List of Hindi films of 1952

An overview of the films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1952. Dilip Kumar went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1954 for his performance in Daag. Meena Kumari went on to win the first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role in Baiju Bawra.

Highest-grossing films

The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1952:^[1][2]

Rank	Title	Cast
1.	Aan	Dilip Kumar, Nadira, Nimmi
2.	Baiju Bawra	Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan, Kuldip Kaur, Surendra
3.	Jaal	Geeta Bali, Dev Anand
4.	Daag	Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran
5.	Anhonee	Nargis, Raj Kapoor
6.	Anand Math	Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan, Prithviraj Kapoor, Pradeep Kumar
7.	Sangdil	Dilip Kumar, Madhubala
8.	Maa	Leela Chitnis, Bharat Bhushan, Shyama
9.	Bewafa	Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Raj Kapoor
10.	Aandhiyan	Nimmi, Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Aan	Mehboob Khan	Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nimmi, Nadira, Murad, Cuckoo, Sheela Nayak, Mukri, Amir Bano	Swashbuckling Musical Romance	Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Aandhiyan	Chetan Anand	Dev Anand, Nimmi, Kalpana Kartik, Durga Khote, K. N. Singh, Leela Mishra, Johnny Walker	Romance Drama	Music: Ali Akbar Khan Lyrics: Narendra Sharma
Aasmaan	D. M. Pancholi	Shyama, Nasir Khan, Anwar Hussain, Lalita Pawar, Veera, Badri Prasad, David, Asha Parekh, Achala Sachdev	Family Drama	Music: O. P. Nayyar Lyrics: Prem Dhawan
Ajeeb Ladki	Mohammed Ehsan	Naseem Banu, Rehman, Shashikala, Cuckoo, Agha, Jayant, Shyam Kumar	Social	Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag	Homi Wadia	Mahipal, Meena Kumari, B. M. Vyas, S. N. Tripathi, W. M. Khan, Jilloo, Vasantrao Pahelwan	Costume Fantasy	Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Shyam Hindi
Amber	Jayant Desai	Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Agha, Bipin Gupta, Baby Tanuja, Cuckoo, Helen, Nayampalli, B. M. Vyas	Romance Drama	Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics:Shakeel Badayuni
Anmol Sahara	Amar Dutt	Jayshree, Ameeta, Krishna Kumari, Raj Kumar, Geeta, Nilima	Social	Music: Santosh Mukherjee Lyrics: B. M. Sharma
Anand Math	Hemen Gupta	Prithviraj Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Geeta Bali, Pradeep Kumar, Ajit, Ranjana, Murad	Patriotic Historical	Music: Hemant Kumar Lyrics: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya, Jayadeva
Anhonee	K. A. Abbas	Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Achala Sachdev, Om Prakash, Agha, David, Jankidas, Shaukat Hashmi	Social Drama	Music: Roshan Lyrics: Ali Sardar Jafri
Anjaam	Shanti Kumar	Premnath, Vyjayantimala, Kuldip Kaur, Yakub, Dulari, Jankidas, Shammi	Social Drama	Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi
Annadata	Ismail Memon	Ajit, Veena, Sheikh Mukhtar, Murad, Neena Maker, Mukri, Kanhaiyalal, N. A. Ansari	Social	Music: Mohammed Shafi Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri, Hasrat Jaipuri, Ali Sardar Jafri
Apni Izzat	Nanabhi Bhatt	Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Yakub, Sulochana Chatterji, Gope, Yashodhara Katju, Agha, Raj Mehra	Family Drama	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Varma Malik
Ashiana	B. Trilochan	Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Iftekhar, Master Rattan, Mohana, Randhir	Romance, Supernatural	Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Badnam	D. D. Kashyap	Balraj Sahni, Shyama, Prabhu Dayal, Sheila, Ulhas, Jankidas, Murad	Melodrama	Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra
Baghdad	Nanabhi Bhatt	Ranjan, Begum Para, Bhagwan, Anwar Hussain, Yashodhara Katju, Hari Shivdasani	Fantasy	Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Bahu Beti	S. L. Dheer	Geeta Bali, Amarnath, Jaswant, Vijayalaxmi, Leela Mishra, Rashid Khan, S. Nazir	Family Drama	Music: S. D. Batish Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
Baiju Bawra	Vijay Bhatt	Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan, Surendra, Kuldip Kaur, Radhakrishan, Manmohan Krishna, Bipin Gupta	Legend Romance Musical	Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Betaab	Harbans Singh	Naseem Banu, Geeta Bali, Ashok Kumar, Motilal, Murad, Kumar, Kamal	Social Drama	Music: S. D. Batish Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Roopbani, Kaif Irfani
Bewafa	M. L. Anand	Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Ashok Kumar, Bhudo Advani, Neelam, Siddiqi	Romance Drama	Music: A. R. Qureshi Lyrics: Sarshar Sailani
Bhakta Puran	Dhirubhai Desai	Shahu Modak, Nirupa Roy, Sapru, B. M. Vyas, Lalita Pawar, Niranjan Sharma, Naaz, Shanta Kumari, S. N. Tripathi	Devotional	Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Ramesh Chandra Pandey, Gopal Singh Nepali
Bhule Bhatke	Brij Mohan	Bhagwan, Shyama, Dulari, Baburao Pendharkar, Leela Gupte, Habib, Nihal	Action	Music: Manohar Lyrics: Shams Azimabadi

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Chamkee	J. K. Nanda	Shekhar, Ragini, Roopmala, Jeevan, Leela Mishra, Ulhas, Murad, Cuckoo, Shashikala	Social	Music: Manna Dey Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Chhatrapati Shivaji	Bhalji Pendharkar	Prithviraj Kapoor, Ranjana, Vanmala, Baburao Pendharkar, Vasantrao Pahelwan, Gajanan Jagirdar, Ratnamala, Lalita Pawar	Biopic	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Shailendra
Chhoti Maa	Hemchunder	Meera Misra, Pahari Sanyal, Asit Baran, Molina, Shakoor, Manorama, Hiralal	Family Drama	Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: P. Bhushan, B. M. Sharma
Daag	Amiya Chakravarty	Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran, Kanhaiyalal, Chandrashekhar, Leela Mishra, Lalita Pawar, Jawahar Kaul	Social Drama	Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri
Dahej	V, Shantaram	Prithviraj Kapoor, Karan Dewan	Drama
Devyani	Vasant Painter	Mahipal, Sapru, Minaxi, Baburao Pendharkar, Shakuntala	Fantasy	Music: Purushottam Lyrics: Manohar Khanna
Diwana	Abdul Rashid Kardar	Suraiya, Suresh, Sumitra Devi, Shyam Kumar, Madan Puri, Amirbai Karnataki	Social	Music: Naushad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Do Raha	Bal Chhabra	Shekhar, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Murad, K. N. Singh, Pratima Devi, Jagdish Sethi	Social	Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi, Prem Dhawan
Draupadi Vastraharan	W. Garcher	Shahu Modak, Ratnamala, Mangla, Vasantrao Pahelwan, W. Garcher, Sapru, Amarnath	Mythological	Music: Shanker Rao Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Pandit Shivraj
Ghungroo	Hiren Bose	Om Prakash, Sumitra Devi, Kuldip Kaur, Murad, K. N. Singh, Badri Prasad	Social	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Goonj	Phani Majumdar	Suresh, Suraiya, Bhagwan, Sapru, Madan Puri, Manju, Randhir		Music: Sardul Kwatra Lyrics: D. N. Madhok, Verma Malik
Hamari Duniya	Sushil Sahu	Bharat Bhushan, Kishore Sahu, Asha Mathur, Kuldip Kaur, Om Prakash, Jankidas, Menaka Devi, Hiralal	Social	Music: S. B. Pathak Lyrics: Indeevar, Hasrat Jaipuri
Hangama	Ram Kamlani	Nasir Khan, Nutan, Yakub, Gope, K. N. Singh, David, Raj Mehra, Cuckoo	Social Drama	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Hyderabad Ki Nazneen	S. M. Yusuf	Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana, Wasti, Murad, Durga Khote, W. M. Khan	Costume	Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Noor Lakhnavi
Indrasen	Raja Nene	Prem Adib, Ranjana, Durga Khote, Paro Devi, Nand Kishore, Ishwarlal	Mythological	Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta, Neelkanth Tiwari
Insaan	Jagdish Sethi	Prithviraj Kapoor, Ragini, Kamal Kapoor, Cuckoo, Roopmala, Kanhaiyalal, K. N. Singh, Raj Kumar	Social	Music: B. N. Bali Lyrics: Sajan Bihari, Balwant Kapoor
Izzat	Taimur Bahramshah	Nirupa Roy, Amarnath, Manorama, Agha, Jeevan, Pesi Patel	Social Drama	Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Jaal	Guru Dutt	Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Johnny Walker, Rashid Khan, K. N. Singh, Purnima, Krishna Kumari	Romance Suspense	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Jaggu	Jagdish Sethi	Shyama, Kamal Kapoor, Kuldip Kaur, Tiwari, Jagdish Sethi, Baby Nanda	Social	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Naqsh Lyallpuri, Asad Bhopali, Verma Malik, A. Shah Shikarpuri, Bharat Vyas
Jalpari	Mohan Sinha	Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Geeta Bali, Bipin Gupta, Tiwari, Sunder	Fantasy	Music: Gobindram Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Jeet Kiski	Vasant Joglekar	Shalini, Rajan, Baburao Pendharkar, Salvi	Social	Music: Datta Devjekar

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Kafila	Arvind Sen	Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Motilal, Ranjan, Ameeta, Nazir Hussain	Social	Music: Husanlal Bhagatram, Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep, Vrajendra Gaur
Khubsurat	S. F. Hussain	Suraiya, Nasir Khan, Yakub, Noor, Husn Banu, Jankidas, Bhudo Advani, Baby Zubeida	Social	Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Shams Azimabadi
Krishna Kanhaiya	S. Nadkarni	A L Raghvan, Narishnh Bharti, T Premavati, R. Balasubramaniam, Laxmi, Prabha	Mythological	Music: B. S. Kalla, Shufi Lyrics:
Kyonji	Nari Ghadiali	Agha, Urvashi, Leela Kumari, Sheikh, Habib	Action	Music: Nasir Bazmi Lyrics: Ratanlal Khanjar, Sheikh Adam
Lal Kunwar	Ravindra Dave	Suraiya, Nasir Khan, Usha Kiran, P. Jairaj, Agha, Durga Khote	Historical Romance Drama	Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Lanka Dahan	Raja Nene	Sapru, Usha Kiran, Ranjana, Paro Devi, Ranjit Kumari	Religious	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: S. P. Kalla
Maa	Bimal Roy	Bharat Bhushan, Shyama, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev, B. M. Vyas, Bikram Kapoor, Asit Sen, Leela Chitnis	Family Drama	Music: S. K. Pal Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Mamta	Gunjal	Ulhas, Sumitra Devi, Paro Devi, Kamal Mehra, Rajan Haksar, Ramesh	Social Drama	Music: Sonik, Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Verma Malik, Shyam Hindi
Mordhwaj	Balwant Bhatt	Prem Adib, Durga Khote, Tiwari, Shashi Kapoor, Leela Mishra, Ram Singh, Raj Adib, Nand Kishore, Manju, Babu Raje	Mythological	Music: Narayan Dutt Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Moti Mahal	Ravindra Dave	Suraiya, Ajit, Pran, Jeevan, Veera, Baby Tabassum, Rattan Kumar, Roopmala	Costume Drama	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Asad Bhopali, Prem Dhawan
Mr. Sampat	S. S. Vasan	Motilal, Padmini, Kanhaiyalal, Agha, Badri Prasad, Vanaja, Sundari Bai, Narayan Rao	Social Drama	Music: Shanker Shastri Lyrics: Pandit Indra, J. S. Kashyap
Najariya	Murtaza Changezi	Geeta Bali, Sajjan, David, Begum Para, Madan Puri, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Ali	Social	Music: Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi
Nanhe Munne	Datta Dharmadhikari	Sulochana, Raja Nene, Raja Gosavi, Shakuntala	Family Melodrama	Music: Vasant Pawar Lyrics: Pandit Phani
Nau Bahar	Pt. Anand Kumar	Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Kuldip Kaur, Sunalini Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Indu Shivraj	Romantic Drama	Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra
Neelam Pari	Dhirubhai Desai	Geeta Bali, Sajjan, Kuldip Kaur, Sapru, Naranjan Sharma, Gope, Samson	Fantasy	Music: Khurshid Anwar Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Saraswati Kumar Deepak
Nirmohi	Baij Sharma	Nutan, Sajjan, Amarnath, Chaman Puri, Rattan Kumar, Neeru, Leela Mishra, Raj Mehra	Social	Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Uddhav Kumar, Indeevar, P. N. Rangeen
Nishan Danka	Jayant Desai	Shyama, Ranjan, Jeevan, Baby Tabassum	Action Costume	Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, S. H. Bihari, Hasrat Jaipuri
Parbat	O. P. Dutta	Premnath, Nutan, Shobhana Samarth, K. N. Singh, Ulhas, Raj Mehra	Social	Music: Shanker Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri
Parchhain	V. Shantaram	Sandhya, V. Shantaram, Jayshree, Asit Baran, Lalita Pawar, Ulhas, Wasti, Saroj Khan, Nimabalkar	Romantic Melodrama	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Noor Lakhnavi
Poonam	M. Sadiq	Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Sajjan, Asha Mathur, Om Prakash, Ram Avtar	Drama	Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri
Raag Rang	Digvijay	Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Madan Puri, Ruma Devi, Jankidas, Agha, Sunder, Nand Kishore, Raja Paranjpe		Music: Roshan Lyrics: Kaif Irfani, Prakash Bakshi
Raja Harishchandra	Raman B. Desai	Prem Adib, Sumitra Devi, Gope, Tiwari, Lalita Pawar, Bipin Gupta	Mythological	Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Ramesh Gupta, Gulshan Jalalabadi, Qamar Jalalabadi, Bharat Vyas
Rajrani Damayanti	Raja Nene	Nirupa Roy, Usha Kiran, Trilok Kapoor, Ramsingh, Tabassum, Shakila, Rattan Kumar	Mythology	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Devendra Mohan, Mukhram Sharma
Rangeeli	Najam Naqvi	Raaj Kumar, Rehana, Yakub, Mumtaz Ali, S Nasir, Leela Mishra	Social	Music: Chic Chocolate Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Rani	L. V. Prasad	Anoop Kumar, P. Bhanumati, Raja, Wahab Kashmiri	Costume Drama	Music: D. C. Dutt Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil, J. S. Kashyap
Ratnadeep	Debaki Bose	Anuva Gupta, Abhi Bhattacharya, Manju Dey, Pahari Sanyal, Molina, Chhaya Devi, Nitish Mukerji	Social Drama	Music: Robin Chatterjee Lyrics: Mahendra Pran, Vidyapati, Madhur, Meerabai
Resham	Lekhraj Bhakri	Suraiya, P. Jairaj, Sunder, Sapru, Naaz, Achala Sachdev, Ramesh Thakur, Jagdish	Social	Music: Hansraj Behl Lyrics: Prem Dhawan

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Saloni	J. P. Advani	Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Mohana, Jayant, Purnima, Shakila, Achala Sachdev	Social	Music: Basant Prakash Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Arjun Dev Ashq, Aziz Kashmiri, Hasrat Jaipuri
Sandesh	Bal Gajbar	Kumud, Umesh Sharma, Meenaxi, Durga Khote, Lalita Pawar, Nana Palsikar	Social	Music: S. Purushottam Lyrics:
Sangdil	R. C. Talwar	Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Kuldip Kaur, Dara Singh, Leela Chitnis, Randhawa, Shammi	Romantce Drama	Debut film of Dara Singh. Adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Music: Sajjad Hussain Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Sanskar	V. M. Vyas	Ishwarlal, Mumtaz Shanti, Pran, Veera, Shashi Kapoor, Purnima, Murad, Sapru	Social Drama	Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra
Sapna	Kidar Sharma	Kishore Sahu, Bina Rai, Shakuntala, Moni Chatterjee, Hiralal, Cuckoo	Drama	Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Saqi	H. S. Rawail	Prem Nath, Madhubala, Gope, Mohna, Bipin Gupta, Cuckoo, Iftekhar	Costume Drama	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
Sheesha	Shahid Lateef	Nargis, Sajjan, Amar, Achala Sachdev, Zebunissa, Majnu, Anwari	Social Drama	Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shakeel Badayuni
Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo	P. L. Santoshi	Ranjan, Rehana, Sadhana Bose, Goldstein, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Ali, Tiwari	Action Comedy	Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: P. L. Santoshi
Shisham	Kishore Sharma	Nasir Khan, Nutan, Gope, Kuldip Kaur, Cuckoo Gulab	Romance Drama	Music: Roshan Lyrics: Indeevar
Shiv Leela	Govind Ghanekar	Mahipal, Ratnamala, Sumati Gupte, Shyam Kumar	Mythological	Music: Vasant Kumar Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak
Shiv Shakti	Jayant Desai	Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Vasantrao Pahelwan	Religious	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Munshi Sagar Hussain
Shrimati Ji	I. S. Johar	Shyama, Nasir Khan, I. S. Johar, Murad, Majnu	Social Comedy	Music: S. Mohinder,Jimmy Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra
Sinbad Jahazi a.k.a. Sinbad The Sailor	Nanabhai Bhatt	Ranjan, Nirupa Roy, Bhagwan, Yashodhara Katju, Jayant, Shakila, Pran, Samson	Fantasy Action	Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri
Tamasha	Phani Majumdar	Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Sunalini Devi, Randhir, S. N. Banerjee, Bipin Gupta	Social Drama	Music: Khemchand Prakash, Manna Dey, S. K. Pal Lyrics: Bharat Vyas
Tarang	I. C. Kapoor	Ajit, Munawwar Sultana, Bhagwan, Manju, Jeevan, Manorama, Niranjan Sharma	Social Action	Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: I. C. Kapoor, D. N. Madhok (1)
Usha Kiron	Javed Hussain	Nimmi, Geeta Bali, Altaf, Lalita Pawar, Mazhar Khan	Drama	Music: Hanuman Prasad Lyrics: Anjum Pilibhiti, Kamil Rashid
Vanraj	Mohammed Hussain	John Cawas, Krishna Kumari, Habib, Sheikh, Vimla	Action	Music: S. B. Pathak Lyrics: Indeevar
Vasna	Rameshwar Thakur	Ajit, Kaushalya, Urmila, Ranjit Roy, Paresh Bannerjee	Costume Drama	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics:
Veer Arjun	Ramchandra Thakur	Mahipal, Trilok Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Dulari, Suryakant, Vasant Rao, Tiwari	Mythology	Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Pandit Indra
Vidyasagar	K. P. Ghose	Utpal Dutt, Pahari Sanyal, Molina Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Chhabi Biswas	Biopic	Music: Umapati Seel Lyrics: Madhur, Manohar Khanna (1)
Vishwamitra	Baburao Painter	Sapru, Sheela Naik, M. Kale, Sudha Apte	Mythology	Music: B. Laxman Lyrics: Manohar Khanna
Yatrik	Kartik Chatterjee	Abhi Bhattacharya, Basanta Choudhury, Arundhati Devi, Maya Mukherjee	Social	Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics:
Zalzala	Paul Zills	Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Kishore Sahu, Sunalini Devi	Social Drama	Music: Pankaj Mullick Lyrics: Ali Sardar Jafri, Vrajendra Gaur, Uddhav Kumar
Zamane Ki Hawa	Walli	Mumtaz Shanti, Suresh, Pran, Husn Banu, Majnu	Social Melodrama	Music: Z. Sherman Lyrics:

References

1. "Box Office By Year (1952)". muvyz.com. Muvyz, Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
2. Box Office India. "Top Earners 1952". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 10 July 2008.

External links

• Bollywood films of 1952 at the Internet Movie Database
• Indian Film Songs from the Year 1952 - A review of the year 1951 with a special focus on Hindi film songs