Bollywood films of 1951
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A list of films produced by the Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film industry based in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 in 1951:

Highest grossing

The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1951:
1951
Rank
Title Notes
1. Awaara
Awaara
Awaara is a 1951 Hindi film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor who also plays the leading role. His real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor stars as his on-screen father Judge Raghunath. Kapoor's youngest real-life brother Shashi Kapoor plays the younger version of his character...

2. Baazi
3. Albela
Albela (1951 film)
Albela is a 1951 Bollywood musical comedy film directed by and starring Bhagwan Dada and Geeta Bali.A Hindi classic, it was the third highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951 and its soundtrack by C. Ramchandra was acclaimed.-Cast:...

4. Deedar
Deedar (1951 film)
Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi in lead roles....

5. Jadoo
Jadoo
Jadoo is the debut album of the Pakistani pop band The Milestones, released in the year 1993. It was released by the record label Visible Changes and was produced by bassist Ali Tim and lead guitarist Ziyyad Gulzar...

6. Bahar
Bahar (film)
The film's soundtrack was composed by S. D. Burman while the lyrics was penned by Rajendra Krishan. Almost all the songs was a chartbusters and the album proved to be successful for music director S. D. Burman who previously taste success through Shabnam. Bahar also one of the rare soundtrack where...

7. Anand Math
8. Baadal
9. Hum Log
10. Afsana
Afsana (film)
Afsana is a hit 1951 Bollywood film. It was the directorial debut of Baldev Raj Chopra and starred Ashok Kumar as twin brothers, starting a trend for such dual roles.-Plot summary:...


1951

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1951
1951 in film
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...

25th July
Aaram
Adaa
Aflatoon
Afsana
Afsana (film)
Afsana is a hit 1951 Bollywood film. It was the directorial debut of Baldev Raj Chopra and starred Ashok Kumar as twin brothers, starting a trend for such dual roles.-Plot summary:...

Ashok Kumar
Albela
Albela (1951 film)
Albela is a 1951 Bollywood musical comedy film directed by and starring Bhagwan Dada and Geeta Bali.A Hindi classic, it was the third highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951 and its soundtrack by C. Ramchandra was acclaimed.-Cast:...

Bhagwandas Geeta Bali, Bhagwandas, Dulari, Badri Prasad,
Andolan
Awaara Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
Known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara and Boot Polish were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the...

 
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
Known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara and Boot Polish were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the...

, Nargis
Nargis
Nargis Dutt , born Fatima Rashid but known by her screen name, Nargis, was an Indian film actress. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema. She made her screen debut as a child in Talash-E-Haq in 1935, but her acting carer began in 1942 with Tamanna...

, Prithviraj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor , 3 November 1906 – 29 May 1972) was a pioneer of Indian theatre and of the Hindi film industry, who started his career as an actor, in the silent era of Hindi cinema, associated with IPTA and who founded Prithvi Theatres, a travelling theatre company based in Mumbai, in...

, Leela Chitnis
Leela Chitnis
Leela Chitnis was an early actress in the Indian film industry.-Early life:She was born in Dharwar, Karnataka to an English professor. She was one of the first educated film actresses...

, K.N.Singh, Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor , born Balbir-Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta , is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been film director and assistant director in Hindi Films. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema...

Baazi Guru Dutt
Guru Dutt
Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone , popularly known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is often credited with ushering in the golden era of Hindi cinema...

 
Dev Anand
Dev Anand
Dharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...

, Geeta Bali
Geeta Bali
Geeta Bali was a popular film actress from Bollywood.-Early life:Bali was born in a Mohyal family in pre-partition Punjab as Harkirtan Kaur, a Sikh. Her family moved to Bombay and were living in near poverty when she started to get breaks in films.-Career:Bali became a star in the 1950s...

, Kalpana Kartik
Kalpana Kartik
Kalpana Kartik is a former Hindi film actress. She starred in five films in the 1950s. She is the wife of Hindi film actor and film maker Dev Anand....

Crime Thriller
Babla
Badal
Badal
Badal is a 2000 Bollywood movie directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. The movie is set in 1984 when riots were engulfing parts of Punjab and Delhi. The movie is inspired by The Devil's Own, starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford.-Plot:The police are...

Amiya Chakrabarty Prem Nath, Madhubala,
Bade Bhaiyya
Bade Sahab
Badi Bahu
Bahar
Bahar (film)
The film's soundtrack was composed by S. D. Burman while the lyrics was penned by Rajendra Krishan. Almost all the songs was a chartbusters and the album proved to be successful for music director S. D. Burman who previously taste success through Shabnam. Bahar also one of the rare soundtrack where...

Vyjayanthimala
Vyjayanthimala
Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....

, Karan Dewan, Pran, Pandhari Bai 
Bedardi
Bedardi
Bedardi is a 1993 movie starring Ajay Devgn, Urmila Matondkar, Naseeruddin Shah, Reena Roy and Kiran Kumar in pivotal roles.-Synopsis:Mumbai-based Saxena family consists of Professor Nirbhay, his wife Preeti, their school-going daughter Ritu, Nirbhay's college-going brother and sister, Vijay and...

Bhola Shankar
Bikhare Moti
Bikhare Moti
Bikhare Moti is a 1971 Bollywood film directed by Tapi Chanakya. The film stars Jeetendra and Babita....

Buzdil
Damaad
Damaad
Damaad is a 1978 Bollywood film directed by Rajat Rakshit.-Cast:*Amol Palekar*Ranjeeta Kaur*Shreeram Lagoo*Keshto Mukherjee*Preeti Ganguli*Pinchoo Kapoor*Ashok Saraf...

Daman
Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence
Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence is a 2001 Indian film directed by Kalpana Lajmi released on 4 May 2001. The lead actress, Raveena Tandon, won the distinguished National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Durga Saikia. The film follows the story of a battered wife...

Dasavtaar
Deedar
Deedar (1951 film)
Deedar is a 1951 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Nitin Bose and starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi in lead roles....

Nitin Bose
Nitin Bose
Nitin Bose was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city. In the 1930s and early 1940s, he worked with New Theatres, who made bilingual movies: in both Bengali and Hindi...

Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar , is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament.He lives in Pali Hill, Bandra in Mumbai, India. He is commonly known as "Tragedy King",and is described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray....

, Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar also fondly called Dadamoni was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema...

, Nargis
Nargis
Nargis Dutt , born Fatima Rashid but known by her screen name, Nargis, was an Indian film actress. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema. She made her screen debut as a child in Talash-E-Haq in 1935, but her acting carer began in 1942 with Tamanna...

, Nimmi
Nimmi
Nimmi was a popular Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films. She gained popularity playing spirited village belle type characters, but also appeared in diverse genres such as fantasy and social films.-Early life:...

 
Romantic drama
Dilwar
Do Sitare
Ek Nazar
Ek Nazar
Ek Nazar is a 1972 Bollywood romance film directed by B.R. Ishara. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Nadira. The story was very good and nicely presented. Especially the second half of the film has many ups and downs, murder mistery, court room scenes, good acting and family drama...

Ek Tha Raja
Ek Tha Raja
Ek Tha Raja is a 1996 Indian Bollywood film directed by and produced by Ratan Jain. It stars Aditya Pancholi, Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Shetty and Neelam Kothari in pivotal roles.-Cast:* Aditya Pancholi...Raj / Raj Dogra* Saif Ali Khan...Sunny / Sunny Dogra...

Ghayal
Hamari Shaan
Hanumaan Pataal Vijay
Hulchul
Hulchul (1951 film)
Hulchul is a 1951 Hindi movie produced by K. Asif and directed by S K Ojha. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, and Balraj Sahni....

Dilip Kumar,
Humlog Nutan, Sajjan, Shobhana Samarth,
Ishwar Bhakti
Jadoo
Jadoo
Jadoo is the debut album of the Pakistani pop band The Milestones, released in the year 1993. It was released by the record label Visible Changes and was produced by bassist Ali Tim and lead guitarist Ziyyad Gulzar...

Nalini Jaywant, Suresh,
Jai Mahakali
Jai Mahalaxmi
Jai Shankar
Jawani Ki Aag
Johari
Johari
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Kalakar
Kali Ghata
Kali Ghata (1951 film)
Kali Ghata is a 1951 Hindi film directed by Kishore Sahu and starring Kishore Sahu, Bina Rai and Asha Mathur....

Kishore Sahu Bina Roy, Kishore Sahu, Gope,
Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

Khazana Om Prakash,
Lakshmi Narayan
Lav Kush
Lokmanya Bal Gagadhar Tilak
Madhosh
Madhosh
Madhosh is the name of a series of unrelated Indian Bollywood films.-Cast:*Meena Kumari - Soni*Manher Desai - Raya *Usha Kiran - Raina*Rajan - Anand*Kuldeep Akhtar - Rambhaji*Jillo - *S. Nazir - Shakriya*M.K...

Maldar
Malhar
Malhar
Malhar is an old raga in Indian classical music. Malhar is associated with the atmosphere of torrential rains.- Legend :According to the legend, Malhar is so powerful that when sung, rain falls from the sky....

Mukesh Shammi,
Mangla
Mangla
Mangla town is located in Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir at the border with Jhelum district Punjab, with Jhelum river making the boundary. Mangla is an ancient town and is slated to be named after Mangla Devi. It is also the site of crossing of river Jhelum by Alexander forces facing Raja Porus...

Ranjan, Bhanumati,
Maya Machhindra
Nadaan
Nadaan
Nadaan is a 1971 Bollywood drama film directed by Deven Verma. The film stars Asha Parekh and Madan Puri.-Cast:*Asha Parekh - Seema*A. K. Hangal - Seema's Father*Brahma Bhardwaj - Ramprasad Jain*Sulochana Chatterjee - Mrs. Sarla Jain...

Nagina
Nagina
Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-History:The Ain-e-Akbari mentions the city as the headquarter of Nagina mahal or pargana. During British period, it remained the headquarter of Nagina Tahsil, Bijnor district, in the United Province; and...

Nazir Khan, Nutan,
Nai Zindagi
Nandkishore
Naujawan Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant,
Nazneen
Parnetar
Pataal Bhairavi
Phoolon Ke Haar
Pyar Ki Baaten
Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

Ram Janma
Ratnadeep
Riding Hero
Saagar
Saagar
Saagar is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia along with Kamal Hassan.Saagar was a comeback film for Kapadia, and contained a fleeting topless shot of her...

Sagai Prem Nath,Madhubala, Gope, Yakub,
Saiyan
Saiyan (film)
Saiyan is a 1951 Bollywood film starring Madhubala, Ajit Khan, and Jayant. A period film depicting feudal India, the plot is a remake of the 1946 American Western, Duel in the Sun....

Sanam
Sanam
-References:...

Sansar
Sarkar
Saudagar
Sazaa
Sazaa
Sazaa is a 1972 Bollywood thriller film directed by Chand.-Cast:*Kabir Bedi*Yogeeta Bali*Ashok Kumar*Jeetendra*Rekha*Rajendra Nath*Pran*Madan Puri*Kamaldeep*Helen...

Shabistan Nasim, Shyam, Sapru, Murad,
Shayun
Shri Ganesh Janma
Shri Vishnu Bhagwan
Shrikrishna Satyabhama
Simba
Simba
Simba is a lion character and the protagonist of Disney's most successful animated feature film, The Lion King. He is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, nephew of Scar, mate of Nala, and father of Kiara. He has golden fur and when he grows into an adult, he has an auburn mane...

Babu Rao,
Stage
Tarana
Tarana (1951 film)
Tarana is a 1951 Hindi movie produced and written by K S Daryani and directed by Ram Daryani. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Shyama and Jeevan. The films music is by Anil Biswas-Plot:...

Toofan
Toofan
Toofan is a Pakistani Urdu film starring Shaan, Saima, Resham and Laila.-Cast:* Shaan* Saima* Resham* Nargis* Laila* Arbaz Khan* Asif Khan* Shafqat Cheema...


External links

  • Bollywood films of 1951 at the Internet Movie Database
    Internet Movie Database
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  • Indian Film Songs from the Year 1951 - A review of 1951 with a special focus on Hindi film songs_edited_Raysul_Hoque
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