List of Bollywood films of 1944

A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1944:

Top grossing films

The top seven 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

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1944
Aaina S.M. YusufTrilok Kapoor, Sulochana Chatterjee, Yakub, Gope, Kaushalya, Yashodhra Katju, Husn Banu, Mirza Musharraf, Leela MishraSocial Music: Fateh Ali Khan, Gulshan Sufi
Lyrics: Pandit Phani, Tanveer Naqvi
AnbanNiren 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
BahadurBhagwan 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. AmarnathS. Nazir, Romila, Anil Kumar, Rekha Pawar, Prakash, Mehar Banu Action Music: Ram Gopal Pandey
Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi
Beda PaarTara 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
BhanvaraKidar 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
BhartruhariChaturbhuj 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

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1944
Dasi Hiren BoseNajam, 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. KumarKishore 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
HamrahiBimal Roy Maya Basu, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Tulsi Chakraborty, Binata Basu, Devbala, Hiralal, Manorama, Ramesh Sinha Social Music: R. C. Boral
Lyrics: Zaakir Hussain
InsaanBabubhai 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 KismatA. 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 JaswantlalVanmala, 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 BodanaJBH Wadia Sheikh Mukhtar, Ranjit Kumari, Gope, Badri Prasad, Meera, Rani Premlata, Gulab, S.B. NayampalliDevotional Music: Avinash Vyas, Shankar Rao Vyas
Lyrics: Pandit Indra

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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 BadmashNari Ghadiali Husnara, Yusuf Effendi, Bibijan, Mannan, Putlibai, Mohammed Hussain, Mohammed Sandow Action Music: Avinash Vyas
Lyrics: Sadiq Lakhnavi
Laheri CameramanNari Ghadiali Benjamin, Shantarin, Agha, Bibijan, Nazira, Sadiq, Munchi Tuthi Action Music: K. Narayana Rao
Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi
LalkarJayant Desai Ramola, Ishwarlal, Maya Bannerjee, Mubarak Social Music: C. Ramchandra
Lyrics: Pandit Madhur
LieutenantNari Ghadiali Sharda, Benjamin, Bibijan, Sandow, Nazira, Putlibai, Shahzadi Action Music:
Lyrics: Mustafa
Maa BaapV. 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 MishraDrama, History, Musical Music: Palsekar
Lyrics: Rammurti Chaturvedi
Maharathi KarnaBhalji PendharkarPrithviraj 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 JeevanPoonawala 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 ChunderK. 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:
MujrimNitin 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

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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
PanchhiBarkat 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, WarMusic: Amir Ali
Lyrics: Wali Sahab
ParakhSohrab 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
ParistanMahesh 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 SaudagarShorey 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
QatilK. 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 DostRamanlal 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

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1944
Sandhi Apurba Kumar MitraJamuna 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 BabarWajahat MirzaKhurshid, Sheikh Mukhtar, Yakub, Agha Jan, Anwari, Sulochana Chatterjee Historical Music: Khemchad Prakash Lyrics: Shams Lakhnavi, Munshi Aziz, Pandit Indra
ShararatKishore 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
ShukriyaHarnam 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 HoonRaj Kumar Vanmala, Ulhas, K. C. Dey, Mirza Musharraf, Chandabai, N. A. Ansari Social Music: K. C. Dey Lyrics: Rashid Gorakhpuri
Swarna BhoomiBhalji Pendharkar Leela, Chandrakant Desai, Swarnalata, Ashalata Kashmiri, Sudha Apte, Nandrekar Social Music: Pandit Tripathi
Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak
Taqrar Hemen GuptaMotilal, Jamuna, Molina, Nawab, Tulsi Chakrabarty, Devbala, Iftekhar, Tandon Family Social Music: Sachin Das
Lyrics: Azad, Shanti Swaroop Madhukar
Taxi DriverS. M. Raza Sulochana Chatterjee, Dilawar, Rekha Pawar, Baburao, Agha, Shobha, Arvind Kumar, Nazira Action Music: Khan Mastana
Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi
UmangK. M. Multani Motilal, Chandra Prabha, Sunalini Devi, E. Billimoria, Tara Harish, Sheikh, Geeta Sardesai Social Music: Firoz Nizami
Lyrics: Ratan Piya, Sharma
Uss PaarChimanlal Luhar Ishwarlal, Swarnalata, Chandra Mohan, Sulochana Chatterjee, Kanhaiyalal, Noor Mohammed Charlie DramaMusic: Firoz Nizami
Lyrics: Pandit Madhur

References

  1. Box Office India. "Top Earners 1944". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved July 10, 2008.

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