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Friends you must have heard people from your earlier generation, always mentioning that these films released in 1950s, 60s or 70s were such a bigger hit, that films of modern era can not even come closer to them. There in today’s blog I am giving you the list of top 50 films, based on their business in the world market.

All the figures are adjusted for gross collection, considering film’s year of release, and rate of inflation in prices of cinema tickets. The inflation has been considered till Dec 2018

All Time Top Grosser Indian Films –Worldwide Business

 

 #50 Roti Kapda Aur Makan (1975)- Manoj Kumar directed film,  Rs 660 Cr.

#49 Sapathik Sawaal (1974)- A Kannada  film, Rs 660 Cr.

#48 Nasseb (1981)- Manmohan Desai directed film,   Rs 665 Cr.

#47 Kranti (1981)- Manoj Kumar directed film, Rs 665 Cr.

#46 Sangam (1964)-  Raj Kapoor directed film, Rs 668 Cr.

#45 Rowdy Seetharam Raju (1975)- A South Indian film, Rs 669 Cr.

#44 Deewar (1975)-  Yash chopra directed film., Rs 672 Cr.

#43 2.0 (2018)- Shankar directed Tamil film, dubbed in many languages, Rs 675 Cr.

#42  Veena Abhishekaham-(1981)- Narayanan Rao directed telugu film, Rs 675 Cr.

#41 Maine Pyar Kiya (1989)- Sooraj Barjatya directed film, Rs 682 Cr.

#40 Sultan (2016)-Ali Abbas Zaffer directed film, Rs 683 Cr.

#39 Shankar Guru (1981)- A Telugu film, Rs 684 Cr.

#38 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)- Karan Johar directed film, Rs 694 Cr.

#37 Raja Hindustani (1996)- Dharmesh Darshan directed film, Rs 697 Cr.

#36 Zeenat (1945)- Shaukat Hussain Rizvi directed film, Rs 702 Crs.

#35 Khazanchi (1941)- Moti Gidwani directed film, Rs 702 Crs.

#34 Enthiram (Robot) (2010)- Shankar directed film Tamil film, dubbed in many languages, Rs 707 Cr.

#33 Ram Aur Shyam (1967)- Chanakya directed film, Rs 707 Cr.

#32 3 Idiots (2009)- Raj Kumar Hirani directed film, Rs 721 Cr.

#31 Haathi Mere Saathi(1971)- MM Srimurgum directed film, Rs 727 Cr.

#30 Dhoom 3 (2013)- Vijay Krishna Acharaya directed film, Rs 740 Cr.

#29 Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) – Manmohan Desai directed film, Rs 741 Crs.

#28 Haridas (1940)- Tamil language film, Rs 750 Cr.

#27 Gadar-Ek Prem Kazha (2001)- Anil Sharma directed film, Rs 776 Cr.

#26 Coolie (1983)- Manmohan Desai directed film, Rs 803 Cr.

# 25 Basant (1942)- Ameya Chakravorty directed film, Rs 810 Cr.

#24 Maya Bazar (1957)-  A Telugu language film, Rs 825 Cr.

#23 Secret Superstar (2017)- Advait Chandra directed film, Rs 846 Cr.

#22 Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) –  Ramesh sippy directed film , Rs 848 Cr.

#21 Bahubali- The Begining( 2015)- Telugu film directed by SS Rajamouli, Telugu film dubbed in other languages,  Rs 879 Cr.

#20 Lava Kusa (1973)- A Telugu language film, Rs 923 Cr.

#19 PK (2014)-Raj Kumar Hirani directed film, Rs 929 Cr.

#18 Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)- Prakash Mehra directed film, Rs 949 Cr.

#17 Aradhana (1969) – Shakti Samanta directed film, Rs 951 Cr.

#16 Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)- Kabir Khan directed film, Rs 976 Cr.

#15 Naya Daur (1957)- BR Chopra directed film, Rs 986 Cr.

#14 Ratan (1944)- M Saadiq directed film,  Rs 990 Cr.

#13 Kismet (1943) – Gyan Mukherjee directed film, Rs 1001 Cr.

#12 Shri 420 (1955) –  Raj Kapoor directed film, Rs 1101 Cr.

#11 DilWale Dlhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)- Aditya chopra directed film, Rs 1131 Cr.

#10 Ganga Jamuna (1961) – Nitin Bose directed film, Rs 1165 Cr.

#9 Bobby (1973) – Raj Kapoor directed film, Rs 1298 Crs.

#8 Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994)- Sooraj Barjataya directed film, Rs 1305 Crs.

#7 Mother India (1957) – Mehboob Khan directed film, Rs 1341 Cr.

#6 Disco Dancer (1982) – B Subhash directed film, gross adjusted collection Rs 1558.

#5 Awara (1952)- Raj Kapoor directed film, Rs 1606 Cr.

#4 Mughal e Azam (1960) –  K Asif directed film, Rs 1898 Cr.

#3 Bahubali 2 (2017)- SA Rajamouli directed Telugu film, dubbed in other languages, Rs 2042 Cr.

#2 Dangal (2016)- Nitesh Tiwari directed film, gross adjusted Rs 2377 Cr.

And  any guesses for top position, yes it has to be

#1 Sholay (1975) – Ramesh Sippy directed film, Rs 2691 Cr.

You will observe from the above list,  in the top 10 highest world wide grosser films , there are only 2 films from the current decade, which only proves that the films released in Pre Multiplex era did more  business than the Post Multiplex era. Even 1943 released film ‘Kismet’ is at #13 and 1944 released film ‘Ratan’ is at #14.   It only means that the record of Sholay  will remain unbeaten for years to come. As #2 Dangal had the more than 60% gross business in China only, and #3 Bahubali got this gross business due to it being dubbed in many Indian languages.

As per the list , Raj Kapoor becomes the biggest commercial director of the Indian cinema, as his 4 films found  the place in top 50 highest grosser films, and from that there are 2 of his films are in top 10.

You know what was the biggest surprise of  this list- it was a small budget film starring Mithun Chakravorty ‘Disco Dancer’ at #6.

 

Awaiting your comments/views/feed backs.

 

Anil Malik

Mumbai, India

22^nd Feb, 2019