An overview of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1950: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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 | S.K. Ojha | Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Kuldip Kaur, Cukoo, Jeevan, Neeaalam, Tiwari | Social Drama | Singers: Geeta Dutt, Meena Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi. Music: Husnlal Bhagatram, Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani, Rajendra Krishan, Asad Bhopali |
| Aahuti | Kulbhushan | Mumtaz Shanti, Shyama, Sapru, Ranjit, Kumari, Kesari, Cuckoo | Social | Music: D. C. Dutta Lyrics: Indeevar, Tandon |
| Aankhen | Devendra Goel | Bharat Bhushan, Nalini Jaywant, Yakub, Shekhar, Jeevan, Yashodhara Katju | 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 | Jaswant Jhaveri | Bhagwan, Usha, Lila Gupta, Baburao Pendharkar, Vasantrao Pehalwan | Action | Music: Ninu Mujumdar Lyrics: Indeevar, Buniyaad |
| Afsar | Chetan Anand | 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 | M. Sadiq | Meena Kumari, Karan Dewan, Madan Puri, Gope, Nirmala | Romance Drama | Music: Vinod Lyrics: D. N. Madhok |
| Arzoo | Shaheed Latif | Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Shashikala, Gope, Cuckoo, Sita Bose | Romantic Drama | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| Babooji | Bhagwan | Bhagwan, Munawwar Sultana, Leela Gupte, Amar, A. Shah, Jankidas | Action | Music: P. Ramakant Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi |
| Babul | S. U. Sunny | Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Munawwar Sultana, Tun Tun, Amar, A. Shah, Jankidas | Drama | Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni |
| Bahurani | S. M. Yusuf | Shekhar, Sulochana Chatteree, Kaushalya, Amar, Gope, Lalita Pawar, David, Yashodhara Katju, N. A. Ansari | 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 | Raj Kapoor, Nimmi, Lalita Pawar, Hiralal, Lalita Pawar, K. N. Singh, Rattan Kumar, Sunder | Social | Music: Krishna Dayal Lyrics: Gafil Harnalvi, Amar N. Khanna |
| Basera | Inayat | Ramola, Hiralal, Veena Kumari, Roop Mala, Chanda, Bhudo Advani | Social | Music: M. A. Rauf Lyrics: Sardar Ilham |
| Bawre Nain | Kidar Sharma | Raj Kapoor, Geeta Bali, Cuckoo, Vijayalaxmi, Jaswant, Pesi Patel, Majnu, Nazira | Romance | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kidar Sharma |
| Bebus | Bharat Bhushan, Purnima, Chandrashekhar, Cuckoo, W. M. Khan | Social | Music: Ganpat Rai Lyrics: Jalal Malihabadi, Salik Lakhnavi | |
| Beqasoor | K. Amarnath | Madhubala, Ajit, Yakub, Pramila, Geeta Nizami, Durga Khote, Gope | 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 | Ram Darayani | Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan, Nirupa Roy, Prem Abid, Gope, Jeevan, Gulab, Cuckoo | 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 | Gajanan Jagirdar | Dev Anand, Nargis, Om Prakash, Snehprabha, Jagirdar, Madan Puri | Romantic Drama | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani |
| Biwi | Kishore Sharma | Mumtaz Shanti, Veena, Ramlal, Al Nasir, Pran | Drama | Music: Aziz Hindi Lyrics: Nazim Panipati, Wali Sahab |
| Chhoti Bhabi | Shanti Kumar | Nargis, Shyama, Karan Dewan, Yakub, Suraiya Choudhary, Johar, Tabassum | 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 | V. Shantaram | Prithviraj Kapoor, Karan Dewan, Jayshree, Murad, Lalita Pawar, Ulhas, Mumtaz Begum | Social Drama | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi |
| Dastan | A. R. Kardar | Raj Kapoor, Suraiya, Veena, Al Nasir, Murad, Suresh, Pratima Devi, S. N. Banerjee | Romantic Melodrama | Music by Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni |
| Dilruba | Dwarka Khosla | 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 | Amiya Chakravarty | 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 | Nanabhai Bhatt | Meena Kumari, Umakant, Agha, Jankidas, Yashodhara Katju, Durga Khote, Ramesh Gupta, David | 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 | Madhubala, Motilal, Gope, Manorama, Mirza Musharaf, Jankidas | 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 | Jayant Desai | 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 | Prithviraj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Nalini Jaywant, Durga Khote, Premnath, P. Jairaj, David, Ulhas, Wasti, K. N. Singh | 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 | Fali Mistry | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Shyama, Jeevan, Mukri, Dulari, Amar, Sankatha | Romantic Drama | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni |
| Janmashtami | Nanabhai Bhatt | Bharat Bhushan, Shobhana Samarth, Kanta Kumari, Jeevan, Raj Kumar, Amirbai Karnataki | 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 | Kidar Nath Sharma | 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 | D.D. Kashyap | Suraiya, Amarnath, Shakuntala, Raj Mehra, Badri Prasad, Leela Mishra, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma | Social | Music: Shyam Sunder Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Khamosh Sipahi | Ram Kamlani | Nigar Sultana, Gope, Sohan, David | Action | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: D. N. Madhok |
| Khel | S. M. Nawab | Dev Anand, Nargis, Nigar Sultana, Murad, Neelam, Anwar Hussain | Social Drama | Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Jan Nisar Akhtar, Khawar Zaman, Sagar Nizami, Zia Sarhadi |
| Khiladi | R. C. Talwar | Ashok Kumar, Suraiya, Kumar, Indu, Aloke, E. Tarapore, Narmada Shankar, Sunder | Action Romance | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Naqshab, Rajendra Krishan |
| Kisi Ki Yaad | Chaturbhuj Doshi | 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 | Sohan, Rehana, Kuldip Kaur, Randhir, Iftekhar, Pran | 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 | Meena Kumari, P. Jairaj, Rehman, Nigar Sultana, Durga Khote, Mirza Musharraf, Jilloo | 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 | Nitin Bose | Ashok Kumar, Sumitra Devi, Ruma Devi, S. Nasir, Kanu Roy, Arun Kumar, Cuckoo, Nana Palsikar | Social | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep |
| Meena Bazaar | Ravindra Dave | Shyam, Nargis, Kuldip Kaur, Om Prakash, Gope, Sapru, Chandabai | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | |
| Meharbani | K. Amarnath | 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 | S. D. Narang | 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 | Wajahat Mirza | Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Shyama, Geeta Bali, Yakub, Durga Khote, K. N. Singh, S. M. Abbas, Mukri, Balam, Cuckoo, Kanhaiyalal | Social Drama | Music: Khurshid Anwar Nakshab Jarchvi |
| Pagle | Protima Das Gupta | Gajanan Jagirdar, Begam Para, Agha, Krishna Kumar, Cuckoo, David, Pratima Devi, Mubarak | 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 | Bimal Roy | Smriti Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Paul Mahendra, Jahar Roy, Hiralal, Asit Sen | Social | Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: Prakash |
| Putli | Wali | Mumtaz Shanti, Yakub, Pran, Husn Banu, Cuckoo | 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 | Nanubhai Vakil | P. Jairaj, Nimmi, Veena, Sapru, Baby Tabassum, Ram Singh | Costume Action | Music: Gobindram Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
| Raj Rani | Satish Nigam | Rehman, Usha Kiran, Meena, Shashikala, Sohan, Cuckoo | 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 | M. Sadiq | Karan Dewan, Munawwar Sultana, Shyama, Om Prakash, Kumar, Gajanan Jagirdar, Jilloo | Social | Music: A. R. Qureshi Lyrics: D. N. Madhok |
| Sachcha Pyaar | Niranjan | Majnu, Kanta Kumari, Rajan Haksar, Manorama, Cuckoo | 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 | Shyam, Suraiya, Nigar Sultana, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Ali, Pran | Romance Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi |
| Sangram | Gyan Mukerjee | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Sajjan, Tiwari, Nawab, Samson, Baby Tabassum | Social Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Vrajendra Gaur |
| Sargam | P. L. Santoshi | Raj Kapoor, Rehana, Om Prakash, Mumtaz Ali, Vijayalaxmi, Radhakrishan, Paro Devi, Rattan Kumar, Chandabai, David, Tabassum | 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 | Ishwarlal, Sulochana Chatterjee, Jeevan, Umakant, Salvi, Babu Raje | Devotional | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Pandit Phani |
| Shaan | Jayant Desai | 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 | Homi Wadia | 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 | Shahu Modak, Amarnath, Ratanmala, Asha Rani, Leela Mishra | Religious | Music: Indravadan Bhatt Lyrics: Pandit Shivraj |
| Surajmukhi | O. P. Dutta | Shyam, Rehana, Gope, Mukri, Durga Khote, Yashodhara Katju, Randhir, Cuckoo | Social | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Veer Babruwahan | Danabhai Bhatt | Amarnath, Mridula, S. N. Tripathi, Shashi Kapoor, Umakant, Jankidas, B. M. Vyas | Mythological | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri |
| Veer Bhimsen | Jayant Desai | 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 |
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