Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1981
This list is as per the film's performance money wise at the box office in the particular year.
The order is as per revenue collected.
There are some years in which films which are regarded as classics post their release or have developed cult following among public over the years, have become box office flop at the time of their release.
The first 37 were superhits and rest films in this list below were declared as box office flops in India and in few as average grossers and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits.
Maan Gaye Ustad , Barsat Ki Ek Raat, Waqt Ki Deewar and Wardat are not regarded as classics
The order is as per revenue collected.
There are some years in which films which are regarded as classics post their release or have developed cult following among public over the years, have become box office flop at the time of their release.
The first 37 were superhits and rest films in this list below were declared as box office flops in India and in few as average grossers and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits.
Maan Gaye Ustad , Barsat Ki Ek Raat, Waqt Ki Deewar and Wardat are not regarded as classics
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- DirectorManoj KumarStarsDilip KumarManoj KumarShashi KapoorThe story of India's freedom struggle between the years 1825 and 1875.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanRakhee GulzarA man, abandoned as a baby and forced to live as an orphan, is unknowingly employed by his biological father.
- DirectorChetan AnandStarsRajesh KhannaRaaj KumarHema MaliniChandramukhi visits Shimla and learns that she is a reincarnation of Paro, a girl who was raped and murdered. Plagued by her dark past, she attempts to bring the culprits to justice.
- DirectorS.V. Rajendra Singh BabuStarsJeetendraHema MaliniOm ShivpuriSushil Kumar lives a middle-class lifestyle in Riksapur in the District of Bhagalpur, located in a country called Mundustan, along with his widowed mom, Kamini, an unmarried sister, Shobha, and his pregnant wife, Sunita. Shobha falls in love with a wealthy man named Kumar, introduces him to her family, gets their approval and gets married. Shortly thereafter she disappears, and the Kumar family realize that Shobha has been abducted by her husband, who belongs to a gang of of women-kidnappers. Sushil is determined to find her whereabouts, gets a job with the Police as a Sub-Inspector, does his work honestly and diligently and is publicly honored. Thereafter he is assigned by CBI Officer Sangram Singh to a secret mission to locate and apprehend smugglers, thieves, and women abductors, which can only be done after he dons the guise of jailed gangster Kanwar Lal, his look-alike. Sushil accepts this assignment in the hopes of being re-united with his sister - not knowing that he is putting not only his very own life but also the lives of Sunita and Kamini in serious danger.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsKamal HaasanRati AgnihotriMadhaviThe cross-cultural romance between Vaasu and Sapna meets heavy opposition from their family, who vow to stop their union at any cost. As the star-crossed lovers forbidden love ensues, nothing will prepare them for their tragic destiny.
- DirectorRajendra Kumar TuliRahul RawailStarsKumar GauravVijayata PanditDanny DenzongpaVijay is a wealthy Builder who loves Suman while Ram a civil engineer also loves Suman who were college friends,Vijay gets jealous of Ram and Suman's friendship and leaves her marrying another women while Ram marries Suman.Ram and Suman give birth to a girl Pinky while Vijay's wife passes away after giving birth to Bunty,years later Bunty and Pinky meet each other and are complete strangers and get in tiff .Bunty elopes from house when Vijay wants him to become a Builder rather then a Pilot,while Pinky elopes as her parents want her to get married they meet again but Hawaldar Sher Singh is assigned the task of arresting them.Bunty and Pinky fall in love with each other during the time and go to a remote village and live happily away from everyone but their happiness is short lived.
- DirectorAnil HingoraniArjun HingoraniStarsDharmendraRishi KapoorZeenat AmanA wealthy woman faces trauma when her husband is killed, and both her young sons abducted. She spends years looking for them, until one day she comes across a young man named Munna, who is wearing a family heirloom around his neck. She accepts him as her son, and takes him to live with her in her palatial house. Then she comes across another young man, Ajit, and accepts him as her elder son. Satisfied that she has both her sons back, she shows Ajit her priceless treasures, which are kept in a vault, and the combination to open the vault. What this lady does not know that neither of these young men are her sons, and their presence in her house is merely to loot the treasure from the vault.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsAmitabh BachchanShatrughan SinhaRishi KapoorA lottery ticket changes the lives of four friends.
- DirectorSurendra MohanStarsRajesh KhannaReena RoyRakesh RoshanVijay Kumar Saxena is a rich playboy who cares about nothing he falls in love with Asha Nath who she ignore as she is in love with Anil due to an accident committed by Anil Vijay lost his eyesight and needs eyes donation to see again Anil dies and donating his eyes to Vijay who after that shows tremendous change in his behaviour and way of life but will he be able to live his new life forever? will he be able to win Asha hurt especially after she knew about Anil donation?
- DirectorRakesh KumarStarsAmitabh BachchanNeetu SinghTanuja SamarthBishan loses his fortune while helping his friend Kishan in his singing career. Now successful, would Kishan return the favour?
- DirectorAmbrish SangalStarsRajesh KhannaHema MaliniPoonam DhillonProsecuting Attorney Seema proceeds with the criminal prosecution of Deepak Srivastav, who is accused of Murder. She submits to the Judge to not be fooled by the innocent looks and the silence of the accused, as she will prove that the accused was in fact a cold-blooded murderer who killed a Courtesan by the name of Munnibai. Deepak gets life imprisonment punishment,Seema later has been told the truth in her absence,complicated by the fact that Seema was in love with the accused about three-years ago.
- DirectorShomu MukherjeeStarsRajesh KhannaTina AmbaniOm ShivpuriBihari is jealous of his rich relative, Virendra Singh, and swaps his son with his own, Kishan. Kishan eventually grows up to become a burglar.
- DirectorSunil DuttRaj KhoslaStarsSanjay DuttReena RoyTina AmbaniShankar a union leader looses his life in accident at work site while he was fighting with his boss Ratanlal for rights of workers,Ratanlal decides to agree on Shankar's demands after his death with due respect.But JD and Ram Avtar aren't happy with his decision and kill him unlike Shankar.Shankar's friend Robert Dsouza decides to support his family but JD starts to eye Shankar's widow Parvati and tries to molest her,while trying to save his mother Shankar's son Rakesh hurts himself and goes in trauma.Rakesh whenever sees his mother gets the same vision and looses his control so Robert and his wife Katy decide to adopt him and name him Rocky Dsouza.Years later Rocky has grown up to be a handsome guy and falls in love with Renu daughter of Ratanlal while on trip to Srinagar but Renu mistakes him to be RD son of JD until the truth is out.Rocky and Renu fall in love and RD tries to creates hurdles where Rocky also finds that JD was responsible for spoiling their life and killing his father.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsJeetendraRekhaNazneenSadhana (Rekha) and Ramkumar (Jeetendra) are a married couple. Their marriage gets into troubled waters when Sadhana starts to suspect that Ramkumar is having an affair. Sadhana does not handle the matter properly, and drives him away from her. Her family attempt to talk to her and try to patch things up for the couple, but Sadhana is relentless. What will bring the couple to come together and attempt to re-build their marriage?
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsJeetendraReena RoyVinod MehraWhile looking for employment, Chandrakant is mistaken for the son of a wealthy landlord by Prabhudas, who wants him to marry his only daughter, Shanti. By the time they find out the truth, it is too late, both Chandrakant and Shanti have fallen in love, and are soon married. With lots of hard work, and dedication, Chandrakant is able to build small empire, and they too enjoy some wealth and wellbeing. Shanti gives birth to a son, Ravi. Years pass, Shanti has passed away, and Chandrakant is filled with regret that he did not spend much time with her, as he was busy accumulating wealth. Ravi is in love with Manorama, and does marry her. But then he too is caught up in making money, like his dad. And unlike Shanti, Manorama will not compromise with this situation, unless Ravi changes his lifestyle, which he may not be willing to do so.
- DirectorEsmayeel ShroffStarsHelenAsha ParekhRaaj KumarA college professor agrees to teach the son of a gangster and becomes a pawn in a deadly game.
- DirectorRamesh TalwarStarsShashi KapoorRakhee GulzarRekhaSharda and her sister Poornima alias Nima live with their widowed father. Since both have come of age, he first arranges Sharda's marriage with a businessman named Balraj Kohli. Subsequently, Poornima also marries a wealthy young man. But fate has other plans for Nima, for her husband tragically passes away in an accident, leaving her widowed. When Sharda sees her sister in a widow's garb, she loses her mental balance and is institutionalized in Pune Mental Hospital. After approximately 14 years, an inmate strikes Sharda on her head, she loses consciousness for several days. When she regains her senses, she remembers everything that happened 14 years ago, but is unable to recollect her life in the mental hospital. Her treating psychiatrist is ready to discharge her to the care of her husband and her family. Sharda comes home, everything is about the same, except that her son, Sagar, has grown up and is about to be engaged to Sarita Sethi, and Nima still wears a widow's garb. A few months later Sharda sees Nima clad in a colorful saree, wearing a bindiya with sindoor in her forehead, and starts suspecting that everything is not it seems to be. She then finds out that Balraj had re-married and also has a son from his second marriage named Babbu. As details come flooding into her she experiences wild paranoia, is unable to trust anyone, as no one is what they claim to be, and she feels alone, lost, helpless, and distrustful. The rest of the family hover around - waiting to see what the new outcome is to be with Sharda and her struggle to fit into a family that has not been her's for 14 years.
- DirectorAshok RoyStarsShashi KapoorVinod KhannaNeetu SinghA young beautiful-looking woman sells liquor while her boyfriend is stuck in prison.
- DirectorShibu MitraStarsShashi KapoorPran SikandAmjad KhanChandan Singh is a farmer who lives in a village called Ramgarh along with his wife, Malti, and two children, Munna and Munni. One day Malti gets molested by three city goons, Jaikishan, Rajan, and Banoo. Chandan intervenes, but is attacked, and Malti is shot dead. The children get separated, while Munna is adopted by a Muslim male named Abba and is re-named Shera, Munni is adopted by a Hindu family and re-named Geeta. Years later the three estranged family members are fated to meet again - this time Geeta is a con-woman, who has a con-man boyfriend, Kishan, who is on the lookout for the man who killed his photographer brother, and believes that Chandan is the killer; while Chandan, who is now known as Chandan Dada, a hoodlum, has been arrested for killing a man named Rajan; while Shera, a hit-man and hoodlum himself, has feigned his arrest, after accepting a contract from none other than Jaikishan - to kill Chandan!!
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanAsha ParekhParveen BabiJailed for robbing his brother's unscrupulous employer, a simpleton has a transformation while in prison, emerging with a violent mission for revenge.
- DirectorRavikant NagaichStarsMithun ChakrabortyKaajal KiranShakti KapoorLocust attack has created havoc in some villagers where crops are being destroyed and human life is in danger Anand and Rosie who are investigating the case get killed by Shakti.The chief officer then decides to appoint his smart officer Gopi (Gunsmaster G 9) on the mission,Gopi is in holiday mood and in no mood to take the case.But soon Gopi returns back and finds some grains bought by assistant Kabaadi which relates to weaken immune system of human body.Shakti and his associates mixes these grains with a substance which makes human body addicted to it and weakens their immune.Shakti also makes Anand's sister Dr Anuradha believe that Gopi killed her brother and asks her to seduce him for revenge.But Gopi is smart enough to to understand he finds that the locust attack is not natural but controlled by a force and Shakti is not the head of the gang but its operated by a scientific mastermind.
- DirectorShyam RamsayTulsi RamsayStarsNavin NischolRakesh RoshanBindiya GoswamiSuraj is separated from his love Seema and wants to build a hotel at the location where he met her, he tells his secretary Lalwani to check out the location. Lalwani finds the scenic location but it has a ancestral graveyard on it and is taken care by an old Priest. Lawani along Chagganlal Patel and his secretary Shaboo including, advocate Kapoor, Abdul, Dsouza a labor contractor and Judas a trusted aide of the Church Priest cheat the priest by forging the papers that an orphanage will be built on the Graveyard land. When the priest finds the truth about a Hotel being built out there he passes away of a heart attack, Chaggan Lal and his team demolish the graveyard and start the hotel work. Suraj tells his friend Vijay's brother Sanjay to check out the work on the Hotel as it is about to open in coming days. Vijay reaches the hotel after two days and finds that Sanjay is missing, the hotel is inaugurated upon arrival of Suraj, but strange things start to happen in hotel and one by whose involved in matter gets killed.
- DirectorMadhu M.StarsSanjeev KumarMoushumi ChatterjeeArun GovilOne day while travelling on the BEST bus in Bombay, Raja produces a 100 rupee note to buy a 50 paisa bus ticket, and is made fun of by the bus conductor, and asked to leave the bus. Asha, who is travelling on the same bus, pays for his fare, and he tells her that he will re-pay this loan after he gets some change. He does not get the change, and instead loses the 100 rupee note, but makes his way into Asha's heart. Both fall in love, and get married. They live in harmony for several years, and become proud parents of two children. With their growing family, Raja's income is just not enough to make ends, and Asha decides to get a job. Raja decides to stay at home and look after the household chores, and the kids. What happens is that there is chaos at work for Asha, and at home for Raja, with alround hilarious results.
- DirectorSaawan Kumar TakStarsNutanRajendra Kumar TuliRekhaYoung and attractive Kunti has fallen in love with a young man by the name of Anil, and both intend to marry. They do get intimate which ends in Kunti getting pregnant. Kunti finds out that Anil comes from a poor family, and she would only like to marry someone rich, so that she can lead a comfortable and stylish life. When Anil finds out that Kunti does not marry him, he kills himself. Kunti is unable to abort the child, as it is illegal at that time, so she goes away from her home, with a close friend, Chanda, and gives birth to a baby girl, who she leaves in Chanda's care. Eventually, Kunti's dreams are fulfilled when she marries a rich and wealthy Barrister by the name of Avinash Kumar. Unfortunately, Kunti is unable to conceive, however the couple are contend with their lives. Years later, Kunti finds out that Avinash is having an affair with a female client by the name of Moon Moon, a woman born out of wedlock. When she confronts him, he admits knowing and meeting his mistress, and openly declares his love for her, leaving Kunti humiliated and downcast. Kunti then decides to meet Moon Moon and it is during this meeting she will find out the stark truth behind Avinash's affair with her.
- DirectorDeepak BahryStarsRanjeet BediBirbalMithun ChakrabortyFour young boys tragically separated from their parents and each other grow up to become four different men with divergent values and conflicting methods. Fate eventually sets their paths for a head on collision.
- DirectorBhappi SonieStarsAshok KumarVinod KhannaReena RoyRaju comes from a middle-class family, and lives with his mother. He meets with nurse Shobha, and both fall in love. The only problem is that Raju somehow or other always gets mixed up in problems, and ends up getting in trouble with the police. As a result, he ends up getting in jail very often. One day he really gets into trouble by antagonizing a notorious gangster, and has to run for his life. Due to his "trouble maker" character no one really believes him, and it is upto him to save himself from this problem, without ending up in prison again.
- DirectorDilip NaikStarsKulbhushan KharbandaRaj KiranSwaroop SampatA story about choices to be made between relationships - relationships with one's mentor, one's love and family.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShashi KapoorRekhaRaj BabbarThis movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India. The overall plot is based on Mahabharat. This movie shows that how the pursuit of self serving ideals even legitimizes killing of family members.
- DirectorPramod ChakravortyStarsHema MaliniJeetendraAshok KumarNiranjan Pratap Singh is the stepson of Zamindar and real son of Ranimaa Sunanda. He is also the sole heir to the property of the Zamindar, as his elder stepbrother, Govind is drug-induced to the point of senility. When Gauri opposes Niranjan's ruthlessness against fellow-villagers, the Zaminder, angered by her intrusion, complains to her dad, Vedji. The Zaminder's anger is subdued when he actually speaks to Gauri, and ends up admiring her and asking her hand in marriage for his son, Niranjan. But Sunanda will not hear of her son marrying a poor villager's daughter, and she convinces him that Gauri should get married to Govind. Although her father is opposed to his daughter marrying a senile man, Gauri accepts Govind, and marries him. She finds out that she and Govind have no status in the household, which is run on the whims and fancies of Sunanda, her maid, Chintamani, and Niranjan. Niranjan is misguided by a dancer, Mallika and Amirchand who are after his wealth. Gauri must now decide to have her own life or be chained to a senile half-child half-man.
- DirectorKanak MishraStarsArun GovilDebashree RoyJayshree GadkarThree brothers live together after the death of their parents. The eldest, Ramprasad, is married to Laxmi; the second, Jagdish, is married to Pinky; while the youngest, Kundan, is yet to marry. After Jagdish's marriage to Pinky, all kinds of misunderstandings crop up between Jagdish, Ramprasad, & Pinky on one hand, and Kundan on the other, and as a result they ask Kundan to leave. Kundan is on his own, unemployed, homeless, and wihtout any money. Ramprasad and Jagdish move to a bunglow in the city. Kundan does well for himself, and is now the proud owner of a garage, lives in a nice bunglow, and is married to Vidya. Meanwhile at Jagdish's, a large sum of money is missing. The police are called-in, and after a preliminary investigation they conclude that the money has been stolen by Ramprasad and Laxmi, who are nowhere to be found.
- DirectorSai ParanjpyeStarsFarooq ShaikhDeepti NavalSaeed JaffreyTwo womanizing slackers, Omi and Jai (Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani respectively) attempt to woo the new girl in the neighbourhood, and fail - miserably. Their third room-mate, shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chargin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
- DirectorRahul RawailStarsSanjeev KumarRandhir KapoorPoonam DhillonSinger Chandermohan is born in a well-off family and is the only child. Since he is of marriageable age, both he and his parents want him to get married. But since he was born with a strong & adverse influence of Mars (Mangalik) during his birth his horoscope has not been compatible with any suitable woman. On his friend's Gafoor's, who has two wives, advice he re-locates to Bombay, sings at the Tejpal Auditorium, meets and falls in love with wealthy Asha, who lives with her widower dad, ironically named Colonel Mangal Singh and her paternal grandma. Mangal would like Asha to get married to an army officer. His attempts fail and Asha and his mom convince him to let Asha, who is also Manglik, get married to Chandermohan. He reluctantly falls in line with them, but then a series of events makes everyone change their mind about Chandermohan, namely a fake astrological chart that shows he is not Manglik, and his accusations about Mangal, who he alleges is leading a double life, romancing, wooing, and having a child with wealthy Nisha, Nirmala from Jeevan Saathi matrimonial bureau and Rina respectively, apart from being an alcoholic, robbing Chandermohan, stealing from his own house, and exhibiting goon-like behavior. Hilarious chaos results as Mangal's mom and daughter attempt to figure out why Chandermohan is spreading these tall tales about their son and father respectively.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmol PalekarSwaroop SampatUtpal DuttAn impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart.
- DirectorAnil SharmaStarsRakhee GulzarSuresh OberoiDeepak ParasharShraddha lives in Mahim, Bombay, with her widowed dad, younger school-going brother, Bittu; a step-brother and his wife, Rani. When her dad passes away, he leaves all the property in Bittu's name, which does not auger well with Rani and her husband. They lock Shraddha and Bittu in a room, refuse to feed them in order to force him to sign the papers. Both manage to escape, but Bittu is killed when boiling oil falls on his body. An unconscious Shraddha is rescued by her long-time boyfriend, Amit Kumar, who takes her to a hospital, and after she recovers, gets married to her. She is welcomed in the Kumar residence, which consists of Geeta, Amit's mom, and Raju, Amit's school-going brother. Raju welcomes Shraddha initially, but begins to hate her when she becomes pregnant. Then a business rival, Laxmi Narayan, breaks into their house in order to steal money. Both Geeta and Amit are killed when they try to stop him. Now widowed and completely devastated but determined Shraddha aborts her child so that she can look after Raju. Years later, Raju has grown up and is now assisting Shraddha in the family business, which was originally Shraddha Construction, but is now called Geeta Construction. Raju meets and falls in love with Nita. Shraddha approves of her and subsequently arranges their marriage, despite of the fact that she is Laxmi Narayan's daughter. It is after the marriage that Nita will accuse Shraddha of having a affair with her husband, while Shraddha will find out that Nita who is not who she claims to be, as she is not Laxmi Narayan's daughter - but has an altogether different relationship with him.
- DirectorBrijStarsZeenat AmanBrahmachariR.S. ChopraKishinchand has taken to a life of crime, namely that of forging passports, and for that is under surveillance by the police. Upon his wife, Shanti's, and son, Pyarelal's insistence, he decides to give up all criminal activity and become honest. Then Shyamlal approaches him to make a fake passport, which he does, for a suitcase full of gold bars. Shyamlal escapes, but Inspector Shinde confronts Kishinchand and in the scuffle that follows, Shinde gets killed. Kishinchand re-locates to London, England, where he is now known as underworld Don, King. He has given up on his wife and son and believes they had been burned alive in a fire during Diwali. Now years later, a young man approaches and informs him that he is Pyarelal, and that Shanti is still alive in India. Kishinchand is overjoyed, and invites his wife to come to London right away, only to find out that the man claiming to be his son, is really Ronnie, a con-man and smuggler. Kishinchand is re-united with his real son and wife and all seems to be going well, until he finds out that the man claiming to be his son is really Ram Shinde, the son of the Police Inspector he had accidentally slain, and is really out to kill him. Not only is Ram after Kishinchand's life, but a woman named Sonia Singh also wants him dead, as due to his slaying Shinde, her innocent father was convicted for this crime and spent 14 years behind bars. The question remains, where is the real Pyarelal, and who will finally succeed in killing Kishinchand?
- DirectorEsmayeel ShroffStarsParveen BabiSuresh ChatwalAruna IraniCourtesan Madame Subbalaxmi heads a household where men are not born, but are welcome. Women are not welcome, but their birth is. Subbalaxmi is thrilled when her pet protege, Sangeeta, gives birth to a baby-girl, who they name Chandra. Shortly thereafter they relocate to a small community. Sangeeta wants Chandra to study, and she is allowed to do so. Chandra meets her neighbor, Kunal, and their family, and is welcomed by them. Problems arise, when Kunal and Chandra fall in love, as neither Kunal's family, nor Chandra's courtesan family will permit this marriage. Only time will tell if Chandra's fate is to be the same as other courtesans.
- DirectorSudesh IssarStarsRaj BabbarAnita RajRajni SharmaAkash, a medical student from a rich family, is also a well-respected poet and singer commonly known as Nishant. When he meets Shikha, an orphan and dancer, their relationship soon turns romantic, much to the disapproval of his parents.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsSanjeev KumarJeetendraShatrughan SinhaCruel and lustful Thakur Dayal Singh (Amjad Singh) brutally rapes Sarla (Nazneen), forcing her to commit suicide, leaving her young children, Vikram and Munna, homeless. Vikram and Munna try to stay together but are separated. Years later Vikram (Sanjeev Kumar) has taken to a life of crime with Ranvir, who unknown to Vikram, is none other than Thakur Dayal Singh. While assisting his friend, Peter (Paintal) to meet with his future wife, Ruby (Preeti Ganguly), Vikram meets with the ravishing Priya (Sulakshana Pandit), and both fall in love with each other. Meanwhile Munna found a place in the home and heart of the devout and kind-hearted Sher Khan (Pran), who now calls him Amar Khan. Amar (Jeetendra) grows up to a diligent Police Inspector. His duties lead him to meet many thiefs and criminals, one of whom is the beautiful Soni (Neetu Singh). After a few misunderstandings both fall in love, and Soni pledges to give up her life of crime. Then one day, when Amar is being overwhelmed by a number of gangsters, Vikram comes to his help and both become good friends. This friendship does not last long as Amar soon starts to suspect Vikram. Will Vikram and Amar ever come to know of their true relationship? Will Ranvir be exposed as Thakur Dayal Singh? Memorable songs: "Eh yaar teri yaari hamey jaan se hai pyari..."; "Man chahee ladki kahin koi mil jaye apna bhi is saal shaadi ka irada hai..."; "Chal cinema dekhan ko jayen gori, laila tere jaisi majnu mere jaisa..."; "Jadoo sa chahne laga hai dil gun guna ne laga hai...". Singers: Kishore Kumar, Mohamed Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey, lyrics penned by Anjaan. This movie also stars Rajendranath, Jayshree T., Poornima, Ram Sethi, Prem Bedi, Neilu Arora, Shivraj, Bhushan Tiwari, Rajeev Tandon, Master Vikas.
- DirectorMuzaffar AliStarsRekhaFarooq ShaikhNaseeruddin ShahIn Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extraordinary. She has many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sultan and his father. The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems, but is finally forced to marry a girl of his mother's choice, leaving behind a heart-broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali and finally elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, and is shot down and killed by guards. Umrao re-locates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a Poet and dancer, but is hunted down by brothel-keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back, where she is told that she must marry Gohar. Watch what Umrao does to escape from being married against her will, and her attempts to try and find her way back to her parents.
- DirectorDeepak BahryStarsVinod MehraRanjeeta KaurAmjad Khan
- DirectorShyam RamsayTulsi RamsayStarsVijay AroraBirbalKrishan DhawanGirdharilal a wealthy business man is murdered by his cousin Dhanpat Rai for his wealth.Sapna daughter of Girdharilal is in love with Vinod their relationship is objected by Dhanpat Rai and he sends Sapna to a hostel.Sapna and Vinod decide to go against Dhanpat Rai and go to question him at his mansion where he is found murdered and his body stuffed in a suitcase.Sapna and Vinod try to investigate the case with the help of police but by one by one at Dhanpat Rai's mansion is killed by a burnt face assailant.
- DirectorVijay B.StarsRekhaAnant NagPrema NarayanVijay lives a wealthy lifestyle with his widowed dad Mohan and has been betrothed to Gayetri Prasad since they were children. Now as adults they're attracted to each other. when they were still children. Gayetri, who lives a middle-class lifestyle with her dad Badri and mom Satyavati in Madhavpur, is soon married to Vijay, but realizes that he is an atheist, while she is a devout Hindu and worshipper of Lord Shiv, and perhaps this is why their marriage ceremony was was marred by several accidents, including Vijay being mauled by a runaway buffalo and a fire breaking out at the Mandap itself. On their wedding night, Gayetri is subjected to more shock and trauma as she gets to witness a different Vijay, someone who is lusty, and much more eager to have his way with her than to make love to her. The rest of the family find out and have Vijay examined by a doctor, who prescribes some rest, and then a discharge. However, Vijay relapses, leaving the family no alternative but to call in a Tantrik, Bajrangi Baba, as they fear he is demon-possessed. Gayetri and the rest of the family will soon find out that Vijay is indeed possessed by Kamini, a girl who he allegedly romanced during his college days in a hostel, but refused to marry, leading to her death. Now Kamini is back with a vengeance and a vow to destroy this marriage at any and all costs - even if it means killing both Gayetri and Vijay and no power on Earth can stop her.
- DirectorRaj TilakStarsSanjeev KumarRekhaVinod MehraDr Wilson is well respected person in a small Goan village, soon one of his experiments will turn him into a monster.
- DirectorK. VijayanStarsRajendra Kumar TuliMala SinhaVinod MehraRam Kapoor comes from a poor family, while Kiran comes from a middle-class family. Ram and his brother, Shyam, commit petty thievery to sustain themselves. Ram meets Kiran and both fall in love and would like to get married. Kiran's dad is Police Inspector, Vijay Kumar, and does not approve of either Ram nor this marriage. Despite of this opposition, Kiran and Ram get married. After sometime, Kiran gets pregnant, and her mother, Madhu, comes to look after her. A gangster, Shakti, abducts both mother and daughter, and holds them for ransom. Vijay thinks that Ram and Shyam are behind this abduction so to get money from him, and launches a manhunt for them. Shyam is apprehended, while Ram is on the run. Ram must decide to hand himself over to the police, and let his wife and her mother be at the mercy of Shakti or continue to evade the police and search for Kiran and Madhu.
- DirectorLekh TandonStarsVinod KhannaTina AmbaniAjit KhanRanvir Singh is in the employ of Raiszada Hukamchand, who is involved in criminal activities. One day Raiszada kills a man named Victor, and asks Ranvir to take the blame for this crime, for which he offers to pay him a lot of money. Ranvir agrees to do so only after Raiszada gives him a written confession, which he does. Thereafter Ranvir switches his clothes with that of the dead man, and they burn the place down. The dead man is identified as Ranvir Singh by the police, and his family, Mrs. Ranbir Singh, daughter, Geeta, and son, Sumer Singh, are informed of this tragedy. Years later, Sumer comes to know that his father is still alive, and under the name of wealthy Girdharilal, who is married to gorgeous Latika. When Sumer approaches him, he denies being or ever knowing anyone by the name of Girdharilal. Sumer then decides to expose him, little knowing that he is putting his life, as well as the lives of his mom and sister in danger.
- DirectorNasir HussainStarsRishi KapoorPadmini KolhapureAmjad KhanRavi, son of industrialist SK Nanda, returns to find Ramesh and his family, falling in love with Ramesh's sister Kanchan, who discovers Ravi is Ramesh's younger brother and promises not to visit Nanda house.
- DirectorRamesh BehlStarsShammi KapoorMala SinhaRandhir KapoorAjay Nath comes from a wealthy family, and is prone to playing practical jokes and pranks in order to get his way with this mother and father. In one case he asked one of their family doctors', Dr. Panjabi, to lie to his dad that he has cancer, so that he can accompany his college friends to a outing to Kashmir. He falls in love with fellow collegian Geeta Chopra, who is in love with Shyam. But Ajay's dad, fooled by his illness convinces her to be kind to him, and she becomes friendly with Ajay, both eventually fall in love with each other and want to get married. Then their family gets the news that Ajay really has cancer and has only a few more months to live. Under the changed circumstances, both the Nath and Chopra families are against the marriage of Ajay and Geeta. Will Ajay and Geeta get married? Does Ajay really have cancer or is this another prank?
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsAmitabh BachchanRakhee GulzarAmjad KhanRajini, a blind woman, marries Abhijit, an inspector, after he puts a violent thug named Kaliram behind bars. However, their married life later turns into a nightmare when Kaaliram is released.
- DirectorIrshadStarsVinod MehraBindiya GoswamiKavitaOn a chilly foggy night two men alight from a train at an isolated railway station, and stay for a night at the Dak Bangla. One of these men is Ajay Sachdev, and the other is Prem Kumar Chopra. Shortly after their arrival, a series of brutal murders shake up the region. The mysteries behind these murders are compounded by the appearance of a white Saree-clad female apparition, which appears and disappears at will. And ghostly cries are heard from a nearby graveyard. The police are involved and their investigation results in the arrest of a suspect, Ajay, who had a motive, and was present during all the deaths, but they have no answers as to the apparition and the cries from the graveyard. Ajay is arrested, but subsequently escapes, leaving this small community fearing for their lives - both from Ajay - and the unknown horror that awaits each of them.
- DirectorNaeem BasitStarsGirish KarnadShabana AzmiAruna IraniWidower Nawab Yusuf Khan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Sultanpur, British India, along with his school-going son, Shahnawaz, and a college-going brother, Aslam, When he finds out that Aslam has fallen into wrong company and is frequenting a courtesan by the name of Pheroza, he gets him to return home and arranges his marriage with Shama, who is the only daughter of Maulvi Karrimudin. On the day of the marriage, Aslam runs away, elopes and gets married to Pheroza. A devastated Karrimudin passes away, leaving his wife and Shama destitute and dependent on Mehrunisa. Aslam returns home along with Pheroza, her mom, Nadira, maternal uncle, Dilawar, and a servant, Lathan. When Shahnawaz starts to take interest in the courtesan's way of life, a disturbed Yusuf gets him enrolled in a far-off hostel, leaves the house, and wanders aimlessly until he meets with his aunt, Mehrunisa, who talks him into getting married to Shama, which he does and brings her home. On Shama's insistence, he brings Shahnawaz home also, the trio get along well with each other much to Aslam's displeasure amidst India's independence, Shahnawaz excels in his studies and gets an award from the Governor. Little does Yusuf know that their idyllic lifestyle will be shattered when a sudden death and a homicide takes place in their household, and Shama will be accused of having an illicit relationship with Prakash Ghosh.
- DirectorRabindra DharmarajStarsSavita BajajArun BakshiSuresh BhagwatAmma lives in Bijapur with her husband and son, Benwa. When a man attempts to sexually molest her, he is killed by her husband, the trio flee, but the husband is shot dead by the police. Amma re-locates to a shanty slum near Dharavi, Bombay, where Benwa grows up and shines shoes for a living. Amma is sexually active with Looka, a hoodlum and extortionist who shows up once in while, and also has a steady relationship with trucker, Anna. Both Looka and Anna are unaware of each other. Looka gets Benwa married to Amli from a nearby slum & Anna gets Amma a much better shelter. All seems to be going well until the Police come looking for an injured Looka, when he robs a pharmacy in order to get medicines for himself. Watch what happens when the Police arrive and find a visibly pregnant Amma with Looka, and the impact this will have on her relationship with Anna.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsDharmendraShashi KapoorZeenat AmanUnaware of his parents, as he was abandoned as a young child, Vikramjit Singh alias Vicky grows up amidst hatred. The only affection he receives is from the local school-teacher, Shakarbaba, and a young girl named Aarti. Vicky educates himself by reading all possible books. He keeps in touch with Aarti, and they grow up in love with each other. On the day Vicky decides to propose for marriage to Aarti, she is sold by her lecherous uncle for a few thousand rupees, to a group of men who attempt to rape her, but she kills herself. Enraged by this, Vicky hunts down her uncle, and her molesters and kills them by throwing from a high-rise building. Vicky's anger prompts him to more daredevil deeds, and he ends up becoming the ultimate underworld don with a private army of his own. Then one of his associates, Neera, gets married to CBI Officer Kumar Sahni, and Vicky is on the run, and believed to be dead when his bullet-proof crashes. Years later Neera comes to visit her in-laws in a small town, and is introduced to a kind and saintly person with special powers for healing named Shradhanand. She is shocked to find that Shradhanand is none other than Vicky. Now Vicky will have to decide to run again, or kill this only witness, and continue living without any trouble for the rest of his life.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaJaya BachchanSILSILA is a love story, thwarted by society's demands, which reappears as adultery but can it survive in the face of society?