List of Bollywood films of 1944
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1944:
Highest-grossing films
The seven highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1944:[1]
| 1944 Rank |
Title | Notes | |
| 1. | Rattan | ||
| 2. | Dost | ||
| 3. | Bhanwara | ||
| 4. | Meri Bahen | ||
| 5. | Bharthari | ||
| 6. | Mumtaz Mahal | ||
| 7. | Chal Chal Re Naujawan |
A-C
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | ||||||
| Aaina | S.M. Yusuf | Trilok Kapoor, Sulochana Chatterjee, Yakub, Gope, Kaushalya, Yashodhra Katju, Husn Banu, Mirza Musharraf, Leela Mishra | Social | Music: Fateh Ali Khan, Gulshan Sufi Lyrics: Pandit Phani, Tanveer Naqvi | ||
| Anban | Niren Lahiri | Nargis, Pahari Sanyal, Shah Nawaz, Shobhana Samarth, Gajanan Jagirdar, Mubarak | Social Drama | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Pandit Madhur | ||
| Bade Nawab Saheb | Vedi | Chandra Mohan, Pramila, Pahari Sanyal, Bibbo, Kumar, Leela Mishra, Sushil Kumar, Shanta Patel, Ghory | Social | Music: Bashir Dehlvi Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi | ||
| Badi Baat | Mazhar Khan | Swarnalata, Mazhar Khan, Ulhas, Yakub, Zarina, Kumar, Gulab, Madhusudan | Social | Music: Firoz Nizami Lyrics: Swami Ramanand Saraswati, Roopbani, Saraswati Kumar Deepak | ||
| Badmash | A. Karim | Anil Kumar, Shantarin, Benjamin, Leela Pawar, Sadiq, Jehangir | Action | Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: A. Karim | ||
| Bahadur | Bhagwan | Bhagwan, Shanta Patel, Baburao Pendharkar, Surekha, Samson, Bibijan, Gharpure | Action | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi | ||
| Bahar | M. Sadiq | Mehtab, Wasti, Nirmala Devi, Badri Prasad | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: | ||
| Bandukwali | K. Amarnath | S. Nazir, Romila, Anil Kumar, Rekha Pawar, Prakash, Mehar Banu | Action | Music: Ram Gopal Pandey Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi | ||
| Beda Paar | Tara Harish | Sulochana Chatterjee, Dalpat, Bibìjan, Baburao Pehalwan, Nazira, Fazlu, M. Sandow | Action | Music: Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi | ||
| Bhagya Laxmi | Sarvottam Badami | Shanta Apte, Prem Adib, Vasanti, Jagdish Sethi, Agha, Rajkumari Shukla, Moni Chatterjee | Family Drama | Music: G. M. Durrani Lyrics: | ||
| Bhai | Krishna Dev Mehra | Zahur Raja, Asha, Satish, Radharani, Manorama, Sabir | Family Drama | Music: Ghulam Haider Lyrics: Shatir Ghaznavi | ||
| Bhanvara | Kidar Sharma | K. L. Saigal, Monica Desai, Yakub, Kamla Chatterjee, Arun Kumar, Kesari, Brijmala | Romance Comedy | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Kidar Sharma, Swami Ramanand Saraswati, Pandit Indra | ||
| Bhartruhari | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Mumtaz Shanti, Surendra, Sulochana Chatterjee, Arun Kumar, Yashwant Dave, Jehanara Kajjan, Nagendra | Fantasy Devotional | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Pandit Indra | ||
| Caravan | Aspi Irani | Arun Kumar, Kamla Chatterjee, Kesari, Sylvie St. Clair, Premlata | Action | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Swami Ramanand Saraswati, Pandit Indra, Munshi Aziz, Sharma | ||
| Chal Chal Re Navjavan | Gyan Mukherjee | Ashok Kumar, Naseem Banu, Rafiq Ghaznvi, V. H. Desai, Jagdish Sethi, Motibai, Navin YagniK | Social | Music: Ghulam Haider Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep | ||
| Chand | D.D. Kashyap | Sitara Devi, Prem Adib, Begum Para, Sapru, Shashikala, Balakram, Guru Dutt, Ram Singh | Social | Music: Lyrics: | ||
| Char Aankhen | Sushil Majumdar | Leela Chitnis, P. Jairaj, P. F. Peethawala, Ashalata, Paul Mahendra, Nand Kishore | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Narendra Sharma | ||
D-K
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | ||||||
| Dasi | Hiren Bose | Najam, Ragini, Khairati, Kalavati, Om Prakash, Gyani Pran | Social | Music: Amarnath Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | ||
| Dil Ki Baat | Pralhad Keshav Atre | Ishwarlal, Vanmala, Durga Khote, Leela Mishra, Dixit, Baburao, Sheela, Mirajkar | Romantic Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi | ||
| Do or Die a.k.a. Zindagi Ya Maut | Harbans Singh | Sheela, Baburao, Mirajkar, Samson | Action | Music: Mushtaq Hussain, Kelkar Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi | ||
| Dost | Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | Motilal, Noor Jehan, Maya Banerjee, Himalayawala, Husn Banu, Vatsala Kumtekar, Kanhaiyalal, Agha, Mirza Musharraf | Social Drama | Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi | ||
| Dr. Kumar | Kishore Sharma | Paresh Bannerjee, Latika, Sankatha Prasad, Rajkumari Shukla, Khurshid Jr, Nazma | Drama | Music: Saraswati Devi Lyrics: Gafil Harnalvi | ||
| Draupadi | Baburao Patel | Sushila Rani Patel, Chandra Mohan, Mazhar Khan
, David, Badri Prasad, Dixit, K. N. Singh, Leela Mishra | Fantasy | Music: Hanuman Prasad Lyrics: Pandit Indra | ||
| Gaali | R. S. Choudhury | Karan Dewan, Nirmala Devi, Yakub, Manju Dewan, Sunalini Devi, Kanhaiyalal, Jilloobai, Kamta Prasad, Mehndi Raza | Social Drama | Music: Hanuman Prasad, Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi | ||
| Geet a.k.a. The Song | S. U. Sunny | Shahu Modak, Nirmala Devi, Amir Ali, Shakir, Chandabai, Zahid Ali | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | ||
| Ghar Ki Shobha | Harshadrai Sakerlal Mehta Ramesh Saigal | Karan Dewan, Swarnalata, Yashodhra Katju, Dixit, Jagdish Sethi, Fazlu | Family Drama | Music: Allah Rakha Lyrics: Roopbani | ||
| Hamrahi | Bimal Roy | Maya Basu, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Tulsi Chakraborty, Binata Basu, Devbala, Hiralal, Manorama, Ramesh Sinha | Social | Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: Zaakir Hussain | ||
| Insaan | Babubhai Jani | Kishore Sahu, Shobhana Samarth, Pahari Sanyal, David, Maya Banerjee, Krishna Chandra Dey, Nand Kishore | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: Pandit Indra | ||
| Irada | M. Shamsuddin | Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Patience Cooper, Shaida Keoravi, Purnima, Shyam Laha, Pushpa Rani | Social | Music: Pandit Amarnath Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri | ||
| Ismat | Sibtain Fazli | Mehtab, Nargis, Nandrekar, Pratima Devi, Bhudo Advani, Irshad Ghory, Jani Babu | Social | Music: Pandit Govardhan Prasad Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi | ||
| Jadui Kismat | A. M. Khan | Shanta Patel, Shiraz, Mehar Bano, Nawaz, Anwaribai, Sultan Baba | Action | Music: Behram Irani Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi | ||
| Jeevan | M. Sadiq | Mehtab, Wasti, Nirmala Devi, Badri Prasad, Misra, Shyam Kumar | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Mahir Ul Qadri | ||
| Jwar Bhata | Amiya Chakravarty | Dilip Kumar, Mridula Rani, Shamim Bano, Agha, Bikram Kapoor, K. N. Singh, Khalil, Mumtaz Ali | Drama | Debut of Dilip Kumar. Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Narendra Sharma | ||
| Kadambari | Nandlal Jaswantlal | Vanmala, Shanta Apte, Pahari Sanyal, Harish, Jeevan, Jagdish Sethi | Costume | Music: Hari Prasanna Das Lyrics: Miss Kamal | ||
| Kaliyan | Kidar Sharma | Motilal, Leela Desai, Ramola, Amarnath, Sulochana Chatterjee, Leela Mishra, Rajinder Singh | Social | Music: G.A. Chishti Lyrics: Kidar Sharma | ||
| Kavita | K. J. Parmar, Mahesh Chander | Ratnamala, Umakant, Jeevan, Kanta Kumari, Badri Prasad, Athavale | Social | Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta | ||
| Kiran | Gajanan Jagirdar | Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Jagirdar, Kanhaiyalal, Kusum Deshpande, Rama Shukal, Rajkumari Shukla, Nand Kishore | Social | Music: Ninu Majumdar Lyrics: | ||
| Kismatwala | Nanubhai Vakil | Prakash, Urmila, Navin Yagnik, Himalayawala, Vatsala Kumtekar, Narmada Shankar, Geeta Sardesai | Action | Music: Shanti Kumar, Master Ratanlal Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi | ||
| Krishna Bhakta Bodana | JBH Wadia | Sheikh Mukhtar, Ranjit Kumari, Gope, Badri Prasad, Meera, Rani Premlata, Gulab, S.B. Nayampalli | Devotional | Music: Avinash Vyas, Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Pandit Indra | ||
L-M
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | ||||||
| Lal Haveli | K.B. Lall | Noor Jehan, Surendra, Yakub, Ulhas, Baby Meena Kumari, Maya Bannerjee, Kanhaiyalal, Vatsala Kumtekar, Ghory, Badri Prasad | Social Family Drama | Music: Mir Saheb Lyrics: Shams Lucknavi | ||
| Lady Doctor | Wali Saheb | Mumtaz Shanti, Sajjan, Ulhas, Mubarak, Maya Bannerjee, David, Nandrekar | Social | Music: Lyrics: Wali Saheb | ||
| Laheri Badmash | Nari Ghadiali | Husnara, Yusuf Effendi, Bibijan, Mannan, Putlibai, Mohammed Hussain, Mohammed Sandow | Action | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Sadiq Lakhnavi | ||
| Laheri Cameraman | Nari Ghadiali | Benjamin, Shantarin, Agha, Bibijan, Nazira, Sadiq, Munchi Tuthi | Action | Music: K. Narayana Rao Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi | ||
| Lalkar | Jayant Desai | Ramola, Ishwarlal, Maya Bannerjee, Mubarak | Social | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Pandit Madhur | ||
| Lieutenant | Nari Ghadiali | Sharda, Benjamin, Bibijan, Sandow, Nazira, Putlibai, Shahzadi | Action | Music: Lyrics: Mustafa | ||
| Maa Baap | V. M. Vyas | Veena, Nazir, Yakub, Majeed, Amirbai Karnataki, Dixit, Jagdish, Rajkumari Shukla | Social Family Drama | Music: Allah Rakha Lyrics: Roopbani | ||
| Mahakavi Kalidas | Sudhir Sen | Vanmala, Ulhas, Snehprabha, Leela Mishra, Sunalini Devi, Mirchandani, Bhagwati Prasad Mishra | Drama, History, Musical | Music: Palsekar Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi | ||
| Maharathi Karna | Bhalji Pendharkar | Prithviraj Kapoor, Swarnalata, Durga Khote, Shahu Modak, Kamalakar Torne, K. N. Singh, Nimbalkar, Vasantrao Pehalwan | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | Music: Datta Korgaonkar Lyrics: Pandit Shivkumar | ||
| Mali | V. Shantaram | Mahipal, Nana Palsikar, Amirbai Karnataki | Devotional | Music: Master Krishnarao Lyrics: Deewan Sharar, Ratan Piya, Bekal, Mahipal | ||
| Man Ki Jeet | Wahid-ud-din Zia-ud-din Ahmed (W. Z. Ahmed) | Nina, Shyam, Tiwari, Rajkumari Shukla, Prakash, Saroj Borkar, Gulab | Social | Music: S. K. Pal Lyrics: Josh Malihabadi, Bharat Vyas | ||
| Manorama | Jayant Desai | Ishwarlal, Leela Chitnis, Maya Banerjee, Mubarak, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Alaknanda, Naseem Jr. | Social | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Anjum Pilibhiti | ||
| Mauji Jeevan | Poonawala | Sulochana Chatterjee, Harishchandra, Nazira, Ghory, Bibijan, Dalpat, Habib, Devaskar | Action | Music: Gulshan Sufi Lyrics: Baba Paagal | ||
| Maya Nagari | Dhirubhai Desai | Prakash, Rajkumari, Yashwant Dave, Shahzadi, Samson, Fazlu | Fantasy | Music: Veer Singh Lyrics: | ||
| Meena | Phani Majumdar | Hansa Wadkar, Vasanti, Dixit, Shashi Kapoor, Shakir, Ratan Piya | Social | Music: Hari Prasanna Das Lyrics: Pandit Phani | ||
| Meri Bahen a.k.a. My Sister | Hemchandra Chunder | K. L. Saigal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Chandrabati Devi, Sumitra Devi, Nawab, Akhtar Jehan, Hiralal, Tandon | Family Social | Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: Pandit Bhushan | ||
| Miss Devi | C. M. Trivedi | Surendra, Leela Desai, Nazir, Moni Chatterjee, Jagdish, Agha | Social | Music: Ashok Ghosh Lyrics: | ||
| Mujrim | Nitin Bose | Motilal, Leela Desai, Yakub, Jagdish Sethi, Veena, Sunalini Devi, S. Nazir, Cuckoo | Social | Music: Gyan Prakash Ghosh Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi, Kailash Matwala | ||
| Mumtaz Mahal | Kidar Nath Sharma | Khursheed Bano, Chandra Mohan, Yakub, Madhubala, Sulochana Chatterjee, Brijmala, Rajinder Singh | Historical Romance | Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: Wali Saheb | ||
N-R
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | ||||||
| O Panchhi | Zahur Raja | Zahur Raja, Radharani, Durrani, Mumtaz, Kalyani Das, Ghory, Durrani, Arif, Motibai | Social | Music: V. A. Balsara Lyrics: | ||
| Pagli Duniya | Aspi Irani | Mumtaz Shanti, Motilal, Sheikh Mukhtar, Pratima Devi, Kanhaiyalal, Kesri | Social | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Swami Ramanand Saraswati, Pandit Indra, Wali Sahab, B. R. Sharma | ||
| Panchhi | Barkat Mehra | Manorama, Radha, Zahur Raja, Ajmal, Hari Shivdasani, Ghulam Qadir | Social | Music: Pandit Amarnath Lyrics: Manohar Sehrai, Akhtar Chughtai | ||
| Panna | Najam Naqvi | Geeta Nizami, P. Jairaj, David, Raja Paranjpe, Kusum Deshpande | Drama, War | Music: Amir Ali Lyrics: Wali Sahab | ||
| Parakh | Sohrab Modi | Mehtab, Balwant Singh, Latika, Yakub, Kaushalya, Shah Nawaz, Pratima Devi, Sadiq Ali | Social Drama | Music: Khurshid Anwar, Saraswati Devi Lyrics: Gafil Harnalvi, Arzu Lakhnavi, Pandit Sudarshan | ||
| Parbat Pe Apna Dera | V. Shantaram | Vanamala, Ulhas, Madan Mohan, Kanta Kumari, Shantarin, Kamal, Baby Nalini | Romance | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Deewan Sharar | ||
| Paristan | Mahesh Kaul | Pahari Sanyal, Anjali Devi, Kamal Zamindar, Sunalini Devi, Moni Chatterjee, Padma Bannerjee, Ranjit Kumari, Anwaribai | Fantasy | Music: Ninu Majumdar Lyrics: Roopdas and Ninu Majumdar | ||
| Pattharon Ka Saudagar | Shorey Daulatvi | Paresh Bannerjee, Sheela, Meena Shorey, Al Nisar, K. N. Singh, Sankatha Prasad, Jilloobai, Abu Bakar | Music: Mir Sahib Lyrics: Gafil Harnalvi, Pandit Sudarshan | |||
| Pehle Aap | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Wasti, Shamim, Chandabai, Dixit, Jeevan, Vidya, Anwar Hussain | Music: Naushad Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | |||
| Police | Shanti Kumar | Prem Adib, Ratnamala, Ranjana, Shah Nawaz, Jeevan | Social | Music: Pannalal Ghosh Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta | ||
| Qatil | K. L. Khan | E. Billimoria, Shantarin, Baburao, Dilawar, Asharani, Razi, Mannan, Badri Prasad, Fazlu | Action | Music: K. Narayana Rao Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi | ||
| Rajkumar | Phani Majumdar | Chetan Anand, Nargis | Music: Lyrics: | |||
| Ramshastri | Vishram Bedekar, Gajanan Jagirdar | Master Vithal, Gajanan Jagirdar, Anant Marathe, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Shanta Apte, Minakshi, Lalita Pawar, Madhu Apte, Hansa Wadkar | Biopic Drama | Music: G. Damle Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | ||
| Rangile Dost | Ramanlal Desai | Benjamin, Sulochana Chatterjee, Agha, Rekha, Munshi Khanjar, Sadiq Ali, Bibijan | Action | Music: Ninu Majumdar Lyrics: A. G. Badar | ||
| Rattan | M. Sadiq | Karan Dewan, Swarnlata, Amir Banu, Wasti, Chandabai, Manju, Rajkumari Shukla, Badri Prasad, Gulab, Azurie | Social Romance | Music: Naushad Lyrics: D. N. Madhok | ||
| Raunaq | Dwarka Khosla | Motilal, Chandra Mohan, Chandraprabha, Noor Mohammed Charlie | Social | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: I. C. Kapoor | ||
S-Z
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | ||||||
| Sandhi | Apurba Kumar Mitra | Jamuna Devi, Manorama, Ahindra Choudhury, Bipin Gupta, Ranjit Roy, Devbala, Biman Bandyopadhyay, Hiralal, Mrinalkanti Ghosh | Social | It won three BFJA Awards: Best Film, Best Music Director and Best Screenplay in 1945. Music: Anil Bagchi Lyrics: Pt. Narottam Vyas | ||
| Shahenshah Babar | Wajahat Mirza | Khurshid, Sheikh Mukhtar, Yakub, Agha Jan, Anwari, Sulochana Chatterjee | Historical | Music: Khemchad Prakash Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi, Munshi Aziz, Pandit Indra | ||
| Shararat | Kishore Sahu | Kishore Sahu, Protima Dasgupta, Maya Bannerjee, Ramesh Gupta, Moni Chatterjee, Sushil Sahu, Gulab | Social | Music: S. N. Tripathi, Khan Mastana Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi, A Karim, Ambikesh Kuntal | ||
| Shukriya | Harnam Singh Rawail | Amar, Ramola, Zahur Shah, Manorama, Sunder | Social | Music: G.A. Chishti Lyrics: Shanti Swaroop Madhukar, G A Chishti | ||
| Stunt King | Keshav Talpade | John Cawas, Khurshid Jr., Kamala, Dalpat, S. Nazir, Boman Shroff, Putlibai, Agha Jan | Action | Music: Afzal Lahori Lyrics: Azm Wazidpuri | ||
| Subah Shyam | P.C. Barua | P.C. Barua, Jamuna, Tulsi Chakraborty, Devbala, Indu Mukherjee, Ramesh Sinha, Munir, Ravikant | Social Drama | Music: Subal Dasgupta Lyrics: Faiyyaz Hashmi, Munir Lakhnavi | ||
| Suno Sunata Hoon | Raj Kumar | Vanmala, Ulhas, K. C. Dey, Mirza Musharraf, Chandabai, N. A. Ansari | Social | Music: K. C. Dey Lyrics: Rashid Gorakhpuri | ||
| Swarna Bhoomi | Bhalji Pendharkar | Leela, Chandrakant Desai, Swarnalata, Ashalata Kashmiri, Sudha Apte, Nandrekar | Social | Music: Pandit Tripathi Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak | ||
| Taqrar | Hemen Gupta | Motilal, Jamuna, Molina, Nawab, Tulsi Chakrabarty, Devbala, Iftekhar, Tandon | Family Social | Music: Sachin Das Lyrics: Azad, Shanti Swaroop Madhukar | ||
| Taxi Driver | S. M. Raza | Sulochana Chatterjee, Dilawar, Rekha Pawar, Baburao, Agha, Shobha, Arvind Kumar, Nazira | Action | Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi | ||
| Umang | K. M. Multani | Motilal, Chandra Prabha, Sunalini Devi, E. Billimoria, Tara Harish, Sheikh, Geeta Sardesai | Social | Music: Firoz Nizami Lyrics: Ratan Piya, Sharma | ||
| Uss Paar | Chimanlal Luhar | Ishwarlal, Swarnalata, Chandra Mohan, Sulochana Chatterjee, Kanhaiyalal, Noor Mohammed Charlie | Drama | Music: Firoz Nizami Lyrics: Pandit Madhur | ||
References
- ↑ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1944". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
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