List of Hindi films of 1941

A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1941:

Highest-grossing films

According to Box Office India, these were the five highest-grossing films at the Indian box office in 1941:[1]

1941 Rank	Title	Notes
1.	Khazanchi
2.	Chitralekha
3.	Sikandar
4.	Jhoola
5.	Lagan

A-B

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Aasra	Chimankant Gandhi, Lalit Mehta	Sardar Akhtar, Amar, Husn Banu, Veena, Bhudo Advani, Nisar Ahmad Ansari, Kanhaiyalal	Social	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Safdar Aah
Abla	R.N. Vaidya	Chandrika, Sheila Haldar, Ghulam Mohammed, Surya Kumari, Sunder, Shyam Narayan, Hiralal, Chandrika	Social	Music: Khurshid Khan Lyrics: Pandit Gyan Chandra
Akela	Pesi Karani	Bibbo, Mazhar Khan, E. Billimoria, Protima Devi, Miss Moti, Mohammed Hadi	Social	Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi
Allaudin Laila	A. M. Khan	Jayant, Ameena, Zahur, Ghulam Mohammed, Indu Rani, Violet Cooper, N. A. Ansari, Nawab, Gulab	Costume Fantasy	Music: Master Basheer Lyrics: Munshi Nayab
Amrit	Master Vinayak	Master Vithal, Meenakshi, Damuanna Malvankar, Dada Salvi, Baburao Pendharkar, Lalita Pawar	Social	Music: Dada Chandekar Lyrics: Pandit Indra
Anjaan	Amiya Chakravarty	Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, V. H. Desai, David, Om Prakash, Girish, Suresh, Fenty Prasad, Rajkumari, Gulab, P Pithavala	Social	Music: Panna Lal Ghosh Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi, Kavi Pradeep
Bahen	Mehboob Khan	Sheikh Mukhtar, Nalini Jaywant, Harish, Meena Kumari, Husn Banu, Swaroop Rani, Kanhaiyalal, Shahzadi, Bhudo Advani, Agashe	Family Drama	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Safdar Aah
Bambai Ki Sair a.k.a. Holiday in Bombay	Sarvottam Badami	Shobhana Samarth, Sabita Devi, E. Bilimoria, Vatsala Kumtekar, Jal Merchant, Ghory	Comedy	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Munshi Dil, B. R. Sharma, Pandit Indra
Beti	Jayant Desai	Khursheed, Arun Kumar, Vasanti, E. Billimoria, Ghory, Bhagwandas, Ghorpure, Nagendra, Kesarbai, Khatoon	Family Social	Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: B R Sharma, D. N. Madhok
Bombaiwali (Bambaiwali)	Homi Wadia	Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Sardar Mansoor, Radharani, Dalpat, Mithu Miya, Boman Shroff, Bibijan, Master Chhotu, Azim	Action	Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi
Bulbule Baghdad	K. Amarnath	Yakub, Jayant, Indurani, Sadiq, W. M. Khan, Anant Marathe, Ghulam Rasool		Music: Ram Gopal Pandey Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi

C-D

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Chandan	Dhirubhai Desai	Nazir, Ashiq Hussain, Kanta Kumari, Maya Bannerji, Lalita. Sadiq, Jamshedji, Anwaribai	Social	Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Pandit Indra
Charnon Ki Dasi	Gajanan Jagirdar	Durga Khote, Vanmala, Jagirdar, kusum Deshpande, Avinash, Kelkar	Family Drama	Music: Anna Saheb Mainkar Lyrics: Pandit Anand Kumar
Chaudhry	Niranjan Bhardawaj	Pran, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Mohammed, M. Esmail	Social	Music: Ghulam Haider Lyrics:
Chitralekha	Kidar Nath Sharma	Mehtab, Nandrekar, Monica Desai, Bharat Bhushan, Rajinder Singh, Ram Dulari, Leela Mishra, A.S. Gyani	Costume Drama	Bharat Bhushan's debut film. Based on Bhagwati Charan Varma's novel. Music: Jhande Khan, A. S. Gyani Lyrics: Kidar Sharma
Circus Ki Sundari	Balwant Bhatt	Moti, Jal Merchant, Agha, Dhulia, S. L. Puri, A. Karim	Action	Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi, A. Karim
Darpan	A. H. Essa	Shobhana Samarth, Yakub, Balwant Singh, Essa	Social	Music: Lyrics:
Darshan	Chimanlal Luhar	Prem Adib, Jyoti, Kaushalya, Bhudo Advani, Miradevi, M. Nazir, Shakir, Amirbai Karnataki, Madhusudan	Social	Music: Naushad Lyrics: Pandit Indra
Dhandora	Charlie	Charlie, Husn Banu, E. Billimoria, Shamim, Dixit, Ghory, Bhagwandas, Kesari	Comedy	Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Doctor	Subodh Mitra	Pankaj Mullick, Bharati Devi Ahindra Choudhury, Jyoti Prakash, Master Meenu, Nemo, Amar Mullick, Buddhadeb, Indu Mukherjee, Panna Rani	Social	Music: One of the rare films where Pankaj Mullick was actor-composer.[2] Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: Arzu Lakhnavi, A. H. Shor
Garib Ki Ladki	Jyotish Mukherji	Hashmat, C. M. Hussain, Kamla Jharia, Mohammed Hussain, Ram Dulari	Social	Music: Veer Chandra, Kartik Chatterjee Lyrics:
Ghar Ki Laaj	V. M. Vyas	Shanta Hublikar, Nazir, Jagdish Sethi, Kaushalya, Kalyani, Mirza Musharraf, Majid, Hadi	Family Drama	Music: Annasaheb Mainkar Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi

E-K

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Hamara Desh	Jani Babu	Anil Kumar, Lily, Jani Babu, Amirbai Karnakaki, Khalil, Alam, Rafiq, N. A. Ansari	Action Social	Music: Batish Lyrics:
Himmat	R. K. Shorey	Manorama, Radharani, Ragini, Zahur Shah, Majnu, Beg, Ghulam Qadir	Action	Music: Gobind Ram Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri
Jadui Bandhan	Nanubhai Vakil	Sarojini, Shiraz, Baburao Pehalwan, Rafiq, N. A. Ansari, Garib Shah, Mirajkar, Haroon	Fantasy, Science Fiction	Music: Ram Gopal Pandey Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
Jawani Ka Rang	Saki	Shakuntala Ameer Hussein, Inamdar, Roshanara, Mirajkar	Social	Music: Lyrics:
Jhoola	Gyan Mukherjee	Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Shah Nawaz, Aruna Devi, V. H. Desai, Mumtaz Ali	Social	Music: Saraswati Devi Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Kanchan	Manibhai Vyas	Leela Chitnis, Vimala Vasishta, Arun Kumar, Pramila, Mubarak, Kesari	Social	Naushad recorded his first song for this film: "Bata Do Koi Kaun Gali More Sham", though Prem Nagar (1940) released earlier.[3] Music: Gyan Dutt, Naushad (1) Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Kasauti	Ramchandra Thakur	Rose, Prahlad, Veena, Sunalini Devi, Satish, Maruti, N. A, Ansari, Agha, Baby Meena Kumari	Social	Music: Ashok Ghosh Lyrics: Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Khazanchi	Moti B. Gidwani	M. Ismail, Ramola, S. D. Narang, Pran, Jankidas, Ajmal	Social	Music: Ghulam Haider Lyrics: Wali Sahib
Kurmai	J. K. Nanda	Jagdish Sethi, Radharani, Jeevan, Shanti, Wasti, A. Shah, Ram Avtar	Social	Music: Khurshid Anwar Lyrics: D. N. Madhok

L-M

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Lagan	Nitin Bose	K. L. Saigal, Kanan Devi, Nawab, Jagdish Sethi, Nemo, Rehmat Bibi, Naresh Bose	Romantic Drama	Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Laheri Jeewan	S.M. Yusuf	Husn Banu, Gope, W. M. Khan, Kurbanjan, Fatty Prasad	Action	Music: Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics:
Madhusudhan	Balwant Bhatt	Kumar, Maya Bannerji, Badri Prasad, Jeevan, Gulab, Ashalata	Social	Music: Pandit Badri Prasad Lyrics: A. Karim
Mala	Mahendra Thakore, P. Jairaj	Rose, P. Jairaj, Jayant, M. Nazir, Daya Devi, Heera Kumari, Munshi Khanjar, Athavale	Social Drama	Music: Naushad Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Baalam Pardesi
Manthan	Ramji Arya	Dalpat, Radharani, Sardar Mansur, Boman Shroff, M. K. Hasan, Rajkumari	Costume Drama	Music: Baldev Nayak Lyrics: Pandit Phani
Masoom	S.F. Hasnain	Ramola, Mehtab, Mazhar Khan, Sajjan, Nazir Kashmiri, Anees, Khwaja Sabir, Muzammil	Social	Music: Munshi Mubarak Hussain Lyrics: Arzu Lakhnavi, Mirza Ghalib
Mere Raja	T. S. Mani	Moti, Mazhar Khan, Shankar Vazare, E. Bilimoria, Bibbo, Kanta Kumari, Vazre, Anwaribai	Action	Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics: I. C. Kapoor
Mere Sajan	Ahmed H. Essa	Jayant, Urmila, Rajkumari, Sayani Atish, W. M. Khan, Putlibai, Munchi Tuthi, Gulab	Social	Music: Hafiz Khan Mastana, Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi
Meri Khwahish	Harbanslal, R. D. Rajput	Ramesh, Kokila, Mirajkar, A. Karim, Sharifa	Social	Music: Shanti Kumar, Vasant Lyrics: Baalam Pardesi, A. K. Sindhu
Muslim Ka Lal	A. M. Khan	Benjamin, Kalyani, Ameena, Anil Kumar, Samson, S. Alam	Action	Music: Madhav Lal Lyrics:

N-R

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Nai Roshni	Chimankant Gandhi, L. Mehta	Sardar Akhtar, Harish, Husn Banu, Amar, Kanhaiyalal, Sunalini Devi, Bhudo Advani, Agha, Sankatha Prasad, Baby Meena Kumari	Social	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics:
Naya Sansar	N. R. Acharya	Renuka Devi, Ashok Kumar, Mubarak, Khurshid, David, Shah Nawaz, Suresh, Mahesh Kaul, V. S. Desai, Jagannath, Sushil Kumar, P. F. Pithavala, Azurie	Social	Music: Saraswati Devi, Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Nirdosh	V. C. Desai	Nalini Jaywant, Mukesh, Kanhaiyalal, Agha, Sankatha Prasad, Satish, Gulzar, Tiwari, Jani, Hemlata, Kayam Ali	Social	Music: Ashok Ghosh Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi, Zia Sarhadi (1)
Padosi	V. Shantaram	Mazhar Khan, Gajanan Jagirdar, Anees Khatoon, Radhakrishan, Balwant Singh, Casshyap, Vasant Singh, Sarla Devi, Lajwanti, Sumitra, Gopal, Balak Ram	Social Drama	Music: Master Krishnarao Lyrics: Pandit Sudarshan
Paisa	G. P. Pawar	Madhav Kale, Kanta Kumari, Indira Wadkar, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Raja Pandit, Devaskar	Social	Music: C. Balaji Lyrics:
Pardesi	Chaturbhuj Doshi	Motilal, Khursheed, Snehprabha, E. Bilimoria	Social	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Prabhat	Vishnu Vyas	P. Jairaj, Khurshid, David, Shah Nawaz, Suresh, Mahesh Kaul, V. S. Desai, Jagannath, Sushil Kumar, P. F. Pithavala, Azurie	Social	Music: Saraswati Devi, Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Pyaas	Ram Daryani	Ishwarlal, Snehprabha Pradhan, Gope, Nazir, Shamim, Gulab, Khatoon	Social	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Radhika	V. C. Desai	Harish, Nalini Jaywant, Jyoti, Kanhaiyalal, Sankata Prasad, Sunalini Devi, Pesi Patel, Veena, Bhudo Advani		Music: Ashok Ghosh Lyrics: K. B. Lal, Neelkanth Tiwari (1), Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi (1)
Raj Nartaki a.k.a. The Court Dancer	Modhu Bose	Sadhana Bose, Prithviraj Kapoor, Protima Das Gupta, Benita Gupta, Jal Khambata, Nayampalli, Thapan, Simeons, Prabhat Sinha	Costume Dance	Produced by J.B.H. Wadia in English, Hindi and Bengali. Music: Timir Baran
Red Signal	Nari Ghadiali	Benjamin, Urmila, Agha, Noor Jehan, Samson, Manchi Tuthi, Samson, Bibijan	Action	Music: Chandekar Lyrics:

S-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Safed Sawar	Nari Ghadiali	Radharani, Agha, Navin Yagnik, Sayani Aatish, Anant Marathe, Fazlu, Shahzadi, Munchi Thuthi, Mumtaz	Action	Music: Lyrics:
Sajjan	Dwarka Khosla	Husn Banu, Jagdish Sethi, Urmila, Satish Batra, David, Agha, Gope	Social	Music: Pratap Mukherjee Lyrics: Pandit Phani
Sangam a.k.a. Confluence	R. S. Junarrkar	Master Vinayak, Minakshi, Vatsala Kumtekar, Damuanna Malvankar, Sundarbai, Gupte, Jog, Nandu Khote, Salvi	Social	Music: Dada Chandekar Lyrics: Amritlal Nagar, Jai Shankar Prasad (1)
Sant Sakhu	Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal	Hansa Wadkar, Gauri, Shankar Kulkarni, Shanta Majumdar, Sumitra	Biopic Legend Devotional	Music: Keshavrao Bhole Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi, Mukhram Sharma Ashant
Sasural	Chaturbhuj Doshi	Motilal, Madhuri, Noor Jehan, Urmila, Kantilal, Miss Iqbal, Bhagwandas, Tarabai, Bhim, Popatlal	Family Drama	Music: Gyan Dutt Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Seedha Rasta	Dawood Baig	Radharani, Sushil Kumar, Jagdish Sethi, Jilloo, A. R. Pehalwan, Mumtaz Begum, Omkar	Social	Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: Narendranath Tuli
Shaadi	Jayant Desai	Madhuri, Motilal, Khursheed, Ishwarlal, Bhagwandas, Kantilal, Tarabai, Dixit, Ghory	Social Family Drama	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics:
Shahzadi	Jagatrai Pesumal Advani	Trilok Kapoor, Pramila, Alaka, W. M. Khan, Navinchandra, Sadiq, Bibijan, Abbas, Haroon, Gharib Shah, Mehar Banu, Madhurika	Costume	Music: Ram Gopal Pandey Lyrics:
Sikandar	Sohrab Modi	Prithviraj KapoorSohrab Modi, Vanmala, Yakub, Zahur Raja, K. N. Singh, Sheela, Meena, Sadiq Ali, Shakir, Jilloo	Historical Epic Drama	Music: Mir Saheb, Rafique Gaznavi Lyrics: Pandit Sudarshan
Sipahi	Daud Chand	Hiralal, Zohra, Madhavi, Altaf, Sunder, Nisar Ahmed, A. G. Butt, Baburao Pehalwan, Ghulam Mohammed, Mahomad Saffi, Nijamuddin	Action	Music: Soj, Jahangir, M. Noorudin Lyrics:
Suhana Geet	M. A. Mirza	Trilok Kapoor, Ramola, Ranibala, Navin Yagnik, Hadi, Kamala, Shakir	Social	Music: Vasant Kumar Naidu Lyrics:
Swami a.k.a. The Saint	A. R. Kardar	Nazir Ahmed Khan, Sitara Devi, P. Jairaj, Yakub, Jeevan, Majid, Badri Prasad, S. Nazir, Ram Avtar	Social	Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi Lyrics: Shatir Ghaznavi, Tanveer Naqvi, Sahir, Pandit Indra
Taj Mahal	Nanubhai Vakil	Indurani, Kumar, Suraiya, Mubarak, Sarojini, S. Nazir, Khalil, Ram Marathe, Fakir Mohammed	Historical Drama	Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master Lyrics: Behzad Lakhnavi, S. Khalil, Pandit Anuj
Torpedo	N. A. Mansoori	Munawwar Sultana, Yashwant Dave, Shahzadi, S. Nazir, Ameena, Samson, Gulab, Fazlu	Action	Music: Shyam Babu Pathak, Shanti Kumar Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
Tulsi	Gunjal	Trilok Kapoor, Shalini, Anant Marathe, Badri Prasad, Srinivas, Jamshedji	Devotional	Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: Pandit Phani
Ummeed	Manibhai Vyas	Ishwarlal, Prabha Devi, Dixit, Noor Jehan, Brijmala, Kesari, Bhagwandas, Gharpore, Charubala, Bhim	Comedy, Drama	Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
Vanmala	Mohan Sinha	Maya Banerji, Pravin Kumar, Neela, Jeevan, Badri Prasad, Bibijan, Ghulam Rasool	Social	Music: Badri Prasad Lyrics: Mohan Sinha
Zalim Saudagar a.k.a. Merchant Of Venice	J. J. Madan	Jehanara Kajjan, Khalil, Haider Bandi, Rani Premlata	Drama	Music: Lyrics:

References

1. Box Office India. "Top Earners 1941". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
2. Balakrishnan, Vijay Kumar. "Doctor". indiavideo.org. indiavideo. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
3. "A Year in Hindi Movies 1941". hindi-film-songs.com. Surjit Singh. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

External links

• Bollywood films of 1941 at the Internet Movie Database
• Listen to songs from Bollywood films of 1941