Bollywood films of 1952
Encyclopedia
An overview of the films produced by the Bollywood
film industry based in Mumbai
in 1952. Dilip Kumar
went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actor Award
in 1954 for his performance in Daag
. Meena Kumari
went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actress Award
for her role in Baiju Bawra.
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 1952. 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....
went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actor Award
Filmfare Best Actor Award
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954....
in 1954 for his performance in Daag
Daag (1952 film)
Daag is a 1952 Indian Hindi film produced and directed by Amiya Chakrabarty. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Nimmi and Lalita Pawar. The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan...
. Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...
went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actress Award
Filmfare Best Actress Award
The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.-Superlatives:...
for her role in Baiju Bawra.
Highest grossing
The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1952:| 1952 Rank |
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| 1. | Aan Aan Aan , also known as The Savage Princess in the U.S.A, is a 1952 technicolor Hindi musical produced and directed by the legendary Mehboob Khan, it is said to be India's first technicolour film. It stars Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nimmi and marked the debut of Nadira who replaced the original choice... |
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| 2. | Baiju Bawra | |
| 3. | Jaal Jaal (1952 film) Jaal is an Indian film, released in 1952. This was Guru Dutt's second movie, after Dev Anand's production Baazi Guru Dutt was sort of finding his bearings through commercially successful movies... |
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| 4. | Daag Daag (1952 film) Daag is a 1952 Indian Hindi film produced and directed by Amiya Chakrabarty. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Nimmi and Lalita Pawar. The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan... |
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| 5. | Anhonee Anhonee Anhonee is a 1973 Bollywood medical drama film directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar and Leena Chandavarkar.-Cast:*Sanjeev Kumar ... Sunil*Leena Chandavarkar ... Dr. Rekha*Padma Khanna ... Roopa... |
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| 6. | Maa | |
| 7. | Sangdil | |
| 8. | 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... |
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| 9. | Bewafa | |
| 10. | Aandhiyan |
1952
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| 1952 1952 in film The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.... |
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| Aan | Mehboob Khan | 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.... , Premnath Premnath Premnath Malhotra was an actor in Indian films.-Personal life:Born in Peshawar in a hindkowan Punjabi family, his family moved to Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh after partition, he then had moved to Bombay.... , 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:... , Nadira Nadira -People:* Nadira of the Khanate of Kokand* Nadira , an Indian actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her roles as a temptress* Nadira Babbar, an Indian actress and producer of the present day-In fiction:... |
Swashbuckling musical romance | |
| Aandhiyan | ||||
| Aasmaan | ||||
| Ajeeb Ladki | ||||
| Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag | ||||
| Amber | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, | |||
| Amnol Sahara | ||||
| Anand Math Anand Math Anand Math is a 1952 Hindi patriotic-historical film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on Anandamath, the famous Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882... |
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| Anhonee | ||||
| Anjaam | ||||
| Annadata | ||||
| Apni Izzat | ||||
| Ashiana | ||||
| Badnam | ||||
| Baghdad | ||||
| Baiju Bawra | Meena Kumari Meena Kumari Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema... , Bharat Baushan, Radha Krishan, |
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| Betaab | ||||
| Bewafa | ||||
| Bhakta Puran | ||||
| Bhule Bhatke | ||||
| Chamkee | ||||
| Chham Chhama Chham | ||||
| Chhatrapati Shivaji | ||||
| Chhoti Maa | ||||
| Daag Daag (1952 film) Daag is a 1952 Indian Hindi film produced and directed by Amiya Chakrabarty. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Nimmi and Lalita Pawar. The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan... |
Amiya Chakravarty | Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, | ||
| Deewana Deewana (1952 film) Deewana is a 1952 Bollywood movie directed and produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar. It stars Suraiya, Suresh, Sumitra Devi and Shyam Kumar in the lead roles. The music for the film was composed by renowned musician Naushad with lyrics penned by Shakeel Badayuni... |
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| Devyani Devyani In Hindu mythology, Devayani was the daughter of Shukracharya and his wife Jayanti, daughter of Indra. In her early life, she was rejected by Kacha, the son of Brihaspati... |
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| Do Raha | ||||
| Doag | ||||
| Draupadi Vastraharan | ||||
| Fuji-Lama | ||||
| Ghungroo | ||||
| Goonj | ||||
| Hamari Duniya | ||||
| Hyderabad Ki Nazneen | ||||
| Indrasen | ||||
| Insaan | ||||
| Izzat | ||||
| Jaal Jaal (1952 film) Jaal is an Indian film, released in 1952. This was Guru Dutt's second movie, after Dev Anand's production Baazi Guru Dutt was sort of finding his bearings through commercially successful movies... |
Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, | |||
| Jaggu | ||||
| Jalpari | ||||
| Jeet Kiski | ||||
| Jhansi Ki Rani | Sohrab Modi | Mehtab, Sohrab Modi, | ||
| Kafila | ||||
| Khubsurat | ||||
| Krishna Kanhaiya | ||||
| Kyonji | ||||
| Lal Kunwar | ||||
| Lanka Dahan | ||||
| Maa | ||||
| Mamta | ||||
| Mordhwaj | ||||
| Moti Mahal | ||||
| Mr. Sampat | Moti Lal, | |||
| Nanhe Munne | ||||
| Nau Bahar | ||||
| Neelam Pari | ||||
| Nishan Danka | ||||
| Parbat | ||||
| Parchhaiyan | V. Shantaram | Sandhya, V. Shantaram, | ||
| Poonam | Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, | |||
| Raag Rang | ||||
| Raja Harishchandra Raja Harishchandra Raja Harishchandra , is a 1913 silent Indian film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke, and is the first full-length Indian feature film... |
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| Rajrani Damayanti | ||||
| Rangili | ||||
| Rani Rani (1952 film) Rani was a 1952 Tamil-language film directed by Wahab Kashmiri. It starred P. Bhanumathi, S. Balachander, Wahab Kashmiri, S. V. Subbaiah, M. K. Mustafa, M. Saroja, G. M. Basheer, M. S. S. Bhagyam, Lakshmiprabha, C. S. D. Singh, M. R. Santhanam, K. S. Angamuthu and "Baby" Sacchu.... |
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| Saloni | ||||
| Sandesh | ||||
| Sangdil Sangdil (1952 film) Sangdil is a 1952 film directed by R. C Talwar. The film is an adaptation of the Charlotte Brontë classic Jane Eyre. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Dara Singh and Leela Chitnis. The film's music is by Sajjad Hussain.- Cast :... |
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| Sanskar Sanskar The Samskaras , are Vedic rites of passage finding varied acceptance among religious adherents of Hinduism, Jainism and some schools of thought in Buddhism... |
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| Sapna | ||||
| Saqi | Prem Nath, Madhubala, Gope, | |||
| Sheesha | ||||
| Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo | Ranjan, | |||
| Shisham | ||||
| Shiv Leela | ||||
| Shiv Shakti | ||||
| Shrimati Ji | Meena Shorey, I S Johar, Majnu, | |||
| Sinbad Jahazi | ||||
| Tamasha | ||||
| Tarang | ||||
| Thunder in the East Thunder in the East (film) Thunder in the East is a 1952 war drama film released by Paramount Pictures, and directed by Charles Vidor, based on novel Rage of the Vulture by Alan Moorehead.-Cast:*Alan Ladd as Steve Gibbs*Deborah Kerr as Joan Willoughby... |
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| Usha Kiron | ||||
| Vanraj | ||||
| Vasna | ||||
| Veer Arjun | ||||
| Vidyasagar | ||||
| Vishwamitra | ||||
| Yatrik Yatrik Yatrik, an Indian film directed by Kartick Chatterjee, depicts a group of pilgrims on an arduous trek in the high Himalayas. It is the Hindi-language version of the Bengali film Mahaprasthaner Pathey, the film made from the book of the same name, written by Probodh Kumar Sanyal... |
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| Zalzala | ||||
| Zamane Ki Hawa |
External links
- Bollywood films of 1952 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Indian Film Songs from the Year 1952 - A review of the year 1951 with a special focus on Hindi film songs