# List of Hindi films of 1981

A list of films produced by the Bollywood, film industry based in Mumbai in 1981.

## Successful stars of the year

1. Amitabh Bachchan- Bachchan went strength to strength with box office smashes like Naseeb, Laawaris, Kaalia and Yaarana.
2. Shatrughan Sinha- Sinha played second/third lead in the top two highest grossers Kranti and Naseeb.
3. Rishi Kapoor- Apart from featuring as lead in Naseeb with Bachchan and Sinha, Kapoor also starred in Katilon Ke Katil with Dharmendra.
4. Hema Malini- Malini starred as the female lead in the top three highest grossers Kranti, Naseeb and Meri Aawaz Suno.
5. Parveen Babi- Apart from playing second fiddle to Malini in Kranti and Meri Aawaz Suno, Babi also starred in Kaalia opposite Bachchan.
6. Zeenat Aman- Aman featured opposite Bachchan in Laawaris and Dharmendra in Katilon Ke Katil.
7. Reena Roy- Apart from starring alongside her boyfriend Sinha in Naseeb, Roy had a parallel lead role in Sanjay Dutt's debut film Rocky.
8. Tina Munim- Munim starred opposite Rishi Kapoor in Katilon Ke Katil and debutant Sanjay Dutt in Rocky.
The year was also notable for several actors like Sanjay Dutt, Kumar Gaurav, Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi and Vijayta Pandit making successful debuts. Also Dilip Kumar made a blockbuster comeback with Kranti.

## Top-grossing films

The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1981-
| Rank | Title | Cast | Box Office Collection |
| 1. | Kranti | Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Sarika, Prem Chopra, Tom Alter | ₹200 million |
| 2. | Naseeb | Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Kim Yashpal, Pran, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Yusuf Khan | ₹145 million |
| 3. | Meri Aawaz Suno | Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi | ₹130 million |
| 4. | Laawaris | Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Raakhee Gulzar, Amjad Khan, Ranjeet, Jeevan | ₹120 million |
| 5. | Love Story | Rajendra Kumar, Kumar Gaurav, Vijayta Pandit | ₹110 million |
| 6. | Ek Duuje Ke Liye | Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri, Madhavi | ₹100 million |
| 7. | Katilon Ke Kaatil | Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Nirupa Roy | ₹80 million |
| 8. | Kaalia | Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Pran, Asha Parekh | ₹75 million |
| 9. | Yaarana | Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Neetu Singh, Tanuja, Jeevan, Ranjeet | ₹70 million |
| 10. | Rocky | Sunil Dutt, Sanjay Dutt, Tina Munim, Raakhee Gulzar, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan | ₹60 million |

## Films

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre |
| Aakhri Mujra | Hiren Nag | Ajit Khan, Asha Parekh | Drama |
| Aankhon Ke Saamne | D. S. Azad | Mithun Chakraborty, Vijayendra Ghatge | |
| Aapas Ki Baat | Harmesh Malhotra | Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon, Shakti Kapoor | Action, Romance |
| Aas Paas | J. Om Prakash | Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra | Drama |
| Agni Pareeksha | Kamal Majumdar | Amol Palekar, Parikshit Sahni | |
| Ahista Ahista | Esmayeel Shroff | Shammi Kapoor, Nanda | Drama |
| Armaan | Anand Sagar | Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur | Drama |
| Barsaat Ki Ek Raat | Shakti Samanta | Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee Amjad Khan | Action |
| Baseraa | Ramesh Talwar | Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Rekha | Drama |
| Be-Shaque | Kashinath | Mithun Chakraborty, Yogeeta Bali, Amrish Puri | Drama |
| Biwi-O-Biwi | Rahul Rawail | Randhir Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Sanjeev Kumar | Comedy |
| Bhula Na Dena | Harsh Kholi | Rakesh Roshan, Kajal Kiran, Helen | Romance |
| Bulundi | Esmayeel Shroff | Raaj Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Kim Yashpal | Crime Thriller |
| Chakra | Rabindra Dharmaraj | Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Drama |
| Chashme Buddoor | Sai Paranjpye | Ravi Baswani, Rakesh Bedi, Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval | Drama |
| Chehre Pe Chehra | Raj Tilak | Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Sulakshana Pandit | Thriller |
| Commander | Rakesh Kumar | Amjad Khan, Tanuja, Arun Govil | Action Drama |
| Daasi | Raj Khosla | Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rakesh Roshan | Drama |
| Dahshat | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Navin Nischol, Sarika, Om Shivpuri, Nadira Babbar | Horror |
| Dard | Ambrish Sangal | Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini | Crime Drama |
| Dhanwan | Surendra Mohan | Rajesh Khanna, Reena Roy, Rakesh Roshan | Drama |
| Dhuan | Dulal Guha | Mithun Chakraborty, Raakhee Gulzar, Ranjeeta, Amjad Khan | Thriller |
| Ek Aur Ek Gyarah | Ashok Roy | Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Zarina Wahab, Neetu Singh | Comedy |
| Ek Duuje Ke Liye | K. Balachander | Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri | Drama |
| Ek Hi Bhool | T. Rama Rao | Jeetendra, Rekha | Family, Drama |
| Fiffty Fiffty | Somu Mukherjee | Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim, Kader Khan | Drama |
| Ganga Maang Rahi Balidan | Radhakant | Sohrab Modi, Hina Kausar, Dev Kumar | Drama |
| Gehra Zakhm | Deepak Bahry | Vinod Mehra, Ranjeeta Kaur | Romance |
| Ghamandee | Ramesh Bedi | Mithun Chakraborthy, Sarika | Action |
| Ghungroo Ki Awaaz | Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay | Vijay Anand, Rekha | Drama |
| Gramayan | Arun Khopkar | Tushar Dalvi, Parzun Dastur, Amin Gazi | |
| Guru Suleman Chela Pahelwan | Radhakant | Mehmood, Dara Singh, Padma Khanna | Comedy |
| Haqdaar | S. K. Luthra | Rakesh Roshan, Suresh Oberoi, Yogeeta Bali | |
| Harjaee | Ramesh Behl | Randhir Kapoor, Tina Munim, Shammi Kapoor | Drama |
| Hotel | Syham Ramsey. Tulsi Ramsey | Navin Nischol, Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami | Mystery |
| Hum Se Badkar Kaun | Deepak Bahry | Amjad Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Vijendra, Ranjeeta, Kajal Kiran, Kalpana Iyer, Ranjeet | Action |
| Itni Si Baat | Madhu M | Sanjeev Kumar, Moushumi Chatterjee | |
| Jail Yatra | Bhappi Sonie | Vinod Khanna, Reena Roy | |
| Jeene Ki Arzoo | Rajasekhar | Mithun Chakraborthy, Rakesh Roshan, Rati Agnihotri | Romance |
| Jiyo To Aise Jiyo | Kanak Mishra | Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta, Talluri Rameshwari, Madan Puri | Action |
| Josh | Raj N. Sippy | Anil Dhswan, Sarika, Amjad Khan, Vidya Sinha | |
| Jwala Daku | R. P. Swamy | Salma Agha, Birbal, Urmila Bhatt | Drama |
| Jyoti | Pramod Chakravarty | Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Vijendara Ghatge, Ashok Kumar | |
| Kaalia | Tinnu Anand | Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran, Asha Parekh, Kader Khan, K. N. Singh, Amjad Khan | Action |
| Kaaran | B. R. Ishara | Ramesh Deo, Shoma Anand, Aruna Irani | Romance |
| Kachche Heere | Narendra Bedi | Feroz Khan, Reena Roy, Danny Denzongpa | Action |
| Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya | M. S. Sathyu | Anil Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur, Farah Khan | Drama |
| Kahani Ek Chor Ki | S. Ramanathan | Moushumi Chatterjee, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Nirupa Roy | Drama |
| Kal Hamara Hai | Girish Ranjan | Asrani, Aarti Bhattacharya, A. K. Hangal, Padma Khanna | Drama |
| Kalyug | Shyam Benegal | Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Raj Babbar | Drama |
| Kanhaiyaa | Khalid Sami | Master Amit, Master Chaitanya, Asha Chandra | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Kanoon Aur Mujrim | Sham Jethani | Bharat Kapoor Padma Khanna, Jayshree T. | |
| Katilon Ke Kaatil | Anil Hingorani, Arjun Hingorani | Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim, Nirupa Roy, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor | Romance |
| Khara Khota | B.R. Ishara | Raj Kiran, Sarika, Soma Anand | Drama |
| Khawaja Ki Diwani | Akbar Balam | Bharat Bhushan, Arpana Choudhary, Mazhar Khan | |
| Khel Muqaddar Ka | Veerendra | Bharat Bhushan, Asha Parekh, Dara Singh | Action, Family |
| Khilte Suman | Sukhdev Ahluwalia | Anoop, Vadisha | |
| Khoon Aur Paani | Chand | Feroz Khan, Jeetendra, Parveen Babi, Rekha, Ranjeet, Ajit, Nirupa Roy | Action |
| Khoon Ka Rishta | Samir Ganguly | Mukri, Prashanth, Jagdeep, Jeetendra, Pran | Action |
| Khoon Ki Takkar | Haresh Chawla | Vinod Mehra, Ranjeeta Kaur, Neeta Mehta, Ranjeet | Action |
| Khuda Kasam | Lekh Tandon | Vinod Khanna, Tina Munim, Pran | |
| Kranti | Manoj Kumar | Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Tom Alter | Action, Patriotic |
| Krodhi | Subhash Ghai | Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, Sachin, Poonam Dhillon, Pran, Premnath | Action |
| Kudrat | Chetan Anand | Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Priya Rajhans, Raaj Kumar | Drama |
| Laawaris | Prakash Mehra | Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Raakhee Gulzar, Ranjeet, Suresh Oberoi, Priti Sapru, Shriram Lagoo, Jeevan | Drama |
| Ladaaku | Dinesh Ramanesh | Vijay Arora, Jagdeep, Shakti Kapoor, Amjad Khan | |
| Ladies Tailor | Khalid Akthar | Sanjeev Kumar, Reena Roy, Pran, Amjad Khan, Aruna Irani | Comedy |
| Laparwah | Ravikant Nagaich | Prem Bedi, Birbal, Mithun Chakraborty | Action |
| Love Story | Rahul Rawail | Kumar Gaurav, Vijeta Pandit, Rajendra Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Amjad Khan | Romance |
| Maan Gaye Ustaad | Shibu Mitra | Pran, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini | |
| Madhuman | Basu Battharcharya | | |
| Mahabali Hanuman | Babbubhai Mistry | Rakesh Pandey, Kavitha Kiran, Hercules | Adventure |
| Mahfil | Amar Kumar | Ashok Kumar, Sadhana, Anil Dhawan | Action. Drama |
| Main Aur Mera Haathi | R. Thiagaraj | Mithun Chakraborty, Poonam Dhillon, Suresh Oberoi, Sharat Saxena | Action |
| Mangalsutra | Vijay. B | Rekha, Anant Nag, Jagdeep, Madan Puri, Rajendranath | Horror, Thriller |
| Meena Kumari Ki Amar Kahani | Sohrab Modi | Bharat Bhushan, Sona Mirza | Drama |
| Meri Aawaz Suno | S. V. Rajendra Singh | Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi | Action |
| Nai Imarat | Ram Pahlwa | Sarika, Ranjeeta, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri | Drama |
| Nakhuda | Dilip Naik | Raj Kiran, Swaroop Sampat, Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Drama |
| Naram Garam | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Shatrughan Sinha, Utpal Dutt, A. K. Hangal, Kiran Vairahle | Comedy |
| Nari | S. K. Chand | Rakesh Roshan, Neeta Mehta, Madan Puri | Drama |
| Naseeb | Manmohan Desai | Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Kim Yashpal, Pran, Kader Khan, Amjad Khan, Prem Chopra, Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Yusuf Khan | Action, Comedy, Romance |
| Paanch Qaidi | Shibu Mitra | Vijayendra Ghatge, Girish Karnad, Shakti Kapoor, Sarika | Action |
| Pehla Adhyay | Vishnu Mahtur | Madan Jain, Dinesh Sakul | Drama |
| Plot No. 5 | Yogesh Saxena | Uttam Kumar, Amol Palekar, Pradeep Kumar, Sarika | |
| Poonam | Harmesh Malhotra | Raj Babbar, Poonam Dhillon, Shakti Kapoor | Drama |
| Prem Geet | Sudesh Issar | Raj Babbar, Anita Raj | Drama |
| Professor Pyarelal | Brij Sadanah | Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vinod Mehra, Shammi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Amjad Khan | |
| Pyaasa Sawan | Dasari Narayana Rao | Jeetendra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy | Drama |
| Raaz | Harmesh Malhotra | Raj Babbar, Helen | Drama |
| Roohi | S. U. Syed | Mazhar Khan, Zarina Wahab | Drama |
| Rocky | Sunil Dutt | Sanjay Dutt, Tina Munim, Reena Roy, Sunil Dutt, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Amjad Khan | Romance, Action |
| Saajan Ki Saheli | Sawaan Kumar | Nutan, Rajendra Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Rekha | |
| Sadgati | Satyajit Ray | Om Puri, Smita Patil | Drama |
| Sahhas | Ravikant Nagaich | Mithun Chakraborty | Action |
| Sameera | Vinay Shukla | Mithun Chakraborty, Shabana Azmi, Parikshit Sahni | Drama |
| Sannata | Shyam Ramsay. Tulsi Ramsay | Vinod Mehra, Vijay Arora, Bindiya Goswami, Helen | Horror. Mystery |
| Sansani: The Sensation | Irshad | Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami | Horror |
| Sazaye Maut | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Naseeruddin Shah, Dilip Dhawan | Drama |
| Shakka | Shyam Ralhan | Jeetendra, Simple Kapadia, Pinchoo Kapoor | Action |
| Shama | Kader Khan | Shabana Azmi, Kader Khan | |
| Sharda | Lekh Tandon | Jeetendra, Talluri Rameshwari | Drama |
| Shikari | C. R. Simha | Srinath, Manjula, Akhila | |
| Shradhanjali | Anil Sharma | Raakhee Gulzar, Suresh Oberoi, Arun Govil | Drama, Family |
| Silsila | Yash Chopra | Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor | Romantic, Drama |
| Tajurba | Nikhil Saini | Raj Babbar, Smita Patel, Nasruddin Shah | Action, Adventure |
| Umrao Jaan | Muzaffar Ali | Rekha, Farooq Sheikh, Naseeruddin Shah | Drama |
| Vasiqedars, The Pensioners of Avadh | | | |
| Waqt Ki Deewar | Ravi Tandon | Pran, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Neetu Singh, Sulakshana Pandit | Action |
| Wardat | Ravikant Nagaich | Mithun Chakraborty, Kaajal Kiran, Iftekhar | Thriller |
| Woh Phir Nahin Aaye | Joginder Shelley | Bhagwan Dada, Rita Baduri, Jalal Agha | |
| Yaarana | Rakesh Kumar | Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Neetu Singh, Kader Khan, Ranjeet, Jeevan | Drama |
| Yeh Rishta Na Tootay | K. Vijayan | Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami | |
| Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai | Nasir Hussain | Rishi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Tariq Khan | Romance, Thriller |