Here is the list of Bollywood films produced during 1942:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aankh Michouli | R. S. Choudhury | Nalini Jaywant | Social |
| Satish | |||
| Anand Prasad Kapoor | |||
| Amar Asha | Shailen Ghosh | Navin Yagnik | Social |
| Kamla Varerkar | |||
| Devaskar | |||
| Apna Ghar | Debaki Bose | Shanta Apte | Social |
| Mahesh Kaul | |||
| Chandra Mohan | |||
| Apna Paraya | Ramchandra Thakur | Shahu Modak | Social |
| Hansa Wadkar | |||
| Dulari | |||
| Armaan | Kidar Nath Sharma | Motilal | Social |
| Meera | |||
| A. Shah | |||
| Arzoo | M. Issa | Dhiraj Bhattacharya | Social |
| R.M. Vaidya | Purnima | ||
| Panna | |||
| Awaaz | Rafiq Rizvi | Maya Banerjee | Social |
| Swarnalata | |||
| Wasti | |||
| Bahana | A. M. Khan | Alaknanda | Drama |
| Yusuf Effendi | |||
| Benjamin | |||
| Barat | Gunjal | Shobhana Samarth | Social |
| Harish | |||
| Prakash | |||
| Basant | Amiya Chakravarty | Ulhas | Social |
| Mumtaz Shanti | |||
| Suresh | |||
| Bhakta Kabir | Rameshwar Sharma | Bharat Bhushan | Biopic |
| Mehtab | |||
| Mazhar Khan | |||
| Bharat Milap | Vijay Bhatt | Prem Adib | Epic |
| Shahu Modak | |||
| Shobhana Samarth | |||
| Bhakta Surdas | Chaturbhuj Doshi | K. L. Saigal | Biopic |
| Khursheed | |||
| Monica Desai | |||
| Blackout | Nari Ghadiali | Sadiq Ali | Action |
| Benjamin | |||
| Sardar Mansur | |||
| Bolti Bulbul | Dhirubhai Desai | Anil Kumar | Action |
| Zebunissa | |||
| Mumtaz Begum | |||
| Bombay Calling | Raja Yagnik | Navin Yagnik | Action |
| Shirin | |||
| Agha | |||
| Chandni | Jayant Desai | Khursheed | Social |
| Ishwarlal | |||
| Kesari | |||
| Chauranghee | Sibtain Fazli | Mehtab | Drama |
| Nabendusundar | Sajjan | ||
| Nazir Kashmir | |||
| Chudiyan | L. J. Bhatt | Prem Adib | Drama |
| K. J. Parmar | Jeevan | ||
| Maya Bannerji | |||
| Das Baje | Raja Nene | Paresh Bannerjee | Romantic drama |
| Urmila Vasant Thengdi | |||
| Baby Shakuntala | |||
| Daughter of the Jungle | Ramanlal Desai | Sunetra | Action |
| Baburao Pehalwan | |||
| Brijrani | |||
| Dhiraj | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Sitara Devi | Social |
| Ishwarlal | |||
| Rajkumari Shukla | |||
| Dillagi | Balwant Bhatt | Hansa Wadkar | Social |
| Kumar | |||
| Sushil Kumar | |||
| Dukh Sukh | Ram Daryani | Sitara Devi | Social |
| Vasanti | |||
| Rama Shukul | |||
| Duniya Ek Tamasha | Dwarka Khosla | Sardar Akhtar | Social |
| W. M. Khan | |||
| Urmila | |||
| Duniya Tumhari Hai | G.P. Pawar | Nandrekar | Social |
| Kanta Kumari | |||
| Sadiq | |||
| Ek Raat | Wahid-ud-din Zia-ud-din Ahmed | Prithviraj Kapoor | Social |
| Nina | |||
| K. N. Singh | |||
| Fariyaad | Jayant Desai | Noor Jehan | Social |
| Mubarak | |||
| Ishwarlal | |||
| Farman | Nanubhai Vakil | Anil Kumar | Social |
| Sarojini | |||
| W. M. Khan | |||
| Garib | Ramchandra Thakur | Surendra | Social |
| Veena Kumari | |||
| N. A. Ansari | |||
| Ghar Sansar | V.M. Vyas | Sardar Akhtar | Family |
| Mazhar Khan | |||
| Nazir | |||
| Gora Kumbhar | Anand Kumar | Lalita Pawar | Biopic |
| Haso Haso Ai Duniyawallaon | Dwarka Khosla | Rattanbai | Social |
| Devaskar | |||
| Gope | |||
| Jawab | P.C. Barua | Jamuna | Social |
| Kanan Devi | |||
| Ratin Banerjee | |||
| Jawan Ki Pukar | Dinshaw Billimoria | D. Bilimoria | Action |
| Urmila | |||
| Harish | |||
| Jawani | Wajahat Mirza | Surendra | Social |
| Husn Banu | |||
| Kayam Ali | |||
| Jhankar | S. Khalil | Chandra Mohan | Social |
| Pramila | |||
| Kumar | |||
| The Jungle Princess | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia | Action |
| John Cawas | |||
| Shahzadi | |||
| Kalakar | A. Karim | Maya Devi | Social |
| Jal Merchant | |||
| Ranibala | |||
| Kaljug | Nazir | Nazir | Social |
| Sitara Devi | |||
| Kumar | |||
| Khamoshi | R. C. Talwar | Ramola | Social |
| Amarnath | |||
| Gyani | |||
| Khandaan | Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | Pran | Family |
| Noor Jehan | |||
| Manorama | |||
| Khilona | Sarvottam Badami | Snehprabha Pradhan | Social |
| P. Jairaj | |||
| Satish | |||
| Kirti | Gunjal | P. Jairaj | Social |
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Sunalini Devi | |||
| Kisise Na Kehna | Keshavrao Date | Leela Chitnis | Social |
| Krishna Gopal | Pahari Sanyal | ||
| Keshavrao Date | |||
| Kiski Biwi | M. A. Mirza | E. Bilimoria | Social |
| Kalyani Das | |||
| Anuradha | |||
| Kunwara Baap | Kishore Sahu | Protima Das Gupta | Social |
| Baby Lal | |||
| Anjali Devi | |||
| Lajwanti | Hiralal Doctor | Rattanbai | Social |
| Anuradha | |||
| W. M. Khan | |||
| Lalaji | Chamankant Gandhi | Yashodhara Katju | Social |
| Lalit Mehta | Krishnakant | ||
| Yakub | |||
| Mahakavi Kalidas | Niren Lahiri | Karunu Bannerjee | Biopic |
| Chhabi Biswas | |||
| Ulhas | |||
| Maheman | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Madhuri | Social |
| Ishwarlal | |||
| Shamim | |||
| Malan | V. M. Vyas | Shanta Hublikar | Social |
| Rattanbai | |||
| Balwant Singh | |||
| Mamaji | Narottam Vyas | Lalita Pawar | Social |
| Nandrekar | |||
| Yakub | |||
| Mamta | I.A. Hafizji | Prince Dara | Social |
| Pushpa Rani | |||
| Kalawati | |||
| Mata | Gunjal | Shobhana Samarth | Family |
| Chandrakant | |||
| Mubarak | |||
| Meenakshi | Modhu Bose | Sadhona Bose | Romantic melodrama |
| Ahindra Choudhury | |||
| Rajlakshmi Devi | |||
| Motorwali | A. M. Khan | Radharani | Action |
| Prakash | |||
| Ameena | |||
| Muqabala | Babubhai Mistri | Fearless Nadia | Action |
| Batuk Bhatt | Yakub | ||
| Agha | |||
| My Village | Prafulla Roy | Hansa Wadkar, | Social |
| P. Jairaj, | |||
| K. C. Dey | |||
| Nai Duniya | Abdul Rashid Kardar | P. Jairaj | Social |
| Shobhana Samarth | |||
| Wasti | |||
| Nari | Raja Yagnik | Trilok Kapoor | Social |
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Kamla Warekar | |||
| Nazrana | G. P. Kapoor | Mahipal | Costume |
| Anuradha | |||
| Lalita Dev | |||
| Parda Nasheen | I. A. Hafizji | Ram Dulari | Social |
| Haseena | |||
| Girdhari | |||
| Phir Milenge | Sohrab Modi | Sardar Akhtar | Social |
| Sohrab Modi | |||
| Meena Shorey | |||
| Pritam | Mohan Sinha | Maya Banerji | Social |
| Shyam Sunder | |||
| Shanti | |||
| Pyara Watan | M. Udwadia | Benjamin | Social |
| Alaknanda | |||
| Yashwant Dave | |||
| Raisaheb | S. M. Yusuf | Trilok Kapoor | Social |
| Kaushalya | |||
| Rattanbai | |||
| Raja Rani | Najam Naqvi | Trilok Kapoor | Drama |
| Vanamala | |||
| Maya Devi | |||
| Return of Toofan Mail | Aspi Irani | Arun | Action |
| Shamim | |||
| Brijmala | |||
| Roti | Mehboob Akhtar | Chandra Mohan | Social |
| Akhtaribai Faizabadi | |||
| Sheikh Mukhtar | |||
| Sachcha Sapna | Madhav Kale | Rajkumari | Social |
| Madhav Kale | |||
| Kumar | |||
| Saheli | S. M. Yusuf | Pahari Sanyal | Social |
| Rattanbai | |||
| Pramila | |||
| Sarovar Ki Sundari | A. M. Khan | Romila | Action |
| Zebunissa | |||
| Ameena | |||
| Saugandh | Hemchandra Chunder | Pahari Sanyal | Social |
| Chhabi Biswas | |||
| Tulsi Chakraborty | |||
| Savera | V. C. Desai | Shobhana Samarth | Social |
| Arun Kumar | |||
| Nirmala Devi | |||
| Sewa | Dhirubhai Desai | Shanta Kumari | Social |
| Zahur Raja | |||
| Shyam Sunde | |||
| Sharda | Abdul Rashid Kardar | Mehtab | Drama |
| Ulhas | |||
| Nirmala Devi | |||
| Sheikh Chilli | Kikubhai Desai | Moti | Comedy |
| Navinchandra | |||
| Bose | |||
| Shobha | Kumarsen Samarth | Shobhana Samarth | Social |
| Shahu Modak | |||
| Karan Dewan | |||
| Society | Nazir | Sitara Devi | Social |
| Nazir | |||
| Rajkumari Shukla | |||
| Station Master | Chimanlal Luhar | Prem Adib | Social |
| Kaushalya | |||
| Suraiya | |||
| Suhagan | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | Jehanara Kajjan | Social |
| Kumar | |||
| Radharani | |||
| Sukhi Jeevan | Bhagwan | Bhagwan | Social |
| Harishchandra | Ashalata | ||
| Harishchandra | |||
| Swaminath | Wajahat Mirza | Shobhana Samarth | Social |
| Prem Adib | |||
| Keki Adajani | |||
| Swapna | Zia Sarhadi | E. Billimoria | Social |
| Kaushalya | |||
| Balwant Singh | |||
| Tamanna | Phani Majumdar | Nargis | Social |
| Suraiya | |||
| P. Jairaj | |||
| Tamasha | Dwarka Khosla | Sardar Akhtar | Social |
| Devaskar | |||
| W. M. Khan | |||
| Ujala | K. M. Multani | Naseem Banu | Social |
| Prithviraj Kapoor | |||
| Mubarak | |||
| Uljhan | N.R. Acharya | Sardar Akhtar | Social |
| Mazhar Khan | |||
| Anjali Devi | |||
| Ulti Ganga | Keshavrao Dhaiber | Paresh Bannerjee | Social |
| E. Tarapore | |||
| Brijrani | |||
| Vasantsena | Gajanan Jagirdar | Gajanan Jagirdar | Drama |
| Shahu Modak | |||
| Vanamala | |||
| Vijay | Mohan Sinha | Durga Khote | Social |
| Harish | |||
| Husn Banu | |||
| Yaad | Mazhar Khan | Veena | Social |
| Satish Batra | |||
| Mazhar Khan | |||
| Zamindar | Moti B. Gidwani | Shanta Apte | Social |
| Manorama | |||
| Ghulam Mohammed | |||
| Zevar | K. Amarnath | E. Bilimoria | Action |
| Jayant | |||
| Indurani |