Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1965
The list prepared in order of the revenue collection at the box office in the year of release. All the first 24 were declared superhits and rest as flops.
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- DirectorYash ChopraStarsSunil DuttSadhana ShivdasaniRaaj KumarMembers of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
- DirectorSuraj PrakashStarsNanda KarnatakiShashi KapoorAghaRaja (Shashi Kapoor), a Kashmiri boatman and Rita (Nanda), a beautiful heiress from the city, fall in love.
- DirectorVijay BhattStarsMala SinhaManoj KumarShashikala JawalkarSunil, son of D.I.G. Shyamlal Mehra, is back in India after successful completion of his medical studies. He gets an offer to work with his fiancée Dr. Neeta Verma, in a private hospital but he joins a municipality hospital, instead. According to him medicinal practice is a sacred profession which should not be treated as business. A short visit to a small village inspires Sunil to come and stay at that village and serve poor villagers, who do not have a single doctor in nearby dozens of villages. He comes to the village and sets up a hospital with limited facilities. He encounters village belle Phoolwa and his father Dayal. Phoolwa cooks food for Sunil and also helps him in routine hospital activities. Sunil and Phoolwa fall in love and decides to marry but Dayal opposes this alliance because Phoolwa is not his real daughter but his younger brother dacoit Lakhan's, who wants to kill Sunil since he is son of a police officer who wants to arrest him. Police force raids Lakhan's vicinity to arrest him but he only gets injured and escapes. Dayal and Phoolwa finds and brings him to surrender to the police and get him treated by doctor Sunil. But Lakhan dies. D.I.G. accepts Phoolwa as his daughter in law.
- DirectorRamanand SagarStarsRajendra Kumar TuliSadhana ShivdasaniFeroz KhanAfter completing his medical studies, Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) takes a break and goes on holiday in Kashmir. There he meets with Usha (Sadhana) and both fall in love with each other. Back home, Gopal has a close friend, Ramesh (Feroze Khan), whose dad (Brahm Bhardwaj) wants him to marry Usha as an arranged marriage. Ramesh likes Usha and is willing to marry her. In the meantime, Gopal finds out that Ramesh is going to be married to Usha and decides not to pursue his romance with Usha. When Ramesh and Gopal's sister, Sarla (Nazima) convince Gopal that Usha only loves him, he reveals a dark secret to them, which may convince them that he is not right for Usha.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandWaheeda RehmanLeela ChitnisWhen mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.
- DirectorAmarjeetStarsDev AnandNanda KarnatakiSimi GarewalDevdutt Anand works in a company selling musical instruments, and is always late for work, infuriating his boss, I.S. Johar. Things change for the better when Johar finds out that Devdutt has a talent for writing poems, and he gets Devdutt to write and even gets them published for him. This gets Devdutt into the limelight and increases sales for Johar's business. While traveling home by BEST bus, he meets with Nanda, who has come to live in his neighborhood, and both are attracted to each other. One night Devdutt comes to the assistance to Bollywood movie actress Kalpana when her car breaks down, she finds out he is a poet and arranges a meeting with him, again both are attracted to each other. Devdutt is asked to deliver a piano to the palatial house of a wealthy woman named Simi alias Radha Rani. She too is impressed by Devutt's poems and invites him over to her house for a party, and again both are attracted to each other. Knowing fully well that he cannot marry three women in his country, a tortured and uncertain Devdutt must now make up his mind as who he wants as his life-partner.
- DirectorRaja NawatheStarsNanda KarnatakiManoj KumarPran SikandEight people are stranded on an island. They reach a mansion where a butler is awaiting them. Then an unknown, vengeful person starts killing them, one by one.
- DirectorA. BhimsinghStarsSunil DuttNutanPran SikandAfter the passing of Ramswaroop Lal, his two sons, Jeevandas and Shankar take over the control of their farmland. Jeevandas marries Bhagvanti and has no children, while Shankar marries Parvati and has two sons, Govind and Shyam. Due to an accident with an electric pole, Govind's right side gets paralyzed. Years later, Shyam has gone for further studies to the big city, while the only relatives of Bhagvanti, Navrangi Lal and his sister, Neelima, have moved in with the Lal family. When Shyam returns, he falls in love with Neelima, and then begin a series of misunderstandings and disagreements which result in the house being divided in two - with Jeevandas, Bhagvanti, Shyam, Navrangi, and Neelima on one side, and Govind, his wife, Radha, Shankar, and Parvati on the other. Navrangi borrows money from Bhagvanti and invests it in a Carnival, however, most of his earnings are stolen by two dancers, Jati and Sati. He then borrows more money, this time from Shyam, and purchases an elephant. Govind and Radha rejoice when they give birth to normal son, Navjeevandas Lal. Weeks later, Navrangi plans a novel move with his carnival, that is to have the elephant throw a child from it's trunk - and the child he plans to use is none other than Govind's son. Watch what impact this has on the entire family when they find out that Navjeevandas has been abducted.
- DirectorBhappi SonieStarsShammi KapoorRajshreeRehman KhanThe wealthy patriarch of a Mumbai family learns more than wants to about his own origins after his refusal to accept his sons' chosen spouses drives them and his own wife away.
- DirectorAmar KumarStarsAsha ParekhBiswajeet ChatterjeePran SikandNeena, in the company of her mom, and several female friends, travels to a remote holiday spot, and stay overnight at a lodge. A young man named Kumar also attends at this lodge, claiming to be the owner, and asking the caretaker, Shyam, to get rid of the intruders. Shyam assures Kumar that he will do so immediately. Instead of asking them to leave, he tells the visitors that Kumar is mentally unstable, and believes that he owns this lodge. After several misunderstandings, Kumar and Neena fall in love, and want to get married. And it is then Neena and her mother are come across photographs of Kumar and a young woman named Kamo alias Kamini, in very intimate positions.
- DirectorRam MaheshwariStarsMeena KumariDharmendraPadminiThe Munim (Clerk) in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he passes away, Ranimaa brings up both children as her own, along with her only son, Rajesh. Years later, Rajesh has grown up and is of marriageable age. He meets with beautiful Bhanu Saxena and both fall in love with each other. Shortly thereafter, in a boating accident, Kaushal passes away, leaving behind a devastated Madhavi, Rajesh, who blames himself for his death, and Ranimaa. A few months later, Rajesh gets married to Bhanu and she moves in with them. Bhanu dislikes Madhavi and would like her out of the way, she goes to the extent of accusing her of having an affair with her husband. Under pressure, Madhavi goes to kill herself, and is rescued by a young man named Moti. Rajesh likes Moti and would like him to marry Madhavi, to which he agrees. After the marriage, Madhavi bids adieu to Ranimaa, and Rajesh, and moves in with Moti. What Madhavi does not know that Moti had an agenda and an ulterior motive for marrying her, and it looks like she has been dumped from the frying pan into the fire.
- DirectorKalidasStarsAshok KumarMeena KumariPradeep KumarA spurned vengeance-seeking woman wreaks havoc in the life of an artiste and his lover.
- DirectorPhani MajumdarStarsAshok KumarRaaj KumarFeroz KhanA retired and blind army major's life undergoes many changes after he decides to get his sons married.
- DirectorAkhtar MirzaStarsNanda KarnatakiShashi KapoorRamesh DeoVijay and Rajni have been childhood sweethearts in a small town called Rajgarh. They did separate for a few years when Rajni and her maternal grandma, Leela, went to live in Calcutta. When Rajni returns, fully matured, both rekindle their romance, much to the chagrin of Kundan and his mom. Kundan's mom creates all kinds of misunderstandings between Vijay and Rajni, and Vijay's conduct, especially gambling, lying, and telling tall stories, does not help. Then Vijay is arrested by the police and held in jail. When he is discharged, he swears to turn his life around and be worthy of Rajni, leaves Rajgarh, finds employment in Durgapur as a truck driver. When he returns home he finds that Rajni and Leela have re-located to Calcutta where Rajni is to be married to a man named Ravi Shankar. A heartbroken Vijay goes to Calcutta to locate Rajni, but is unable to locate her. He falls into bad company, takes to alcohol, and then one day one of his new-found friends' abducts a woman - who turns out to be Rajni. When Vijay and Rajni come face to face there is nothing but hatred between them. Rajni walks out of Vijay's life. When they meet again in Dhanbad, Rajni is married to Ravi Shankar, who lives there with his sister, Manju. Watch what happens when Vijay re-enters Rajni's life and the reaction it has on Ravi and Manju.
- DirectorRajendra BhatiaStarsDharmendraMala SinhaMehmoodNeela and Akash fall in love with each other after a comedy of errors. They manage to stay together in spite of all the obstacles.
- DirectorI.S. JoharStarsMehmoodSimi GarewalI.S. JoharMary and Peter fall in love with each other and are about to get married, when Peter is asked to re-join his regiment to go to war. Shortly thereafter, he is missing, believed to be dead, leaving behind a devastated Mary who subsequently gives birth to twins, and leaves them on the doorsteps of two Goan households, and becomes a nun. Twenty four years later, India is a free country, while Goa is under the rule of the Portugese, Mary is the Mother Superior; Peter, who is still alive, is the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Goa, who has been entrusted the task of apprehending two revolutionaries by the name of Ram and Rahim - none other than his very own sons. Watch what happens when duo unleash a series of attacks against the oppressive Portugese regime, including robbing the Bank of Portugal, disrobing an arrogant Superindent of Police, Alburqueue, then setting his house on fire, joining hands with dreaded bandit Daler Singh, and abducting the daughter of the Goa's Hakim, Rita.
- DirectorS. Ram SharmaStarsKamini KaushalNirupa RoyAnand KumarShaheed (1965) presents the inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.
- DirectorT. Prakash RaoStarsAshok KumarMala SinhaJoy MukherjeeWatch the full movie, Bahu Beti, only on Eros Now. Bahu Beti is a 1965 Indian Hindi film, directed by T. Prakash Rao and produced by Rajkamal Kalamandir (PVT) Ltd. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Joy Mukherjee and Mehmood in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ravi.
- DirectorShantilal SoniStarsKishore KumarKumkumAnoop KumarAn impoverished male, in love with a woman who is about to get married, has a lab-accident and evolves into a destructive iron-man.
- DirectorMehmoodStarsMehmoodTanuja SamarthNasir HussainMystery surrounds a house which is reportedly haunted by singing and dancing ghosts and ghouls.
- DirectorKedar KapoorStarsPrithviraj KapoorDara Singh RandhawaMumtaz AskariThe film is set in 326 B.C. when Alexander the Great aka Sikander (Dara Singh) having conquered Persia and the Kabul valley descends to the Indian Border at Jhelum. King Porus (Prithviraj Kapoor) stops the advance with his troops. Sikander ignores his teacher Aristotle's advice and falls for a Persian woman Rukhsana (Helen).Fearing for Sikander's life she extracts a promise from Porus that he will not harm Sikander. In the battle with the Macedonian army Porus loses his son and is captured. An elaborate verbal duel follows in court when Porus is brought before Sikander. Impressed by Porus's valor, the two kings become friends. Sikander lets Porus go and withdraws from the Jhelum.
- DirectorPhani MajumdarStarsDharmendraMehmoodNanda KarnatakiShankar, who saw his poor father die a disappointed death, works very hard and goes on to become a mill owner. His brother Madhu, however, prefers to run their father's old tea stall.
- DirectorNanabhai BhattStarsAshok KumarRaginiSailesh KumarSuspected for killing the wealthy father of his lover, a man, formerly known as Mr.X, goes on the run from the Police.
- DirectorKedar KapoorStarsMumtaz AskariDara Singh RandhawaBihari
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsBiswajeet ChatterjeeMumtaz AskariRajshreeManu is the princely heir to the kingdom ruled over now by Ranimaa. He likes to know what his going on, and changes his princely get-up, and dresses up as an ordinary man, and goes around the territory. He meets up with gorgeous Bijli, and both fall in love. When Bijli introduces him to her dad, he identifies himself as Badal. Then he notices that soldiers from his palace are molesting the young women from this community. After his return to the palace, he finds out that the soldiers had been acting on the orders of Kunver Pratap Singh, and he immediately puts a stop to this. This angers Pratap Singh, and he plans to avenge this humiliation, with a plan so devious that will endanger the lives of Manu, the Ranimaa, as well Bijli and the people in her community.
- DirectorDulal GuhaStarsAshok KumarDharmendraNirupa RoyAfter a disgraced man's accidental death, the lives of his family change drastically when they receive money from his insurance company.
- DirectorR. BhattacharyaStarsNanda KarnatakiManoj KumarShashikala JawalkarClassmates Rajesh and Manju are in love with each other and their marriage is on card. But Manju's rich neighbor Jwalaprasad's daughter Lata, a spoiled lady, also wants to marry Rajesh. Manju's father falls sick of stomach tumor but she does not have Rs.5000 required for an operation. Unfortunately, Rajesh is out of station for some work. She goes to Jwalaprasad for help and finds his wife at home who gives her money but on a condition. Manju should accept unmarried Lata's illicit child as her own and should never disclose the truth to anyone. Helpless Manju agrees. But that money could not save her father who succumbs to his illness. Manju leaves the vicinity. Rajesh finds her after a couple of years with the kid and accuses her of deceiving him. He turns alcoholic. Jwalaprasad finds Manju and brings her at his home to serve Mrs.Jwalaprasad, who is a dumb handicap now because of an accident. Jwalaprasad asks Manju to convince Rajesh to marry Lata. Upon Manju's insistence, Rajesh agrees. During marriage rituals, Lata's house catches fire and Lata & her kid are trapped in. Rajesh saves them but Lata dies of an injury when she tries to stop Rajesh. Shocked Mrs.Jwalaprasad regains her voice and tells all about her atrocities on Manju, to everyone. Rajesh and Manju are united again.
- DirectorRajendra BhatiaStarsDharmendraMala SinhaMehmoodNeela and Akash fall in love with each other after a comedy of errors. They manage to stay together in spite of all the obstacles.
- DirectorNarendra SuriStarsDharmendraMeena KumariMehmoodOrphaned Purnima lives a poor lifestyle with her maternal uncle and cruel aunt. She is in love with Prakash and both plan to marry soon. when she goes to meet Prakash at his place of employment to seek a donation, she meets with Vasant, the son of the owner of Ratan Lal & Co., who takes an instant liking to her. Vasant convinces his mom, Sharda, to approach Purnima's aunt and convince her that he is the most suitable groom for her - by hook or by crook. Sharda succeeds in doing so, and shortly thereafter Purnima and Vasant get married. Purnima convinces Prakash to marry Vandana Mehra who is in love with him, and he does so. Shortly thereafter both Purnima and Vandana get pregnant and give birth to sons, Anil and Sunil respectively. Following a violent altercation, Vandana and Vasant are killed in a car accident, Ratan is forced to pay off Vasant creditors and as a result loses everything and moves into a small hut. He convinces Purnima to re-marry Prakash, but leave Anil with them, and she does so. Five years later, Sharda passes away, and Ratan asks Purnima to take Anil with her. Both Anil and Sunil get along well, however, one day Prakash sees Anil stealing money from his coat, and it is then he asks Purnima to make a choice between Anil and him. The question remains who will Purnima choose?
- DirectorR.C. TalwarStarsAshok KumarVyjayanthimalaBharat BhushanDeepak (Bharat Bhushan) lives as a tenant in a small room, owned by his landlord Om Prakash Munshi(Om Prakash). Although he is a poet, he is unable to secure any employment. One day he meets with Jyoti (Vyjayanthimala) and both fall in love. After their marriage, there is considerable resentment, and Jyoti's brother, Shekar (Ashok Kumar) refuses to have to do anything with Jyoti. When Shekar offers money to Deepak, Deepak refuses to accept it. Shekar and Jyoti's dad, Daya Shankar (Badri Prasad) sympathises with Jyoti and wants her to be the sole heir to his property after his death. In the meantime, Om Prakash marries his son to a wealthy woman, who does bring in a lot of dowry, but refuses to do any household work, and instead puts her father-in-law to work. As Deepak is unable to get employment, Jyoti is successful in getting employment as a singer on the local radio station, not knowing that Deepak is resentful of her success, and is thinking of separating from her.