List of Hindi films of 2008

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This is a list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 2008. [1]

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Highest-grossing films

No.TitleProduction companyGross
1 Ghajini Geetha Arts 232 crore (US$53.33 million)
2 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Yash Raj Films 157 crore (US$36.09 million)
3 Singh Is Kinng Reliance Entertainment 136 crore (US$31.26 million)
4 Jodhaa Akbar Ashutosh Gowariker Productions120 crore (US$27.58 million)
5 Race Tips Industries 106 crore (US$24.37 million)
6 Golmaal Returns Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision 95 crore (US$21.84 million)
7 Dostana Dharma Productions 87 crore (US$20 million)
8 Bachna Ae Haseeno Yash Raj Films79 crore (US$18.16 million)
9 Bhoothnath B. R. Films70 crore (US$16.09 million)
10 Sarkar Raj Balaji Motion Pictures 63 crore (US$14.48 million)

List of released films

January–March

OpeningTitleDirectorCastGenreStudio
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4 Humne Jeena Seekh Liya Milind UkeySiddharth Chandekar, Mrunmayi Deshpande Comedy
11 Halla Bol Rajkumar Santoshi Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Tushar Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur, Sana Khan, Jackie Shroff, Aarti Chabria Social
My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves Eeshwar Nivas Nikhil Dwivedi, Amrita Rao, Vishal O Sharma, Mithun Chakraborty, Lillete Dubey, Jawed Sheikh Crime, Drama
18 Bombay to Bangkok Nagesh Kukunoor Shreyas Talpade, Lena Christensen, Naseeruddin Shah Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tulsi K. Ajay Kumar Irrfan Khan, Manisha Koirala, Arzoo Govitrikar Drama
25 Sunday Rohit Shetty Ajay Devgn, Ayesha Takia, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Murli Sharma,Anjana Sukhani Action, Comedy Eros International, Big Screen Entertainment
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1 Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaa? S. Chandrakaant Rajpal Yadav, Neha Dhupia, Ashish Chaudhary, Amrita Arora, Anupam Kher, Rati Agnihotri, Alan Kapoor Comedy
8 Superstar Rohit Jugraj Kunal Khemu, Tulip Joshi, Aman Verma, Aushima Sawhney, Reema Lagoo, Sharat Saxena Drama Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision
15 Jodhaa Akbar Ashutosh Gowariker Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Ila Arun History, Romance UTV Motion Pictures, Ashutosh Gowariker Productions
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7 Black & White Subhash Ghai Anil Kapoor, Anurag Sinha, Shefali Chhaya, Aditi Sharma, Anurag Singh Social, Drama, History Mukta Searchlight Films
21 Race Abbas–Mustan Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Akshaye Khanna, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy Crime, Thriller Tips Industries
28 One Two Three Ashwni Dhir Tusshar Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty, Esha Deol, Sameera Reddy, Upen Patel, Neetu Chandra, Tanishaa Mukerji, Murli Sharma, Ashwin Mushran Comedy, Drama Eros International, Big Screen Entertainment

April–June

OpeningTitleDirectorCastGenreStudio
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4 Shaurya Samar Khan Kay Kay Menon, Rahul Bose, Minissha Lamba, Shah Rukh Khan, Amrita Rao, Javed Jaffrey Drama
Bhram Pavan Kaul Dino Morea, Deepshikha Nagpal, Milind Soman, Sheetal Menon, Karan Singh Grover, Chetan Hansraj Thriller
11 Krazzy 4 Jaideep Sen Juhi Chawla, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Suresh Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Dia Mirza, Mukesh Rishi, Rajat Kapoor Comedy FilmKraft Productions
U Me Aur Hum Ajay Devgn Ajay Devgn, Kajol, Aditya Singh Rajput, Karan Khanna, Isha Sharvani, Hazel Crowney, Sumeet Raghavan, Divya Dutta Romance Eros International, Devgan Films
Pehli Nazar Ka Pyaar Arshad KhanArbaaz Ali Khan, Vikas Anand, Rahul, Dinesh Hingoo, Tej Sapru Romance
25 Sirf Rajaatesh Nayar Kay Kay Menon, Manisha Koirala, Ranvir Shorey, Parvin Dabas, Sonali Kulkarni Drama, Romance
Tashan Vijay Krishna Acharya Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa, Rajesh Jais Action, Romance Yash Raj Films
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2 Mr. Black Mr. White Deepak Shivdasani Sunil Shetty, Sandhya Mridul, Arshad Warsi, Sharat Saxena, Tania Zaetta, Rashmi Nigam Comedy
Anamika Anant Mahadevan Dino Morea, Minissha Lamba, Koena Mitra, Aarti Chabria, Gulshan Grover Thriller
9 Jimmy Raj N. Sippy Mimoh Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Vikas Anand Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller, Romance
Bhoothnath Vivek Sharma Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Shah Rukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah, Ashish Chaudhary, Nauheed Cyrusi, Shaana Diya Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Eros International, Indian Films, B.R. Films
16 Jannat Kunal Deshmukh Emraan Hashmi, Vishal Malhotra, Sonal Chauhan, Sameer Kochhar, Javed Shaikh Drama, Romance Percept Picture Company, Vishesh Films
23 Dhoom Dadakka Shashi Ranjan Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover, Satish Kaushik, Satish Shah Comedy
Don Muthu Swami Ashim Samanta Hrishita Bhatt, Mithun Chakraborty, Shakti Kapoor, Rohit Roy Comedy
Ghatothkach Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Fantasy
30 Woodstock Villa Hansal Mehta Sikandar Kher, Neha Oberoi, Gaurav Gera, Arbaaz Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Sachin Khedekar, Boman Irani, Anupama Verma Thriller
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6 Aamir Rajkumar Gupta Rajeev Khandelwal, Gajraj Rao, Rohitash Gaud, Sudipto Balav, Vikas Bahl, Uday Sabnis Drama, Thriller UTV Spotboy
Sarkar Raj Ram Gopal Verma Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Supriya Pathak, Tanishaa Mukerji, Ravi Kale Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller Adlabs, Raksha Entertainment, K Sera Sera, Z Picture Company
13 Mere Baap Pehle Aap Priyadarshan Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Genelia D'Souza, Arzoo Govitrikar, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav Comedy
Summer 2007 Suhail Tatari Sikandar Kher, Gul Panag, Neetu Chandra, Susan Brar, Uvika Choudhary Drama
20 De Taali Eeshwar Nivas Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Ayesha Takia, Rimi Sen, Mukul Dev, Neha Dhupia, Anupam Kher, Anjana Sukhani Comedy, Romance
Haal-e-Dil Anil Devgan Ajay Devgn, Kajol, Naseer Abdullah, Amita Pathak, Mukesh Tiwari, Nakuul Mehta, Adhyayan Suman Drama, Romance Eros International, Big Screen Entertainment
27 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Kunal Kohli Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Sharat Saxena, Ameesha Patel, Rishi Kapoor Drama, Romance, Fantasy Yash Raj Films, Kunal Kohli Productions
Thodi Life Thoda Magic Vinayak Rajesh Jackie Shroff, Anita Raj, Parmeet Sethi, Paresh Rawal, Arbaaz Khan Drama
Via Darjeeling Arindam Nandy Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Sandhya Mridul, Rajat Kapoor Drama, Mystery, Thriller

July–September

OpeningTitleDirectorCastGenreStudio
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4 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Abbas Tyrewala Imran Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Prateik Babbar, Murali Sharma, Ratna Pathak, Shakun Batra, Ayaz Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Manjari Fadnis, Arbaaz Khan, Rajat Kapoor, Sugandha Garg, Sohail Khan Romance, Comedy, Drama Aamir Khan Productions, PVR Pictures
Love Story 2050 Harry Baweja Dalip Tahil, Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja, Boman Irani Drama, Musical, Romance
11 Mehbooba Afzal Khan Ajay Devgn, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Dutt, Asrani, Kader Khan, Annu Kapoor Romance Adlabs, Shabbo Arts
18 Kismat Konnection Aziz Mirza Shahid Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Shah Rukh Khan, Om Puri, Juhi Chawla, Amit Varma, Boman Irani, Karanvir Bohra, Hyder Ali, Vishal Malhotra, Himani Shivpuri Comedy, Drama, Romance Tips Industries
Contract Ram Gopal Varma Adhvik Mahajan, Sakshi Gulati, Kishor Kadam, Sumeet Nijhawan Thriller, Spy
25 Mission Istaanbul Apoorva Lakhia Vivek Oberoi, Shweta Bhardwaj, Abhishek Bachchan, Shriya Saran, Suniel Shetty, Zayed Khan, Nikitin Dheer, Shabbir Ahluwalia Adventure
Money Hai Toh Honey Hai Ganesh Acharya Govinda, Aftab Shivdasani, Upen Patel, Manoj Bajpayee, Hansika Motwani, Celina Jaitly, Kim Sharma, Priyanka Sharma Comedy, Drama, Romance Eros International, Big Screen Entertainment
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1 Ugly Aur Pagli Sachin Khot Ranvir Shorey, Mallika Sherawat, Vishal Malhotra, Payal Rohatgi, Tinnu Anand, Gaurav Kapur, Sapna Bhavnani, Zeenat Aman Comedy
8 Good Luck! Aditya Datt Aryeman, Sayali Bhagat, Ranvir Shorey, Lucky Ali, Archana Puran Singh, Mushtaq Khan, Nazneen Patel Comedy, Drama
Singh Is Kinng Anees Bazmee Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey, Kiron Kher, Ranvir Shorey Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance Indian Films, Big Pictures, Hari Om Entertainment, Blockbuster Movie Entertainers
15 Bachna Ae Haseeno Siddharth Anand Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Minissha Lamba, Kunal Kapoor Romance, Comedy, Drama Yash Raj Films
God Tussi Great Ho Rumi Jaffery Sohail Khan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Dalip Tahil, Anupam Kher Comedy, Romance Big Pictures, Shabbo Arts
22 Phoonk Ram Gopal Varma Amruta Khanvilkar, Ahsaas Channa, Kenny Desai, Ashwini Kalsekar Horror
Mumbai Meri Jaan Nishikanth Kamat Kay Kay Menon, Soha Ali Khan, Nishikant Kamat, Paresh Rawal, R. Madhavan Drama UTV Motion Pictures
Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam Sanjay Chhel Rahul Bose, Mallika Sherawat, Kay Kay Menon, Paresh Rawal Comedy
29 Rock On!! Abhishek Kapoor Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, Prachi Desai, Luke Kenny, Purab Kohli, Koel Purie, Shahana Goswami, Nicolette Bird Drama, Romance, Musical Big Pictures, Excel Entertainment
C Kkompany Sachin Yardi Tusshar Kapoor, Raima Sen, Karan Johar, Rajpal Yadav, Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt Comedy
Chamku Kabeer Kaushik Priyanka Chopra, Bobby Deol, Danny Denzongpa, Deepal Shaw, Irrfan Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Rajpal Yadav Musical, Romance, Thriller
Mukhbiir Mani Shankar Jackie Shroff, Om Puri, Sunil Shetty, Rahul Dev, Sameer Dattani, Raima Sen, Sushant Singh Thriller
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5 A Wednesday! Neeraj Pandey Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepal Shaw Drama, Thriller UTV Motion Pictures, Friday Filmworks, Anjum Rizvi Film Co.
Tahaan Santosh Sivan Rahul Bose, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Rahul Khanna, Sarika, Anupam Kher Adventure, Drama
12 1920 Vikram Bhatt Rajneesh Duggal, Adah Sharma, Vipin Sharma, Indraneil Sengupta Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller ASA Productions and Enterprises
The Last Lear Rituparno Ghosh Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah, Jisshu Sengupta Biography, Drama
19 Welcome to Sajjanpur Shyam Benegal Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Kunal Kapoor, Ravi Kishan, Yashpal Sharma Comedy, Drama UTV Spotboy, Bindass
Saas Bahu Aur Sensex Shona Urvashi Tanushree Dutta, Ankur Khanna, Kiron Kher, Farooq Sheikh Comedy Warner Bros. Pictures, PLA Entertainment
26 Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors Lucky Kohli & Rajesh Bajaj Sarika, Zain Khan, Sweeny Khara, Aditya Kapadia, Saurabh Shukla, Vijay Raaz, Jackie Shroff, Lillete Dubey, Shamita Shetty Comedy Mirchi Movies

October–December

OpeningTitleDirectorCastGenreStudio
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2 Kidnap Sanjay Gadhvi Sanjay Dutt, Minissha Lamba, Imran Khan, Vidya Malvade, Rahul Dev, Reema Lagoo, Ankita Makwana, Sophie Choudry, Raj Zutshi, Sonia Kapoor Crime, Thriller Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, Indian Films
Drona Goldie Behl Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon, Ali Haji, Shahid Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan Superhero, Action, Adventure, Fantasy Eros International, Rose Movies
10 Hello Atul Agnihotri Sharat Saxena, Arbaaz Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sohail Khan, Sharman Joshi, Amrita Arora, Gul Panag, Isha Koppikar, Salman Khan Drama, Romance Percept Picture Company, Columbia Pictures, Mirah Entertainment, Funky Buddha Media, Reel Life Production
17 Karzzzz Satish Kaushik Himesh Reshammiya, Benjamin Schoefer, Urmila Matondkar, Dino Morea, Gulshan Grover Action, Romance, Drama T-Series Films
24 Heroes Samir Karnik Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Mithun Chakraborty, Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Sohail Khan, Vatsal Sheth, Amrita Arora, Dino Morea, Riya Sen Drama Eros International, Mega Bollywood, Future Picture Company
Roadside Romeo Jugal Hansraj Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Javed Jaffrey, Suresh Menon, Kiku Sharda Animation, Family, Romance Yash Raj Films, Walt Disney Pictures
29 Golmaal Returns Rohit Shetty Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Arora, Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitly, Tusshar Kapoor, Anjana Sukhani Comedy Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, Indian Films
Fashion Madhur Bhandarkar Ranvir Shorey, Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Kangana Ranaut, Arbaaz Khan, Mugdha Godse, Arjan Bajwa, Ashwin Mushran, Samir Soni, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rohit Roy, Raj Babbar, Harsh Chhaya, Kiran Juneja, Humayun Saeed, Zac Efron Drama, Romance UTV Motion Pictures, Bhandarkar Entertainment
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7 EMI - Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega Saurabh Kabra Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Urmila Matondkar, Malaika Arora, Ashish Chaudhary, Neha Oberoi, Manoj Joshi Comedy, Social
Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi Kaushik Ghatak Isha Koppikar, Sonu Sood, Vishal Malhotra, Alok Nath Drama Rajshri Productions
Dasvidaniya Shashant Shah Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Rajat Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance One More Thought Entertainment, YT Entertainment, Lemontea Productions, Sikhya Entertainment
14 Dostana Tarun Mansukhani Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Bobby Deol, Kirron Kher Comedy Dharma Productions
Deshdrohi Jagdish A. Sharma Kamaal Rashid Khan, Krishna Abhishek, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Gracy Singh, Zulfi Syed Politics
21 Yuvvraaj Subhash Ghai Anil Kapoor, Amy Maghera, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif, Boman Irani, Javed Sheikh, Mithun Chakraborty Musical, Drama, Romance, Family
28 Gumnaam – The Mystery Neeraj Pathak Mahima Chaudhry, Dino Morea, Suman Ranganathan, Irrfan Khan Thriller, Mystery
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Dibakar Banerjee Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Paresh Rawal, Manu Rishi, Richa Chadda, Archana Puran Singh Comedy, Drama UTV Motion Pictures
Sorry Bhai! Onir Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Sanjay Suri, Sharman Joshi, Chitrangada Singh Romance
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5 Maharathi Shivam Nair Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Om Puri, Boman Irani, Tara Sharma Thriller Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision
Dil Kabaddi Anil Sharma (Senior) Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi Comedy, Romance Indian Films, Studio 18, Parmahans Creations
Meerabai Not Out Chandrakant Kulkarni Mahesh Manjrekar, Mandira Bedi, Eijaz Khan, Anupam Kher Drama Columbia Pictures, Pritish Nandy Communications, DQ Entertainment
Oh, My God [2] Saurabh Shrivastava Vinay Pathak, Saurabh Shukla, Divya Dutta, Gaurav Gera, Harsh Chhaya Comedy
12 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Aditya Chopra Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Kajol, Bipasha Basu, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta, Vinay Pathak, Isha Koppikar, Rani Mukherjee, Manmeet Singh, Richa Pallod, M. K. Raina Comedy, Drama, Romance Yash Raj Films
19 Wafaa Rakesh Sawant Rajesh Khanna, Laila Khan, Shahib Chopra, Diya Hayat, Tinnu Anand, Sudesh Berry Romance, Drama, Romance
25 Ghajini A. R. Murugadoss Aamir Khan, Asin, Khalid Siddiqui, Jiah Khan, Riyaz Khan, Sunil Grover, Tinnu Anand, Pradeep Rawat Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller Geetha Arts
Jumbo Kompin Kemgumnird Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Amar Babaria, Dimple Kapadia, Rajpal Yadav, Gulshan Grover Animation Percept Picture Company

Notes

  1. "Bollywood Box Office: Top Grossers in INDIA for 2008". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. "Review: Oh My God!!". www.rediff.com.

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