Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1983
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 are hits and rest films in this list below were declared as box office flops and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits
All the films below are classics except Mahaan , Prem Tapasya, Coolie, Himmatwala, Mawali, Naukar Biwi Ka, Nishan , Nastik, Kalakaar, Jaani Dost, Andha Kanoon , Bandhan Kuchche Dagaon Ka, Taqdeer and Romance.
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 are hits and rest films in this list below were declared as box office flops and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits
All the films below are classics except Mahaan , Prem Tapasya, Coolie, Himmatwala, Mawali, Naukar Biwi Ka, Nishan , Nastik, Kalakaar, Jaani Dost, Andha Kanoon , Bandhan Kuchche Dagaon Ka, Taqdeer and Romance.
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- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsSrideviJeetendraAmjad KhanA poor and wronged woman's son returns from the big city to avenge his father, a honest school teacher.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiPrayag RajStarsAmitabh BachchanWaheeda RehmanRishi KapoorWhen Iqbal gets separated from his mother and brother by a flood, he becomes a coolie at Mumbai railway station. He then fights for the coolies rights and faces challenges from a businessman.
- DirectorSaawan Kumar TakStarsRajesh KhannaTina AmbaniPadmini KolhapureShyam, a middle-class man, falls in love with a millionaire's daughter and marries her. However, as their relationship starts deteriorating, Shyam finds solace in the company of Radha.
- DirectorMohan KumarStarsRajesh KhannaShabana AzmiSujit KumarAvtaar Krishen lives a poor lifestyle with his wife, Radha, and two sons, Ramesh and Chander. He works in a factory and toils hard so that his sons can get the necessary education, and live a better lifestyle. He gets injured and crippled while working, but is compensated adequately by his employer, Bawaji. Years later his sons have grown up. While Ramesh has married Sudha and works with a bank; Chander is wooing Renu, the only daughter of wealthy Seth Laxminarayan. When Avtaar and Radha wish to go on a tirathyatra (pilgrimage), they ask Ramesh to book tickets for them, but he tells them that he has no money. When Radha gets sick, their servant, Sewak, enters Sudha's room to get some money for her treatment, as a result Radha does get treatment, but Sudha blames them for stealing her money. Avtaar asks Ramesh and his wife to get out, only to find out that the house is now in Sudha's name. AVtaar, Radha and Sewak move out and live in a shanty hut. Their hopes are with Chander, who does well in his exams, decides to marry Renu, and moves out without financially assisting his parents. Now Avtaar and Radha are elderly and dependent on Sewak, and the question remains will they resign themselves to this existence, if not, what possibly can a crippled older male accomplish, especially at this time in his life?
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsSanjeev KumarShammi KapoorJackie ShroffAfter his friend is imprisoned, a hitman kidnaps the daughter of the police commissioner by telling her that he is a police officer.
- DirectorLekh TandonStarsRajesh KhannaRekhaRaj BabbarRadha's husband becomes disabled post a car accident. To make ends meet, she unwillingly accepts a job as a nanny at a wealthy family's house. Complications arise when she learns the family's reason for hiring specifically her.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsJeetendraHema MaliniSrideviAn honest and upright lawyer becomes a judge; marries his disabled daughter to a crook, and is blackmailed to compromise his judicial judgements.
- DirectorRahul RawailStarsShammi KapoorNirupa RoyPrem ChopraA young man (Sunny Deol) and woman (Amrita Singh) fall in love, but face obstacles from their families.
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsJeetendraSrideviJaya PradaRamesh gets employ as an engineer in a factory own and maintain by the wealthy, Goyal Verma. Goyal has a daughter, Nisha who is of marriage-able age and who also is in love with Ramesh. But their marriage is unacceptable by Goyal and in retaliation he fires Ramesh from his job. This does not end here as the next day Goyal is found dead in his bedroom and Ramesh is accuse of killing him; who is also convicted in a court of law and remanded to prison. While in prison he gets to meet his look-alike Gangu - with Gangu entering into the frame-work this opens up a game between Ramesh and the real killers of Mr. Goyal.
- DirectorRajkumar KohliStarsDharmendraAnita RajReena RoyJagirdar Bishamber Nath a wealthy man disowns his son, police inspector Amar Nath for marrying against his wishes. In the course of his duties Amar sends a notorious criminal Pinto to jail. In due course, Pinto escapes from prison and begins a vendetta which results in several deaths, children being separated from parents and the loyalty of a family driver which saves Jyoti. As the children grow up there is a peek behind the scenes of movieland in Bombay, abductions, being loved, unrequited love, broken childhood engagement, success in stardom, suicide and failure. Does Amar's daughter Jyoti find her true love? Is wealthy Bishamber Nath destined to a lonely old age?
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsNaseeruddin ShahShabana AzmiJugal HansrajA happy family goes through turbulent times because of a big mistake by one of the family members.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsRajinikanthHema MaliniReena RoyTwo siblings attempt to avenge the death of their parents. But the sister believes in the law while the brother believes in administering justice himself.
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoStarsDharmendraJeetendraParveen BabiTwo childhood friends face obstacles and challenges after they confront gangsters and each other.
- DirectorSurendra MohanSikandar KhannaStarsRajesh KhannaJeetendraRekhaWhen a villain tries to break the friendship of two friends, they realise that they are brothers and set out to take revenge against the people responsible for their separation.
- DirectorBapuStarsAnil KapoorPadmini KolhapureNaseeruddin ShahMaya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she would not be happy as his wife. Anand tells Maya that he had married her only for his mother who was on her death bed. When the mother dies Anand wants to unite Prem and Maya but Prem says it is against Hindu culture and disappears from their life.
- DirectorS. Ali RazaStarsRajesh KhannaZeenat AmanPradeep KumarA young woman (Zeenat Aman), who grows up in the wild, knows the secret of a lost treasure, and is also the heir to the throne. She meets with a young man (Rajesh Khanna) and both fall in love. Then the people find out that she actually is the heir to the throne, so she re-locates to the palace. Once there, she is brainwashed into forgetting who she is, and the man she loves. Notable song: "Pyar me nazar churai nahin jati, apno se koi baat chupai nahin jati, dilbar janam janam, janam janam...";
- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsRati AgnihotriMithun ChakrabortyRekhaMalati (Rati Agnihotri), a young girl from a middle-class family meets Suresh Ray (Mithun Chakraborty), who is the son of a well-known lawyer Dayashankar Ray (Danny Denzongpa). After dating each other for some time, she finds that she is pregnant. When Suresh refuses to marry Malati, and she decides against aborting the baby, her parents throw her out and disown her. Left alone, she decides to take Suresh to court. She is supported in this fight by Shakuntala (Rekha), a lawyer who works for woman's rights, who also has an illegitimate daughter from Dayashankar Ray. The case gets much publicity and public support, and the judge rules in Malati's favor. At this point however, Malati refuses to marry Suresh and decides to raise the child on her own. In the meantime, Shakuntala dies of a heart attack, and Malati promises her to take care of her daughter, and carry on Shakuntala's work. Years later Suresh and his wife (Ranjeeta), now married for some years and still childless, run into Malati again. It turns out that she has been raising her son all by herself, and he has turned out to be a very talented and well-adjusted young and smart boy.
- DirectorJ. Om PrakashStarsJeetendraReena RoyParveen BabiThe Verma family consists of Mrs. Verma, the mother; Anil, the son; and a daughter named Vinnie. Anil loves Shobha, and hopes to marry her someday. While Vinnie loves Rakesh and also hopes to marry him someday too. Shobha and Rakesh both work for JK, a multi-millionaire industrialist. Anil has to goes overseas for a year to better his prospects. He promises to stay in touch with Shobha. However, after a year when Anil returns he finds that Vinnie and Rakesh have married, and is heart-broken to find that Shobha had married JK. Dejected but not beaten, he marries another girl by the name of Sona, but is unable to get Shobha out of his mind. Sona resents this, and one day follows him, and finds him in bed with none other than Shobha.
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsDilip KumarNanda KarnatakiRaj BabbarA laborer-turned-businessman faces challenges after the marriage of his children.
- DirectorDeepak BahryStarsMithun ChakrabortyRanjeeta KaurPran SikandRadhe Shyam is a widower and renowned masseur raising his daughter Hasina. When he is framed for the murder of a good friend and client by Seth Damodardas, he becomes separated from his daughter. She is rescued and raised by traveling gypsies. Radhe spends years searching for her, only to find that she is in love with the son (Mithun Chakraborty) of the murdered man and the rival of Damodardas' daughter. In order to save his daughter, he has to reveal himself, and risk arrest for a murder he did not commit.
- DirectorK. ViswanathStarsRati AgnihotriRenukaGirishRatan (Rakesh Roshan) is a self-styled, and rather compulsive do-gooder. His manner often alienates him from his superiors and bosses, and he often ends up getting fired. He comes across Sujata (Rati Agnihotri) and her family, and finds out that Sujata cannot get married because her father (Sujit Kumar) is not wealthy enough to afford a dowry. Ratan decides to get involved indirectly and secretly arranges Sujata's marriage with Mr. Mehra (Vinod Mehra). But will this land Ratan in trouble all over again? Is this what Sujata and Mr. Mehra really want?
- DirectorRamanand SagarStarsShammi KapoorKumar GauravPoonam DhillonBritish based Mr. and Mrs. Roy are thrilled when their son announces that he is going to marry a Caucasian woman. Soon they are blessed when a daughter, Sonia, is born. Tragically, their son passes away, leaving them heartbroken. Sonia grows up under her mother's strict control and guidance, and the love of her grandparents, who encourage her to visit India, which she does. When she returns, she announces that she has met her soul-mate in Amar, who she is going to invite to Britain, where they will marry. Her mother does not approve of this, as she wants Sonia to get married to a Caucasian male of her choice, and will not permit any interference from her in-laws, who are asked to leave her house. In the meantime Amar's passport and money are stolen. He manages to board a ship bound for Britain, where he is subsequently apprehended, arrested and turned over for prosecution and possible deportation as an illegal immigrant. It looks like Sonia's mom have have her way with her daughter after all.
- DirectorPramod ChakravortyStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniPran SikandA devout Hindu priest's son sees his father murdered and his mother and sister burned alive. He becomes an atheist and vows to avenge his family's murders at the hands of an evil landowner and smuggler.
- DirectorS. RamanathanStarsAshok KumarWaheeda RehmanAmitabh BachchanA lawyer goes into hiding after being falsely accused of committing a crime while his wife gives birth to twins. One of the twins is separated at birth, while the other twin grows up to become an inspector who is on his father's trail.