Top 20 Highest Grossing Bollywood Films of 1979
| Rank | Film | Box Office Worldwide (Approximate) | Box Office India (Net) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Naalayak | 2.40 Crore | 1.20 Crore |
| 19 | Hum Tere Aashiq Hain | 2.50 Crore | 1.25 Crore |
| 18 | Ahinsa | 2.60 Crore | 1.30 Crore |
| 17 | Dada | 2.70 Crore | 1.35 Crore |
| 16 | Gautam Govinda | 2.80 Crore | 1.40 Crore |
| 15 | Muqabla | 2.90 Crore | 1.45 Crore |
| 14 | Duniya Meri Jeb Mein | 3.0 Crore | 1.50 Crore |
| 13 | Lahu Ke Do Rang | 3.10 Crore | 1.55 Crore |
| 12 | Dil Ka Heera | 3.20 Crore | 1.60 Crore |
| 11 | Khandaan | 3.40 Crore | 1.70 Crore |
| 10 | Surakshaa | 3.50 Crore | 1.25 Crore |
| 9 | The Great Gambler | 4.50 Crore | 2.25 Crore |
| 8 | Noorie | 5.0 Crore | 2.50 Crore |
| 7 | Kartavya | 5.50 Crore | 2.75 Crore |
| 6 | Kaala Patthar | 6.0 Crore | 3.0 Crore |
| 5 | Mr. Natwarlal | 6.50 Crore | 3.25 Crore |
| 4 | Gol Maal | 7.20 Crore | 3.1 Crore |
| 3 | Sargam | 8.0 Crore | 4.0 Crore |
| 2 | Jaani Dushman | 9.0 Crore | 4.50 Crore |
| 1 | Suhaag | 10.0 Crore | 5.0 Crore |
List of Bollywood Hindi Films of 1979
| Film | Director | Cast | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaj Ka Dhara | Mukul Dutt | Waheeda Denzongpa | Drama |
| Rehman | |||
| Rehana Sultan | |||
| Aakhri Kasam | Ramesh Puri | Yogeeta Bali | Thriller |
| Dinesh | Vinod Mehra | ||
| Kabir Bedi | |||
| Aangan Ki Kali | Harsh Kohli | Rakesh Roshan | Drama |
| Lakshmi | |||
| Abhi Bhattacharya | |||
| Prema Naryan | |||
| Aatish | Ambrish Sangal | Jeetendra | Action |
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Dheeraj Kumar | |||
| Sujeet Kumar | |||
| Ahinsa | Chand | Sunil Dutt | Action |
| Rekha | |||
| Ranjeet | |||
| Rajendra Nath | |||
| Ahsaas | Surinder Suri | Shashi Kapoor | Romantic |
| Shammi Kapoor | Erotic | ||
| Simi Garewal | |||
| Simple Kapadia | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Bindu | |||
| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | I. V. Sasi | Rajinikanth | Fantasy |
| Srividya | |||
| Kamal Haasan | |||
| Amar Deep | R. Krishnamurthy | Rajesh Khanna | Romantic |
| K. Vijayan | Shabana Azmi | ||
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Mithun Chakraborty (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Ashok Kumar (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Savitri Ganesan (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Atmaram | Sohanlal Kanwar | Bindiya Goswami | Family Drama |
| Farida Jalal | |||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| Pran | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Aur Kaun | Tulsi Ramsay | Sachin Pilgaonkar | Horror |
| Shyam Ramsay | Rajni Sharma | ||
| Padmini Kapila | |||
| Madan Puri | |||
| Om Shivpuri | |||
| Bagula Bhagat | Harmesh Malhotra | Ashok Kumar | Thriller |
| Kamini Kaushal | |||
| Shatrughan Sinha | |||
| Shabana Azmi | |||
| Baton Baton Mein | Basu Chatterjee | Amol Palekar | Comedy |
| Tina Munim | Romantic | ||
| Mazhar Khan | |||
| Pearl Padamsee | |||
| Asrani | |||
| Bhayaanak | S.U. Syed | Mithun Chakraborty | Horror |
| Reena Roy | |||
| Ranjeeta Kaur | |||
| Chandrashekhar | |||
| Anees Bazmee | |||
| Bin Phere Hum Tere | Rajat Rakshit | Asha Parekh | Romantic |
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Rajendra Kumar | |||
| Sarika | |||
| Nazneen | |||
| Bombay by Nite | A. Shamsheer | Sanjeev Kumar | Drama |
| Kum Kum | |||
| Prithviraj Kapoor | |||
| Bela Bose | |||
| Chambal Ki Raani | Radhakant | Dara Singh | Crime |
| Mahendra Sandhu | |||
| Chand Usmani | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Cinema Cinema | Krishna Shah | Dharmendra | Experimental |
| Amitabh Bachchan | |||
| Hema Malini | |||
| Zeenat Aman | |||
| Dada | Jugal Kishore | Vinod Mehra | Romantic |
| Bindiya Goswami | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Jeevan | |||
| Dhongee | Randhir Kapoor | Drama | |
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Farida Jalal | |||
| Rakesh Roshan (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Asrani | |||
| Dil Kaa Heera | Dulal Guha | Dharmendra | Thriller |
| Hema Malini | |||
| Sachin Pilgaonkar | |||
| Abhi Bhattacharya | |||
| Do Ladke Dono Kadke | Basu Chatterjee | Amol Palekar | Comdey |
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |||
| Navin Nischol | |||
| Asrani | |||
| Mithu Mukherjee (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Do Shikaari | Kuljit Pal | Rekha | Action |
| Vinod Khanna | |||
| Biswajeet Chatterjee | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Dooriyaan | Bhimsain | Sharmila Tagore | Romantic |
| Uttam Kumar | |||
| Shreeram Lagoo | |||
| Jalal Agha | |||
| Duniya Meri Jeb Mein | Tinnu Anand | Shashi Kapoor | Action |
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Rishi Kapoor | |||
| Ranjeet | |||
| Ganga Bhavani | T. Prakash Rao | Gummadi | Adventure |
| Gautam Govinda | Subhash Ghai | Shatrughan Sinha | Action |
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |||
| Shashi Kapoor | |||
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Prem Nath | |||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| Ghar Ki Laaj | B R Ishara | Sanjeev Kumar | Drama |
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| Sohrab Modi | |||
| Gol Maal | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Amol Palekar | Comedy |
| Utpal Dutt | |||
| Bindiya Goswami | |||
| Amitabh Bachchan (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Rekha (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Zeenat Aman (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Aruna Irani (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Keshto Mukherjee (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Om Prakash (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Gopal Krishna | Vijay Sharma | Sachin Pilgaonkar | Romantic |
| Zarina Wahab | |||
| Satyajeet | |||
| Manhar Desai | |||
| Rita Bhaduri | |||
| Jeevan | |||
| Mahipal | |||
| The Great Gambler | Shakti Samanta | Amitabh Bachchan (Double Role) | Thriller |
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Zeenat Aman | |||
| Prem Chopra | |||
| Utpal DUtt | |||
| Griha Pravesh | Basu Bhattacharya | Sanjeev Kumar | Romantic |
| Sharmila Tagore | |||
| Sarika | |||
| Kanu Roy | |||
| Hamare Tumhare | Umesh Mehra | Rakhee Gulzar | Romantic |
| Sanjeev Kumar | |||
| Anil Kapoor | |||
| Amrish Puri | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Har Har Gange | Babubhai Mistri | Ashish Kumar | Fantasy |
| Anjana Mumtaz | |||
| Vikram Gokhale | |||
| Heera-Moti | Chand | Reena Roy | Action |
| Shatrughan Sinha | |||
| Danny Denzongpa | |||
| Bindu | |||
| Ajit Khan | |||
| Hum Tere Aashiq Hain | Prem Sagar | Jeetendra | Romantic |
| Hema Malini | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Ikraar | Kailash Advani | Rakesh Roshan | |
| Ralluri Rameshwari | |||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| Amrish Puri | |||
| Jaan-e-Bahaar | Prakash Kapur | Sachin Pilgaonkar | Romantic |
| Sarika | Comdey | ||
| Asrani | |||
| Manju Asrani | |||
| Aruna IRANI | |||
| Jaandaar | S K Luthra | Jeetendra | Drama |
| Bindiya Goswami | |||
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Asrani | |||
| Aruna Irani | #rowspan##rowspan# | ||
| Jaani Dushman | Rajkumar Kohli | Sanjeev Kumar | Fantasy |
| Rekha | Mystery | ||
| Sunil Dutt | Action | ||
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Jeetendra | |||
| Shatrughan Sinha | |||
| Reena Roy | |||
| Vikram Makandar | |||
| Sarika | |||
| Gogeeta Bali | |||
| Bindiya Goswami | |||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| Janta Hawaldar | Mehmood | Rajesh Khanna | Romantic |
| Hema Malini | |||
| Yogeeta Bali | |||
| Ashok Kumar | |||
| Mehmood | |||
| Jeena Yahan | Basu Chatterjee | Shabana Azmi | Comedy |
| Amol Palekar (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Shekhar Kapur | |||
| Zarina Wahab (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Vidya Sinha (Guest Appearance) | |||
| Jhoota Kahin Ka | Rishi Kapoor | Romantic | |
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Rakesh Roshan | |||
| Prem Chopra | |||
| Jurmana | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Amitabh Bachchan | Romantic |
| Rakhee Gulzar | |||
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Asrani | |||
| Farida Jalal | |||
| Kaala Patthar | Yash Chopra | Amitabh Bachchan | Action |
| Rakhee | |||
| Shatrughan Sinha | |||
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Shashi Kapoor | |||
| Parveen Babi | |||
| Kartavya | Mohan Sehgal | Dharmendra | Action |
| Rekha | |||
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Khandan | Anil Ganguli | Jeetendra | Family Drama |
| Bindiya Goswami | |||
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Lahu Ke Do Rang | Mahesh Bhatt | Vinod Khanna | Romantic |
| Shabana Azmi | Action | ||
| Danny Denzongpa | |||
| Helen | |||
| Lakhan | Ramesh Puri | Navin Nischol | Crime |
| Dinesh | Ranjeeta Kaur | Action | |
| Padma Khanna | |||
| Amrish Puri | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Ranjeet | |||
| Lok Parlok | Tatineni Rama Rao | Jeetendra | Fantasy |
| Jaya Prada | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Love in Canada | S. Ramanathan | Jeetendra | Romantic |
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |||
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Maan Apmaan | N. V. Deshpande | Sanjeev Kumar | Drama |
| Kanan Kaushal | |||
| Gajanan Jagirdar | |||
| Mohan Choti | |||
| Magroor | Brij Sadanah | Shatrughan Sinha | Romantic |
| Vidya Sinha | |||
| Prem Nath | |||
| Helen | |||
| Manzil | Basu Chatterjee | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Drama |
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |||
| Rakesh Pandey | |||
| Satyendra Kapoor | |||
| Meera | Gulzar | Shammi Kapoor | Drama |
| Hema Malini | |||
| Vinod Khanna | |||
| Vidya Sinha | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi | Rajat Rakshit | Amol Palekar | Comedy |
| Ranjeeta Kaur | |||
| Mr. Natwarlal | Rakesh Kumar | Amitabh Bachchan | Action |
| Rekha | Romantic | ||
| Kader Khan | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Ajit Khan | |||
| Muqabla | Rajkumar Kohli | Rekha (Special Appearance) | Action |
| Rajesh Khanna | |||
| Sunil Dutt | |||
| Shatrughan Sinha | |||
| Reena Roy | |||
| Bindiya Goswami | |||
| Prem Nath | |||
| Vinod Mehra | |||
| Nagin Aur Suhagin | Shantilal Soni | Vijay Arora | Adventure |
| Rita Bhaduri | |||
| Mahesh Bhatt | |||
| Laxmi Chhaya | |||
| Naiyya | Prashanta Nanda | Prashanta Nanda | Romantic |
| Zarina Wahab | |||
| Baldev Khosa | |||
| Amrish Puri | |||
| Nauker | Ismail Memon | Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan | Comedy |
| Sanjeev Kumar | Romantic | ||
| Mehmood | |||
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Yogeeta Bali (Special Appearance) | |||
| Jalal Agha | |||
| Noorie | Manmohan Krishna | Farooq Sheikh | Romantic |
| Poonam Dhillon | |||
| Madan Puri | |||
| Manmohan Krishna | |||
| Pehredaar | Batra Mohinder | Kim | Action |
| Danny Denzongpa | |||
| Bob Christo | |||
| Ranjeet | |||
| Prem Bandhan | Ramanand Sagar | Rekha | Romantic |
| Rajesh Khanna | |||
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |||
| Raadha Aur Seeta | Vijay Kapoor | Rita Bhaduri | Romantic |
| Arun Govil | |||
| Rajendra Nath | |||
| Madan Puri | |||
| Raakhi Ki Saugandh | Shibu Mitra | Vinod Mehra | Drama |
| Sarika | |||
| Jayshree T | |||
| Helen | |||
| Meena T | |||
| Madan Puri | |||
| Ranjeet | |||
| Raja Harishchandra | Ashish Kumar | Ashish Kumar | Historical |
| Bela Bose | Biographical | ||
| Neera | |||
| Jayshree T | |||
| Abhi Bhattacharya | |||
| Ratnadeep | Basu Chatterjee | Hema Malini | Drama |
| Girish Karnad | |||
| Dheeraj Kumar | |||
| A K Hangal | |||
| Prem Narayan | |||
| Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin | Satyen Bose | Urmila Bhatt | Drama |
| Arun Govil | |||
| Om Puri | |||
| Salaam Memsaab | Asrani | Yogeeta Bali | Drama |
| Zarina Wahab | |||
| Asrani | |||
| Sampark | Inder Sen | Madhu Kapoor | |
| Girish Karnad | |||
| Mazar Khan | |||
| Sargam | K. Vishwanath | Rishi Kapoor | Romantic |
| Jaya Prada | |||
| Shakti Kapoor | |||
| Sarkari Mehmaan | N. D. Kothari | Vinod Khanna | Drama |
| Padma Khanna | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Sawan Ko Aane Do | Kanak Mishra | Arun Govil | Romantic |
| Zarina Waba | Musical | ||
| Rita Bhaduri | |||
| Shaayad | Madan Bavaria | Naseeruddin Shah | |
| Simi Garewal | |||
| Om Puri | |||
| Shabhash Daddy | Kishore Kumar | Kishore Kumar | Romantic |
| Yogeeta Bali | |||
| Amit Kumar | |||
| Shikshaa | S. Ramanathan | Raj Kiran | Drama |
| Beena Banerjee | |||
| Sushma Verma | |||
| Shodh | Biblap Roy Chowdhary | Om Puri | Horror |
| Udhay Chopra | Thriller | ||
| Kanhu Bandhopadhyay | |||
| Tapti Bhatacharjee | |||
| Solva Sawan | Bharathiraja | Sridevi | Romantic |
| Amol Palekar | |||
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | |||
| Dina Pathak | |||
| Suhaag | Manmohan Desai | Amitab Bachchan | Romantic |
| Rekha | Action | ||
| Shahsi Kapoor | |||
| Parveen Babi | |||
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Kader Khan | |||
| Amjad Khan | |||
| Ranjeet | |||
| Sunayana | Hiren Nag | Rameshwari | Romantic |
| Vijayendra Ghatge | |||
| Naseeruddin Shah | |||
| Gayatri | |||
| Sulochana Latkar | |||
| Surakksha | Ravikant Nagaich | Mithun Chakraborty | Romantic |
| Ranjeeta Kaur | Action | ||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| #rowspan##rowspan# | Prem Narayan | ||
| Jeevan | |||
| Taraana | Deepak Bahry | Mithun Chakraborty | |
| Ranjeeta Kaur | |||
| Jayshree T | |||
| Bhagwan Dada | |||
| Teen Chehrey | Y. N. Kapoor | Anjana Mumtaz | Drama |
| Mohan Choti | |||
| Pran | |||
| Sujit Kumar | |||
| Ravindra Mahajani | |||
| Jayshree T | |||
| Tere Pyar Mein | Subhash Sharma | Mithun Chakraborty | Romantic |
| Sarika | |||
| Vijayendra Ghatge | |||
| Yuvraaj | T. R. Ramanna | Vinod Khanna | Romantic |
| Neetu Singh | |||
| Aruna Irani | |||
| Jaya Malini |
