Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1957
All the films in the below list are regarded as classics.
The list prepared is ordered as per revenue collection at the box office.
All were declared hits but the last 8 film were flops.
The list prepared is ordered as per revenue collection at the box office.
All were declared hits but the last 8 film were flops.
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- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsNargisSunil DuttRajendra Kumar TuliIn this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsDilip KumarVyjayanthimalaAjit KhanWhen the son of a landlord decides to modernize his business by replacing the horse carts with buses, a horse cart rider decides to challenge him.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandKalpana KartikShashikala JawalkarRunaway wealthy heiress, Raksha, joins a traveller, Madan, in a small truck, heading toward the home of his uncle, Manoharlal. When they reach their destination, they are informed that Manoharlal has passed away, and the estate and all the wealth is taken over by his son, Kuldeep, and his mother. Madan is suspicious and starts making inquiries about this death. Soon he himself comes under suspicion, and with the help of Surjit, he is arrested and imprisoned by the police, on the charge of kidnapping Raksha. This gets him out of the way, so that the real culprits can get away with the wealth.
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsGuru DuttWaheeda RehmanMala SinhaVijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
- DirectorM.V. RamanStarsVyjayanthimalaKishore KumarPran SikandA wealthy Kishore always ready to help the poor.He travels to Bombay to be with his cousin Raj whose a womanizer and has ditched many women.Raj and Kishore go for hunting in Jungle where Raj meets a man who ask shim to marry his daughter whom he had cheated but Raj kills him and frames Kishore for the murder whose then on the run from police.
- DirectorShantaram Rajaram VankudreStarsShantaram Rajaram VankudreSandhyaUlhasProgressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
- DirectorSubodh MukherjiStarsDev AnandNutanGajanan JagirdarAn incompetent lawyer gets evicted, dons the guise of an old man to gain accommodation, falls for the owner's daughter, then faces numerous life-changing challenges.
- DirectorNasir HussainStarsShammi KapoorAmeetaPran SikandTwenty years ago, after killing his brother, Sardar Rajpal flees from his hometown in Shillong and re-locates in the rural area of Assam along with his adopted daughter, Meena. He asks his wife, Kamla, to send their son, Shankar, so that he can employ him and get him married to Meena. Shankar arrives and he is welcomed by Sardar who employs him and introduces him to Meena. A few days another young man shows up at his door claiming that he is Kamla's son. A baffled Sardar also welcomes him, and puts both the young men under observation in order to find who the real Shankar is. The question remains why would anyone want to impersonate Shankar, and what will happen to Sardar himself after the Police catch up with him for killing his brother 20 years ago.
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsMeena KumariKishore KumarGemini GanesanR.K. Raju, a private investigator is assigned the task of locating the missing daughter of a wealthy Hindu couple. His investigation take him to different locales, and he comes across Miss Mary, the girl closely resembling the one he is looking for. He asks her to accompany him, in the guise of teaching his girlfriend some music, to which she agrees. On the way there, they meet with Arun, who also agrees to accompany them as Miss Mary's husband. Once there Miss Mary is informed that she is the daughter of the Hindu couple, and she strongly denies this, stating that she is born a Christian, lived with a Christina Priest all her life, and has no knowledge of being a Hindu. Then a stolen locket of Devi Maa Laxmi is located, and the suspect, prima facie, is Mary and a gentleman, who claims to be her bethrothed.
- DirectorR. KrishnanS. PanjuStarsBalraj SahniPandari BaiJawahar KaulAlthough a graduate in Arts, Shanta agrees to get married to a much lesser educated widowed businessman, Ratanlal, who has a son, Mithu, from his first marriage, and re-locates to live with him, his brothers; Ramesh, Rajan, & Baldev, and an aunt. Ratanlal permits her to let her child-widowed sister, Lata, to also live with them. Shanta soon earns the respect and love of everyone in the family. Ramesh gets married to Advocate Motilal's daughter, Tara, while Rajan gets married to Mangala, who is Munshiram's daughter. After these marriages, misunderstandings crop up, generally generated by Mangala, so much so that Tara joins forces with her, forcing the brothers to separate from each other, with Ratanlal dividing the property and business equally amongst them, and re-locating in a small village house, while Ramesh now lives with Tara and her brother, Jeevan and his wife. Rajan does not get along with Mangala, takes to alcohol in a big way, stops his medical studies and joins the army, and Baldev re-locates to Bombay. The question remains will this troubled family ever be re-united again during their respective lifetimes?
- DirectorL.V. PrasadStarsRaj KapoorMeena KumariShyamaChiranjeev lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widowed father Kashiram; two sisters, one of whom is mute; and a younger brother. On a trip, his friend Mohan falls ill from too-high consumption of alcohol and gets treated at an Ashram, where Chiranjeev meets Sharada, an employee who lives with her widower father Ram Sharan. Chiranjeev and Sharada fall in love, and Chiranjeev promises to get his father's permission and return to marry her. On the way he has an accident, he does survive, is looked after by tribal people, and after several days returns to the Ashram only to get the shocking news that Sharada is now married to a very wealthy, much older male. Devastated, he returns home and gets another shock when he finds that the Sharada has married none other than his very own father. He gets depressed and takes to alcohol in a big way. Sharada talks him out of this, he repents, and at her insistence he married Chanchal, the daughter of Hukumdas and Lajjo, who come from a wealthy background. Things then spiral out of control when Chanchal finds out that her husband and his stepmother were in love before and might not have overcome those feelings for each other.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsShekharSuchitra SenBipin GuptaThe story is about a house consisting of three families who live in it. It is three stories linked by the house.
- DirectorSatyen BoseStarsAshok KumarShyamaKishore KumarA much married Shankar works for a Zamindar and falls for his daughter Mala.But the Zamindar gets him arrested for a murder.His younger brother Madhav takes responsibility of his wife and daughter but Shankar's wife passes away.Madhav brings up his daughter and arranges her marriage but the boy turns out to be son of the Zamindar.When Shankar gets released he marries Mala and sets out for revenge nearly killing Madhav.
- DirectorKalidasStarsPradeep KumarRajendra Kumar TuliVyjayanthimalaIt is about the radha soami ji live cycle and their guru shiksha it is a wonderful movie
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsPradeep KumarBina RaiShyama
- DirectorLekhraj BhakriStarsPradeep KumarManoj KumarMala Sinha
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsAshok KumarNalini JaywantAnoop Kumar
- DirectorJ. Om PrakashStarsBharat BhushanPradeep KumarMadhubalaA woman encounters assorted suitors/suspicious characters while on the run from killers.
- DirectorDevendra GoelStarsAshok KumarMadhubalaJohnny WalkerThe father of a dying woman pays a con artist to make his daughter's final year a happy one.
- DirectorNitin BoseAmiya ChakrabartyStarsVyjayanthimalaBalraj SahniKamala KumariPushpa, who comes from a poor family, is a good dancer and singer. She wants to assist a puppeteer with his makeshift dolls and puppet act. Unfortunately, he meets with an accident and his hospitalized; some of his puppets are damaged in the accident. Pushpa approaches Loknath for work, and he gets her to work on stage, and wants her to become a movie star. Will Pushpa give up her simple life and take the glamorous route?
- DirectorM. SadiqStarsBalraj SahniShyamaRaj Mehra
- DirectorKedar KapoorStarsPremnath MalhotraBina RaiSheikh Mukhtar
- DirectorHarbansStarsBharat BhushanBina RaiK.N. Singh
- DirectorAsit Kumar SenStarsAbhi BhattacharyaMala SinhaGajanan JagirdarA wealthy man, suspected of murder, is killed before he can be arrested. Everyone in his household is under suspicion. A private investigator looks into the case and finds himself falling in love with one of the suspects.
- DirectorShankar MukherjeeStarsDev AnandNutanAnwar HussainCity-bred Ramu is involved in petty crime. When his close friend Gopal-dada asks him to go to the village and look after his mother, and sister Chanda, Ramu does so. After he comes to know both mother and daughter, they decide to re-locate to the big city to be with Gopal. In the process, Ramu and Chanda fall in love with each other. Chanda wants Ramu to give up his life of crime; Ramu agrees to do so, but will his crime partners allow Ramu to lead a normal life?
- DirectorSohrab ModiStarsSohrab ModiRaaj KumarMala SinhaA fair-minded emperor improves and introduces new laws, but ends up facing challenges when his son violates them.
- DirectorChetan AnandStarsChetan AnandKrishan DhawanKumkum
- DirectorLekhraj BhakriStarsPradeep KumarMala SinhaVeena
- DirectorMadanDaljit VedStarsShyamaJohnny WalkerRaj MehraChronicling the comedic escapades of Bombay-based alcoholic Murli Manohar as he uses a forged document to secure employment; falls in love with, Chandra Kripalani, the Manager's Secretary; then fools her into believing that he is an abstainer, and the real alcoholic is his elder brother. He subsequently loses his job, but Chandra does not give up on him - she not only arranges an introduction with her Poona-based dad, Mangaldas, but also finds employment for him in Indore - not realizing that soon he will be arrested for violating Prohibition Legislation, as well as assaulting her in public.
- DirectorKrishan ChopraBalraj SahniStarsBalraj SahniMala SinhaShashikala JawalkarThis is a film set in a train and on a lonely railway platform where passengers are forced to spend a night at the time of India's Independence.
- DirectorDulal GuhaStarsTalat MahmoodMala SinhaI.S. JoharJaya lives in a village called Chandangaon in India along with her widower dad, Gokul, who works for a living as a compounder, but calls himself a Homeopathic doctor and dispenses Arnica for all kinds of ailments, especially since there is no qualified doctor in the village. Since Jaya is or marriageable age, he has arranged her marriage with hard-of-hearing Shiv, the son of Dayashankar, who is the President of the Gram Panchayat. Dayashankar is anxious to get Shiv married so that he can get some dowry from Gokul. The other suitor for Jaya is Ratan, whose mother would like her to re-marry her son as his wife, Maya, is unable to conceive. Then a new doctor arrives in this village to look after the charitable dispensary. Things heat up when Dayashankar and Ratan's mom find out that he may be Jaya's new suitor. Hilarious chaos reigns when Maya assaults her cruel mother-in-law, and Ratan abducts Jaya from her marriage with Shiv.
- DirectorRavi KapoorStarsShyamaShammi KapoorRam Singh
- DirectorNanabhai BhattStarsAshok KumarNalini JaywantRaginiA wealthy businessman, Jamunadas, is killed by person(s) unknown. The police take up this investigation and are clearly baffled as the killer has left no clues for them to go on. Before they could any further action, Jamunadas' daughter, Nemo, is found dead in her bath-tub. The police suspect that this could be the work of the dreaded Mr. X, and want to question him. Their investigations take them to Rangoon where they are involved in a web of deceit and lies at the hands of one Ashok Kumar. Then they get a clue from a drunk, who claims he saw a woman floating and then being taken away in a driver-less convertible. The police do not know whether to believe this drunk or not. What they do not know is that the killer is in possession of a portion that turns him invisible, and this is not the first time that he has eluded the police through wild-goose chases. It looks like the police, who had nothing to go on in the first place, now are faced with a namely and unseen suspect, who may just be anyone known or unknown to them.