List of Bollywood films of 1981
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A list of films produced by the Bollywood, film industry based in Mumbai in 1981.
Top-grossing films[]
The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1981:[1]
| Rank | Title | Cast |
| 1. | Kranti | Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Sarika, Prem Chopra, Tom Alter |
| 2. | Naseeb | Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Kim Yashpal, Pran, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Yusuf Khan |
| 3. | Meri Aawaz Suno | Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi |
| 4. | Laawaris | Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Raakhee Gulzar, Amjad Khan, Ranjeet, Jeevan |
| 5. | Love Story | Rajendra Kumar, Kumar Gaurav, Vijayta Pandit |
| 6. | Ek Duuje Ke Liye | Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi |
| 7. | Katilon Ke Kaatil | Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Nirupa Roy |
| 8. | Kaalia | Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Pran |
| 9. | Yaarana | Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Amjad Khan, Tanuja, Kader Khan |
| 10. | Rocky | Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt, Tina Munim, Raakhee Gulzar, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan |
Films[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aakhri Mujra | Hiren Nag | Ajit Khan, Asha Parekh | Drama | |
| Aankhon Ke Saamne | D. S. Azad | Mithun Chakraborty, Vijayendra Ghatge | ||
| Aapas Ki Baat | Harmesh Malhotra | Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon, Shakti Kapoor | Action, Romance | |
| Aas Paas | J. Om Prakash | Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra | Drama | |
| Agni Pareeksha | Kamal Majumdar | Amol Palekar, Parikshit Sahni | ||
| Ahista Ahista | Esmayeel Shroff | Shammi Kapoor, Nanda | Drama | |
| Armaan | Anand Sagar | Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur | Drama | |
| Barsaat Ki Ek Raat | Shakti Samanta | Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee | Action | |
| Baseraa | Ramesh Talwar | Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Rekha | Drama | |
| Be-Shaque | Kashinath | Mithun Chakraborty, Yogeeta Bali, Amrish Puri | Drama | |
| Biwi-O-Biwi | Randhir Kapoor | Randhir Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Sanjeev Kumar | Comedy | |
| Bhula Na Dena | Rakesh Roshan, Kajal Kiran, Helen | |||
| Bulundi | Esmayeel Shroff | Raaj Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Kim Yashpal | Crime Thriller | |
| Chakra | Rabindra Dharmaraj | Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Drama | |
| Chashme Buddoor | Sai Paranjpye | Ravi Baswani, Rakesh Bedi, Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval | Drama | |
| Chehre Pe Chehra | Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Sulakshana Pandit | Thriller | ||
| Commander | Rakesh Kumar | Amjad Khan, Tanuja, Arun Govil | Action Drama | |
| Raj Khosla | Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rakesh Roshan | Drama | ||
| Dahshat | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Navin Nischol, Sarika, Om Shivpuri, Nadira Babbar | Horror | |
| Dard | Ambrish Sangal | Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini | Crime Drama | |
| Dhanwan | Surendra Mohan | Rajesh Khanna, Reena Roy, Rakesh Roshan | Drama | |
| Dhuan | Dulal Guha | Mithun Chakraborty, Raakhee Gulzar, Ranjeeta, Amjad Khan | Thriller | |
| Ashok Roy | Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Zarina Wahab, Neetu Singh | Comedy | ||
| Ek Duuje Ke Liye | K. Balachander | Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri | Drama | |
| Ek Hi Bhool | T. Rama Rao | Jeetendra, Rekha | Family, Drama | |
| Fiffty Fiffty | Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim, Kader Khan | Drama | ||
| Sohrab Modi, Hina Kausar, Dev Kumar | Drama | |||
| Gehra Zakhm | Deepak Bahry | Vinod Mehra, Ranjeeta Kaur | Romance | |
| Ghamandee | Mithun Chakraborthy, Sarika | Action | ||
| Ghungroo Ki Awaaz | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Vijay Anand, Rekha | Drama | |
| Tushar Dalvi, , Amin Gazi | ||||
| Mehmood, Dara Singh, Padma Khanna | Comedy | |||
| Haqdaar | S. K. Luthra | Rakesh Roshan, Suresh Oberoi, Yogeeta Bali | ||
| Harjaee | Ramesh Behl | Randhir Kapoor, Tina Munim, Shammi Kapoor | Drama | |
| Navin Nischol, Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami | Mystery | |||
| Hum Se Badkar Kaun | Deepak Bahry | Amjad Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, , Ranjeeta, Kajal Kiran, Kalpana Iyer, Ranjeet | Action | |
| Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee | ||||
| Jail Yatra | Bhappi Sonie | Vinod Khanna, Reena Roy | ||
| Jeene Ki Arzoo | Rajashekar | Mithun Chakraborthy, Rakesh Roshan, Rati Agnihotri | Romance | |
| Jiyo To Aise Jiyo | Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta, Talluri Rameshwari, Madan Puri | Action | ||
| Amjad Khan, Vidya Sinha | ||||
| Jwala Daku | Salma Agha, Birbal, Urmila Bhatt | Drama | ||
| Jyoti | Jeetendra, Hema Malini, , Ashok Kumar | |||
| Kaalia | Tinnu Anand | Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran, Asha Parekh, Kader Khan, K. N. Singh, Amjad Khan | Action | |
| B. R. Ishara | Ramesh Deo, Shoma Anand, Aruna Irani | Romance | ||
| Kachche Heere | Narendra Bedi | Feroz Khan, Reena Roy, Danny Denzongpa | Action | |
| M. S. Sathyu | Anil Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur, Farah Khan | Drama | ||
| Kahani Ek Chor Ki | S. Ramanathan | Moushumi Chatterjee, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Nirupa Roy | Drama | |
| Asrani, , A. K. Hangal, Padma Khanna | Drama | |||
| Kalyug | Shyam Benegal | Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar | Drama | |
| , , | Action, Crime, Drama | |||
| Padma Khanna, Jayshree T. | ||||
| Katilon Ke Kaatil | , Arjun Hingorani | Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim, Nirupa Roy, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor | Romance | |
| B.R. Ishara | ||||
| Khatta Meetha | Basu Chatterjee | Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami, Deven Verma | Comedy, Drama, Family | |
| Bharat Bhushan, , Mazhar Khan | ||||
| Veerendra | Bharat Bhushan, Asha Parekh, Dara Singh | Action, Family | ||
| Sukhdev Ahluwalia | ||||
| Khoon Aur Paani | Feroz Khan, Jeetendra, Parveen Babi, Rekha, Ranjeet, Ajit, Nirupa Roy | Action | ||
| Khoon Ka Rishta | Samir Ganguly | Mukri, Prashanth, Jagdeep, Jeetendra, Pran | Action | |
| Khoon Ki Takkar | Haresh Chawla | Vinod Mehra, Ranjeeta Kaur, , Ranjeet | Action | |
| Khuda Kasam | Lekh Tandon | Vinod Khanna, Tina Munim, Pran | ||
| Kranti | Manoj Kumar | Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Tom Alter | Action, Patriotic | |
| Krodhi | Subhash Ghai | Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, Sachin, Poonam Dhillon, Pran, Premnath | Action | |
| Kudrat | Chetan Anand | Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, , Raaj Kumar | Drama | |
| Laawaris | Prakash Mehra | Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Raakhee Gulzar, Ranjeet, Suresh Oberoi, Priti Sapru, Shriram Lagoo, Jeevan | Drama | |
| Ladaaku | Dinesh Ramanesh | Vijay Arora, Jagdeep, Shakti Kapoor, Amjad Khan | ||
| Sanjeev Kumar, Reena Roy, Pran | ||||
| Laparwah | Ravikant Nagaich | , Birbal, Mithun Chakraborty | Action | |
| Love Story | Rahul Rawail | Kumar Gaurav, Vijeta Pandit, Rajendra Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Amjad Khan | Romance | |
| Maan Gaye Ustaad | Shibu Mitra | Pran, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini | ||
| Main Aur Mera Haathi | R. Thiagaraj | Mithun Chakraborty, Poonam Dhillon, Suresh Oberoi, Sharat Saxena | Action | |
| Rekha | ||||
| Meri Aawaz Suno | Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi | Action | ||
| Nakhuda | Dilip Naik | Raj Kiran, Swaroop Sampat, Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Drama | |
| Naram Garam | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Shatrughan Sinha, Utpal Dutt, A. K. Hangal, | Comedy | |
| Naseeb | Manmohan Desai | Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Kim Yashpal, Pran, Kader Khan, Amjad Khan, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Yusuf Khan | Action, Comedy, Romance | |
| Paanch Qaidi | Shibu Mitra | Vijayendra Ghatge, Girish Karnad, Shakti Kapoor, Sarika | Action | |
| Plot No. 5 | Yogesh Saxena | Uttam Kumar, Amol Palekar, Pradeep Kumar, Sarika | ||
| Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon, Shakti Kapoor | ||||
| Prem Geet | Sudesh Issar | Raj Babbar, Anita Raj | Drama | |
| Professor Pyarelal | Brij Sadanah | Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vinod Mehra, Shammi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Amjad Khan | ||
| Pyaasa Sawan | Dasari Narayana Rao | Jeetendra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy | Drama | |
| Raaz | Harmesh Malhotra | Raj Babbar, Helen | Drama | |
| Roohi | S. U. Syed | Drama | ||
| Rocky | Sunil Dutt | Sanjay Dutt, Tina Munim, Reena Roy, Sunil Dutt, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Amjad Khan | Romance, Action | |
| Nutan, Rajendra Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Rekha | ||||
| Sadgati | Satyajit Ray | Om Puri, Smita Patil | Drama | |
| Sahhas | Ravikant Nagaich | Mithun Chakraborty | Action | |
| Sameera | Vinay Shukla | Mithun Chakraborty, Shabana Azmi, Parikshit Sahni | Drama | |
| Sannata | ||||
| Sansani: The Sensation | Irshad | Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami | Horror | |
| Sazaye Maut | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Naseeruddin Shah, Dilip Dhawan | Drama | |
| Shakka | Shyam Ralhan | Jeetendra, Simple Kapadia, Pinchoo Kapoor | Action | |
| Kader Khan | Shabana Azmi, Kader Khan | |||
| Sharda | Lekh Tandon | Jeetendra, Talluri Rameshwari | Drama | |
| Raakhee Gulzar, Suresh Oberoi, Arun Govil | ||||
| Silsila | Yash Chopra | Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor | Romantic, Drama | |
| Umrao Jaan | Muzaffar Ali | Rekha, Farooq Sheikh, Naseeruddin Shah | Drama | |
| Waqt Ki Deewar | Ravi Tandon | Pran, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Neetu Singh, Sulakshana Pandit | Action | |
| Wardat | Ravikant Nagaich | Mithun Chakraborty, Kaajal Kiran, Iftekhar | Thriller | |
| Yaraana | Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Neetu Singh, Kader Khan, Ranjeet, Jeevan | Drama | ||
| Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai | Nasir Hussain | Rishi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Tariq Khan | Romance, Thriller |
References[]
- ^ "Top Earners 1981". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
External links[]
- Bollywood films of 1981 at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Lists of Bollywood films by year
- Lists of 1981 films by country or language
- 1981 in Indian cinema