Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1982
This list is as per the film's performance money wise at the box office in the particular year.
The order is as per revenue collected.
There are some years in which films which are regarded as classics post their release or have developed cult following among public over the years, have become box office flop at the time of their release.
The first 27 were hits and rest films in this list below were declared as box office flops and the first 25 of the films from the beginning were Superhits and the middle ones were average grossers.
The order is as per revenue collected.
There are some years in which films which are regarded as classics post their release or have developed cult following among public over the years, have become box office flop at the time of their release.
The first 27 were hits and rest films in this list below were declared as box office flops and the first 25 of the films from the beginning were Superhits and the middle ones were average grossers.
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- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsTom AlterHarbans Darshan M. AroraBirbalWhen Kunal decides to avenge Abu Baba's death, he discovers his grandfather's true identity and the reason behind his father's death.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsShammi KapoorNanda KarnatakiTanuja SamarthManorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsWaheeda RehmanShashi KapoorAmitabh BachchanBrought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon, who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsJeetendraHema MaliniRati AgnihotriFulfilling his duty and protecting law is the life of Inspector Ranjit Kumar and this is his only religion in life. The couple Ranjit Kumar and Bharti paired as that of Ram and Sita of the present age. Their happiness had no bounds when Bharti was admitted in the hospital for her first delivery. Soon it changed to sadness as they came to know from Bharti s father that the child was born dead. The sad days than bloomed out to happiness. As within a year Bharti gave birth to a child - Ravi. They forgot the grief of their first child s loss and together looked forward for the upbringing of Ravi. They has the intension of making him an honest and big personality. But Ravi from the very beginning had fell into bad company. From childhood itself he started smoking ciggarett - playing cards - robbing things etc. Due to these bad habits Ravi was admitted to a hoistal from where he lateer ran away. Being a police Inspector Ranjit Kumar finds out Ravi but he hides this secret from Bharti. She wept over the loss of her son. But then too Ranjit Kumar kept Ravi away from her motherhood in the hope that one day Ravi would overcome his bad habits. When Ravi grew up and returned back home,he blamed Ranjit Kumar for all the calamities that he had to face. On one side Ranjit was on his mission to finish off those people who were working against his country and on the other hand Ravi joined them and started creating problems for Ranjit. Even though Bharti loved Ravi, Ravi loved the unlawful life whereas Ranjit Kumar loved his duty and law. Everyone s thought differed, then how could they stay under one roof? On this Ravi left his house. And of his grief Bharti had a paralysis attack. Ranjit Kumar s first son whom Bharti s father had handed over to a maid-servent Ganga, so that Bharti s marraige could not get disturbed now had grown young in a village his name is Ramu. Ramu comes to the town - he saves Major Gopal s daughter - Poonam twice from the road romeos and because of Major Gopal he comes in contact with Ranjit and Bharti his parents. Bharti had become weak due to the separation of Ravi, at her last moment Ganga the maid-servent comes out with the secret of Ramu being her elder son. Bharti was glad but her time was just near to completion. Before her last breath she took the promise from Ramu that he must break down the wall that stood between his younger brother Ravi and his father. How does Ramu fulfill his mother s last wish? How he brings back Ravi from amongst the Badmas ? How he puts together Ranjit Kumar and Ravi?
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsSanjeev KumarAmitabh BachchanVinod MehraHari R. Srivastav lives a middle-class life in rural India with two step-brothers, Govind and Rajesh. Circumstances compel him to get married to Seema, who dislikes Govind and Rajesh. When Hari goes to Bombay to study law to become a lawyer, she manages to get rid of the two children, who find their way to Bombay, become beggars, then are rescued by a devout Muslim, Rahim, who looks after them like his own children, Farida and Anwar. 20 years later, Hari, Govind and Rajesh are re-united in a Courtroom - where Hari is the Judge; Rajesh is accused of embezzling money from his father-in-law, Verma, and of drug-dealing and smuggling; while Govind, a taxi-driver, prone to physical violence - is accused of killing Verma!!!
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsRaj BabbarDeepak ParasharGovardhan AsraniAfter an unsuccessful marriage, Niloufer gets married to Haider, an editor, and eventually falls in love with him. However, soon her marriage bliss ends when her ex-husband Wasim returns in her life.
- DirectorBabbar SubhashStarsMithun ChakrabortyKimKalpana IyerAfter years of honest work a talented amateur singer becomes a famous professional, but an old enemy of his family is envious of his success.
- DirectorSultan AhmedStarsRaaj KumarRajesh KhannaJeetendraThakur Bhavani Singh heads a gang of dacoits, who have spread terror and fear in the region. Bhavani has a family, consisting of his wife, Radha, and two sons, Ram and Laxman, and a daughter named Ganga. One day Bhavani kidnaps the son of wealthy Harnam Singh, and will release him for a hefty ransom. Harnam agrees to all the conditions, and hands over the money to Bhavani. Unfortunately, Harnam's child is killed, and his wife, devastated, curses Bhavani and his family. Subsequently, Bhavani is separated from his family due to heavy rains and floods, and decides to turn himself in to the police, and is sent to prison. His wife has been unable to locate any of their children. Ram and Laxman are taken in by two bandits, and turn to a life of crime, and ironically Ganga is adopted by Harnam Singh. Years later, Bhavani is released from prison, and comes to meet his wife, and is devastated to know that he may never get to see his children again. Bhavani starts living a honest life, not knowing that his estranged sons are leading a life of crime, and that his daughter is now living with the family, whose son he killed.
- DirectorUmesh MehraStarsRajesh KhannaZeenat AmanParveen BabiHonest and dedicated Police Inspector Kumar Chandra Singh intercepts a bank robbery, and is in the process of arresting the bank robbers, when he himself becomes a suspect, and is apprehended with a suitcase containing some of the cash stolen from that bank. Kumar is stripped of his powers as a policeman; is arrested; tried in court; and sentenced to prison. As a result of his arrest, his mother dies of shock and disbelief. He is crippled in an accident, and must use the help of crutches to walk. When he is released from prison, he has only one goal in his life - to find the culprits responsible for his ruin, and humiliation. And for this he finds support in Kamini, Sonia, Sunita, and Shanker Dada, little knowing that one of these women was herself involved in getting him arrested.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniRanjeeta KaurThe eldest of seven brothers, who run a family farm together, marries a pretty nurse, inspiring his country-bumpkin siblings to follow his example.
- DirectorGulzarStarsSanjeev KumarMoushumi ChatterjeeDeven VermaBased on Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors', this is a story of identical twins (2 pairs) and mistaken identities.
- DirectorGovind MoonisStarsSachin PilgaonkarSadhana SinghInder ThakurChandan and Gunja, who hails from a village across the river, fall in love with each other. After her sister dies, Gunja is compelled to marry her brother-in-law who is Chandan's brother.
- DirectorNarendra BediStarsKamal HaasanReena RoyJagdeepA rich man's past comes knocking when he is informed that one of his employees is his long lost son. He does not know that he's being cheated and that his real son is the one who loves his niece.
- DirectorK. ViswanathStarsRakesh RoshanJaya PradaTanuja SamarthSuraj has been a slacker all his adult life. He hates any kind of work - rather it's paying or volunteer. One day he gate-crashes a wedding ceremony and finds out that the groom is to live with his In-laws. To his delight, he finds out that the bride has an unmarried sister. And so Suraj starts to woo the unmarried sister, Geeta. Slowly Geeta falls in love with Suraj, and with the approval of her wealthy dad, Rai Bahadur Chunilal Sanghvi, both get married. Suraj now looks forward to an easy life at his In-laws, but that is not to be so, for Geeta wants to move out. Suraj goes along with Geeta, but then starts showing his true colors, and openly demands a share in his wealthy father-in-law's estate, even if it means taking the family to court.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAshok KumarA.K. HangalUtpal DuttThree friends, in their 60s, try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
- DirectorShyam RalhanStarsJeetendraReena RoyNutan
- DirectorRamanand SagarStarsDharmendraHema MaliniReena RoyThe region under Maharaj Singh's control is under-going drought and famine-like conditions, and the Maharaj orders that the treasury be made open so that his public does not suffer. His orders are not followed by his Senapati, Dhurjan Singh, and Mahamantri. When Singh finds out and confronts them, they kill him. They send their men after the Maharani and the Rajkumar, Amar Singh, however, Sher Khan helps them to escape. They hide Amar in Bhagwan Shri Ganesh's temple, and a poor gypsy couple find and adopt him. In the meantime Sher Khan and a devastated Maharani start organizing a rebellion amongst the people. They gather together an army and start training them. Dhurjan passes away and he leaves behind a son, Vikram, and a daughter, Padmavati. Vikram assumes the throne and he is even more cruel than his dad. In the meantime, Amar has also grown up, has fallen in love with Padmavati and would like to marry her. His foster mother has a secret to share with him, but before that could happen, Amar is captured by Vikram's men, held and tortured in a prison cell, and finally he must meet his death when he is to be trampled by the feet of an elephant.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniNavin NischolMaster Dinanath is an ex-freedom fighter. When he gets Thakur Pratap Singh arrested for arms smuggling, he has Master's wife Bharati and young daughter Priti kidnapped and also turns his locality's public against him. Dinanath escapes with his young son Raju and they settle into a slum named Bharat Nagar. Meanwhile, Bharati contracts leprosy and escapes from her kidnappers, leaving her daughter Priti in a friend's care. Dinanath is led to presume that his wife and daughter are dead. Bharati Nagar is ruled by four underworld dons, each representing a different Indian community. Dinanath persuades them to live in harmony and once they settle their differences, the four dons use Dinanath's stay in Bharat Nagar to cover up their own illegal activities. Fast Forward to 15 years later, the year is 1962. Dinanath's now grown-up son Raju turns out to be the opposite of his father by being drawn into the underworld, committing crimes to earn money with his father unaware of what he does. Raju starts working for Thakur Pratap Singh, unaware that Thakur had once kidnapped his mother and sister many years earlier which caused their separation. Will Raju find out what Thakur did to his family? Will Dinanath find out his son is not what he thinks he is? And will Dinanath ever find his wife and daughter again?
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsRakesh RoshanBindiya GoswamiUtpal DuttCollegian Pratapchand alias Pratap lives with his father, Badriprasad, a building contractor, his housewife mom, and a younger brother named Ramu. Badriprasad is always critical of Pratap, and never a day passes without Pratap being reminded of his shortcomings. When Pratap's friend, Sunil gets married to Sudha, Badriprasad arranges Pratap's marriage with a village belle named Alka, much to Pratap's chagrin. After the marriage takes place, Pratap finds Alka attractive, and both fall in love with each other, and would some time together. But that is not to be so, as Pratap has exams coming up, and Badriprasad will not permit them to be close to each other. So both of them scheme up a plot to leave on the pretext of visiting Alka's parents in another distant town. Instead both of them go to Bombay, rent a room, and decide to be intimate. But fate has other plans, rather comical, for them, and will make rue their decision of coming to Bombay.
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsRajesh KhannaDharmendraHema MaliniUnable to handle the taking of his kingdom by an Indian Government decree, the Maharaja kills himself. His son, Jaipal, takes over as the Maharaja, turns rebel, and refuses to hand over his title and kingdom to the Government. It is in this background that Police Superintendent Dhirendra Singh assumes his duties. When a conflict arises between Jaipal and himself, he is transferred to another town. His father, Thakur Ram Avtaar, wants him to marry a childhood friend, Janki, the daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh. When he meets her, he falls in love with her, not knowing that she has given her heart to Manu Pratap Singh, with whose family there is animosity as Pratap's sister had eloped with a male from their family, & was killed at the hands of Pratap. An enraged Pratap, when he finds out about Janki's affair, has her married to Dhirendra. On the day of the marriage, Jaipal's nephew abducts Janki, but is shot dead by Manu. A pregnant Janki goes to live with Dhirendra, while Manu is sentenced to prison for life. An angry Jaipal kills Manu's dad, Thakur Sangram Singh, and sets fire to their house. Then Jaipal sets his eyes on young Kamli, who is Bhanu Pratap Singh's, Manu's brother, sweetheart, gets her pregnant, but refuses to marry her. Kamli, shamed at this, refuses to meet Bhanu. When Bhanu finds out that Jaipal had killed his dad and set fire to their property, he becomes a bandit with several other townspeople, and calls himself Bhavani. Years later, Manu is released from prison for good conduct, decides to make a living as a bounty hunter, hunting down, killing bandits and collecting rewards from SP Dhirendra. The story reaches a climax when Manu goes to hunt down Bhawani, not knowing that it is his own brother; while Jaipal kidnaps Dhirendra's son and holds him for ransom. The question remains will Manu hunt down Bhanu, and will Dhirendra compromise his position for a child that is not his own?
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsDharmendraReena RoyShreeram LagooKumar Agnihotri belongs to a wealthy family, consisting of his dad, Madan, and mom, Janki. He is in love with beautiful Mala Bajpai, and they hope to marry soon with the blessings of their respective parents. Kumar's other passion is boxing, which Janki loathes, and hopes that he will give this up soon. When the Agnihotris bring home a woman named Ganga, and introduce her to Kumar as Janki's childhood friend, Kumar finds out that Ganga is his biological mother, and his father, Ajay Kumar, was the National Champion in boxing, who was killed by three men for refusing to lose a fight. While Janki is afraid that she is going her son to Ganga, Kumar has decided to avenge his biological's father's death by any means, little realizing that he may face the same fate his father did years ago.
- DirectorC.V. SridharStarsRajesh KhannaJaya PradaShatrughan SinhaVikram together with his childhood, orphan friend, Anand is raised by his mother, brother likely. Anand and a young woman named Asha is in love with each other. Quite unknown to the couple that Vikram is in love with Asha. Vikram and Anand is employed by the same organization and here is where Anand gets knowledge of Vikram's love for Asha only to step aside for Vikram to wed Asha but a major draw-back intercept the three lives when Anand gets intimate with a widow named Sheela resulting in her getting pregnant.
- DirectorSurendra MohanStarsSanjeev KumarReena RoyShatrughan SinhaHarimohan lives with his wife, Shanta, and a his young son named, Sunil. He works for a lecherous male, who would like to have sex with Shanta. One night while Harimohan is sent on an errand, the boss molests Shanta, but due to bad weather, Harimohan returns early just in time to stop his boss from raping Shanta. A fight ensues between his boss and himself, and a result his boss is killed. Harimohan makes a run for it in his boss' car, which meets with an accident, and he is believed to have been killed. This news devastates Shanta. Years go by, Shanta has got used to living a widow's life. Sunil has grown up to be a police inspector. Sunil works undercover, and meets with Baldev Mittal, the only son of Gopaldas Mittal. Baldev is rich and arrogant, and as this results in a clash between these two young men. When a young woman, Sunita, is killed, Sunil finds evidence linking her death with Baldev, and he arrests him, and has him tried for murder. What Sunil does not know that Gopaldas Mittal has an alias - that of Saakhia - a notorious and influential gangster who will never let anyone stand in his way. Sunil also does not know that Saakhia is none other than his own biological father, who is still alive, and has taken to a life of crime.
- DirectorA.C. TrilogchanderStarsKumar GauravPoonam DhillonGirish KarnadA spoiled rich girl falls for a poor aspiring musician. But after they marry, their egos and respective stubbornness cause them to drift apart.