Bollywood films of the 1970s
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The industry in the early 1970s churned out many romance movies and action films, though by the end of the year more action films were coming into prominence. In the mid-1970s, romantic confections made way for gritty, violent films about gangsters and bandits. The films made during the 1970s also saw the growth of the Indian music style, and emergence of famous playback singers and music directors such as Kishore Kumar
and R.D. Burman.
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Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
and R.D. Burman.
Highest grossing (1970-1979)
The top ten films of the 1970s are :| 1970-1979 Rank |
Title | Year | Gross |
| 1. | Sholay | 1975 | Rs. 157,50,00,000 |
| 2. | Bobby Bobby (1973 film) Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor.... |
1973 | Rs. 82,50,00,000 |
| 3. | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar | 1978 | Rs. 78,29,00,000 |
| 4. | Roti Kapada Aur Makaan | 1974 | Rs. 74,49,00,000 |
| 5. | Amar Akbar Anthony Amar Akbar Anthony Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Bollywood film about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting three religions... |
1975 | Rs. 71,82,00,000 |
| 6. | Dharam Veer Dharam Veer (1977 film) Dharam-Veer is a 1977 Indian Hindi film, produced and directed by Manmohan Desai. It was part of Desai's four big hits of the year based on the "separated and reunited" theme . The movie stars Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Jeetendra, Neetu Singh, Pran, Indrani Mukherjee, Jeevan and Ranjeet... |
1977 | Rs. 64,39,00,000 |
| 7. | Johny Mera Naam Johny Mera Naam Johny Mera Naam is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie. Directed by Vijay Anand, it stars the director's brother, Dev Anand and Pran in the role of a pair of brothers separated in childhood. Hema Malini, Jeevan, Premnath, I. S. Johar and Iftekhar also star in this movie. It is considered a Dev Anand... |
1970 | Rs. 62,50,00,000 |
| 8. | Mere Jeevan Saathi Mere Jeevan Saathi Mere Jeevan Saathi is a Bollywood movie released in 2006 starring Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor and Amisha Patel. The film was supposed to be released in 2004, but due to delays, the film was released in February 2006.- Synopsis :Vicky is an aspiring singer who is devoted to his true love, Anjali... |
1972 | Rs. 65,34,00,000 |
| 9. | Dus Numbri Dus Numbri Dus Numbri is a 1976 Hindi film. Produced and directed by Madan Mohla it stars Manoj Kumar, Hema Malini, Pran, Premnath, Bindu, Kamini Kaushal and Om Shivpuri. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film was later remade into the Telugu film KD No. 1 starring N. T. Rama Rao and Jayasudha.The... |
1976 | Rs. 53,13,00,000 |
| 10. | Sanyasi Sanyasi (1975 film) Sanyasi is a 1975 Hindi film directed by Sohanlal Kanwar, and starring Manoj Kumar and Hema Malini as leads.- Synopsis :Ram : In a gorgeous place stays a sanyasi - a religious minded young man who runs away from the wedding nupitals.... |
1975 | Rs. 52,50,00,000 |
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- 1971Bollywood films of 1971A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1971:-Highest grossing:The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1971:The last three in the above list were flops at the box office.-1971 releases:...
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- 1974Bollywood films of 1974A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1974:-Highest grossing:The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1974:Box office verdict of the last ten films in above list was flop-1974:-External links:...
- 1975Bollywood films of 1975A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1975:-Highest grossing:The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1975:--Aandhi could not run in theatres due to controversey...
- 1976Bollywood films of 1976A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1976:-Highest grossing:The top twenty five grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1976:...
- 1977Bollywood films of 1977A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1977:-Highest grossing:The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1977:-1977:-External links:* - A look back at 1977 with a focus on the Hindi film song...
- 1978Bollywood films of 1978A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1978:-Highest grossing:The top thirty six grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1978:...
- 1979Bollywood films of 1979-Highest grossing:The top thirty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1979:The last eleven were declared flops but had huge openings on their release and the first twenty nine were declared superhits.-1979:...
See also
- BollywoodBollywoodBollywood 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...
- List of highest-grossing Bollywood films
- List of highest-grossing Bollywood films in overseas markets
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