List of Hindi films of 1956
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A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1956:
Top grossing films
The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1956:[1]
| 1956 Rank |
Title | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | C.I.D. | Dev Anand, Shakeela |
| 2. | Ek Hi Raasta | Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Sunil Dutt |
| 3. | Chori Chori | Raj Kapoor, Nargis |
| 4. | Basant Bahar | Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi |
| 5. | New Delhi | Kishor Kumar, Vaijayanti Mala |
| 6. | Raj Hath | Pradeep Kumar, Madhubala |
| 7. | Bhai-Bhai | Ashok Kumar, Kishor Kumar, Nimmi, Shyama |
| 8. | Toofan Aur Diya | Rajendra Kumar, Nanda |
| 9. | Funtoosh | Dev Anand, Sheila Ramani |
| 10. | Inspector | Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raj Hath | Sohrab Modi | Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, Sohrab Modi, Murad, Ulhas, Tun Tun, Jagdish Kanwal, Kammo | Costume Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra |
| Raj Rani Meera | G. P. Pawar | Mahipal, Prem Adib, Sulochana, Lalita Pawar, Sapru, Tiwari, Roopmala, Moni Chatterjee | Devotional | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: B. D. Mishra |
| Rajdhani | Naresh Saigal | Sunil Dutt, Nimmi, Durga Khote, Purnima , Johnny Walker, Tiwari, Naaz, S. Nazir | Action | Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi |
| Ram Navami | Raman Desai | Nirupa Roy, Prem Adib, Yashodra Katju, Shobha Khote, Jawahar Kaul, Ratnamala, Tiwari | Devotional | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep |
| Ramshastri Ka Nyay | Vishram Bedekar | Biography | ||
| Rangeen Raten | Kedar Sharma | Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Geeta Bali, Chand Usmani, Shammi, Pesi Patel, Paro Devi | Romance Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kedar Sharma |
| Roop Kumari | Manibhai Vyas | Mahipal, Chandrashekhar, Shakila, Krishna Kumari, Moni Chatterjee, Jankidas, Ratnamala, Tiwari | Costume | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: B. D. Mishra |
| Sailaab | Guru Dutt | Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya, Smriti Biswas, Johnny Walker, Tun Tun, Rashid Khan, Moni Chatterjee, Helen, Bipin Gupta, Ram Singh, Nazir Kashmiri | Romance Drama | Music: Mukul Roy Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra, Madhukar Rajasthani |
| Sajani | Vasant Painter | Anoop Kumar, Krishna Kumari, Ruby Myers, Lalita Pawar, Sapru, Gope | Music: Sudhir Phadke Lyrics: Narendra Sharma, Nakhshab | |
| Samundari Daku | A. R. Zamindar | Nasir Khan, Nadira, Kumkum, Iftekhar, Johnny Walker, Nazir Kashmiri | Action | Music: Jaidev Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil |
| Sati Ansuya | Dhirubhai Desai | Manhar Desai, Sumitra, Sulochana, Sunder, B. M. Vyas, Niranjan Sharma, Suryakant | Devotional | Music: Shivram Lyrics: Bharat Vyas |
| Sati Naag Kanya | Babubhai Mistri | Mahipal, Nirupa Roy, Manhar Desai, S. N. Tripathi, Samar Roy, Malaya | Mythology | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Gopal Singh Nepali, B. D. Mishra, Saraswati Kumar Deepak |
| Shatranj | Gyan Mukherjee | Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Yakub, Jagdish Sethi, Rajendranath, Nana Palsikar, Vijay Laxmi | Social Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Shirin Farhad | Aspi Irani | Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar, P. Kailash, Ameeta, P Kailash, Ram Avtar, Jagdish Kanwal | Legend Romance | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Tanvir Naqvi, Saba Afghani |
| Sheikh Chilli | Ramchandra Thakur | Shyama, Mahipal, Agha, B. M. Vyas, Bhagwan, Kammo | Fantasy | Music: Vinod Lyrics: Pandit Indra |
| Shrimati 420 | G. P. Sippy | Meena Shorey, Johnny Walker, Om Prakash, Helen, Uma Dutt, Manorama | Comedy Social | Music: O. P. Nayyar Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Jan Nisar Akhtar |
| Sipahsalar | Mohammed Husain | Shammi Kapoor, Nadira, Kumkum, S Nasir, Kamal Mehra, Helen, Cuckoo, Jagdish Kanwal, Nazir Kashmiri | Costume Drama | Music: Iqbal Lyrics: Faruk Kaiser |
| Sudarshan Chakra | Datta Dharamadhikari | Nalini Jaywant, Mahipal, Shahu Modak, Sheela Nayak, Sarkar, Sulochana, Jagdish Kanwal | Mythology | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Gopal Singh Nepali |
| Sultan-E-Alam | Mohan Sinha | Chitra, Mahipal, Kuldip Kaur, Hiralal, Maruti, Uma Dutt | Costume | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Shyam Lal, Tanveer Naqvi, Butaram Sharma |
| Sultana Daku | Mohan Sinha | P. Jairaj, Sheila Ramani, Krishna Kumari, B M Vyas, Roopmala | Action | Music: Bipin Babul Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi, Anjum Jaipuri, Tanveer Naqvi, Shewan Rizvi |
| Taj | Nandalal Jaswantlal | Pradeep Kumar, Vyjyantimala, Bipin Gupta, Jeevan, Helen, Ulhas, Shakuntala, Amar Kammo | Costume Drama | Music: Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Taj Aur Talwar | Dwarka Khosla | Daljeet, Shashikala, Smriti Biswas, B M Vyas, Maruti, Heera Sawant | Action Costume | Music: Sudipt Lyrics: Uddhav Kumar, Indeevar, Satya Rai, Shyam Hindi, K Razdan, Ismail Azad Qawwal |
| Taksaal | Hemen Gupta | Nirupa Roy, Balraj Sahni, Smriti Biswas, Iftekhar, Radhakrishan, Hiralal, Helen, Tun Tun, Nazir Kashmiri | Social | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Prem Dhawan |
| Talwar Ka Dhani | Dwarka Khosla | Manhar Desai, Nadira, Anwar Hussain, Shammi, B M Vyas, Pakku, Anwar, Maruti | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri, Gopal Singh Nepali | |
| Tankhah | Murtaza Changezi | Ajit, Nigar Sultana, Naina, Pran, Radhakrishan | Social | Music: Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi, Anjaan |
| Toofan Aur Deeya | Prabhat Kumar | Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Vatsala Deshmukh, Shanta Kumari, Krishna Kumar, Keshavrao Date, Ulhas | Social Drama | Music: Vasant Desai, Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Hasrat Jaipuri |
| Zindagi | C. L. Dheer | Geeta Bali, Chandrashekhar, Vijayalaxmi, Jaswant, Gulab, Jagdish Sethi, Rashid Khan, Jagirdar, Dulari | Social | Music: Mohammed Shafi Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan |
| Zindagi Ke Mele | K. B. Lal | Chandrashekhar, Chitra, Kumkum, Minu Mumtaz, Dulari, Yakub, K. N. Singh, Lalita Pawar | Social | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Tanvir Naqvi, Shewan Rizvi, Manohar Khanna |
References
- ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1956". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
External links
- Bollywood films of 1956 at the Internet Movie Database
- Indian Film Songs from the Year 1956 - A look back at 1956 with a special focus on Hindi film songs
- Listen to songs from Bollywood films of 1956