This is a list of films released in 2009. During the year, a producers' strike began after the release of 8 x 10 Tasveer and lasted until the beginning of June.
The highest-grossing film of 2009 was 3 Idiots, which emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time at that point.
Box office collection No. Title Production company Gross 1 3 IdiotsReliance Big PicturesVinod Chopra Films 2 Love Aaj KalEros InternationalIlluminati Films 3 Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab KahaniTips Industries 4 WantedSahara One Motion PicturesEros InternationalBSK Network & Entertainment 5 Kambakkht IshqEros InternationalNadiadwala Grandson Entertainment 6 De Dana DanBaba ArtsHari Om EntertainmentEros InternationalVenus Records & Tapes 7 New YorkYash Raj Films 8 KamineyUTV Motion Pictures 9 BlueShree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision 10 All the Best: Fun BeginsKinesis FilmsAjay Devgn Films
2009 releases
January–March
Opening Title Director Cast Genre Studio JAN 2Mumbai Chakachak Sanjay Jha Rahul Bose, Ayesha Dharker, Mandira Bedi Drama 9Horn 'Ok' Pleassss Rakesh Sarang Nana Patekar, Rimi Sen, Muzamil Ibrahim Romantic comedy 16 Chandni Chowk to China Nikkhil Advani Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, KevJumba, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey Action, comedy Warner Bros. Pictures, Ramesh Sippy Entertainment, People Tree Films 23 Aasma: The Sky Is the Limit Rohit Nayyar Hrishitaa Bhatt, Seema Biswas, Nauheed Cyrusi, Mansi Dovhal, Ravi Gossain Drama Raaz: The Mystery Continues Mohit Suri Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Adhyayan Suman, Jackie Shroff Horror Vishesh Films 30Luck by Chance Zoya Akhtar Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Juhi Chawla, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Isha Sharvani, Shah Rukh Khan Drama BIG Pictures, Excel Entertainment Victory Ajit Pal Mangat Harman Baweja, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Gulshan Grover Sports FEB 6Dev.D Anurag Kashyap Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill, Kalki Koechlin Romance UTV Spotboy, BindassChal Chala Chal T. K. Rajeev Kumar Govinda, Rajpal Yadav, Reemma Sen, Om Puri Comedy Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye Madhureeta Anand Randeep Hooda, Raima Sen, Arbaaz Khan, Neil Bhoopalam, Murli Sharma Drama, fantasy, musical 13Billu Priyadarshan Irrfan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani Drama Red Chillies EntertainmentThe Stoneman Murders Manish Gupta Kay Kay Menon, Arbaaz Khan, Vikram Gokhale, Rukhsar Rehman Crime, drama, mystery 20Delhi-6 Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Divya Dutta, Rishi Kapoor, Om Puri, Atul Kulkarni, Prem Chopra Romance, drama UTV Motion Pictures, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures 27 Kisse Pyaar Karoon Ajay Chandock Arshad Warsi, Aashish Chaudhary, Aarti Chhabria, Yash Tonk, Udita Goswami Romance Sidhesh Films, K Sera Sera MAR613B Vikram K. KumarR. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya, Poonam Dhillon, Ravibabu, Sachin Khedekar, Deepak Dobriyal, Murli SharmaHorrorBIG Pictures, Wide Angle CreationsDhoondte Reh Jaaoge Umesh ShuklaKunal Khemu, Paresh Rawal, Soha Ali Khan, Sonu Sood, Asrani, Johnny Lever, Hrishita Bhatt, Deepal ShawComedyUTV Motion Pictures, BindassKarma Aur HoliManish GuptaSushmita Sen, Randeep Hooda, Naomi Campbell, Suresh Oberoi, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Deepal ShawDramaSaregama Entertainment, Rapture Productions13Jai VeeruPuneet SiraFardeen Khan, Kunal Khemu, Dia Mirza, Anjana Sukhani, Rajesh Khattar, Arbaaz KhanAction comedyLittle ZizouSooni TaraporevalaBoman Irani, John Abraham, Kurush DebooComedyIndian Films, Studio 18, Jigri Dost ProductionsGulaalAnurag KashyapKay Kay Menon, Deepak Dobriyal, Piyush Mishra, Mahi Gill, Jesse Randhawa, Aditya ShrivastavaDramaZee Limelight20Aloo Chaat Robby GrewalAftab Shivdasani, Aamna Sharif, Linda Arsenio, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay MishraRomantic comedyPVR Pictures, Mirchi Movies, Maverick Productions, Red Ice ProductionsBarah Aana Raja MenonNaseeruddin Shah, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Arjun Mathur, Vijay RaazDramaBandra West PicturesFiraaqNandita DasDeepti Naval, Naseeruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Raghubir Yadav, Sanjay SuriPoliticalPercept Picture CompanyLotteryHemant PrabhuAbhijeet Sawant, Sanjay Narvekar, Mukesh Tiwari, Rucha Gujarati, Manisha KelkarComedyStraightParvati BalagopalanDaman Baggan, Anuj Chaudhary, Ketki Dave, Siddharth Makkar, Gul Panag, Vinay PathakRomantic comedyColumbia Pictures, IDream Production27Aa Dekhen ZaraJehangir SurtiNeil Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Rahul Dev, Sophie ChoudryAction, thrillerEros InternationalEk: The Power of OneSangeeth SivanBobby Deol, Shriya Saran, Nana Patekar, Chunky Pandey, Pradeep, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Jackie ShroffAction thriller
April–June Opening Title Director Cast Genre Studio APR 3 8 x 10 Tasveer Nagesh Kukunoor Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Takia, Rushad Rana, Sharmila Tagore, Javed Jaffrey Thriller Percept Picture Company, SIC Productions 10 Ek Se Bure Do Tarique Arshad Warsi, Anita Hassanandani, Rajpal Yadav, Govind Namdeo, Yashpal Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Vijay Raaz, Razzak Khan Comedy Filmsland Entertainment Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat V Krishna Kumar Ajay Jadeja, Mahie Gill, Satish Shah, Sushma Seth, Vinod Kambli, Sylvie Drama Coffee House Gurbir Grewal Ashutosh Rana, Sakshi Tanwar, Harsh Chhaya Drama School Days Dilip Sood Pankaj Sharma, Rajiv Sethi, Virender Sharma, Shailly Sehgal Royal Utsav Ravi K. Patwa Vikram Kumar, Monalisa, Sudesh Berry, Master Abhishek Sharma, Tripta Chopra, Antra Vishwas, Charu Arora Historical drama 17 Chowrasta Crossroads of Love Anjan Dutt Victor Banerjee, Atul Kulkarni, Roopa Ganguly, Naved Aslam, Aparajita Drama Meri Padosan Prakash Saini Sarwar Ahuja, Saadhika Randhawa, Hina Tasleem, Sneha Dhabi, Sanjay Mishra, Ashok Bagla, Khayali Comedy 22 Sikandar Piyush Jha Parzan Dastur, Ayesha Kapur, Rahul Singh, R. Madhavan, Sanjay SuriSocial BIG Pictures MAY 1599 Raj and D.K. Kunal Khemu, Boman Irani, Soha Ali Khan, Cyrus Broacha, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vinod Khanna, Sudesh Berry, Simone Singh Crime comedy People PicturesSuno Na.. Ek Nanhi Aawaz Amy Thanawala Tara Sharma, Avinash Tiwary, Rajendra Chawla, Dharmendra Gohil, Rinku Patel Drama 22 Detective Naani Romilla Mukherjee Ava Mukherjee, Zain Khan, Shweta Gulati, Amit Verma Drama 29Yeh Pal Ho Na Ho kal Ravi Pun Prakash Sagar, Rishabh, Tina Rana, Simran Drama JUN 5Sanam Teri Kasam Lawrence D'Souza Saif Ali Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Atul Agnihotri Comedy, romance Team - The Force Ajay Chandhok Sohail Khan, Amrita Arora, Yash Tonk Action 12 Kal Kissne Dekha Vivek Sharma Jackky Bhagnani, Vaishali Desai, Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, Dalip Tahil Romance, drama, social, comedy BIG Pictures, Pooja Entertainment Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! Girish Girija Joshi Mithun Chakraborty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Raj Zutshi, Ashwin Chitale, Gulshan Grover Children's 19 Let's Dance Aarif Sheikh Ajay Chaudhary, Gayatri Patel, Sugandha Garg, Paras Arora Romance Paying Guests Paritossh Painter Shreyas Talpade, Sayali Bhagat, Javed Jaffrey, Aashish Chaudhary, Chunky Pandey, Vatsal Sheth, Johnny Lever, Celina Jaitly, Riya Sen, Neha Dhupia Comedy Mukta Arts 26 New York Kabir Khan John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Mukesh, Irrfan Khan Action thriller, romance Yash Raj Films
July–September Opening Title Director Cast Genre Studio JUL 3 Kambakkht Ishq Sabbir Khan Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Brandon Routh, Vindu Dara Singh, Aftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora, Sylvester Stallone, Javed Jaffrey, Kirron Kher, Boman Irani Action, comedy, romance Eros International, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment 10 Sankat City Pankaj Advani Kurush Deboo, Manoj Pahwa, Kay Kay Menon, Anupam Kher, Rimi Sen, Chunky Pandey, Mia Uyeda, Rahul Dev Dark comedy Moser Baer Entertainment Shortkut Neeraj Vora Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Siddharth Randeria Comedy Indian Films, Anil Kapoor Films Company 17 Jashnn Raksha Mistry & Hasnain S Hyderabadwala Adhyayan Suman, Anjana Sukhani, Sumeet Vyas, Shahana Goswami, Humayun Saeed Musical Vishesh Films 24 Luck Soham Shah Sanjay Dutt, Shruti Haasan, Imran Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Ravi Kishan, Rati AgnihotriAction thriller Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, Indian Films 31 Love Aaj Kal Imtiaz Ali Kavi Shastri, Giselle Monteiro, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Vir Das, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna, Raj Zutshi, Dolly Ahluwalia, Neetu Singh Romance, comedy, drama Eros International, Illuminati Films AUG 7 Agyaat Ram Gopal Varma Gautam Rode, Nitin Kumar Reddy, Priyanka Kothari Horror UTV Motion Pictures, Deamforce Enterprise Chal Chalein Ujjwal Singh Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Shilpa Shukla, Mukesh Khanna Social Teree Sang Satish Kaushik Ruslaan Mumtaz, Sheena Shahabadi, Neena Gupta Drama Columbia Pictures, Mega Bollywood, Karol Bagh Film & Entertainment 14 Kaminey Vishal Bhardwaj Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Amole Gupte, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Deb Mukherjee Action UTV Motion Pictures Life Partner Rumi Jaffrey Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza, Prachi Desai, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher Comedy, romance Indian Films, Studio 18, Burmawala Bros 21 Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal Vishal Pandya Aashish Chaudhary, Akshay Kapoor Nausheen Ali Sardar Thriller 28 Daddy Cool K. Murli Manohar Rao Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Aarti Chabria, Aashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey, Rajpal Yadav, Sophie Chaudhry, Tulip Joshi, Chunky Pandey, Prem Chopra, Kim Sharma Comedy BIG Pictures, Maruti Pictures Kisaan Puneet Sira Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Diya Mirza, Nauheed Cyrusi Social UTV Spotboy, Sohail Khan Production Love Khichdi Srinivas Bhashyam Randeep Hooda, Rituparna Sengupta, Milind Soman, Divya Dutta Comedy Toss Ramesh Khatkar Prashant Raj Sachdev, Ashmit Patel, Rannvijay Singh Thriller Yeh Mera India N. Chandra Anupam Kher, Perizaad Zorabian, Ashwin Mushran, Purab Kohli, Rajpal Yadav, Sarika, Parvin Dabas, Seema Biswas, Vijay Raaz, Smilie Suri Social Pen Studios Quick Gun Murugun Shashanka Ghosh Rajendra Prasad, Nassar, Rambha, Anuradha Menon, Raju Sundaram, Shanmugarajan, Vinay Pathak, Ashwin Mushran Comedy Western Fox Star Studios, Phat Phish Motion Pictures SEP 4 Aagey Se Right Indrajit Nattoji Shreyas Talpade, Shiv Panditt, Mahi Gill, Kay Kay Menon, Shruti Seth, Shenaz Treasurywala Comedy UTV Spotboy, Bindass Chintu Ji Ranjit Kapoor Rishi Kapoor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Kulraj Randhawa Comedy Fox Deepak Tijori Arjun Rampal, Sagarika Ghatge, Udita Goswami, Sunny Deol, Kurush Deboo, Vipul Gupta Drama 11 Aamras Rupali Guha Jiya Sarang, Pari Sehgal, Rakhi Chadda, Sanya Balsara, Zarina Wahab, Reema, Sukanya Kulkarni, Shubhi, Vikram Kapadia, Usha Bachani, Sonali Sachdev, Meher, Sunil Sinha, Manoj Pahwa Drama Baabarr Ashu Trikha Soham Deepak, Mithun Chakraborty, Urvashi Sharma Action Vaada Raha Samir Karnik Bobby Deol, Kangana Ranaut, Mohnish Bahl, Sharat Saxena, Dwij Yadav, Atul Agnihotri Romance Next Gen Films, Top Angle Productions 18 Dil Bole Hadippa! Anurag Singh Rani Mukherjee, Shahid Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Rakhi Sawant, Sherlyn Chopra Romantic comedy, sports Yash Raj Films Wanted Prabhu Deva Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Anil Kapoor, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Inder Kumar, Govinda Action, romance Sahara One Motion Pictures, Eros International, BSK Network & Entertainment Blue Oranges Rajesh Ganguly Rajat Kapoor, Shishir Sharma, Aham Sharma, Puja Kanwal, Rati Agnihotri, Harsh Chhaya Thriller 22Phir Kabhi V. K. Prakash Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Rati Agnihotri, Gulshan Grover, Romance, drama UTV Motion Pictures, The Culture Company 25 What's Your Raashee? Ashutosh Gowarikar Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra Romantic comedy UTV Motion Pictures, Ashutosh Gowarikar Productions
October–December