List of highest-grossing Indian films
Highest-grossing films by year

List of highest-grossing Indian films

Section Title: Highest-grossing films by year
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Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Worldwide gross	Source

1940	Zindagi	P. C. Barua	New Theatres	₹55 lakh (equivalent to ₹181 crore or US$28 million in 2016)

1941	Khazanchi	Moti B. Gidwani	Pancholi Art Pictures	₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹235 crore or US$36 million in 2016)

1942	Basant	Amiya Chakrabarty	Bombay Talkies	₹80 lakh (equivalent to ₹235 crore or US$37 million in 2016)

1943	Kismet	Gyan Mukherjee	Bombay Talkies	₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹309 crore or US$48 million in 2016)

1944	Rattan	M. Sadiq	Gemini Pictures	₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹275 crore or US$43 million in 2016)

1945	Zeenat	Shaukat Hussain Rizvi	Eastern Pictures	₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹188 crore or US$30 million in 2016)

1946	Anmol Ghadi	Mehboob Khan	Mehboob Productions	₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹249 crore or US$39 million in 2016)

1947	Jugnu	Shaukat Hussain Rizvi	Shaukat Art Productions	₹50 lakh (equivalent to ₹363 crore or US$56 million in 2016)

1948	Chandralekha	S. S. Vasan	Gemini Studios	₹1.55 crore (equivalent to ₹215 crore or US$34 million in 2016)

1949	Barsaat	Raj Kapoor	R. K. Films	₹2 crore (equivalent to ₹269 crore or US$42 million in 2016)

1950	Samadhi	Ramesh Saigal	N/A	₹1.35 crore (equivalent to ₹188 crore or US$29 million in 2016)

1951	Awaara	Raj Kapoor	R. K. Films	₹10.38 crore (equivalent to ₹1,214 crore or US$184 million in 2016)

1952	Aan	Mehboob Khan	Mehboob Productions	₹3.57 crore (equivalent to ₹373 crore or US$55 million in 2016)

1953	Anarkali	Nandlal Jaswantlal	Filmistan	₹2.35 crore (equivalent to ₹296 crore or US$46 million in 2016)

1954	Nagin	Nandlal Jaswantlal	Filmistan	₹2.9 crore (equivalent to ₹363 crore or US$56 million in 2016)

1955	Pather Panchali	Satyajit Ray	Government of West Bengal	₹10 crore (US$2 million)

Shree 420	Raj Kapoor	R. K. Films	₹4.94 crore (equivalent to ₹618 crore or US$92 million in 2016)

1956	Jagte Raho	Sombhu Mitra Amit Maitra	R. K. Films	₹4.44 crore (equivalent to ₹477 crore or US$74 million in 2016)

1957	Mother India	Mehboob Khan	Mehboob Productions	₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹1,600 crore or US$246 million in 2017)

1958	Madhumati	Bimal Roy	Bimal Roy Productions	₹4 crore (equivalent to ₹478 crore or US$73 million in 2016)

1959	Char Dil Char Rahen	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	Naya Sansar	₹5.27 crore (equivalent to ₹591 crore or US$88 million in 2016)

1960	Mughal-e-Azam	K. Asif	Sterling Investment Corporation	₹11 crore (equivalent to ₹2,000 crore or US$307 million in 2017)

1961	Gunga Jumna	Nitin Bose	Citizen Films	₹11.27 crore (equivalent to ₹1,263 crore or US$194 million in 2017)

1962	Bees Saal Baad	Biren Nag	Geetanjali Pictures	₹3 crore (equivalent to ₹191 crore or US$27 million in 2018)

1963	Mere Mehboob	H. S. Rawail	Rahul Theatre	₹6 crore (equivalent to ₹665 crore or US$99 million in 2016)

1964	Sangam	Raj Kapoor	Mehboob Studio	₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹438 crore or US$61 million in 2018)

1965	Waqt	Yash Chopra	Yash Raj Films	₹6 crore (equivalent to ₹299 crore or US$42 million in 2018)

1966	Phool Aur Patthar	O. P. Ralhan	Ralhan Productions	₹17.17 crore (equivalent to ₹847 crore or US$128 million in 2016)

1967	Hamraaz	B. R. Chopra	United Producers	₹13.33 crore (equivalent to ₹759 crore or US$113 million in 2016)

1968	Ankhen	Ramanand Sagar	Sagar Art International	₹6.5 crore (equivalent to ₹250 crore or US$35 million in 2018)

1969	Aradhana	Shakti Samanta	United Producers	₹17.85 crore (equivalent to ₹805 crore or US$121 million in 2016)

1970	Mera Naam Joker	Raj Kapoor	R. K. Films	₹16.81 crore (equivalent to ₹846 crore or US$130 million in 2017)

1971	Haathi Mere Saathi	M. A. Thirumugam	Devar Films	₹16.35 crore (equivalent to ₹737 crore or US$113 million in 2017)

1972	Seeta Aur Geeta	Ramesh Sippy	Sippy Films	₹19.53 crore (equivalent to ₹692 crore or US$103 million in 2016)

1973	Bobby	Raj Kapoor	R. K. Films	₹30.24 crore (equivalent to ₹1,155 crore or US$172 million in 2016)

1974	Roti Kapda Aur Makaan	Manoj Kumar	Filmistan	₹10.5 crore (equivalent to ₹235 crore or US$33 million in 2018)

1975	Sholay	Ramesh Sippy	United Producers	₹50.28 crore (equivalent to ₹1,910 crore or US$300 million in 2017)

1976	Barood	Pramod Chakravorty	Jugnu Enterprises	₹19.32 crore (equivalent to ₹591 crore or US$88 million in 2016)

1977	Amar Akbar Anthony	Manmohan Desai	Hirawat Jain & Co.	₹15.5 crore (equivalent to ₹485 crore or US$71 million in 2016)

1978	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Prakash Mehra	Prakash Mehra Productions	₹26.89 crore (equivalent to ₹777 crore or US$119 million in 2017)

1979	Suhaag	Manmohan Desai	Sharma Cine Associates	₹10 crore (equivalent to ₹275 crore or US$42 million in 2016)

1980	Qurbani	Feroz Khan	F.K. International	₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹296 crore or US$46 million in 2016)

1981	Kranti	Manoj Kumar	V.I.P. Films	₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹410 crore or US$64 million in 2016)

1982	Disco Dancer	Babbar Subhash	B. Subhash Movie Unit	₹100.7 crore (equivalent to ₹1,261 crore or US$189 million in 2016)

1983	Coolie	Manmohan Desai	Aasia Films	₹18 crore (equivalent to ₹282 crore (US$39 million) in 2016)

1984	Jagir	Pramod Chakravorty	Pramod Films	₹35.32 crore (equivalent to ₹410 crore or US$64 million in 2017)

1985	Ram Teri Ganga Maili	Raj Kapoor	R. K. Films	₹19 crore (equivalent to ₹326 crore (US$45 million) in 2016)

1986	Karma	Subhash Ghai	Mukta Arts	₹14 crore (equivalent to ₹241 crore (US$34 million) in 2016)

1987	Hukumat	Anil Sharma	N/A	₹11 crore (equivalent to ₹189 crore (US$26 million) in 2016)

1988	Tezaab	N. Chandra	N/A	₹16 crore (equivalent to ₹275 crore (US$38 million) in 2016)

1989	Maine Pyar Kiya	Sooraj Barjatya	Rajshri Productions	₹28 crore (equivalent to ₹481 crore (US$67 million) in 2016)

1990	Dil	Indra Kumar	Maruti International	₹18 crore (equivalent to ₹309 crore (US$43 million) in 2016)

1991	Saajan	Lawrence D'Souza	Eros Entertainment	₹18 crore (equivalent to ₹309 crore (US$43 million) in 2016)

1992	Beta	Indra Kumar	Maruti International	₹23.5 crore (equivalent to ₹404 crore (US$56 million) in 2016)

1993	Aankhen	David Dhawan	Chiragdeep International	₹25.25 crore (equivalent to ₹434 crore (US$60 million) in 2016)

1994	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Sooraj Barjatya	Rajshri Productions	₹200 crore (equivalent to ₹1,316 crore (US$180 million) in 2016)

1995	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Aditya Chopra	Yash Raj Films	₹126.5 crore (equivalent to ₹1,087 crore (US$150 million) in 2016)

1996	Raja Hindustani	Dharmesh Darshan	Cineyug	₹87.5 crore (equivalent to ₹711 crore (US$99 million) in 2016)

1997	Dil To Pagal Hai	Yash Chopra	Yash Raj Films	₹71.87 crore (equivalent to ₹562 crore (US$78 million) in 2016)

1998	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Karan Johar	Dharma Productions	₹106.74 crore (equivalent to ₹753 crore (US$100 million) in 2016)

1999	Hum Saath Saath Hain	Sooraj Barjatya	Rajshri Productions	₹81.71 crore (equivalent to ₹551 crore (US$77 million) in 2016)

2000	Mohabbatein	Aditya Chopra	Yash Raj Films	₹90.01 crore (equivalent to ₹532 crore (US$74 million) in 2016)

2001	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Karan Johar	Dharma Productions	₹135.53 crore (equivalent to ₹703 crore (US$98 million) in 2016)

2002	Devdas	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Red Chillies Entertainment	₹102 crore (equivalent to ₹483 crore or US$74 million in 2017)

2003	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Nikhil Advani	Dharma Productions	₹86.09 crore (equivalent to ₹284 crore (US$40 million) in 2016)

2004	Veer-Zaara	Yash Chopra	Yash Raj Films	₹97.64 crore (equivalent to ₹288 crore (US$40 million) in 2016)

2005	No Entry	Anees Bazmee	SK Film Entertainment	₹97.64 crore (equivalent to ₹203 crore (US$28 million) in 2016)

2006	Dhoom 2	Sanjay Gadhvi	Yash Raj Films	₹151.39 crore (equivalent to ₹363 crore or US$51 million in 2018)

2007	Om Shanti Om	Farah Khan	Red Chillies Entertainment	₹149.87 crore (equivalent to ₹319 crore (US$44 million) in 2016)

2008	Ghajini	A. R. Murugadoss	Geetha Arts	₹232 crore (equivalent to ₹483 crore or US$67 million in 2018)

2009	3 Idiots	Rajkumar Hirani	Vinod Chopra Films	₹459.96 crore (equivalent to ₹865 crore or US$120 million in 2018)

2010	Enthiran	S. Shankar	Sun Pictures	₹289 crore (equivalent to ₹485 crore or US$67 million in 2018)

2011	Bodyguard	Siddique	Reel Life Productions	₹234.39 crore (equivalent to ₹361 crore or US$50 million in 2018)

2012	Ek Tha Tiger	Kabir Khan	Yash Raj Films	₹334.39 crore (equivalent to ₹471 crore or US$69 million in 2018)

2013	Dhoom 3	Vijay Krishna Acharya	Yash Raj Films	₹589.2 crore (equivalent to ₹749 crore or US$109 million in 2018)

2014	PK	Rajkumar Hirani	Vinod Chopra Films	₹832 crore (equivalent to ₹994 crore or US$148 million in 2018)

2015	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Kabir Khan	Salman Khan Films Kabir Khan Films	₹969.06 crore (equivalent to ₹1,093 crore or US$159 million in 2019)

2016	Dangal	Nitesh Tiwari	Aamir Khan Productions UTV Motion Pictures Walt Disney Studios India	₹2,024–2,100 crore (equivalent to ₹2,260 crore or US$355 million in 2018)

2017	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	S. S. Rajamouli	Arka Media Works	₹1,810 crore (US$278 million)

2018	2.0 *	S. Shankar	Lyca Productions	₹800 crore (US$123 million)

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Ghajini became the highest-grossing Indian film.

final_sentence: Ghajini became the highest-grossing Indian film.