Here is the list of Bollywood films produced during 1946:
| Film | Director | Cast | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | Mohan Sinha | Surendra | Drama |
| Suraiya | |||
| Menaka Devi | |||
| Aath Din | Dattaram N. Pai | Ashok Kumar | Drama |
| Veera | |||
| Saadat Hasan Manto | |||
| Aai Bahar | Shankar Mehta | Irshad | Social Drama |
| Om Prakash | |||
| Ajmal | |||
| Airmail | A. Rashid | Dilawar | Action |
| Surekha | |||
| Atish Sayani | |||
| Alibaba | Nanubhai Vakil | Prakash | Fantasy |
| N. A. Ansari | |||
| Shanta Patel | |||
| Amar Raj | Homi Wadia | Trilok Kapoor | Mythological |
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Naseem Jr | |||
| Anmol Ghadi | Mehboob Khan | Noor Jehan | Romantic |
| Surendra | |||
| Suraiya | |||
| Arabian Nights | Niren Lahiri | Kanan Devi | Adventure |
| Nawab | |||
| Molina | |||
| Arab Ka Chand | Naseem Siddiqi | Prakash | Costume |
| Shanta Patel | |||
| Iqbal | |||
| Arab Ka Sitara | Nanubhai Vakil | Prakash, | Costume |
| Amirbai Karnataki | |||
| Iqbal | |||
| Baap | S. Shamsuddin | Paresh Bannerjee | Family |
| Urmila | |||
| Sunder | |||
| Bachchon Ka Khel | Raja Nene | Agha | Social drama |
| Nimbalkar | |||
| Kabir | |||
| Badnami | Majnu | Balraj Sahni | Social drama |
| Geeta Bali | |||
| Zubeida | |||
| Baghdad Ka Chor | Nanubhai Vakil | Prakash | Costume |
| N. A. Ansari | |||
| Ayaz Begu | |||
| Behram Khan | Gajanan Jagirdar | Mehtab | Historical |
| Sunalini Devi | |||
| Jagirdar | |||
| Bhakta Prahlad | Dhirubhai Desai | Ulhas | Devorional |
| Raj Kumari | |||
| Anant Marathe | |||
| Bhedi Dushman | Ramjibhai Arya | Kusum Deshpande | Action |
| Kishore | |||
| Dalpat | |||
| Bhedi Khazana | S. Usman | Sardar Mansur | Action |
| Madhurika | |||
| Bibijan | |||
| Bindiya | Chimanlal Luhar | Ragini | Social drama |
| Shakir | |||
| Kamal Zamindr | |||
| Black and White | S. M. Raza | John Cawas | Action |
| Kusum Kumari | |||
| Nazir | |||
| Black Shirt | Framji Havewala | Benjamin | Action |
| Malika | |||
| Pratima Devi | |||
| Brahman Kanya | Safdar Mirza | Benjamin | Social drama |
| Malika | |||
| Pratima | |||
| Chalis Karod | Nanabhai Bhatt | Nirmala | Drama |
| Arun Kumar Ahuja | |||
| Yakub | |||
| Chamakti Bijli | Homi Master | E. Billimoria | Action |
| Sulochana Chatterjee | |||
| Sheikh | |||
| Chandni Chowk | Thakur Himmat Singh | Erika | Drama |
| Naeem Hashmi | |||
| Chehra | R. Sharma | Suraiya | Social Drama |
| Kamal Zamindar | |||
| Najma | |||
| Circus King | B.R. Mudnaney | Brijmala | Action |
| Baburao | |||
| Cuckoo | |||
| Dasi Ya Maa | Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | Durga Khote | Family |
| Shahu Modak | |||
| Jilloo | |||
| Dev Kanya | Dhirubhai Desai | Leela Desai | Fantasy |
| Ulhas | |||
| Leela Chitni | |||
| Devar | S.M. Yusuf | Yakub | Family |
| Kumar | |||
| Jyoti | |||
| Dhadkan | Zahur Raja | Zahur Raja | Romance |
| Jyoti | |||
| Murad | |||
| Dhanwan | Vishnu Vyas | P. Jairaj | Social drama |
| Paro Devi | |||
| Anjana | |||
| Dharti | Manibhai Vyas | Trilok Kapoor | Social drama |
| Mumtaz Shanti | |||
| Padma Bannerjee | |||
| Dharti Ke Lal | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Balraj Sahni | Socialist realism |
| Tripti Mitra | |||
| Damyanti Sahni | |||
| Dhokhebaaz | R. Shivraj | Chandrakala | Action |
| Agha | |||
| Baburao Pehalwan | |||
| Dil | S. F. Hasnain | Noorjehan | Romantic Drama |
| Abdul Latif | |||
| Baby Zubaida | |||
| Door Chalen | Phani Majumdar | Naseem Banu | Social Drama |
| Balraj Sahni | |||
| Damyanti Sahni | |||
| Dosti | Bhagwan | Bhagwan | Drama |
| Usha Shukla | |||
| Azim | |||
| Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani | V. Shantaram | V. Shantaram | Biopic |
| Jayashree | |||
| Keshavrao Date | |||
| Double Face | M. Udwadia | Satyanarayan | Action |
| M. Udwadia | |||
| Naval | |||
| Dulha | Manibhai Vyas | Noor Mohammed Charlie | Social drama |
| Gulab | |||
| Chandraprabha | |||
| Duniya Ek Sarai | Kidar Sharma | Begum Para | Social drama |
| Gajanan Jagirdar | |||
| Pandit Iqbal | |||
| Durban | S. M. Yusuf | Kumar | Social drama |
| Sulochana Chatterjee | |||
| Kaushalya | |||
| Ever Ready | Nari Ghadiali | Benjamin | Action |
| Sharda | |||
| Ali | |||
| Fighting Hero | Keshav Talpade | Ramesh Vyas | Action |
| Sudha Rao | |||
| Iqbal Begum | |||
| Flying Prince | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia, | Action |
| John Cawas, | |||
| Sona Chatterjee | |||
| Ghungat | Shanti Kumar | Nirmala | Family |
| Arun Kumar | |||
| Uma Kant | |||
| Gwalan | Baburao Patel | Trilok Kapoor | Social drama |
| Sushila Rani | |||
| David | |||
| Haqdar | Rafiq Rizwi | Sayani Atish | Costume |
| Najma Begum | |||
| Harish | |||
| Hasrat | Shail Mukherjee | Suraiya | Social drama |
| Dilawar | |||
| Ranibala | |||
| Hawai Khautala | A. M. Khan | Gauhar Karnataki | Action |
| Devraj | |||
| Chisti | |||
| Her Highness | Balwant Bhatt | Prakash | Action |
| Dilawar | |||
| Sarla Devi | |||
| Hoor-e-Baghdad | A. M. Khan | Leela Pande | Costume |
| Shiraz | |||
| Mumtaz | |||
| Hoor-e-Jungle | Jaswant Jhaveri | Shabnam | Action |
| Shyam Sunder | |||
| Ashiq Hussain | |||
| Humjoli | Ismail Memon | Noor Jehan | Social drama |
| P. Jairaj | |||
| Ghulam Mohammed | |||
| Hum Ek Hain | P.L. Santoshi | Dev Anand | Social drama |
| Rehana | |||
| Rehman | |||
| Inam | Tara Harish | Latika | Action |
| Harishchandra Rao | |||
| Nazira | |||
| Insaaf | Phani Majumdar | Swarnalata | Social drama |
| Balraj Sahni | |||
| Navin Yagnik | |||
| Jadugar | Anand Prasad Kapoor | Master Vithal | Fantasy |
| Putli | |||
| Nurjehan | |||
| Jadui Putli | Ramanlal Desai | Navinchandra | Fantasy |
| Basant Malini | |||
| Moni Chatterjee | |||
| Jag Biti | M. Sadiq | Suraiya | Social Drama |
| Shakir | |||
| Sadiq Ali | |||
| Jamna Par | A. R. Zamindar | Mehru, | Social drama |
| Raja Salim | |||
| Maqbul | |||
| Jeb Katra | Nari Ghadiali | Navin Yagnik | Action |
| Rajrani | |||
| Samson | |||
| Jeevan Chhaya | Nanubhai Vakil | Shanta Hublikar | Social drama |
| Masood | |||
| Shahzadi | |||
| Jeevan Swapna | A. Karim | Naseem Banu | Social drama |
| Trilok Kapoor | |||
| Leela Pawar | |||
| Jeevan Yatra | Master Vinayak | Nayantara | Social drama |
| Baburao Pendharkar | |||
| Yakub | |||
| Jhumke | J.K. Nanda | Gajanan Jagirdar | Social drama |
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Satish | |||
| Jina Sikho | Heera Singh | Shobha Devi | Social drama |
| Baburao Pendharkar | |||
| Shalini | |||
| Jungle Ka Sher | Harbans | Shanta Patel | Action |
| Baburao Pehalwan | |||
| Roshan | |||
| Jungle Ki Pukar | Ramji Arya | Shankar Vazare | Action |
| Ameena Khatoon | |||
| Mohammed Hussain | |||
| Kahan Gaye | Niranjan | Geeta Bali | Social drama |
| Chand Burke | |||
| Kamala | Chimanlal Trivedi | Leela Desai | Social drama |
| Nandrekar | |||
| Gulab | |||
| Kangoo | G. Karim | Mahapatra | Action |
| Sadiq Ali | |||
| Qamar | |||
| Kashmir Ki Kali | Jagannath Dhar | Master Vithal | Drama |
| Kavita Devi | |||
| Mehrunissa | |||
| Keemat | Nazeer Ajmeri | Amar | Social Drama |
| Sulochana Chatterjee | |||
| A. Shah | |||
| Khamosh Nigahen | Moti B. Gidwani | Manorama | Drama |
| Al Nasir | |||
| Zahur Shah | |||
| Khan Saheb | Prem Sethna | Master Mohan | Social Drama |
| Dalsukh | |||
| Patience Cooper | |||
| Khooni | K. L. Khan | Raj Rani | Action |
| Dilawar | |||
| Baburao Pendharkar | |||
| Khush Naseeb | Vithaldas Panchotia | Rukmini Devi | Social drama |
| Padma Devi | |||
| Vithaldas Panchotia | |||
| Kismat Ka Dhani | Ramanlal Desai | Navinchandra | Social drama |
| Indira | |||
| Agha | |||
| Krishna Leela | Debaki Bose | Paresh Bannerjee | Devotional |
| Kanan Devi | |||
| Hiralal | |||
| Kuldeep | N. Vaswani | Tasneem | Social drama |
| Vijay Mohini | |||
| Madan Puri | |||
| Laaj | Shazada Ayaz | Radharani | Social drama |
| Shamim | |||
| Ramesh | |||
| Laat Saheb | K.P. Bhave | Latika | Social drama |
| Gope | |||
| Harishchandra | |||
| Lady Robinhood | R. N. Vaidya | Fearless Nadia | Action |
| Prakash | |||
| Shanta Patel | |||
| Maa Baap Ki Laaj | Nanabhai Bhatt | Swarnalata | Family |
| Jayant | |||
| Nazir | |||
| Maaf Kijiyega | Nari Ghadiali | Prakash | Social drama |
| Shanta Patel | |||
| Dalpat | |||
| Magadraj | R.S. Choudhury | Chandra Mohan, | Epic |
| Leela Desai | |||
| Mumtaz Shanti | |||
| Magic Cap | J. Arastani | Shankar Rao | Fantasy |
| Putli | |||
| Azurie | |||
| Maharana Pratap | Jayant Desai | Khursheed | Historical |
| Ishwarlal | |||
| Mubarak | |||
| Maharani Minaldevi | Chimanlal Trivedi | Leela Desai | Drama |
| Prem Adib | |||
| Durga Khote | |||
| Mansarovar | Mahesh Chandra | Nishi Baran | Devotional |
| David | |||
| Kanhaiyalal | |||
| Mera Geet | Shanti Kumar | Naseem Banu | Social |
| Sushil Kumar | |||
| Mukri | |||
| Milan | Nitin Bose | Dilip Kumar | Social Drama |
| Mira Misra | |||
| Ranjana | |||
| Mohabbat Ki Duniya | Nanubhai Vakil | Zubeida | Romance |
| B. Dessa | |||
| Yousuf | |||
| Nai Maa | Kant J. Parmar | Ranjana | Family |
| Jeevan | |||
| Rajkumari | |||
| Namumkin | Nari Ghadiali | Prakash | Action |
| Sharda | |||
| Chandrika | |||
| Nargis | Nargis | Nargis | Social drama |
| Rehman | Rehman | ||
| Shah Nawaz | Shah Nawaz | ||
| Neecha Nagar | Chetan Anand | Kamini Kaushal | Socialist realism |
| Uma Anand | |||
| Rafiq Ahmed | |||
| Neera Aur Nanda | R. S. Junnarkar | Nishi Baran | Social drama |
| Jaysinha | |||
| Shashi | |||
| Nehle Pe Dehla | Hansraj Patel | E. Bilimoria | Action |
| Shanta Patel | |||
| Prakash | |||
| Nek Parvin | S. M. Yusuf | Ragini | Family |
| Yakub | |||
| Ulhas | |||
| Nishana | K. L. Khan | Navinchandra | Action |
| Radharani | |||
| Sadiq | |||
| Noor-e-Arab | A. M. Khan | Yashwant Dave | Fantasy |
| Ameena | |||
| Bhim | |||
| Omar Khaiyyam | Mohan Sinha | K. L. Saigal | Fictionalized Biopic |
| Suraiya | |||
| Wasti | |||
| Panditji | G. R. Durrani | Surekha | Social Drama |
| Nawaz | |||
| Ghulam Rasool | |||
| Panihari | Gunjal | Surendra | Social Drama |
| Shanta Apte | |||
| Yakub | |||
| Paraye Bas Mein | Daud Chand | Zubeida | Social Drama |
| Zahur Shah | |||
| Pran | |||
| Pehchan | P.C. Barua | P. C. Barua | Social Drama |
| Ahindra Chowdhary | |||
| Jumna Barua | |||
| Phir Bhi Apna Hai | Raja Nene | Nalini Jaywant | Social Drama |
| Jagdish Sethi | |||
| Kusum Deshpande | |||
| Phoolwari | Chaturbhuj Doshi | Motilal | Social Drama |
| Khursheed | |||
| Madhubala | |||
| Prem Ki Duniya | Jyotish Bannerjee | Alaknanda | Social Drama |
| Chhabi Biswas | |||
| Ahindra Choudhury | |||
| Prithviraj Samyogita | Najam Naqvi | Prithviraj Kapoor | Historical |
| Neena | |||
| Bharat Vyas | |||
| Pujari | Aspi Irani | Mumtaz Shanti | Social Drama |
| Masood | |||
| Baby Mumtaz | |||
| Rajputani | Aspi Irani | P. Jairaj | Costume |
| Veena | |||
| Bipin Gupta | |||
| Rangbhoomi | Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani | Nigar Sultana | Social Drama |
| K. N. Singh | |||
| Jagdish Sethi | |||
| Rasili | Hanuman Prasad | Radharani | Social Drama |
| Sushil Kumar | |||
| Anant Prabhu | |||
| Rehana | Harbans | Manorama | Action |
| Pran | |||
| Salim Raza | |||
| Reporter | D.S. Potdar | Ali | Action |
| Benjamin | |||
| Bibìjan | |||
| Room No. 9 | Vedi | Shyam | Social drama |
| Geeta Nizami | |||
| K. N. Singh | |||
| Royal Mail | Nari Ghadiali | Yashwant Dave | Action |
| Husn Banu | |||
| Roopa | |||
| Rukmini Swayamvar | Baburao Painter | Durga Khote | Mythology |
| Baburao Pendharkar | |||
| Master Vithal | |||
| Rupa | Nazir | Surekha | Social drama |
| Ratanmala | |||
| Biman Banerjee | |||
| Saathi | M. Sadiq | Mehtab | Social drama |
| E. Ismail | |||
| Sadiq Ali | |||
| Safar | Bibhuti Mitra | Kanu Roy | Social drama |
| Shobha | |||
| V. H. Desai | |||
| Salgirah | K. S. Daryani | P. Jairaj | Social drama |
| Snehprabha Pradhan | |||
| Kumar | |||
| Santan | B. Damania | Benjamin | Social drama |
| Ram Prakash | Rehana | ||
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Sassi Punnu | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | P. Jairaj | Legend |
| Geeta Nizami | |||
| E. Bilimoria | |||
| Sati Seeta | H. M. Reddy | Padmavati Shaligram | Religious |
| B. R. Tandon | |||
| Sundar Rao | |||
| Shah-e-Misr | G. R. Sethi | Ajit | Costume |
| Geeta Bose | |||
| Abdul | |||
| Shahi Khazana | S. Usman | Madhurika Devi | Action |
| Sardar Mansur | |||
| Elizer | |||
| Shaher Se Door | Barkat Mehra | Al Nisar | Social drama |
| Meena Shorey | |||
| Om Prakash | |||
| Shahjehan | Abdul Rashid Kardar | K. L. Saigal | Fictionalised history |
| Ragini | |||
| Nasreen | |||
| Shalimar | Roop K. Shorey | Begum Para | Fantasy |
| Al Nasir | |||
| Chandra Mohan | |||
| Sham Savera | M. Sadiq | Swarnalata | Social drama |
| Rafiq Ghaznavi | |||
| Wasti | |||
| Shama | Adi F. Keeka | Mehtab | Social Drama |
| R. Khambata | Prakash | ||
| Abdul Majid | Wasti | ||
| Shatranj | Vaju Kotak | Gajanan Jagirdar Leela Chitnis | Social Drama |
| Krishnakant | |||
| Amritlal | |||
| Sher-E-Baghdad | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia | Drama |
| John Cawas | |||
| Sardar Mansur | |||
| Shikari | Savak Vacha | Ashok Kumar | Drama |
| Veera | |||
| Paro Devi | |||
| Shravan Kumar | Ram Daryani | Menaka Devi | Mythology |
| Pahari Sanyal | |||
| Mumtaz Shanti | |||
| Silver Queen | Raja Yagnik | Madhuri | Action |
| Navinchandra | |||
| Bibijan | |||
| Sinbad The Sailor | Nanubhai Vakil | Prakash | Fantasy |
| Amulakh Desai | Shanta Patel | ||
| Mumtaz | |||
| Sofia | G. S. Devare | Ibrahim | Action |
| Noortanha | |||
| Sunder | |||
| Sohni Mahiwal | Ishwarlal | Ishwarlal | Drama |
| Ravindra Jaykar | Begum Para | ||
| Bibijan | |||
| Sona Chandi | R. D. Pareenja | Kamala | Drama |
| Chandni | |||
| Kishori | |||
| Subhadra | Master Vinayak | Prem Adib | Mythology |
| Shanta Apte | |||
| Ishwarlal | |||
| Suleh | Apurba Kumar Mitra | Jamuna Barua | Social Drama |
| Biman Bannerjee | |||
| Devbala | |||
| Swadesh Sewa | Nagendra Majumdar | N. Majumdar | Social Drama |
| Madhav Kale | |||
| Gauhar Karnataki | |||
| Talwarwala | Nagendra Majumdar | Master Vithal | Action |
| Noor Jehan | |||
| Dinkar | |||
| Tassavvur | Premkishan Jani | Anjum Aaga | Drama |
| Adil jaan | |||
| Noor-Jahan | |||
| Tilasmi Duniya | A. M. Khan | Sarla Devi | Social Drama |
| Shiraz | |||
| S. Kulkarni | |||
| Toofan Queen | Ramnik Vaidya | Fearless Nadia | Action |
| Prakash | |||
| Agha | |||
| Tum Aur Main | Apurba Kumar Mitra | Kanan Devi | Drama |
| Talat Mehmood | |||
| Manorama | |||
| Urvashi | Babubhai Jani | Shobhana Samarth | Drama |
| Prem Adib | |||
| Suraiya | |||
| Uttara Abhimanyu | Sarvottam Badami | Ashok Kumar | Mythology |
| Chhaya Devi | |||
| Shahu Modak | |||
| Valmiki | Bhalji Pendharkar | Prithviraj Kapoor | Biopic |
| Shanta Apte | |||
| Pratima Devi | |||
| Wamaq Azra | Nazir Ajmeri | Swarnalata | Costume |
| Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||
| Prakash | |||
| Zameen Aasmaan | Dwarka Khosla | Ranjana | Social drama |
| Jeevan | |||
| Om Prakash |
