This is a list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1942.
Highest-grossing films The five highest-grossing films at the Indian box office in 1942:
1942rank Title Notes 1. Basant 2. Khandan 3. Bhukt Surdas 4. Jawab 5. Roti
A-C Title Director Cast Genre Notes Aankh Michouli R. S. Choudhury Nalini Jaywant, Satish, Anand Prasad Kapoor, Sulochana, Jilloo, Pratima Devi, Hadi Social Music: Gyan DuttLyrics: Pandit Indra, Satyakam Sharma, Shatir GhaznaviAmar Asha Shailen Ghosh Navin Yagnik, Kamla Varerkar, Devaskar, Bhim Social Music: Rattan LalLyrics: Apna Ghar Debaki Bose Shanta Apte, Mahesh Kaul, Chandra Mohan, Vimla Vashishta, Maruti, Maya Bannerji, Jeevan, David, Gope, Jagdish Sethi, Nimbalkar, Mishra Social family drama Music: Harishchandra BaliLyrics: Narottam Vyas Apna Paraya Ramchandra Thakur Shahu Modak, Hansa Wadkar, Dulari, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, Shakuntala, Pesi Patel, Agha, Rajrani Social Music: Anil BiswasLyrics: Armaan Kidar Nath Sharma Motilal, Meera, A. Shah, Shamim, Nagendra, Bhagwandas, Nazir Bedi, Rajinder Singh, Rajkumari A. Shah Social Music: Gyan DuttLyrics: Kidar Sharma Arzoo M. Issa, R.M. Vaidya Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Purnima, Panna Social Music: Lyrics: Awaaz Rafiq Rizvi Maya Banerjee, Swarnalata, Wasti, Danve, Kailash, Anwaribai Social Music: K C Verma, S NavrekarLyrics: Ramesh Gupta, Kabil Amritsari Bahana A. M. Khan Alaknanda, Yusuf Effendi, Benjamin, Ameena, Ansari, Rafiq, Nawaz, Shahzadi, Anwaribai, Haroon Social Music: M. Sagir AsifLyrics: A. M. Khan Barat Gunjal Shobhana Samarth, Harish, Prakash, Kaushalya, Manmohan, Rampyari, Sankatha Prasad, Nayampalli, Mirza Musharraf, Vatsala KumtekarSocial Music: Master Ratanlal, KhemrajLyrics: Raghunath Brahmbhatt Basant Amiya Chakravarty Ulhas, Mumtaz Shanti, Suresh, Kanu Roy, Pithawala, Baby Madhubala, Pramila Social Music: Pannalal GhoshLyrics: Pyare Lal Santoshi Bhakta Kabir Rameshwar SharmaBharat Bhushan, Mehtab, Mazhar Khan, Ramesh Sinha, Padma Devi, Vanmali Das, Gyani, Rai Mohan Biopic devotional Music: Himanshu DuttaLyrics: Kabir, Pandit Shivkumar Bhakta Surdas Chaturbhuj Doshi K. L. Saigal, Khursheed, Monica Desai, Nagendra, Gharpure, Kesarbai, B, Sharma, Bashir, M. Saigal Biopic, drama Music: Gyan DuttLyrics: D. N. Madhok Bharat Milap Vijay Bhatt Prem Adib, Shahu Modak, Shobhana Samarth, Durga Khote, Umakant, Vimala Vashishta, Shanta Kumari, Amirbai Karnataki, RatanmalaEpic religious drama Music: Shankar Rao VyasLyrics: Tulsidas, Pandit Indra, Pandit Anuj, Baalam Pardesi Blackout Nari Ghadiali Sadiq Ali, Benjamin, Sardar Mansur, Shobha, Bibìjan, Mukhtar, Mehdi Raza, Nazira, Habib Action Music: Ninu MajumdarLyrics: Waheed Qureshi Bolti Bulbul Dhirubhai Desai Anil Kumar, Zebunissa, Mumtaz Begum, Sardar Mansur, Alaknanda, Mehr Sultana, Shahzadi, Mirajkar, S, Nazir, Samson Action Music: K. C. VermaLyrics: Safdar Aah, Kabil Amritsari, Shams Lakhnavi Bombay Calling Raja Yagnik Navin Yagnik, Shirin, Agha, Bhim, Vatsala Kumtekar, Janardhan, Anant, Ghulam Rasool Action Music: Pratap MukherjeeLyrics: A Karim Chandni Jayant Desai Khursheed, Ishwarlal, Kesari, Dixit, Noorjahan, Rajkumari Shukla, Baby KamlaSocial Music: Khemchand PrakashLyrics: D. N. Madhok Chauranghee Sibtain Fazli, Nabendusundar Mehtab, Sajjan, Nazir Kashmiri, Anees Khatoon, Amjad, Music: Hanuman Prasad Sharma, Kazi Nazrul IslamLyrics: Mirza Ghalib, Jigar Moradabadi, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Arzu Lakhnavi Chudiyan L.J. Bhatt, K.J. ParmarPrem Adib, Maya Bannerji, Jeevan, Mehr Sultana, Gulab Music: S N TripathiLyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Pandit Indra, Ramesh Gupta, Sharma
D-J Title Director Cast Genre Notes Das Baje a.k.a. 10 O'Clock Raja Nene Paresh Bannerjee, Urmila Vasant Thengdi, Baby Shakuntala, Manaji Rao, Devraj, Shiraz Romantic drama Music: Keshavrao BholeLyrics: Mukhram Sharma Ashant Daughter of the Jungle a.k.a. Vanasundari Ramanlal Desai Sunetra, Baburao Pehalwan, Brijrani, Mirajkar, Bose, Amir Bano, Ali Action adventure Music: Shantaram ManjrekarLyrics: Ehsan Rizvi Dhiraj Chaturbhuj DoshiSitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Rajkumari Shukla, Kesari, Khatoon, Bhagwandas Social Music: Gyan DuttLyrics: Pandit Indra Dillagi Balwant Bhatt Hansa Wadkar, Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Anuradha, Agha Social Music: Pratap MukherjeeLyrics: Dukh Sukh Ram DaryaniSitara Devi, Vasanti, Rama Shukul, Pratima Devi, Mukesh (actor), A, Shah, Khatoon, Mukesh Social Music: Khemchand PrakashLyrics: Wali Sahab Duniya Ek Tamasha Dwarka Khosla Sardar Akhtar, W. M. Khan, Urmila, Gope, Shyam Sunder, Minoo Cooper, Devaskar Social Music: Lyrics: Duniya Tumhari Hai G.P. Pawar Nandrekar, Kanta Kumari, Sadiq, Madhukar Gupte, N. A. Ansari Social Music: S. N. TripathiLyrics: I. C. Kapoor Ek Raat Wahid-ud-din Zia-ud-din Ahmed Prithviraj Kapoor, Nina, K. N. Singh, Mubarak, Prakash, Rajkumari Shukla, Firoza Begum, Gulab, Bibijan, Yusuf, Mumtaz Social Music: S. K. PalLyrics: Pandit Indra Fariyaad Jayant Desai Noor Jehan, Mubarak, Ishwarlal, Rama Shukal, Shamim, Alaknanda Social Music: Khemchand PrakashLyrics: D. N. MadhokFarman Nanubhai Vakil Anil Kumar, Sarojini, W. M. Khan, Ranibala, Anwaribai, S. Nazir, Sadiq Social Music: Damodar SharmaLyrics: Ramesh Chandra Pandey, I. C. Kapoor, Harbans, Safdar Aah, Gaskar Delahari, Roopbani Garib Ramchandra Thakur Surendra, Veena Kumari, N. A. Ansari, Rose, Agha Social Music: Anil Biswas, Ashok GhoshLyrics: Safdar Aah, Pandit Indra (1) Ghar Sansar a.k.a. Homelife V.M. Vyas Sardar Akhtar, Mazhar Khan, Nazir, Kajjan, Kalyani, Mirza Musharaf Family social drama Music: Shyam Babu PathakLyrics: Gora Kumbhar Anand Kumar Lalita PawarBiopic drama Music: Lyrics: Haso Haso Ai Duniyawallaon (Haso Haso Ae Duniya Walo) Dwarka KhoslaRattanbai, Devaskar, Gope, Shahzadi, Samson Social Music: First film as independent MD C. RamchandraLyrics: Waheed Qureshi Huma Gun Anmogaldi Jawab P.C. Barua Jamuna, Kanan Devi, Ratin Banerjee, P.C. Barua, Ahindra Choudhury, Devbala, Tulsi Chakraborty, Asit Baran, Bikram Kapoor Social Music: Kamal DasguptaLyrics: Bekal, Buddhi Chandra Agrawal Madhur Jawan Ki Pukar a.k.a. Call of Youth Dinshaw Billimoria D. Bilimoria, Urmila, Harish, Kalyani, Benjamin, W. M. Khan, Alaknanda, Afghan Sandow, Samson Action Music: Vasant Kumar NaiduLyrics: A. K. Sindhi Jawani Wajahat Mirza Surendra, Husn Banu, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, Agha, A. R. Kabuli, Nawab, Dulari, Laddan Social Music: Anil BiswasLyrics: Mirza, Hazrat AarzooJhankar S. Khalil Chandra Mohan, Pramila, Kumar, Gope, Shahzadi, Altaf, Dulari, Shaukat, Ghulam Mohammed Social Music: Bashir DehlviLyrics: Arzu Lakhnavi, D. N. Madhok, Hasrat Lakhnavi The Jungle Princess Homi Wadia Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Shahzadi, Radharani Action Music: Madholal Damodar MasterLyrics: Pandit Indra
K-M Title Director Cast Genre Notes Kalakar A. Karim Maya Devi, Jal Merchant, Ranibala, Anant Marathe, Mehar Sultana, Fazlu, Saiyyad Ahmed, Fakir Mohammed Social Music: Bashir DehlviLyrics: A. KarimKaljug Nazir Nazir, Sitara Devi, Kumar, Gope, Anuradha, Majid, AzurieSocial drama Music: Rafiq GhaznaviLyrics: Hasrat Lakhnavi Khamoshi R. C. Talwar Ramola, Amarnath, Gyani, Shyam Sunder (actor), Manorama, Nand Kishore, Sunder, Leela Mishra, Himmat Rai Social Music: G.A. ChishtiLyrics: Himmat Rai Sharma Khandaan Shaukat Hussain Rizvi Pran, Noor Jehan, Manorama, Ajmal. Durga Mota, Ghulam Mohammed, G. N. Butt, Ibrahim Family drama Music: Ghulam HaiderLyrics: M. D. Taseer, Nazim Panipat and D. N. Madhok Khilona a.k.a. Khilauna/The Toy Sarvottam Badami Snehprabha Pradhan, P. Jairaj, Prabha, Satish, Kanhaiyalal, Nagendra, Pratima Devi, Pesi Patel Social Music: Khemchand PrakashLyrics: Pandit Indra Kirti Gunjal P. Jairaj, Lalita Pawar, Sunalini Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Sushil Kumar, Ghulam Rasool, Devaskar, Manchi Thuthi, Mithu Miya Social Music: Harishchandra BaliLyrics: Pandit Phani Kisise Na Kehna Keshavrao Date, Krishna Gopal Leela Chitnis, Pahari Sanyal, Keshavrao Date, Sunetra, Hari Shivdasani, Shukla, Ghory Social Music: Pratap MukherjeeLyrics: Amritlal Nagar Kiski Biwi M. A. Mirza E. Bilimoria, Kalyani Das, Anuradha, Himalayawala, Vatsala Kumtekar, Fenty Prasad, Gulab, Saiyad Ahmed, Afghan Sandow Social Music: Rafiq GhaznaviLyrics: Balam Kunwara Baap Kishore Sahu Protima Das Gupta, Baby Lal, Anjali Devi, Nana Palsikar, Amritlal Nagar, Moni Chatterjee, Dhulia, Hadi Music: Ramchandra PalLyrics: Amritlal Nagar, Baalam Pardesi, Satyakam Sharma Lajwanti Hiralal Doctor Rattanbai, Anuradha, W. M. Khan, Ashiq Hussain, Fakir Mohammed Social Music: Shyam Babu PathakLyrics: Lalaji Chamankant Gandhi, Lalit Mehta Yashodhara Katju, Krishnakant, Yakub, Amar, Maya Devi, Abdul Rehman Kabuli, Sunalini Devi, Jagdish Dethi, Badri Prasad, Vatsala Kumtekar Social drama Music: Vasant Kumar NaiduLyrics: Mirza Ghalib, Arzu Lakhnavi, Neelkanth Tiwari Mahakavi Kalidas Niren Lahiri Karunu Bannerjee, Chhabi Biswas, Ulhas, Menaka Devi, Padma Devi Biopic Music: Hariprasanna DasLyrics: Maheman a.k.a. Guest Chaturbhuj DoshiMadhuri, Ishwarlal, Shamim, Rama Shukla, Kesari, Bhagwandas Social Music: Khemchand PrakashLyrics: D. N. Madhok Malan V. M. Vyas Shanta Hublikar, Rattanbai, Balwant Singh, Jagdish Sethi, But Kashar, Kalyani, Mirza Musharraf, Alaknanda, Social Music: Shyam Babu PathakLyrics: Ehsan Rizvi Mamaji Narottam Vyas Lalita Pawar, Nandrekar, Yakub, Jeevan, Maruti, Misra, Nana Palsikar, Leela Pawar Family social Music: Harishchandra BaliLyrics: Narottam VyasMamta I.A. Hafizji Prince Dara, Pushpa Rani, Kalawati, Padma Devi, Akbar, N. Mohammed, Puttan SocialMusic: R. A. AtraLyrics: G Shadani Mata Gunjal Shobhana Samarth, Chandrakant, Mubarak, Urmila, Himalayawala, Munshi Khanjar, Bhudo Advani, Moti, Bibijan Family drama Music: Vasant Kumar NaiduLyrics: D. N. Madhok Meenakshi Modhu Bose Sadhona Bose, Ahindra Choudhury, Rajlakshmi Devi, K. C. Dey, Najmal Hussain, Devbala, Sandhya Rani, Priti Majumdar, Panna Devi Romantic melodrama Music: Pankaj MullickLyrics: Pandit Bhushan Motorwali A. M. Khan Radharani, Prakash, Ameena, Sardar Mansur, Nazira, Haroon, Ranibala, Anwaribai, Rafiq Action Music: Damodar SharmaLyrics: Gaskar Delahari Muqabala Babubhai Mistri, Batuk Bhatt Fearless Nadia, Yakub, Agha, Dalpat, Shrinivas, Rajni, Nazira, Jal Khambatta, Khan Mastana, Baby Madhuri Double-role action drama Music: Khan MastanaLyrics: A. Karim My Village a.k.a. Mera Gaon Prafulla Roy Hansa Wadkar, P. Jairaj, K. C. Dey, Chhaya Devi, Amir Banu, S. L. Puri, Jagdish Sethi, Moti, AghajaniSocial Music: K. C. DeyLyrics: Kavi Raghunath
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