List of Hindi films of 1940

Hindi cinema

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1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
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1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
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1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
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1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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A list of films produced by the Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai in 1940:

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## Highest-grossing films

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The five highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1940:[1]

1940
rank | Title | Notes

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1\.  | Aurat |
2\.  | Zindagi |
3\.  | Achhut |
4\.  | Pagal |
5\.  | Nartaki |  |

## A

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Aaj Ka Hindustan | Jayant Desai | Rose, Prithviraj Kapoor, SitaraDevi, Ishwarlal, Yakub, Kalyani, Tarabai, Charubala, Charlie | Social | Music: Khemchand Prakash
Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Aaj Ki Duniya | G.P. Pawar | Trilok Kapoor, Ashalata, Jeevan, Vatsala Kumtekar, Gulab, Nazir Kashmiri, S. Nazir | Social | Music: Pratap Mukherji
Lyrics: A. Karim
Aandhi | Dinesh Ranjan Das | Pankaj Mullick, Khursheed, Molina Devi, K. C. Dey, Sulekha, Sham Laha, Nemo | Social | Music: K. C. Dey
Lyrics: Arzu Lucknavi
Abla Ki Shakti | Munshi Dil Lucknowi | Jehanara Kajjan, Khalil, Premlata, Phool Kumari | Social | Music: C. Solanki
Lyrics: Ustad Hussain Jan
Achhut | Chandulal Shah | Gohar Mamajiwala, Motilal, Vasanti, Mazhar Khan, Sitara Devi, Trilok Kapoor, Charlie, Dixit, Lala Yaqub, Ibrahim, Rajkumari | Social Drama | Music: Gyan Dutt
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi
Aflatoon Aurat | Kikubhai Desai | Moti, Mallika Pukhraj, Sardar Mansur, Kanta Kumari, Vatsala Kumtekar, S. Vazre, Bose, Razak, Dhulia, Bashir, Mirajkar | Action | Music: Damodar Sharma
Lyrics: Munshi Aziz
Alakh Niranjan a.k.a. Gorakhnath | Bhalji Pendharkar | Nandrekar, Leela, Raja Paranjpe, Vimal Sardesai, Chandrakant | Devotional | Music: Koregaonkar Dutta
Lyrics: Pandit Anand Kumar
Ali Baba | Mehboob Khan | Surendra, Sardar Akhtar, Ghulam Mohammed, Jagdish | Fantasy, Adventure | Music: Anil Biswas
Lyrics: Aah Sitapuri
Anarbala | A. M. Khan | Benjamin, Jani Babu, Shanta Kashmiri, N. A. Ansari, Usha Rani, M. Musa, Indira, Ameena, Rafiqe | Horror | Music: Master Mohammed
Lyrics: Munshi Nayab
Anjaam | Kanjibhai Rathod | Anil Kumar, Mehar Sultana, Rajkumari, Yashwant Dave, Samson, Fazlu | Costume | Music: Shanti Kumar
Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
Anuradha | Mohan Sinha | Maya Banerjee, Trilok Kapoor, Jeevan, Vatsala Kumtekar, Shyam Sunder, Anant Marathe, S, Nazir, Agha, Ghulam Rasool, Mehdi Raza, Bibijan | Social | Music: Badri Prasad
Lyrics: Lajpat Rai
Apni Nagariya | Gunjal | Shobhana Samarth, Nazir, Jayant, K. N. Singh, Shanta Dutt, Madhavi, Bibijan, Keki Bawa | Social | Music: Rafiqe Ghaznavi
Lyrics: Aah Sitapuri, Pandit Indra
Aurat | Mehboob Khan | Sardar Akhtar, Surendra, Yakub, Jyoti, Kanhaiyalal, Arun Kumar, Harish, Brij Rani, Vatsala Kumtekar, Sunalini Devi | Social Family Drama | Music: Anil Biswas
Lyrics: Safdar Aah
Azad | N.R. Acharya | Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Hansa Wadkar, Mumtaz Ali, Nazir Bedi, Rama Shukal, Nana Palsikar, D. V. Surve, Ramchandra Pal | Social | Music: Saraswati Devi
Lyrics: J S Kashyap
Azadi-e-Watan | Dinshaw Billimoria | Mallika Pukhraj, D. Billimoria, W. M. Khan, Ashraf Khan, Ghulam Mohammed, Abdul Qadir | Social | Music: Munshi Dil
Lyrics: Munshi Dil

## B–D

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Bahurani a.k.a. Daughter-in-Law | R.S. Junnarkar, Mubarak | Kishore Sahu, Rose, Anuradha, Mubarak, Madhurika, Pratima Devi, Masood, Nana Palsikar | Family | Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi
Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap, Azad
Bandhan | N. R. Acharya | Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Arun Kumar, P. F. Pithavala, V. H. Desai, Shah Nawaz, Purnima Desai, Jagganath | Romantic Drama | Music: Saraswati Devi, Ramchandra Pal
Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Bhairavsingh – Ek Rashtra sevak |  |  |  |
Bharosa | Sohrab Modi | Chandra Mohan, Sardar Akhtar, Mazhar Khan, Maya Devi, E. Tarapore, Sheela, Abu Bakar | Social | Music: G. P. Kapoor
Lyrics: Lalchand Bismil
Bholi Lutaran | A. M. Khan | Zohra Sehgal, Umakant, Ameena, Jani Babu, Shiraz, A. M. Khan, Ata Mohammed, Sadiq | Costume | Music: Haribhai Mistry, Master Mohammedd
Lyrics: Munshi Nayab
Captain Kishori | K. Amarnath | Nazir, Lalita Pawar, Yasmin, Agha | Action | Music: Ram Gopal Pande
Aslam Noori
Chalti Duniya | Gunjal, B. Marzban | Padma Devi, Rafiq Ghaznavi, Lakshmi, Ghulam Rasool, Leelavati, | Action | Music: Ram Gopal Pande
Lyrics:
Chingari | Sarvottam Badami | Prithviraj Kapoor, Sabita Devi, Keshavrao Date, E. Billimoria, Sunalini Devi, Khatoon, Bhagwandas, Mira, Tarabai | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt
Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
Civil Marriage | Ramchandra Thakur | Snehprabha Pradhan, Harish, Arun Kumar, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, Bhudo Advani, Putlibai | Social | Music: Anupam Ghatak
Lyrics: Kanhaiyalal
Deepak | Dwarka Khosla | Prithviraj Kapoor, Ashalata, Jeevan, Anant Marathe, S. Nazir, Vatsala Kumtekar, Nazir Kashmiri, Baby Suman | Social | Music: Timir Baran
Lyrics: Lajpat Rai
Deepak Mahal | Nanubhai Vakil | Anil Kumar, Sarojini, Bibijan, Mirajkar, Indira, Khalil, Majid | Fantasy | Music: Ram Gopal Pande
Lyrics: B. R. Batish, Pandit Anuj
Desh Bhakta | A. H. Essa | Wazir Mohammed Khan, Harishchandra, Ashalata, Kashmiri, Gope, Agha, Nissar, Shah Nawaz, Pir Mohamed | Social | Music: V. K. Naidu
Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi, Shaifta
Dharma Bandhan | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | Khursheed, Yusuf Effendi, Shyam Sunder, Zebunissa, Kaushalya, Jani Babu | Social | Music: B. R. Devdhar
Lyrics:
Diamond Queen | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Radha Rani, Sayani Atish, Sardar Mansur, Dalpat, Boman Shroff | Adventure Action Comedy | Music: Madhaval Damodar Master Lyrics: Munshi Sham
Divali | Jayant Desai | Motilal, Madhuri, Ishwarlal, Vasanti, Keshavrao Date, Dixit, Indubala, Suresh, Kesari, M. Bhagwandas | Social | Music: Khemchand Prakash
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi, D. N. Madhok, and Pandit Sudarshan
Dorangia Daku | Harnam Singh Rawail | Pushpa Rani, Sunder, Ghulam Mohammed, Baburao Pehalwan | Action | Music: G. K. Rampuri
Lyrics:

## E–J

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Ek Hi Bhool | Vijay Bhatt | Mehtab, P. Jairaj, Umakant, Prahlad dutt, Munshi Khanjar, Baby Meena Kumari | Social Drama | Music: Shankar Rao Vyas
Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
Geeta | Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar | Chandra Mohan, Durga Khote, Anant Marathe, Ashalata, Kashmiri, Vatsala Kumtekar, Keki Bawa, Suman | Social | Music: D. P. Koregaonkar
Lyrics: S. P. Kalla
Ghar Ki Rani | Master Vinayak | Master Vinayak, Meenakshi, Leela Chitnis, Baburao Pendharkar, Damuanna Malvankar, Kusuk Deshpande, Salvi | Family Drama | Music: Chandekar
Lyrics:
Golibar | Nanubhai Vakil | Moti, Navinchandra, Kanta Kumari, Vasantrao Pehalwan, Mirajkar, Sardar Mansur, Dhulia, Razaq, Bacha, S. L. Puri | Action | Music: Damodar Sharma
Lyrics:
Haar Jeet | Amar Mullick | Kanan Devi, Pahari Sanyal, Meera Dutta, Chhaya Devi, Nawab, Madho Shukla, Nand Kishore, Nemo, Ghulam Hussain | Social | Music: R. C. Boral
Lyrics: Arzu Luckhnavi, Kidar Sharma
Haiwan | A. M. Khan | Sitara Devi, Alaknanda, Bachchu, Tarabai | Action | Music: R. Pande
Lyrics:
Hatimtai Ki Beti | Nanubhai Vakil | Sarojini, Anil Kumar, Indurani, Anwaribai, Sayid Ahmed, Bibijan |  | Music: B. R. Batish, Master Madhavlal Damodar
Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
Hind Ka Lal | Homi Wadia, Ramji Arya | Radharani, Sardar Mansur, Boman Shroff, Dalpat, Mithu Miyan, Gulshan, Kasturi, Dilawar, Azurie, Nazira, Master Mohammed, Bismillah | Action | Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master
Lyrics: Ata Biswani
Hindustan Hamara | Ram Daryani | Jamuna, Padmadevi, Nandrekar, Ram Dulari, Devaskar, Hari Shivdasani, Badri Prasad | Social | Music: B. Chatterji
Lyrics: Arzu Luckhnavi
Holi | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Motilal, Khursheed, Ishwarlal, Sitara Devi, Ghory, Dixit, Lala Yaqub, Tarabai, Mirza Musharraf, Keshavrao Date, Bhagwandas | Social Drama | Music: Khemchand Prakash
Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Jadui Kangan | Nanubhai Vakil | Master Vithal, Kokila, Rajkumari, Sunita Devi, Kamal, Nawaz, Sadique, Majid, Krishna Kumari, Haroon, Mohanlal Mishra | Fantasy | Music: Shanti Kumar
Lyrics: Pandit Phani
Jadu Nagri | B. Apte | Rajkumari, Yashwant Dave, Shamim, Tarabai | Fantasy | Music: Shanti Kumar Desai
Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
Jagat Mohini | Chunilal Parikh | Master Vithal, Kokila, Sunita Devi, Majid, Kamal, Krishna Kumari Sr., Mohanlal, Mishra, Haroon, Amritlal Nagar |  | Music: Madhavlal Master
Lyrics: Pandit Phani
Jai Swadesh | Aspi Irani | Radharani, Benjamin, Sayani Atish, Vatsala Kumtekar, Azurie, Abdul Haq | Action Social | Music: Madhavlal Master
Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi
Jhuthi Sharm | Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani | Trilok Kapoor, Bimla Kumari, Navin Yagnik, Nirmala Devi, Rajkumari, Nayampalli, Rai Mohan, Sharifa | Social | Music: Badri Prasad
Lyrics: D. N. Madhok

## K–N

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Kalyani | Premankur Atorthy | Rattanbai, W. M. Khan, Ghulam Mohammed, Jilloo, Mukhtar, Kesar, Jamshedji, Sayed Ahmed | Social | Music: H. C. Bali
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi
Kumkum the Dancer | Modhu Bose | Sadhona Bose, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Preeti Majumdar, Moni Chatterjee, Kayam Ali, Padma Devi, Lalit Roy, M. Ishaq, Bhudo Advani, Kamta Prasad, Jamshedji | Costume Drama | Music: Timir Baran
Lyrics: Pandit Sudarshan
Kanyadan | V. M. Vyas | Kalyani Ds, Ashiq Hussain, Shamim, Ghulam Mohammed, Jamshedji, Hadi, Jilloo | Social | Music: Mushtaq Hussain
Lyrics: A. Shah
Laxmi | Mohan Sinha | Kumar, Ishrat Sultana, Maya, Bibbo, Jeevan, Gope, Bibijan, Ghulam Rasool, Mehdi Raja | Social | Music: Timir Baran
Lyrics: Mohan Sinha
Main Hari | Gajanan Jagirdar | Navin Yagnik, Naseem, Maya Devi, Ghulam Hussain, Hari Shivdasani | Social | Music: Mir Sahib
Lyrics: Kamal Amrohi
Madari Mohan | Babu Rao Pokal, R, Varde | Satyarani, Devaskar, Sunita Devi, Ramchandra Varde, Vasant Kanse, Kashinath, Tara | Fantasy | Music: B R Deodhar, K Narayan Rao
Lyrics: B. G. Joglekar, Pandit Phani
Matwali Mira | Prafulla Roy | Husn Banu, Nissar, Sultana Banu, Ranjit Kumari, Fakir Mohammed, Kamla, Fida Hussain | Devotional | Music: Brijlal Verma
Lyrics:
Medha Sharma |  |  |  |
Mohini | Madhukar Bavdekar, Annasaheb Rajopadhye | Master Vithal |  | Music:
Lyrics:
Musafir | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Ishwarlal, Khursheed, Yakub, Charlie, Vasanti, Bhupatrai, Kesari, Mirza Musharaf, Bhagwandas | Social | Music: Gyan Dutt
Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Narsi Bhagat | Vijay Bhatt | Vishnupant Pagnis, Durga Khote, Pande, Vimla Vashishta, Ram Marathe, Baby Indira, Amirbai Karnataki | Biopic | Music: Shankar Rao Vyas
Lyrics: Sampatlal Shrivastav Anuj, Baalam
Nartaki | Debaki Bose | Leela Desai, Najmul Hussain, Wasti, Jagdish Sethi, Bhanu Bannerjee, Sailen Choudhury, Nand Kishore, Bikram Kapoor, Panna Kapoor | Period Costume | Music: Pankaj Mullick
Lyrics: Arzu Lucknavi
Nirali Duniya | V.M. Vyas | Lalita Pawar, E. Billimoria, Shamim, Jal Merchant, Kalyani Das, Fakir Mohammed, Begum Mukhtar, Gulzar, Hadi | Costume | Music: Mushtaq Hussain
Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi

## O–R

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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes

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Pagal | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Madhuri, Prithviraj Kapoor, Yakub, Sitara Devi, Trilok Kapoor, Charlie, Sunalini Devi, Khatoon, Tarabai, Bhatkar, Tarabai | Social Drama | Music: Khemchand Prakash
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi, D. N. Madhok
Pak Daman | Rustom Modi | Firoz Dastur, Ghulam Mohammed, Menaka, Mehboob Khan, Abu Bakar, Mira, Muzaffar Adeeb, Leela | Costume Drama | Music: K. M. Pawar
Lyrics:
Pooja | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Sardar Akhtar, Sitara Devi, Zahur Raja, Mina, Satish, Sunalini Devi, Bhudo Advani, Kanhaiyalal, Shakir, Jyoti, Amir Banu, Sankatha Prasad, Ram Avtar | Social | Music: Anil Biswas
Lyrics: Shatir Ghaznavi
Prem Nagar | Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani | Husn Banu, Nagendra, Bimla Kumari, Fatty Prasad, Rai Mohan, Ramanand, Gulzar | Social | First film for Naushad as independent MD[2] Music: Naushad
Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Punar Milan | Najam Naqvi | Kishore Sahu, Snehprabha Pradhan, Anjali Devi, Shah Nawaz, Sunalini Devi, Pithawala, Mumtaz Ali, S. Baburao, Mumtaz Begum | Social | Music: Ramchandra Pal
Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
Pyaar | Dhirubhai Desai | Mehar Sultana, Samson, Rajkumri, Prakash, Anwaribai, Ishwarlal, Fazlu | Costume | Music: Shanti Kumar Desai
Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
Qaidi | S.F. Hasnain | Madhuri, Ramola, Nandrekar, Mehtab, Monica Desai, Ibrahim, Leela Mishra, Wasti | Social | Music: B. Chatterji
Lyrics: Mirza Ghalib, Arzu Luckhnavi
Rangila Jawan | S.M. Yusuf | Agha, Mehar Sultana, Harishchandra Rao, Ashalata, Kashmiri, Gulshan Sufi, Prabha Devi, Rajni, Iqbal, Maruti, Ramlal, W. M. Khan Gangaram, Gangoobai | Social | Music: Vasant Kumar
Lyrics:
Rani Sahiba | Dhirubhai Desai, Chunilal Parekh | Rajkumari, Prakash, Samson, Bulbule, Jayant, Urmila | Action | Music: Shantikumar Desai
Lyrics: Shyam Babu Pathak, Kabil Amritsari
Reshmi Sari | G.P. Pawar | Moti, Vasant, Sofia, S. L. Puri, Ganpat Rao, Dhulia, Vazre | Social Family Drama | Music: Dam
Lyrics: Munshi Aziz, I. C. Kapoor

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Sant Dnyaneshwar | Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal | Shahu Modak, Sumati Gupte, Datta Dharmadhikari, Pandit, Yashwant, Manju, Madhukar, Shanta Majumdar, Sumitra | Biopic Devotional | Music: Keshavrao Bhole
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi, Shantaram Athavale, Pandit Mukhram Sharma
Sajani | Sarvottam Badami | Noor Jehan, Prithviraj Kapoor, Sabita Devi, Snehprabha Pradhan, Ghory, Tarabai, Dixit, Shakir, Kesari | Romantic Drama | Music: Gyan Dutt
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi
Sandesha | Nazir | Yasmin, Nazir, Ashiq Hussain, Majid Khan, Baby Madhuri, Sadiq, Ram Avtar, Janardhan Sharma, J. Sushila | Romantic Drama | Music: B. R. Batish
Lyrics: Munshi Dil
Sanskar | V. C. Desai | Rose, Harish, Jyoti, Kaushalya, Satish, Sunalini Devi, Waheedan, Agha Jani, Gulzar, Amir Banu, Bhudo Advani | Social | Music: Ashok Ghosh
Lyrics: Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Sardar | Dwarka Khosla | Jayant, Pramila, M. Nazir, Lallo Bhai, Nirmala Devi, Amirbai Karnataki, Munshi Khanjar | Costume | Music: Shanker Rao Vyas
Lyrics: Pandit Anuj, Pandit Balam
Saubhagya | Chimanlal Luhar | Prem Adib, Shobhana Samarth, Snehprabha Pradhan, K. N. Singh, Sushil Kumar, Gulab, Majid | Social | Music: Harishchandra Bali
Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi
Shamsherbaaz | Balwant Bhatt | E. Bilimoria, Ashalata, Gope, Vatsala Kumtekar, Agha, S. Nazir, Kashmiri, Gulab, Karim | Action | Music: Shyam Babu Pathak
Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
Sneh Bandhan | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | E. Bilimoria, Pratima Devi, Bibbo, Navin Yagnik, Rajkumari, Muzzamil, Dhulia, Anwaribai | Romance Drama | Music: Pannalal Ghosh
Lyrics: Narayan Prasad Betab
Suhag | Balwant Bhatt | Mazhar Khan, Kumar, Bibbo, Ashalata, Kashmiri, S. Nazir, Ghulam Rasool, P. R. Joshi, Mehdi Raja | Social Family Drama | Music: Timir Baran
Lyrics: Pandit Indra, Karim

## T–Z

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Tatar Ka Chor | K. Amarnath | Yakub, Indurani, Vatsala Kumtekar, Gulab, Nawaz, Hiralal, W. M. Khan, Meera, Haroon, Sadiq | Action, Fantasy | Music: Ramlal Pande
Lyrics: B. R. Batish, Ehsan Rizvi
Toofan | Chaturbhai Patel | Bhim, Indira, Maruti Rao, Raj Rani, Kamala Warerkar | Action | Music: S. Bir Singh
Lyrics: S. Bir Singh
Usha Haran | Varma | Mubarak, Ulhas, Gauhar Jr., Sultana, Pransukh | Mythology | Music:
Lyrics:
Vasiyat | K. M. Multani | E. Tarapore, Sheela, Gajanan Jagirdar, Pratap, Ghulam Hussain, Sunalini Devi, Abbas, Naval | Social | Music: Khan Mastana
Lyrics: Abdul Baqi
Vijay Kumar | Aspi Irani, Raja Yagnik | Sardar Mansur, Sarita Devi, Violet Cooper, Sayani Atish, Dalpat, Master Mohammed, Bismillah, Gulshan, Jamila, Mithu Miyan | Action, Musical, Drama | Wadia Movietone. Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master
Lyrics:
Virginia | K. M. Multani | Manjula, W. M. Khan, Rajkumari, Pratap, David | Action | Music: Khan Mastana
Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi, Abdul Baqi
Wayda | Rafiq Rizvi | Violet Cooper, Satish, Kokila, Brij Rani, Mohammad Ishaq, Mirza Musharraf, Iqbal Begum, A. R. Pahelwan, Khalil | Social | Music: Ali Bux
Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi
Yaad Rahe | N. Bulchandani | Sushila, Akhtar Nawaz, Shyam Sunder, Ram Pyari, Kamla Jharia, Akbar Khan, Ranjit, J. Sushila | Social | Music: G. K. Rampuri
Lyrics:
Zindagi | P. C. Barua | K. L. Saigal, Jamuna, Pahari Sanyal, Sitara Devi, Nemo, Ashalata, Kashmiri, Sham Laha, Bikram Kapoor, Manorama | Romantic Social Drama | Saigal song "So Ja Rajkumari So ja". Music: Pankaj Mullick
Lyrics: Kidar Sharma

## References

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1. ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1940". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
2. ^ Bharatan, Raju (2013). Naushadnama The Life and Music of Naushad (1st ed.). India: Hay House. ISBN 9789381431931.

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* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Kannada|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Malayalam|

* 1928–1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Marathi|

* 1910s
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Meitei (Manipuri)|

* Brief list
* 2013
* 2018
* 2019

Odia|

* 1936
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1953
* 1954
* 1956
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Punjabi|

* 1970
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1981
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Tamil|

* 1930s
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Telugu|

* 1930s
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Tulu|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Other|

* Konkani
* Tripuri
* Sanskrit

Related|

* Silent films of South India

* ही आना (Tum Hi Aana) Song lyrics html.तुम ही आना (Tum Hi Aana) Song lyrics.

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