Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1984
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 30 were hits and rest in this list below were declared as box office flops and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits.
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 30 were hits and rest in this list below were declared as box office flops and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits.
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- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsJeetendraJaya PradaSrideviTwo sisters fall for the same man. One of them sacrifices her love but she is carrying a secret.
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsRajesh KhannaJeetendraJaya PradaA wealthy industrialist is murdered and the blame falls on a person who hails from a poor family. To prove his innocence, he must strive hard to prove and gather evidence that clears him of this crime.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya PradaRanjeet BediA workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.
- DirectorJoshiyStarsRajesh KhannaDharmendraVinod MehraJustice Diwan lives in a palatial house with his wife, Sharda, and a son named Rajan. Diwan and Rajan do not get along and as a result, Rajan moves out and goes to live in a nearby slum area with two friends, Dr. Bashir Khan and his brother, Rahim. Bashir is in love with Reshma and hopes to marry her soon. Before that could happen, Dr. John, Bashir's senior, gets killed and the police find Bashir there with a knife in his hand. Bashir is arrested and taken to Court, where Justice Diwan finds him guilty and orders that he be hanged. Then a man named Bhurre gets killed, and the evidence points to Rajan, who is also arrested and produced before Justice Diwan, who also finds him guilty, and sentences him to death. Rahim then finds that his house had been burned down and is out on the street. Then the unexpected happens, Sharda is killed, and Diwan finds out that Rahim had been seen outside his house. Will Rahim be the next accused to be sentenced to death by Diwan?
- DirectorRajkumar KohliStarsDharmendraSunil DuttHema MaliniThe local King has surrounded himself with enemies, which include his own trusted men: Bhavani Singh, and Ranjeet, who plot to overthrow him, in vain, as the King's loyal employee, Samadh Khan, and the King's brother-in-law, Arjun Singh, come to his rescue. But events take an unfortunate turn when the King's newborn son is abducted by Jalal Khan, for which Samadh Khan is branded a traitor, is arrested, but escapes dramatically. After abducting the newborn prince, Jalal turns him over to the Sardar of a local gypsy band, and loses consciousness. The queen is distraught over the disappearance of her son, and Arjun offers his son in exchange, which she accepts. But Bhavani finds out about this, and switches his son with that of Arjun Singh. Years later, the Prince, Shamsher Singh, has grown up, and like Bhavani is a tyrant, womanizer and alcoholic. He soon imprisons his very own mother until such time she announces that he is to be the new king, and inflicts all kinds of atrocities on the people in the region, in her name. Arjun attempts to intervene, but is branded a traitor, and imprisoned. Will the real prince surface now to set things right? Or will he continue to live the life of a gypsy without knowing his true heritage.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsRajesh KhannaPadmini KolhapureSrideviMadhukar and Jaggu are Hitler-like tyrants who rule over a small community with an iron hand. They prefer to keep the inhabitants illiterate, so that they can continue to oppress and abuse them over time. But one young lad, Ramu, educates himself secretly with the help of the local school-master, Srikanth. Years later, Ramu has grown up and is now a formidable force to reckon with. Madhukar and Jaggu see him as a threat and soon spin a web of lies and deceit around him, leaving him with no alternative except to retreat, leaving the poor villagers once again at their mercy of their oppressors.
- DirectorBabbar SubhashStarsMithun ChakrabortySmita PatilSalma AghaAarti lives with her only son Avinash. When Avinash falls in love and decides to get married, she tells him the truth about his father's death.
- DirectorRajkumar KohliStarsDharmendraShatrughan SinhaRaj BabbarBitter animosity and hatred has existed between the communities of Jangavar and Dilavar. While Dilavar's Roshan wants to bring peace between everyone, he sets an example by marrying Chandni. This enrages the Jangavars' who attack the Dilavars, killing Roshan. Before dying, Roshan asks his twin brother, Raka, to promise that he will bring peace by getting their brother, Badal, married to Shaka's sister, Reshma. Raka attempts to carry out his promise, by letting both meet and fall in love with each other. When the time comes for Badal to propose to Reshma, she accepts with one condition - that Badal kill Raka and bring his severed head to Jangavar. The question is will Badal sacrifice his brother's life to marry Reshma and bring peace between the two communities?
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsRajesh KhannaJaya PradaRakesh RoshanAdvocate Jayant defends his clients and gets them off the hook, even if they are guilty. However, when his wife is raped by the son of a gangster he has been defending, he vows to take revenge.
- DirectorLatif FaiziyevUmesh MehraKanwal BialaStarsSunny DeolPoonam DhillonPran SikandAfter being violently separated from the woman he loves, a young man must disguise himself in order to keep meeting her.
- DirectorPramod ChakravortyStarsDharmendraZeenat AmanMithun ChakrabortyThree men attempt to seek vengeance against their oppressors.
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsShashi KapoorMoushumi ChatterjeeMithun ChakrabortyA joint family consisting of three brothers Prem (Shashi Kapoor), Vijay (Raj Kiran) and Ravi (Mithun Chakraborty) are leading a happy and prosperous life. They consider their house temple of Love. However, destiny has its own plans for them when Prem gets killed. Seth Dharampal (Kader Khan) also wants to cheat them. Would Ravi alone be able to save his home? Would Seth Dharampal succeed in his evil intentions?
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsRajesh KhannaReena RoyRekhaDeepak, a young music player, learns that his late father has a second wife and daughter that no one knew existed. Soon, the same fate befalls Deepak when he falls for and marries Jyoti, a young artist and dancer who loves his music. But after Deepak mistakenly thinks Jyoti dies in an accident, he begins courting and marries Asha, a wealthy society girl. But when Jyoti unexpectedly returns months later with her newborn son, Deepak must try to find a way to deal with this predicament after Asha has a child of their own and begins taking dancing lessons at the dance school where Jyoti works.
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsRajesh KhannaShabana AzmiShatrughan SinhaRam Avtar, a barber in a small village, comes from a poor family, widowed, but has his wife's sister, Sushma, looking after him and his kids. Ram Avtar cuts, shaves, and grooms all males in his village, including Minister Digvijay Singh. When Digvijay's political party is in need of someone to stand in the forthcoming election, Digvijay recommends Ram Avtar as his choice. Ram Avtar accepts this challenge, and then begins the race of getting votes. To his surprise, he wins, and goes on to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Sushma watches from the sidelines as to how the changes affect this simple-minded and straight-forward barber.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsAnil KapoorJackie ShroffDanny DenzongpaSuccessful in robbing a bank of huge sums of cash; criminal don, Shamsher Singh alias Shera refuses to part the loot with his accomplice, Raja and instead try to shoot him which results in the police apprehending both Raja and Shera. The court then sentence both to a long jail term but Shera manages to escape; many attempts by the police to re-arrest Shera proves fertile prompting inspector Ravi Khanna to seek permission from the police commissioner to let Raja out on parole for a period of one week. Raja agrees to assist Ravi but prove difficult to handle at first; as they get acquainted with each other the mission becomes much easier.
- DirectorS.S. RavichandraStarsGovardhan AsraniRanjeet BediUrmila BhattSuraj lives in a small rural town in India with his widowed father, Yashpal, and a widowed sister, Sita. Suraj attends college, becomes a graduate and returns home to find that their family home is about to be auctioned at the behest of the cruel and influential Zamindar Bansilal, who refuses to allow them anymore time to re-pay his outstanding loan. The auction takes place, but is not enough to pay the loan, but Suraj assures them that he will do so when he gets a job in Bombay. Shortly thereafter, Yashpal kills himself; Sita is brutally raped and killed, and an enraged Suraj tries to kill Bansilal, Sharma, and Raghu, he does manage to kill Raghu and Sharma, but Bansilal escapes, and notifies the police, who locate, arrest Suraj, and have him sentenced to a long jail term. But Suraj escapes from prison and goes on the hunt for Bansilal. Before he could that he must first go through the police lines, who have cordoned off all routes to Bansilal, and have orders to shoot to kill Suraj on sight.
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsJeetendraJaya PradaPran SikandA union leader marries his employer, but subsequently gets embroiled in labor/management disputes.
- DirectorSamir GangulyStarsShashi KapoorSanjeev KumarZeenat AmanOrphan brothers Ashok and Kishore get separated in childhood years later both con people for living and come across each other unknowingly that they are brothers.Kishore lives with his adopted sister Asha and her son whose husband is missing since years whose none other then Ashok.Kishore falls in love with a wealthy Preeti but a goon Ranjeet hires Ashok to marry Preeti pretending to be a wealth man so that they can run away with all their wealth.
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsRaj BabbarSmita PatilRashmi ChauhanA Professor finds his life turned upside down after he decides to combat crime.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsAmitabh BachchanRanjeet BediC.S. DubeyStreet-wise and poor, Amar Nath makes a living selling cinema tickets and fast-food snacks (Bhel Puri) outside cinema halls. He is taken under the wing of a politician and Chair of the "Garibon Ki Party', Shankar Narayan, allowed to join the Police Academy, and returns as a Police Inspector. He falls in love and gets married to Asha, the only daughter of multi-millionaire businessman, Sitaram. When he successfully apprehends and kills a terrorist by the name of Anil Raj, he is promoted as the Assistant Commisisoner of Police. Asha shares his joy, and soon both are informed that they will soon be proud parents. Then Amar also apprehends and kills a smuggler by the Koya Koya Atachi, and gets immensely popular with the public, so much so that Shankar Narayan resigns and asks Amar to be the Chair of the political party, which Amar accepts and quits his job from the Police Force. It is then that pregnant Asha finds out that Amar is not who he claims to be but is a pawn in the hands of skilled politicians - who have been using him as their hit-man, and now are ready to use him as the Chief Minister so that they can carry on with their nefarious activities. Watch what Asha does to prevent Amar from influencing their newborn son, and from attaining power.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsDharmendraRekhaMithun ChakrabortyPolice inspector Ajay Sharma lives a wealthy life-style with his wife Asha and two school-going children. Persistent warnings from his superiors and seniors forces him to resign from his police job. After resigning he relocates with his family to a rural region to assist his elderly parents in their lumber business. But when he visits a casino with his friend Albert, he is appalled at the way the owners treat customers, and decides to take a stand by revolting against this injustice. By doing so, he and his family are made target by smugglers and gangsters.
- DirectorDasari Narayana RaoStarsSanjeev KumarKamal HaasanPoonam DhillonAfter the passing of his father, an unemployed slacker-trouble-maker faces many challenges and humiliation when he goes to live with his married sister and her family.
- DirectorEsmayeel ShroffStarsDharmendraRekhaAmrish PuriAfter the passing away of his wife (Sunita), Vijay brings up his two children, Bhishan and Charudatta, who want him to re-marry, and go around selecting a mother. They pick on Alka, who is a stage singer, and lives alone as a paying guest. Vijay and Alka approve of each other, get married, and go for a honey-moon. On the way back Vijay drives too fast, has an accident, and is killed. Alka does not have the courage to tell the children, so she hires Vijay's look-alike, a dreaded bandit and killer, Tiger, who agrees to impersonate Vijay for 30 days, make the kids hate him, then leave forever - for a sum of 3 Lakh rupees. Things do go according to plan, and the children do start hating their dad. But on the 30th day, Alka receives a phone call that the children have been kidnapped and the kidnapper is demanding a sum of 25 Lakh rupees. Watch and find out who abducted the children, and whether or not Tiger had a hand in this.
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsSunny DeolAmrita SinghDharmendraWealthy businessman Inderjeet marries a lovely woman named Gayetri, but is unhappy with this marriage, as she is unable to bear him any children. He starts frequenting brothels, where he meets with an attractive prostitute by the name of Sitara. Both get intimate, and Sitara becomes pregnant. When Gayetri finds out, she is enraged and will do anything in her power to prevent Sitara continuing to dominate Inderjeet's love. Before she could take any steps, Inderjeet dies in an plane accident, leaving Sitara alone and pregnant. Gayetri conspires against Sitara, invites her over, makes sure she gives birth, then tells her that the child was still-born. A devastated Sitara leaves to continue with her life, leaving Gayetri to bring up her son, Sunny, as her own. Years later, Sunny has grown up, has met with an attractive young woman named Amrita, who he would like to marry. When Gayetri finds out, she is initially happy, but relents when she finds out that Amrita is a dancer and singer on TV, and decides to oppose this marriage at all costs. But when Sunny adamantly refuses to marry anyone else, she permits Amrita's parents to meet with. It is this meeting that will change everything in Gayetri and Sunny's lives forever.
- DirectorRamesh BehlStarsKaran ShahNeelam KothariMoushumi ChatterjeeSanam Malhotra studies in a hostel, while her parents, Surendra and Sushma, and brother, Jatin, live in Bombay in a small flat. Things change for the Malhotras when they are able to sell a large plot to the builders of a five star hotel. They move up in life and buy a bungalow and several cars and arrange for Sanam to stay with them. But these material possessions does make them a little snobbish, as Jatin cannot hear of his friend, Karan, the son of Bank Manager, Amar Nath, for falling in love with his sister. Surendra has Karan arrested for being near Sanam. Independent minded Sanam has also fallen in love with Karan, and when she is imprisoned by Surendra, both elope, much to chagrin of Surendra, who is aware that widowed Amar is having an affair with a woman named Prema Mohan. Surendra & Jatin with the help of Vishnu Dada and his goons hunt them down, but the lovebirds are rescued by Uncle Joe, a friend of Karan. After being rescued, they are asked by Joe to take a holiday. What Sanam does not know is that Karan has taken to smuggling so that he can rich as the Malhotras. The question remains will Sanam join forces with Karan as his crime partner, or will she oppose him, and thereby end their short-lived romance.
- DirectorRamesh TalwarStarsAshok KumarDilip KumarRishi KapoorFramed for a crime he didn't commit, Mohan Kumar loses his wife, son, and freedom, then he emerges from prison vowing revenge.
- DirectorGovind MoonisStarsArun GovilSadhana SinghBharat BhushanSasural is a 1984 Hindi movie produced by Biswanath Prasad Shahabadi and directed by Govind Moonis. The film stars Arun Govil, Bharat Bhushan, Arvind Deshpande, Gulshan Grover, Sadhana Singh and Dina Pathak.
- DirectorDuraiStarsRaj BabbarSmita PatilTanuja SamarthA girl is struggling with extreme poverty and the responsibility of taking care of her siblings. She falls in love, which would cause even more tragedy to her family and to herself.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsTanuja SamarthMithun ChakrabortyRati AgnihotriShanker is jailed for theft and there meets with Tony, who introduces him to professional boxing, after witnessing him fight an inmate. When he gets out of jail, Shanker takes up professional boxing.
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsShatrughan SinhaSmita PatilGeeta BehlShakti and Shaitan Singh are two brothers who belong to a gang of bandits, headed by the their dad, Bahadur Singh. One day while on a looting rampage in Jamalpur Village, Shakti is wounded and takes shelter with Harkishen and his daughter, Lali. He loses consciousness for several days, while the rest of the bandits think he is dead. When Shakti regains his senses he and Lali fall in love with each other, but Lali wants him to lead a honest life, and it is only then that he can marry her. Shakti decides to go straight to win Lali's hand, he decides to help a near-blind woman, Janki, to till her land. When Shaitan finds out that Shakti is still alive, he goes to welcome him back, but Shakti refuses to return. He refuses to return even when Bahadur comes to get him. Bahadur aims to shoot and kill Shakti, but someone shoots and kills Bahadur. An enraged Shaitan wants to find out his father's killer, and decides to kill one villager every week until Shakti and the villagers point out who the killer is. It is then Shaitan finds out that Shakti is not really his brother but someone who was abducted as a child from Jamalpur years ago. With the blood tie no longer in existence, looks like Shakti's days as a honest man are numbered, for no way is Shaitan going to spare him now.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsAnupam KherRohini HattangadiSoni RazdanAn old couple lend a room on rent after recent death of the bread earner of the family, their only son. A budding actress starts living with them, who is in love with a local politician's only son. The movie shows what later ensues.
- DirectorK. BalachanderStarsRaaj KumarHema MaliniKamal HaasanBhairavi, a renowned singer, sees a revolutionary Sandeep badly injured and takes him home for treatment. Sandeep had left his father Upendra as Sandeep had taken to terrorism. He hated women and music, but Bhairavi's company mellowed him and he fell in love with her. She was, however, a mother of Kajvi by a spouse Avinash who had ditched her. Kajri started living with Upendra and their affection turned into love. Avinash, who had been suffering from blood cancer, suddenly returned before Bhairavi was to marry Sandeep. These unusual marriages were now averted.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsSanjeev KumarFarooq ShaikhAnita RajFreelance photographer, Alok Prakash, while photographing women hockey players in action, is hit by the puck, loses his senses and his hospitalized. His brother-in-law, a lawyer by the name of Prem Sagar, decides to capitalize on this accident, and to sue Alok's employer for a large sum of money, so that they can live comfortably for the rest of their lives. He explains his plan to Alok, and asks the rest of the family also to go on with this charade - with hilarious results - that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorSai ParanjpyeStarsShabana AzmiNaseeruddin ShahSudha ChopraAnirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with social worker, Kavita. Kavita is attracted to him, and he slowly also gets attracted to her. When marriage is proposed, both agree to marry each other. Then Anirudh starts having doubts whether this marriage is going to succeed, as he feels he is being patronized, and pittied.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsJeetendraShabana AzmiRadhaA wealthy evil land owner (Amjad Khan) who likes to trick villagers into taking there lands by getting them to sign documents and making them pay interest after interest. He kills Jeetendra. 20 years later His son comes back to take revenge on him
- DirectorHiren NagStarsTapas PalMadhuri DixitSheela SharmaShankar is married to Gauri, but she has the brain of a child and does not accept him as her husband. She changes her behaviour and lives the life of a wife after attending the wedding of her friend.
- DirectorGirish KarnadStarsRekhaAmjad KhanKulbhushan KharbandaBased on the circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd Century CE, Sanskrit play "Daridra-Charudatta" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa, "Utsav" faithfully follows Bhasa's story-line. Vasantasena, a courtesan who dances at the King Palaka's court hides in Charudatta's house while running away from the amorous attentions of the king's brother-in-law. She falls in love with Charudatta, though he is married and penniless. They have an affair. Meanwhile, the rightful heir to the throne - King Palaka's brother - escapes from prison. While he is being pursued by the king's troops, Charudatta helps him. The king's brother-in-law strangles Vasantasena when she refuses to submit to him and leaves her for dead. When Charudatta tries to have her jewels pawned, he is arrested for her murder. What happens to him and the other characters constitutes the final part of the film.
- DirectorNasir HussainStarsDimple KapadiaSunny DeolPrem ChopraMr. Malhotra has an only daughter named Seema. He would like Seema to marry Pawan, the son of Gautam. Seema is receptive to this, and even arranges to meet with Pawan. While traveling alone one day in the country side, Seema meets up with Vijay, and both fall in love. Unknown to both, Mr. Malhotra has been approached by an international smuggler Niranjan Das, who is impersonating Mr. Malhotra's childhood friend, and has asked for Seema's hand in marriage for his son Roopesh. Seema subsequently has an accident and loses her memory. She is looked after by Gautam, who will not let anyone, including Vijay, to come anywhere near Seema. And even if Seema's memory does return, she will have to consent to marrying Roopesh, her father's choice.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAnil KapoorDilip KumarWaheeda RehmanA chain of events changes Vinod's life - from honest journalist to black marketer to an underworld Don and a Racketeer in order to combat Vardhan.
- DirectorSaawan Kumar TakStarsSunil DuttPoonam DhillonAnil KapoorBitter hatred has always existed between two Rajput families, namely those of Bharat Singh and Prithviraj Singh, resulting in the death of Bharat's nephew. Years later, Prithviraj's son Dharamraj marries Sunaina, who gives birth to a baby boy named Deshraj. On Deshraj's 10th birthday, Prithviraj goes to make peace with Bharat and invites him for a birthday party, which Bharat attends, but there is no end to the animosity--which results in the death of Prithviraj when his chauffeur, Chandu, is bribed and manipulated by Bharat and his men. Beside himself with anger, Dharamraj poisons Chandu and sends Deshraj to the U.S. to live in a safer atmosphere as her continues his studies. Years later, Deshraj returns home and meets and falls in love with a young woman named Leela, who is none other than Chandu's daughter. Fearing for his son's life, Dharamraj proposes peace with Bharat and would like his son to marry Bharat's daughter Padmini. When Deshraj refuses to marry Padmini, Dharamraj is beside himself with anger and has Leela abducted and imprisoned. Deshraj must now make a choice: he can marry Padmini and ensure peace between the two families, or he can elope with Leela and live a life full of fear and uncertainty, not knowing when they will be killed, and whether it will be at the hands of Bharat or Dharamraj.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsRishi KapoorMoushumi ChatterjeeShammi KapoorAccused of theft, Ram Singh abandons his wife and relocates to the city with his son Vijay. Years later, while on his deathbed, Ram Singh tells the truth to Vijay, who vows to set things right.
- DirectorMehul KumarStarsGovardhan AsraniC.S. DubeyUtpal DuttRajesh Mehra lives a wealthy lifestyle with his mom, Sarita, and dad. His dad finalizes his marriage with Malti, who is the daughter of equally wealthy, Jagdish Kapoor. When Rajesh is told, he refuses to marry Malti as she is mentally unstable, an argument ensues, and Rajesh angrily leaves. He befriends a poultry farmer, Majid Kaliya, and lives rent-free in a room in his house. Rajesh takes to singing in a nightclub, meets with wealthy Ritu Mafatlal and both fall in love with each other. Mafatlal wants a rich groom for Ritu, and refuses to permit them to marry, so both elope, get married, and Malti moves in with Rajesh in Majid's room. This does not auger well with Majid's wife, Shabnam, who refuses to permit both to sleep together. Understanding their frustration, Majid gives them two passes to Mysore where they can spend time with each other - the only problem is that the passes are in the names of Kaushal and his sister Kamini Tiwari. Watch what happens when the duo end up at the Srivastav household, run by the Hitler-like Jailor, who had been fired from his job for letting Veeru and Jai (of Sholay) escape from his penitentiary, and are wooed by Murari and Leela Srivastav. Chaos ensues when Kaushal and Kamini decide to make a run with the jailer, and an odd assortment of characters - ranging from goons to black marketeers, giving chase to the hapless honeymooning couple
- DirectorPravin BhattStarsShabana AzmiMarc ZuberSaeed JaffreyBhavna is a story of a less privileged women. A lady who was living all alone in the city met a man named Ajay Kapoor in a garden, sketching. They became friends and later on friendship turned into love. Eventually they got married, however, Kapor's dad had not granted permission for this marriage. After bearing a financial crises, Ajay went to see his dad who was residing in another city. Ajay never came back to Bhavna. Bhavna went to that city and was astonished to see that Ajay married another women. Dejected Bhanva came back and started a new job. But this was not the end of the story.