhara Katju, Hiralal, Sunder, Madhav Kale	Drama	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Indeevar, D. N. Madhok
Pyar Ki Baaten	Akhtar Hussain		Social	Music: Bulo C. Rani, Khayyam Lyrics: Khawar Zaman, M. L. Khanna
Rajput		Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Kuldip Kaur, Sapru, Maruti, Randhir	Action Drama	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Indeevar, Asad Bhopali, Kaif Irfani
Ram Janma		Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Veera, Shobhana Samarth, Ramsingh	Religious	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta
Riding Hero	Chandrakant Gaur	Maruti, P. Kailash, Basant Malini, Bhim, Babu Raje	Action	Music: Indravardhan Bhatt Lyrics:

S-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Music
Saagar			Family Romance triangle	Music: S. K. Pal Lyrics: Narendra Sharma
Sabz Bagh	Aziz Kashmiri		Social Drama	Music: Vinod, Gulshan Sufi Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri
Sagai			Family Drama	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Saiyan			Romantic melodrama	Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan, D.N. Madhok, Hasrat Jaipuri (1)
Sanam	Nandlal Jaswantlal			Music: Husanlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Sansar			Social	Music: Parthasarthi, B. S. Kalla, Lyrics: Pandit Indra
Sarkar			Costume Action Drama	Music: Gobind Ram Lyrics:
Saudagar	M. I. Dharamsey	Nasir Khan, Rehana, K. N. Singh, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Bhudo Advani, Suraiya Choudhary	Social Drama	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi, Hasrat Jaipuri, Hanuman Prasad
Sazaa			Romantic melodrama	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, Sahir Ludhianvi (1)
Shabistan	B. Mitra		Costume Drama	Shyam died during the making of this film from a fall off a horseback. Music: Madan Mohan, C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Shagun	S. Arora	Sulochana Chatterji, Kamal Kapoor, Bhudo Advani, Wasti Ranjit Kumari		Music: Husnlal Bhagatram, Sardul Kwatra Lyrics: Mulkraj Bhakri
Shokian			Costume Action Drama	Music: Jamal Sen Lyrics: Kidar Sharma
Shri Ganesh Janma			Religious	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Shri Vishnu Bhagwan			Religious	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Mukhram Sharma
Shrikrishna Satyabhama		Shahu Modak, Purnima, Anant Marathe, Vasantrao Pahelwan, Nimbalkar	Religious	Music: K. Bhole Lyrics: Mukhram Sharma
Simba	Mohammed Hussain	Bimla, Raja Salim, Krishna Kumari, Baburao, Sheikh, Habib	Action Adventure	Music: D. C. Dutta Lyrics: Farooq Qaisar, Indeevar (2)
Stage	Vijay Mhatre	Dev Anand, Ramola, Kuldip Kaur, Mubarak, Cuckoo, Sunder, Ram Singh, Raj Mehra	Social Drama	Music: Sardar Malik Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani
Tarana		Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Shyama, Kumar, Jeevan, Gope, Gulab	Romantic Drama	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Kaif Irfani Prem Dhawan
Ustad Pedro			Action	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

External links

• Bollywood films of 1951 at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Year-1951. indiancine.ma. Indiancine.ma. 3 August 2015. Grid View.
2. Web site: Hindi Movies Released In 1951. ibaburao.com. iBaburao. 3 August 2015.
3. Web site: Hindi Movies of Year 1951. 10ka20.com. 10ka20.com. 3 August 2015. Hindi movie links.
4. Web site: Films 1951. gomolo.com. Gomolo. 3 August 2015.
5. Web site: 1951 Top Grossers. https://web.archive.org/web/20100102005532/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ. dead. 2010-01-02. 2019-01-01. boxofficeindia.
6. News: 63 Years of change. 3 August 2015. Indian Express. The Indian Express [P] Ltd.. 3 October 2014. Screen.
7. Book: J.K. Bajaj. On & Behind the Indian Cinema. https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2008-IA87. 3 August 2015. 26 March 2014. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. 978-93-5083-621-7. 2008–. 3-Year wise Popular Films with their main cast .
8. Web site: Box Office By Year-1951. muvyz.com. Muvyz, Ltd.. 3 August 2015.