Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1986
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 25 were hit and rest in this list below were declared as box office flops in India and in few as average grossers and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits.
All the below films in the list are regarded as classics except Jeeva, Zindagani, Avinaash, Nagina, Swarg Se Sundar, Locket, Love 86, Akhree Rasta, Asli Naqli, Dharam Adhikari, Ek Aur Sikander, Sinhasan, Karmdatta, Ilzaam, Mera Dharam, Begaana, Jaal, Dosti Dushmani and Aisa Pyar Kahaa.
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 25 were hit and rest in this list below were declared as box office flops in India and in few as average grossers and the rest of the films from the beginning were Superhits.
All the below films in the list are regarded as classics except Jeeva, Zindagani, Avinaash, Nagina, Swarg Se Sundar, Locket, Love 86, Akhree Rasta, Asli Naqli, Dharam Adhikari, Ek Aur Sikander, Sinhasan, Karmdatta, Ilzaam, Mera Dharam, Begaana, Jaal, Dosti Dushmani and Aisa Pyar Kahaa.
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- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsDilip KumarNutanNaseeruddin ShahThe BSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail Dang is logged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa who now calls himself Dada Thakur is determine to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang which prompts him to recruit three prisoners who are soon to be hang namely Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti. Soon Dada Thakur will come to realize that these prisoners are least interested in his mission as they planned their own agenda.
- DirectorHarmesh MalhotraStarsSrideviRishi KapoorAmrish PuriThe film revolves around Rajni, a shape-shifting cobra who marries a civilian to avenge the death of her spouse at the hands of an evil saint.
- DirectorMohan KumarStarsRajesh KhannaSmita PatilAruna IraniWidowed Amrit and Kamala are ill-treated by their respective children and find solace in each other's company. As their bond strengthens, the two decide to separate from their families and spend their lives together.
- DirectorFeroz KhanStarsFeroz KhanAnil KapoorDimple KapadiaRana Vikram Singh (Amrish Puri) has two sons, police officer Rajesh (Feroz Khan) and fun-loving playboy Amar (Anil Kapoor). Rajesh has gone through the traumatic experience of losing the girl he loved (Sridevi), when she succumbed to drug addiction. He vows to fight this menace. An underworld kingpin Raja (Raza Murad) murders Rana's old friend, and his daughter Reshma (Dimple) takes shelter in Rana's house. Amar and Reshma fall in love, but evil Raja pursues her. Meanwhile, Rajesh is on the trail of the drug cartel that victimized his girlfriend.
- DirectorChitrayugVijay SadanahStarsRajesh KhannaTina AmbaniZarina WahabVishal and Jyoti come from different backgrounds, but fall in love, and in spite of oppositions from both the couples' sides, are married. After marriage, they settle down to some wedded bliss, but misunderstandings create problems. These problems persist even when Jyoti gives birth to healthy baby boy, Lucky (Master Lucky). Jyoti and Vishal also own a former winning racehorse, and Vishal is a jockey, who used to ride him. Due to failing health, Vishal has been advised by his doctor not to ride anymore. Lucky grows up and his parents separate, and Lucky lives with his dad. He is brought up to think that his mom has passed away. So when Jyoti re-enters his life, she is introduced to him as "aunty". Will Lucky ever come to know of his real mother? Will Vishal ever to able to ride again? Will Jyoti and Vishal patch up their differences in the interest of their son?
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsNutanKumar GauravSanjay DuttFollows the story of Vicky, who gets entrapped in a criminal plot after he leaves his country for work.
- DirectorShibu MitraStarsShashi KapoorShatrughan SinhaRaj KiranAjay is a street dancer and while people are watching his dance his fellow members manage to rob their houses.One day he decides to quit it as he was forcefully bought into this.Ajay saves Laxmi from goons following which she takes him to his house.Laxmi's mother and her older brother Inspector Suraj welcome him and allow whim to stay with them as he has no way to go.Aarti and Ajay were to get married but he suddenly disappeared from her life.Aarti sees him after long but Ajay ignores her.Aarti is shocked on why Ajay is ignoring her and why he disappeared from her life.What will be reaction of Suraj and his family when he will find that Ajay is a thief.
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsJeetendraJaya PradaMithun ChakrabortyVijay is the head of the village living with his wife Laxmi he is looked with respect by everyone in village for the changes he has done to his village but Milavat Ram and Paanalal are jealous of him. Laxmi is childless for years and is taunted by villagers she and Vijay have taken care of his younger brother Ravi as their son he is in love with Lalita daughter of Milavat Ram after many obstacles they get married and Lalita soon gets pregnant around the same time Laxmi also gets pregnant.But Lalita looses her child in hospital and is in serious condition,Laxmi whose admitted to the same hospital gives birth to a baby boy she and Vijay decide to give the baby to Lalita without anyone's knowledge to save her life. Laxmi and Lalita decide to raise the baby together.But Pannalal and Milavat Ram create a rift in their family.
- DirectorRajesh SethRajesh SethiStarsRajesh KhannaSmita PatilRaj BabbarAarti Verma (Smita Patil) is an educated girl living with her young brother Sanjay Verma (Alankar Joshi) and her mother. She joins as the personal secretary to Jolly (Shakti Kapoor). Meanwhile, Vijay (Raj Babbar) develops a desire that he should marry Aarti, although he does not propose to her directly. One day Vijay finds that Aarti's brother is a drug addict and promptly informs Aarti. She convinces her brother to join the army so that he becomes a disciplined person in his life. After a few days Jolly tries to rape Aarti and Vijay comes to the rescue.
- DirectorPramod ChakravortyStarsRajesh KhannaShabanaAshok KumarInspector Ashok Sharma is assigned to take over as Inspector In-Charge of a remote police station, which he does. Upon his arrival there, he comes to the rescue of a blind man and a widow, and has a fist fight with Nishikant Shah and his men. The next day, Shah finds out that the person his men fought with is no other than the new Inspector In-charge, and he goes to pay homage, but Ashok refuses. Then Shah and the local MLA spin a web of lies and deceit, in which Ashok is accused of killing a man in custody, and as a result he may face criminal charges and also lose his job.
- DirectorEsmayeel ShroffStarsTanuja SamarthRohan KapoorNeelam KothariLaxmidevi is a strict disciplinarian and stern mother, who rules over her palatial house with an iron hand. She has two daughters of marriageable age, one is Leena, and the other is Isha. She wants to get them married to two brothers from a decent and well-off family, so that both sisters can be together for life. But fate decides otherwise, for her daughters are not all that interested in her choice of their grooms, but prefer two down-and-out thieves named Omi and Vikram Doshi, who are orphaned at a very young age, and come from poor families. Now Laxmidevi must decide about the fate of her two daughters and her prospective son-in-laws.
- DirectorVijay SadanahStarsJeetendraJaya PradaMithun ChakrabortyThis story revolves around three sisters. The first is Suraj's widow sister, has a grown son by the name of Kasturi, and lives with her unmarried brother, Suraj; the second is Sarita Khanna who lives with her advocate brother, Deepak; and the third is Pooja who lives with her businessman brother, Sagar. Although the three families are not known to each other, their lives do inter-wine when Suraj gets married to Pooja, and Sagar marries Sarita. While the three families, who are now thrown together, live harmoniously, there is a level of bitterness with Deepak, who had hoped to marry Pooja. And one of the three sisters now plans to wreak havoc on the three families. The question is who is the that is fated to be destructive and break up these families. Watch how events unfold and start with Suraj being imprisoned for carrying out an assault on Sagar.
- DirectorK. BapaiahStarsJeetendraSrideviKader KhanGirdharilal (Kader Khan) is a very rich and wealthy man. He has made a number of enemies. One of his enemies asks a beggar to masquerade as Girdharilal for a price, to which the beggar agrees. The switch takes place, with the real Girdharilal being abducted. A series of hilarious and comical events take turn as the beggar attempts to pretend to be a rich, left-handed tycoon.
- DirectorPrabhat RoyStarsRakhee GulzarMithun ChakrabortyRati AgnihotriAnand is looking to arrest the woman who killed his father, unaware that she's his own mother.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsGovardhan AsraniBhanupriyaPoonam DhillonThe friendship of three best friends develops a rift due to a misunderstanding created by their common enemy.
- DirectorAravind SenStarsRajesh KhannaShabana AzmiDeepti NavalIndrani, a daughter of a multimillionaire Seth Ratanlal, falls in love with an ordinary but honest Dinesh and vows to marry him. Dishonest and cunning servant Mohanlal gets hurt to know this and starts bittering the cars of Seth Ratanlal against Indrani. Indrani confessing all this, gives a shocking news that she is going to be a mother of Dinesh's child. Mohanlal gets beaten by Dinesh's hired gangsters who take him underground and tell Seth Ratanlal that Dinesh absconded to London by giving false promise of marriage to Indrani.To get rid of defaming, Seth Ratanlal gives the charge of his office and business to Mohanlal, and leaves the city with his daughter for few days.Honest accountant Jagdish seeing Mohanlal in the chair of owner Seth Ratan Lal, exposes his true figure of dishonesty and unfaithfulness. This insult hurts Mohanlal very much and as a revenge he causes Jagdish to be in a truck accident. Rajesh, son of Jagdish, takes a vow of revenge for the one who made his father lame. After returning, Seth Ratan Lal comes to know that cunning Mohanlal has captured all his business. Circumstances compel Indrani to marry Mohanlal. Mohanlal's son Ranjeet, who is very helpful to the poor and very much aloof from the character of his father, gets released union leader Bajrangee from the jail. Sunita with a view to take revenge works as a private secretary to Mohanlal.
- DirectorUmesh MehraStarsRekhaMithun ChakrabortyMandakiniShankar Verma lives a poor lifestyle with his mom, Shanti, in India after His father, Sathpal, leaves the family for a courtesan by the name of Meenabai. Years later, Shankar has now grown up and finds himself the object of affection of two beautiful women, Sunita - who is wealthy and is the daughter of Bhanu Pratap Singh, and Madhu - who is poor and lives with her parents, Hariya and Tara. Both women think that Shankar is in love with them. Shankar is hired by a wealthy woman named Amita who wants him to spy on Bhanu Pratap, his sons, Balram and Jackie, and his partner, Kedar. Shankar goes on this task and reports his findings to Amita regularly. One day while talking to villagers, he finds out that his dad had a bad reputation and had not only betrayed Bhanu Pratap, but had also killed Bhanu's brother, Shashi. His inquiries take him to Central Jail so that he could speak with his dad, but on arrival, he is told that his dad passed away six years ago. Shankar then sets out to find out the whereabouts of Meenabai, but her brothel had caught fire and no one knows her whereabouts. Little does Shankar know that Meenabai is still alive in the shape and form of none other than Amita - and is using Shankar as a tool to extract vengeance against Bhanu Pratap!!
- DirectorK. Raghavendra RaoM. Madhusudhana RaoStarsDilip KumarJeetendraSrideviThe compelling story of honest and ethical Dharamraj of Nand Gaon village, whose very name instills fear amongst wrong-doers. Ironically, the very man whose family has been administering justice for four generations, must now distance himself against his very own brother, Prakash; wife, Savitri; and daughter, Aarti, while the villagers, headed by Chaudhry and Shastri, charge him of having an illicit and extra-marital affair with a widow.
- DirectorKranthi KumarStarsShashi KapoorSharmila TagoreMeenakshi SheshadriSharda, a nurse and single mother, raises her daughter Swati as an independent, articulate young woman. Swati is a strong advocate of women's rights in a society where there is significant male domination. Swati deals with eve teasers firmly, sometimes with considerable force. When a married friend of hers gets raped in the presence of her husband, she acts as a counsellor and helps them adjust to the reality of a society that blames the victim and not the rapists. Swati takes on a huge transformation when she meets a political activist and falls in love with him. She embarks on a project of matchmaking for her mother and engineers a wedding with a widower who has a grown-up daughter.
- DirectorK. Muralimohana RaoStarsMithun ChakrabortySmita PatilMeenakshi SheshadriWhen a MLA's son kills his wife, a man attempts to bring him to justice and hopes that his estranged sister a Judge, will support him in the cause.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAnil KapoorAmrita SinghOm PrakashA man lives a poor lifestyle in a small town with his older brothers. He is unemployed and commits himself to be a wrestler, but he has to promise to be celibate until he is 40 years old.
- DirectorSudarshan NagStarsShatrughan SinhaRajinikanthAnita RajSeth Laxmi Narayan and his wife had a son who was separated at an early age. The only clue they have is that he has a locket around his neck. When Laxmi Narayan passes away, he leaves behind a lot of money and wealth. His wife makes efforts to locate her long-lost son, with the help of her relative, Durjan Singh. Durjan Singh hires a local thug, Birju, and asks him to pose as the long-lost son, for a hefty price, to which he agrees. Mrs. Narayan welcomes Birju as her son, and accepts him, little knowing his agenda, and the evil scheme devised by Durjan Singh and his son.
- DirectorKrishnaStarsBharat BhushanLeena DasGulshan GroverMaharaja Sharminder Bhupathi of Avanti and his wife, the Rajmata, would like to see peace in the region, and would like their daughter, Alaknanda, to marry the prince of Gandharva, Aditya Vardhan. While in Gandharva, Aditya has plans of his own, for he loves a courtesan, Jaswanti, and would not dream of marrying anyone else, much to the disapproval of his brother, Ugrarao. Not to be outdone, Alaknanda loves a young warrior by the name of Vikram Singh. Acharya Abangdev of Avanti has plans of his own, which do not include Alaknanda, as he would like to take the region over and rule over it through Ugrarao. Then the unexpected happens, Aditya is reportedly killed by bandits, and Abangdev announces that Ugrarao be the next king, but at the very moment, Aditya shows up, is crowned the king, and makes sweeping changes to Avanti for the betterment of the people. His mother wants him to marry Alaknanda, but he chooses Chandana, and soon both get married. What Aditya does not know is that Chandana is really a beauty filled with venom that will kill anyone who loves her. Over at Gandharva, Alaknanda is crowned the Queen, but is not permitted to marry someone lower than her rank and status. In the background an embittered Abangdev schemes with Bhanu Pratap, and Ugrarao to escalate hostilities between the two kingdoms, which will lead to war, and thus lead him to rule both the kingdoms.
- DirectorI.V. SasiStarsRajesh KhannaSmita PatilSabeehaMary, an inmate of an orphanage run by nuns, is good at studies and is artistically talented, her education so far has been sponsored by a philanthropist. Her sponsor, a rich old man who she has never met but has only corresponded with through the nuns, passes away, laving her dreams of a college education in shambles. Mr. Robert Brown (Bob) who is now at the helm of affairs of his father's business agrees to continue her sponsorship. Bob is a confirmed bachelor and Mary is drawn to him by some mysterious force.
- DirectorBhagyarajStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviJaya PradaAn ex-convict is bent on revenge against the people responsible for his wrongful imprisonment but is pit against his estranged son who is now a police officer.
- DirectorRahul RawailStarsSunny DeolPoonam DhillonAnupam KherHonest police officer Surajbhan would like Rajeshwar Nath to provide all the material documents that can prove Raiszada Narsingh is a hardcore criminal. When Raiszada learns of this through his henchman Hansukh he kills Surajbhan and frames Rajeshwar Nath for this killing. Years later Surajbhan's son Ajit grows up with Raiszada and is willing to locate Rajeshwar Nath who now calls himself Girija Shankar so that he can avenge the murder of his dad.
- DirectorShashilal K. NairStarsShammi KapoorMithun ChakrabortyAmrita SinghNeeta, daughter of Rai Bahadur, marries Ajit, but fails to meet monetary demands, leading to her suicide and leaving her daughter Pinky to live with Govinda.
- DirectorChetan AnandStarsSanjeev KumarZeenat AmanJackie ShroffGeeta lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed mother in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, who works as a Nurse in a hospital run by Dr. Bhanu Pratap, while she herself sings and dances in a hotel. She is in love with wealthy Lalit Mohan Singh, who lives with his widower dad in a mansion. When Lalit informs his dad that he wants to marry Geeta, he is told to go abroad and forget about Geeta, which he does, leaving behind a pregnant Geeta, who gives birth, but is subsequently told by her mother that the child, a son, was born lifeless. Six years later Lalit returns home, cremates his dad, locates Geeta, they meet, patch-up, re-kindle their romance and get married. Geeta gets pregnant but the child is born lifeless, and the doctor tells Lalit that Geeta will not be able to conceive again. With her marriage on the rocks, her mother tells them that her son was very much alive, but she gave him up in order to prevent a stigma being cast on her daughter. They meet with Dr. Bhanu Pratap, who refuses to tell them who adopted the child. Subsequently, Lalit finds out that his son is living with a widow named Mala Singh Yadav. They confront Bhanu Pratap, and together attempt to convince Mala to release the child to them, but she refuses. Lalit takes the matter to Court, where the Judge appears to be convinced by Mala, but Lalit's wily lawyer has a surprise witness - who will eventually turn the entire case around - changing everyone's lives forever.
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsJackie ShroffRaj BabbarMeenakshi SheshadriMrignaini and Shekhar love each other, but due to a misunderstanding, Mrignaini decides to leave him. She then marries another man. Her life comes crashing down when Shekhar reappears in her life.
- DirectorAmbrish SangalStarsRati AgnihotriArun BakshiMohan ChotiAnand Mathur lives a middle-class lifestyle along with his sister, Asha, and retired Magistrate and widower dad in Bombay's suburbs and studies in Mithibai College of Arts. He wins the college annual day singing competition, angering his nearest rival, Rama Kumar. He subsequently comes to know that Asha is in love with Rama's brother, Vinod, and arranges their marriage. After the marriage, he finds out that Vinod, Rama and their aunt, Leela, had expected a huge dowry, and on receiving none have now started putting pressure on Asha to get some money and a fridge. Anand arranges for money and gets them a fridge. Vinod and his family then start to create misunderstandings between Asha and Anand albeit in vain. Vinod becomes more and more greedy and possessive about Asha and refuses to permit her to see her dad and brother. When Anand's dad passes away, Vinod manages to get a motorcycle from Anand but continues to create a barrier between brother and sister, so much so that Asha is convinced that Anand is up to no good. Then one day they get the news that Anand has embezzled money from his employer, Vijaya Bank, Santa Cruz Branch. Subsequently they learn that while absconding, Anand has met with a fatal accident. Quite unknown to them Anand is very much alive and with the help of wealthy smuggler, Kailashnath Rana, whose life he saved, is now masquerading as Rana himself, has befriended and seduced Rama, got married to her and is all set to avenge his humiliation at Vinod's hands. Before he could complete his vendetta, he is abducted by Kailashnath's arch-enemy, A.P. Lall, and held until Kailashnath himself comes to negotiate his release. Will Kailashnath negotiate with A.P. Lall, and if so, will this abduction reveal Anand's real identity to the world, and if so, what will be the outcome of this exposure on Asha, Vinod and Rama?
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsRishi KapoorFarha NaazRadhika SarathkumarA domineering man marries his son to a simple village girl. But when she arrives at his house in the city, she discovers that he is already married to an attractive city woman.
- DirectorRamesh AhujaStarsJeetendraRekhaVinod MehraThe emperor thwarts his intention of parting with his belongings to his lecherous nephew, Thakur Veer Pratap Singh and instead pledge everything to his grandson, Prince Anil. Before the Thakur can take any action on Crown Prince Anil; the emperor asks his trusted manager, Diwan Sardarilal to escape with Anil. But the Thakur catches up with the Diwan and abducts him thus he is separated from his wife and children with the crown prince losing his way in the process. Even after 20 years the Thakur is still holding the Diwan as hostage until he release information about two separate lockets which contains a secret map leading to a hidden treasure.
- DirectorRamesh SharmaRomesh SharmaStarsShashi KapoorSharmila TagoreOm PuriWhen a politician is killed, a journalist discovers that a member of parliament had the man assassinated. As his editor digs deeper, the complicity of higher-placed politicians comes to the surface, which leads to riots in one town and an attempt to suppress his story.
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsRaj BabbarPadmini KolhapureUtpal DuttAlthough scores of people migrate to Bombay, from all over India, most do not even have a roof to live under. Some who are lucky manage to find accommodations but pay very high rents, and others who find accommodations refuse to vacate under any circumstances. Two such tenants are Mrs. Laxmi Abhyankar and her employed daughter, Jaya, who live in a flat in Pali Hill area. They had rented this flat from Lucknow-based Kundanlal Choudhury 15 years ago and have been paying him the same amount of Rs.500/- since then. Kundanlal's son, Anil, comes to Bombay to seek employment, and does get employed. His dad wants him to go and live with the Abhyankars, which he does. He falls in love with Jaya and both plan to get married soon. While in Lucknow, Kundanlal misses his son and re-locates to Bombay, and would like the Abhyankars to vacate the flat. Jaya and Laxmi refuse to vacate, and ask Anil to leave, which he does. Now both Anil and his father reside in a small room, and file a complaint in the local court to arrange to evict the Abhyankars, who have also sworn to fight this matter right to the very end. Watch as lawyers take over their respective lives, get their fees, and get adjournment after adjournment - leaving the Abhyankars and the Choudhurys hanging in suspense as to what is going to happen next.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsSanjay DuttMandakiniAmjad KhanJeevan, who wants to be a police officer, becomes a Dacoit called Jeeva after his parents die.
- DirectorUmesh MehraStarsMithun ChakrabortyPoonam DhillonBindiya GoswamiA dealer of stolen goods and a singer, Avinash finds his life turned upside down when goons break into his house, assault his fiancée, Dr. Sapna, and his brother, Sumit; kill his mother; abduct and then torture him in order to compel him to tell them about the whereabouts of a missing video film. He attempts to fight back, is shot at sea, and is believed to have perished. He does survive, but has lost his memory. Soon he will not only be chased by goons, but a woman, Nisha, will attempt to seduce him; another woman, Alka, will claim to be his wife; Rajan, a Police Inspector, will befriend him; and a terrorist, Pratap, and his goons are determined to get the video-film at any and all cost.