# List of Hindi films of 2012

This is a list of Hindi films released in 2012.

## Box office collection

The 10 highest worldwide grossing Bollywood films of 2012 are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Production company | Worldwide Gross |
| 1 | Ek Tha Tiger | Yash Raj Films | ₹334.39 crore (US$62.58 million) |
| 2 | Dabangg 2 | Eros International Arbaaz Khan Productions Stellar Films | ₹255 crore (US$47.72 million) |
| 3 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Yash Raj Films | ₹235 crore (US$43.98 million) |
| 4 | Rowdy Rathore | UTV Motion Pictures Bhansali Productions | ₹203.39 crore (US$38.06 million) |
| 5. | Agneepath | Eros International Dharma Productions | ₹193 crore (US$36.12 million) |
| 6 | Barfi! | UTV Motion Pictures Ishana Movies | ₹175 crore (US$32.75 million) |
| 7 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | Reliance Entertainment Aamir Khan Productions Excel Entertainment | ₹180.83 crore (US$33.84 million) |
| 8 | Housefull 2 | Eros International Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment | ₹179.15 crore (US$33.53 million) |
| 9 | Bol Bachchan | Fox Star Studios Ajay Devgn FFilms Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Shree Ashtavinayak LFS Infra | ₹165.68 crore (US$31 million) |
| 10 | Son of Sardaar | Ajay Devgn FFilms YRV Infra & Media Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Eros International | ₹161.48 crore (US$30.22 million) |

## January – March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio |
| J A N | 6 | Players | Abbas–Mustan | Vinod Khanna, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikander Kher, Omi Vaidya, Johnny Lever, Vyacheslav Razbegaev | Action/Thriller | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Burmawala Bros. |
| J A N | 13 | Chaalis Chauraasi | Hriday Shetty | Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Kay Kay Menon, Ravi Kishan | Comedy/Crime | |
| J A N | 13 | Ghost | Puja Jatinder Bedi | Shiney Ahuja, Sayali Bhagat, Deepraj Rana, Julia Bliss | Adult/Horror | |
| J A N | 13 | Sadda Adda | Muazzam Beg | Karanvir Sharma, Shaurya Chauhan, Bhaumik Sampat, Kahkkashan Aryan, Rohin Robert, Rohit Arora | Comedy | |
| J A N | 26 | Agneepath | Karan Malhotra | Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Om Puri, Zarina Wahab | Action/Drama | Eros International, Dharma Productions |
| F E B | 3 | Gali Gali Chor Hai | Rumi Jaffrey | Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran, Mugdha Godse, Satish Kaushik, Vijay Raaz | Drama | |
| F E B | 3 | Staying Alive | Anant Mahadevan | Anant Mahadevan, Saurabh Shukla, Chandan Roy Sanyal | Social | |
| F E B | 3 | Love You To Death | Rafeeg Ellias | Yuki Ellias, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Sheeba Chaddha, Suhasini Mulay | Comedy | |
| F E B | 10 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | Shakun Batra | Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah, Boman Irani, Ram Kapoor | Romance/Comedy | UTV Motion Pictures, Dharma Productions |
| F E B | 10 | Valentine's Night | Krishan Kumar | Payal Rohatgi, Sangram Singh, Rahul Minz, Neha Thakur | Adult/Romance/Thriller | |
| F E B | 17 | Ekk Deewana Tha | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Manu Rishi, Ramesh Sippy, Sachin Khedekar | Romance | Fox Star Studios, Photon Kathaas Productions, RS Infotainment |
| F E B | 17 | ?: A Question Mark | Allyson Patel Yash Dave | Maanvi Gagroo, Akhlaque Khan, Yaman Chatwal, Varun Thakur, Chirag Jain, Sonam Mukherjee | Adult/Horror | |
| F E B | 17 | Married 2 America | Dilip Shankar | Jackie Shroff, Archana Joglekar, Anjali Malhotra, Shweta Tiwari, Raghubir Yadav, Chetan Pandit, Ashok Samarth, Akhilendra Mishra | Drama | |
| F E B | 24 | Jodi Breakers | Ashwini Chaudhary | R. Madhavan, Bipasha Basu, Milind Soman, Dipannita Sharma, Omi Vaidya, Mrinalini Sharma | Romance | |
| F E B | 24 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | Mandeep Kumar | Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand | Romance/Comedy | UTV Motion Pictures, Tips Industries |
| M A R | 2 | London, Paris, New York | Anu Menon | Ali Zafar, Aditi Rao Hydari | Romance | Fox Star Studios, Rose Movies |
| M A R | 2 | Paan Singh Tomar | Tigmanshu Dhulia | Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Vipin Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Crime | UTV Spotboy, Tigmanshu Dhulia Films |
| M A R | 2 | Will You Marry Me? | Aditya Dutt | Shreyas Talpade, Rajeev Khandelwal, Tripta Parashar, Mugdha Godse, Celina Jaitly, Muzammil Ibrahim | Romance | |
| M A R | 9 | Kahaani | Sujoy Ghosh | Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indraneil Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee | Drama/Thriller | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Pen Studios, Boundscript |
| M A R | 9 | Chaar Din Ki Chandni | Samir Karnik | Kulraj Randhawa, Tusshar Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Anita Raj | Comedy | Top Angle Productions |
| M A R | 16 | Say Yes to Love | Mahrukh Mirza Beg | Asad Mirza, Nazia Hussain, Aditya Raj Kapoor | Romance | |
| M A R | 16 | Akkad Bakkkad Bam Be Bo | Dweep Raj Kochhar | Dweep Raj Kochhar | Romance | |
| M A R | 16 | Zindagi Tere Naam | Ashu Trikha | Mithun Chakraborthy, Ranjeeta Kaur, Ashish Sharma | Romance | |
| M A R | 23 | Agent Vinod | Sriram Raghavan | Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ram Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Shahbaz Khan, Adil Hussain, Ravi Kishan | Suspense/Thriller | Eros International, Illuminati Films |
| M A R | 30 | Blood Money | Vishal Mahadkar | Kunal Khemu, Amrita Puri, Manish Chaudhari, Teeshay Shah, Puja Gupta | Thriller | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Vishesh Films |
| M A R | 30 | Bumboo | Jagdish Rajpurohit | Sharat Saxena, Sanjay Mishra | Comedy | |

## April – June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio |
| A P R | 5 | Housefull 2 | Sajid Khan | Akshay Kumar, Asin, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Riteish Deshmukh, Zareen Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Shazahn Padamsee, Chunky Pandey, Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Boman Irani, Johnny Lever, Neelu Kohli, Suparna Marwah, Malaika Arora | Action comedy | Eros International, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment |
| A P R | 13 | Bittoo Boss | Supavitra Babul | Pulkit Samrat, Amita Pathak | Comedy | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Wide Frame Pictures |
| A P R | 13 | Ab Hoga Dharna Unlimited | Deepak Tanwar | Saurabh Malik, Rekha Rana, Omkar Das Manikpuri | Drama | |
| A P R | 20 | Vicky Donor | Shoojit Sircar | Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam, Annu Kapoor, John Abraham | Comedy | Eros International, JA Entertainment, Rampage Motion Pictures, Rising Sun Films |
| A P R | 20 | Hate Story | Vivek Agnihotri | Paoli Dam, Gulshan Devaiah, Nikhil Dwivedi | Adult/Thriller | T-Series Films |
| A P R | 20 | Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein | Pramod Joshi | Sachin Khedekar, Aanjjan Srivastav, Atul Parchure, Anupam Kher | Comedy | |
| A P R | 27 | Tezz | Priyadarshan | Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Zayed Khan, Sameera Reddy, Boman Irani, Mohanlal, Mallika Sherawat | Action | |
| A P R | 27 | Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi | Rakesh Mehta | Ranvir Shorey, Kay Kay Menon, Manu Rishi, Rukhsar Rehman, Neha Bhasin | Comedy | |
| M A Y | 4 | Jannat 2 | Kunal Deshmukh | Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Randeep Hooda | Crime/Thriller | Fox Star Studios, Vishesh Films |
| M A Y | 4 | Fatso! | Rajat Kapoor | Ranvir Shorey, Gul Panag, Purab Kohli | Comedy | |
| M A Y | 4 | The Forest | Ashvin Kumar | Ankur Vikal, Nandana Sen, Jaaved Jaaferi | Horror | |
| M A Y | 4 | Love, Lies & Seeta | Chandra Pemmaraju | Melanie Kannokada, Arjun Gupta, Lavrenti Lopes | Comedy | |
| M A Y | 11 | Dangerous Ishq | Vikram Bhatt | Karisma Kapoor, Rajneesh Duggal, Jimmy Sheirgill, Divya Dutta | Romance/Thriller | Reliance Entertainment, Dar Motion Pictures, ASA Productions & Enterprises |
| M A Y | 11 | Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan | Rajiv Chilaka | Voice-over by Kaustav Ghosh, Rupa Bhimani | Animation | Green Gold Animation |
| M A Y | 11 | Ishaqzaade | Habib Faisal | Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Gauahar Khan | Romance | Yash Raj Films |
| M A Y | 18 | Department | Ram Gopal Varma | Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Rana Daggubati, Anjana Sukhani, Lakshmi Manchu, Naseeruddin Shah | Adult/Action/Crime | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Uberoi Line Productions, Wave Cinemas |
| M A Y | 18 | Mr. Bhatti on Chutti | Karan Razdan | Anupam Kher, Abid Ali | Comedy Film | |
| M A Y | 25 | Arjun: The Warrior Prince | Arnab Chaudhuri | Voice-over by Yuddvir Bakolia, Anjan Srivastav, Sachin Khedekar, Ila Arun, Vishnu Sharma | Computer-Animated | Walt Disney Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures |
| M A Y | 25 | MLA | Shiv Dube | Mukesh Tiwari, Omkar Das Manikpuri | Crime | |
| M A Y | 25 | Rakhtbeej | Anil Balani | Maanas Srivastavam, Sayantani Nandi | romantic comedy | |
| M A Y | 25 | Yeh Khula Aasmaan | Gitanjali Sinha | Raghubir Yadav, Yashpal Sharma | Romantic | |
| M A Y | 25 | Love, Wrinkle-free | Sandeep Mohan | Ash Chandler, Shernaz Patel | Adult/Romantic | |
| J U N | 1 | Rowdy Rathore | Prabhu Deva | Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Paresh Ganatra, Nassar | Action/comedy | UTV Motion Pictures, Bhansali Productions |
| J U N | 8 | Shanghai | Dibakar Banerjee | Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin, Prasenjit Chatterjee | Political/Thriller | PVR Pictures, DBP |
| J U N | 15 | Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Rajesh Mapuskar | Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Vidya Balan, Ritvik Sahore | Drama/Comedy | Eros International, Vinod Chopra Films |
| J U N | 15 | Qasam Se Qasam Se | Azim Rizvi | Faith, Rakhi Sawant, Satish Kaushik, Mukesh Tiwari, Omkar Das Manikpuri | Romance | |
| J U N | 22 | Teri Meri Kahaani | Kunal Kohli | Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Prachi Desai, Neha Sharma | Romance/Comedy | Eros International, Kunal Kohli Productions |
| J U N | 22 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Anurag Kashyap | Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Piyush Mishra, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi, Reema Sen | Crime/Thriller | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films, AKFPL, Phantom Films, Elle Driver, Bohra Bros |
| J U N | 29 | Maximum | Kabeer Kaushik | Sonu Sood, Naseeruddin Shah, Neha Dhupia, Vinay Pathak | Thriller | |

## July – September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio |
| J U L | 6 | Bol Bachchan | Rohit Shetty | Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai | Comedy/Action | Fox Star Studios, Ajay Devgn FFilms, Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, Shree Ashtavinayak LFS Infra |
| J U L | 6 | 3 Bachelors | Ajay Sinha | Sharman Joshi, Riya Sen, Raima Sen | Comedy | |
| J U L | 13 | Cocktail | Homi Adajania | Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan, Diana Penty, Dimple Kapadia, Boman Irani, Randeep Hooda | Romance | Eros International, Illuminati Films, Maddock Films |
| J U L | 20 | Gattu | Rajan Khosa | Sarvasva, Mohammad Samad, Naresh Kumar | Children | |
| J U L | 20 | Challo Driver | Vickrant Mahajan | Kainaz Motivala, Vickrant Mahajan, Prem Chopra, Manoj Pahwa | Comedy | |
| J U L | 20 | Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai | Rajnish Raj Thakur | Suniel Shetty, Rajpal Yadav | Comedy | |
| J U L | 27 | Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum | Sachin Yardi | Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Sharma, Sarah-Jane Dias | Adult/Comedy | Balaji Motion Pictures, ALT Entertainment |
| J U L | 27 | Aalaap | Manish Manikpuri | Amit Purohit, Pitobash Tripathy, Gamya Wijayadasa, Rituparna Sengupta | Social | |
| J U L | 27 | Overtime | Ajay Yadav | Swati Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Satish Kaushik | Drama | |
| A U G | 3 | Jism 2 | Pooja Bhatt | Sunny Leone, Arunoday Singh, Randeep Hooda | Adult/Thriller | |
| A U G | 3 | Krishna Aur Kans | Vikram Veturi | Voice-over by Om Puri, Juhi Chawla, Manoj Bajpai, Anupam Kher, A. K. Hangal, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Prachi Save | Computer-Animated | Reliance Animation |
| A U G | 8 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Piyush Mishra, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi, Reema Sen | Adult/Crime/Thriller | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Tipping Point Films, AKFPL, Phantom Films, Bohra Bros |
| A U G | 10 | Paanch Ghantey Mien Paanch Crore | Faisal Saif | Meera, Abhishek Kumar, Kavita Radheshyam, Shawar Ali | Thriller | |
| A U G | 15 | Ek Tha Tiger | Kabir Khan | Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad | Romance/Action | Yash Raj Films |
| A U G | 24 | Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi | Bela Sehgal | Boman Irani, Farah Khan | Romance/Comedy | Eros International, Bhansali Productions |
| A U G | 31 | Joker | Shirish Kunder | Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Chitrangada Singh, Shreyas Talpade, Minissha Lamba | Drama | Hari Om Entertainment, UTV Motion Pictures, Three's Company Productions |
| A U G | 31 | Jalpari: The Desert Mermaid | Nila Madhab Panda | Rahul Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Lehar Khan, Harsh Mayar, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Parvin Dabas | Thriller/Social | Ultra Media & Entertainment |
| A U G | 31 | From Sydney with Love | Prateek Chakraborty | Sharad Malhotra, Prateek Chakraborty, Evelyn Sharma, Bidita Bag | Romantic | |
| A U G | 31 | I M 24 | Saurabh Shukla | Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Saurabh Shukla, Rajat Kapoor, Manjari Fadnis, Delnaaz Irani, Lillete Dubey, Karan Singh Grover | Comedy | |
| S E P | 7 | Raaz 3: The Third Dimension | Vikram Bhatt | Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu, Esha Gupta | Adult/Suspense/Thriller | Fox Star Studios, Vishesh Films |
| S E P | 7 | Chal Pichchur Banate Hain | Pritish Chakraborty | Rahil Tandon, Bhavna Ruparel | Comedy | |
| S E P | 14 | Barfi! | Anurag Basu | Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D'Cruz | Romance/Comedy | UTV Motion Pictures, Ishana Movies |
| S E P | 14 | Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal | Manish Vatsalya | Ravi Kishan, Yashpal Sharma, Govind Namdev, Hazel Crowney, Sharat Saxena | Drama | |
| S E P | 21 | Heroine | Madhur Bhandarkar | Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Mugdha Godse, Raqesh Bapat, Divya Dutta, Lillete Dubey | Adult/Drama | UTV Motion Pictures, Bhandarkar Entertainment |
| S E P | 28 | Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal | Priyadarshan | Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Nana Patekar, Shreyas Talpade, Rajpal Yadav, Nyra Banerjee | Comedy | Percept Pictures |
| S E P | 28 | OMG – Oh My God! | Umesh Shukla | Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Nidhi Subbaiah, Lubna Salim, Prabhu Deva, Sonakshi Sinha | Comedy/Fantasy | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Spice Studios, Grazing Goat Pictures, Wave Cinemas |

## October – December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio |
| O C T | 5 | English Vinglish | Gauri Shinde | Sridevi, Priya Anand, Mehdi Nebbou, Amitabh Bachchan | Drama | Eros International, Hope Productions |
| O C T | 5 | Kismat Love Paisa Dilli | Sanjay Khanduri | Vivek Oberoi, Mallika Sherawat | Comedy | |
| O C T | 12 | Aiyyaa | Sachin Kundalkar | Rani Mukerji, Prithviraj Sukumaran | Rom-Com | Viacom18 Motion Pictures, AKFPL |
| O C T | 12 | Login | Sanjeev Reddy | Himansu Bhatt, Radhika Roy, Akkash Basant, Rashmi Gautam, Nandini Rai | Drama/Thriller | Cocktail Pictures |
| O C T | 12 | Chittagong | Bedabrata Pain | Manoj Bajpai, Vega Tamotia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Barry John | Drama | Bohra Bros |
| O C T | 12 | Bhoot Returns | Ram Gopal Verma | Manisha Koirala, J. D. Chakravarthy | Horror | Eros International, Alumbra Entertainment |
| O C T | 19 | Student of the Year | Karan Johar | Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor | Romance/Comedy | Dharma Productions, Red Chillies Entertainment |
| O C T | 19 | Delhi Safari | Nikhil Advani | Voice-over by Akshaye Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Urmila Matondkar, Boman Irani, Govinda, Swini Khara | Computer Animated | Arc Entertainment, Applied Art Productions, Fantastic Films International, Krayon Pictures, Emmay Entertainment |
| O C T | 24 | Chakravyuh | Prakash Jha | Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Esha Gupta, Manoj Bajpai, Kabir Bedi | Political Thriller | Eros International, Prakash Jha Productions |
| O C T | 26 | Ajab Gazabb Love | Sanjay Gadhvi | Jackky Bhagnani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Arjun Rampal, Darshan Jariwala, Kirron Kher | Comedy | |
| O C T | 26 | Rush | Shamin Desai, Priyanka Desai | Emraan Hashmi, Neha Dhupia, Sagarika Ghatge, Aditya Pancholi | Thriller/Crime | |
| N O V | 2 | Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Sameer Sharma | Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi | Comedy | UTV Spotboy, AKFPL, Jar Pictures |
| N O V | 2 | 1920: The Evil Returns | Bhushan Patel | Aftab Shivdasani, Tia Bajpai, Vidya Malvade | Horror | Reliance Entertainment, ASA Productions & Enterprises |
| N O V | 2 | Ata Pata Laapata | Rajpal Yadav | Rajpal Yadav, Ashutosh Rana, Asrani | Musical comedy | |
| N O V | 2 | Sons of Ram | Kushal Ruia | Voice over by Sunidhi Chauhan, Aditya Kapadia, Devansh Doshi, Saptharishi Ghosh | Animation/Drama/Children | |
| N O V | 2 | Future To Bright Hai Ji | Sanjay Amar | Aamir Bashir, Sonal Sehgal, Satish Kaushik | Drama | |
| N O V | 13 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Yash Chopra | Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma | Romance/Drama | Yash Raj Films |
| N O V | 13 | Son Of Sardaar | Ashwni Dhir | Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Sonakshi Sinha | Comedy | Ajay Devgn FFilms, YRV Infra & Media, Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Eros International |
| N O V | 30 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | Reema Kagti | Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajkumar Rao | Drama/Suspense | Reliance Entertainment, Aamir Khan Productions, Excel Entertainment |
| D E C | 7 | Khiladi 786 | Ashish R Mohan | Akshay Kumar, Asin, Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Babbar, Himesh Reshammiya, Paresh Rawal | Action/Comedy | Hari Om Entertainment, Eros International, HR Musik |
| D E C | 12 | The Last Act | 12 directors | Saurabh Shukla | Anthology | |
| D E C | 14 | Cigarette Ki Tarah | Akashaditya Lama | Bhoop Yaduvanshi, Prashant Narayanan, Madhurima Tuli, Sudesh Berry | Drama/Thriller | |
| D E C | 21 | Dabangg 2 | Arbaaz Khan | Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna | Action/Comedy | Eros International, Arbaaz Khan Production, Stellar Films |