Top 20 Highest Grossing Bollywood Films of 1996

Rank	Film	Box Office Worldwide (Approximate)	Budget (Estimated)
20	Daraar	9.40 Crore	4.5 Crore
19	Tu Chor Main Sipahi	10.80 Crore	4.25 Crore
18	Rajkumar	11.0 Crore	7.0 Crore
17	Rakshak	11.20 Crore	5.0 Crore
16	Army	11.30 Crore	4.0 Crore
15	Sapoot	12.0 Crore	6.50 Crore
14	Chaahat	12.49 Crore	5.25 Crore
13	Loafer	13.0 Crore	4.0 Crore
12	Prem Granth	13.40 Crore	6.0 Crore
11	Krishna	16.0 Crore	6.25 Crore
10	Ajay	17.0 Crore	6.0 Crore
9	Jaan	17.54 Crore	4.75 Crore
8	Diljale	18.25 Crore	6.0 Crore
7	Bandit Queen	21.0 Crore	4.0 Crore
6	Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi	25.15 Crore	6.75 Crore
5	Agni Sakshi	41.46 Crore	7.0 Crore
4	Ghatak	44.0 Crore	7.0 Crore
3	Saajan Chale Sasural	46.41 Crore	4.5 Crore
2	Jeet	55.0 Crore	6 Crore
1	Raja Hindustani	76.34 Crore	5.75 Crore

Bollywood Movies of 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (A)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Aatank	Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Girish Karnad, Nafisa Ali, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Ravi Kishan	Action	Prem Lalwani	9 February 1996
Agni Prem	Shatrughan Sinha, Rohini Hattangadi, Farheen	Romance	Rukun	26 April 1996
Agni Sakshi	Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Divya Dutta	Thriller	Partho Ghosh	15 March 1996
Aisi Bhi Kya Jaldi Hai	Sachin Pilgaonkar, Vivek Mushran, Ashok Saraf, Shrishti Arya	Comedy, Romance	Sachin Pilgaonkar	3 May 1996
Ajay	Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Reena Roy, Sharat Saxena	Action	Suneel Darshan	20 December 1996
Angaara	Mithun Chakraborty, Kamal Sadanah, Simran, Sadashiv Amrapurkar	Crime	Anil Ganguly	13 September 1996
Apne Dam Par	Mithun Chakraborty, Shilpa Shirodkar, Aasif Sheikh, Shakti Kapoor	Action	Arshad Khan	15 March 1996
Army	Sridevi, Shah Rukh Khan, Danny Denzongpa, Mohnish Behl, Ronit Roy	Drama	Jatin Thakran	28 June 1996
Aur Ek Prem Kahani	Ramesh Aravind, Heera Rajagopal, Revathy, Sudhir Ahuja, Sushma Ahuja, Akshay Anand	Romance	Balu Mahendra	21 June 1996
Aurat Aurat Aurat	Rekha, Vinod Mehra, Rakesh Roshan, Aruna Irani, Neeta Mehta	Drama	K. Vishwanath	16 February 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (B)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Bal Bramhachari	Puru Raaj Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Deepak Tijori	Action	Prakash Mehra, Beendhu Shukla	6 September 1996
Bambai Ka Babu	Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Atul Agnihotri	Romance, Action	Vikram Bhatt	22 March 1996
Bandish	Juhi Chawla, Guddi Maruti, Paresh Rawal	Comedy	Prakash Jha	23 February 1996
Beqabu	Sanjay Kapoor, Mamta Kulkarni, Amrish Puri, Ashok Kumar	Romance, Action	N. Chandra	11 October 1996
Bhairavi	Ashwini Bhave, Sridhar, Manohar Singh	Drama	Arunaraje	23 August 1996
Bhishma	Mithun Chakraborty, Anjali Jathar, Vani Viswanath, Harish	Action	Jagadish A. Sharma	26 July 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (C)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Chaahat	Shah Rukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Pooja Bhatt, Ramya Krishna	Thriller	Mahesh Bhatt	21 June 1996
Chhota Sa Ghar	Vivek Mushran, Asrani, Neelima Azim, Ajinkya Deo	Drama	Kalpataru	26 April 1996
Chhote Sarkar	Govinda, Shilpa Shetty,Divya Dutta, Aruna Irani	Drama	Manoj Agarwal	22 November 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (D)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Daanveer	Mithun Chakraborty, Vikas Anand, Anusha, Asrani	Crime	T. L. V. Prasad	20 September 1996
Daayraa	Nirmal Pandey, Sonali Kulkarni	Drama	Amol Palekar	12 September 1996
Daraar	Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Arbaaz Khan, Johnny Lever, Sushma Seth	Thriller	Abbas-Mustan	5 July 1996
Dastak	Sushmita Sen, Sharad Kapoor, Mukul Dev, Manoj Bajpai	Thriller	Mahesh Bhatt	9 November 1996
Dil Tera Deewana	Saif Ali Khan, Twinkle Khanna, hatrughan Sinha, Shakti Kapoor	Romance, Thriller	Lawrence D'Souza	9 August 1996
Diljale	Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre, Madhoo, Amrish Puri, Gulshan Grover	Action	Harry Baweja	20 September 1996
Duniyaa Jhukti Hai	Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Jamuna, Anupam Kher	Drama	Yash Chauhan	22 December 1994
Dushman Duniya Ka	Jeetendra, Sumalatha, Johnny Lever, Salman Khan (Special appearance), Shah Rukh Khan (Special appearance)	Drama	Mehmood Ali	20 September 199
Dushmani: A Violent Love Story	Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala	Action, Romance	Bunty Soorma	19 January 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (E)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Ek Anari Do Khiladi	Raveena Tandon, Balakrishna, Ramya Krishnan	Action, Romance	Ravi Raja	26 April 1996
Ek Tha Raja	Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan, Aditya Pancholi, Neelam Kothari	Romance	Dayal Nihalani	12 January 1996
English Babu Desi Mem	Shah Rukh Khan, Sonali Bendre,Kiran Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey	Romance	Praveen Nischol	26 January 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (F)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Fareb	Faraaz Khan, Suman Ranganathan, Milind Gunaji	Thriller	Vikram Bhatt	28 June 1996
Fire	Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi	Social	Deepa Mehta	6 September 1996 (intial release date) 5 November 1998 (India)

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (G)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Ghatak	Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Danny Denzongpa	Action, Romance	Raj Kumar Santoshi	15 November 1996
Gehra Raaz	Salma Agha, Raj Babbar, Jamuna	Drama	Ramesh Bedi	13 February 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (H)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Hahakaar	Akshay Anand, Chandni, Neelima Azim	Crime	Sudarshan K. Rattan	5 July 1996
Halo	Benaf Dadachandji, Rajkumar Santoshi, Sahil Choujar	Children's film	Santosh Sivan	7 February 1996
Hasina Aur Nagina	Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Jagdeep, Kiran Kumar	Drama	Gautam Bhatia	1996
Himmat	Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Tabu	Action	Sunil Sharma	5 January 1996
Himmatvar	Dharmendra, Arun Bakshi, Gajendra Chouhan, Rubaina Khan	Action	Talat Jani	14 June 1996
Hukumnama	Amjad Khan, Mukesh Khanna, Rajat Kumar	Drama	B.R. Ishara	17 February 1996
Hum Hain Khalnayak	Arjun, Rajni Bala, Kishore Anand Bhanushali	Action	R. Thakur	6 December 1996
Hum Hain Premi	Mahesh Anand, Tinnu Anand, Bindu	Romance	Ajay Dixit	27 September 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (I)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin	Nirmal Pandey , Tara Deshpande, Akhil Mishra, Smriti Mishra	Thriller	Sudhir Mishra	7 June 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (J)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Jaan	Ajay Devgn, Twinkle Khanna, Amrish Puri	Action, Romance	Raj Kanwar	May 17, 1996
Jagannath	Shatrughan Sinha, Ronit Roy, Sangeeta Bijlani, Mukesh Khanna	Action	Shibu Mitra	19 January 1996
Jay Baba Pashupatinath	Shyam Awasthi, Rajdev Jamudhale, Sudhanshu Joshi	Drama	Satish Kumar	1996
Jeet	Sunny Deol, Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Salman Khan	Drama	Raj Kanwar	23 August 1996
Jung	Ajay Devgn, Mithun Chakraborty, Sujata Mehta, Rambha	Action	T. Rama Rao	19 April 1996
Jurmana	Mithun Chakraborty, Rambha, Ashwini Bhave	Action	T. L. V. Prasad	5 January 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (K)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Kalinga	Dilip Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Amjad Khan, Meenakshi Sheshadri	Drama	Dilip Kumar	Unreleased
Khamoshi: The Musical	Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Nana Patekar, Seema Biswas, Helen	Romance	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	August 1996
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi	Rekha, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon	Action	Umesh Mehra	4 June 1996
Khilona	Aditya Pancholi, Monica Bedi	Drama	Deepak Pawar	13 December 1996
Khoon Ki Pyasi	Rita Bhaduri, Ramesh Goyal, Javed Khan	Horror	K.C. Handra	1996
Krishna	Sunil Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Shakti Kapoor	Romance, Action	S. Deepak	2 August 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (L)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Laalchee	Anil Dhawan, Avtar Gill, Karina Grover, Pran	Drama	Raj N. Sippy	23 August 1996
Loafer	Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Farida Jalal, Gulshan Grover	Comedy	David Dhawan	7 June 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (M)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Maachis	Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Om Puri	Crime	Gulzar	25 October 1996
Maahir	Hema Malini, Govinda, Farha Naaz	Family	Lawrence D'Souza	26 July 1996
Mafia	Ishrat Ali, Somy Ali, Ali Asghar	Action	Aziz Sejawal	24 May 1996
Majhdhaar	Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Rahul Roy	Drama	Ismayil Shroff	29 March 1996
Masoom	Inder Kumar, Tinnu Anand, Sulabha Arya, Arun Bakshi, Ayesha Jhulka	Action	Mahesh Kothare	24 May 1996
Megha	Shammi Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Rahul Roy	Romance	Mohanjee Prasad	29 March 1996
Mr. Bechara	Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anupam Kher	Comedy	K. Bhagyaraj	30 August 1996
Muqadama	Vinod Khanna, Aditya Pancholi, Tanuja, Guddi Maruti	Action	K. C. Bokadia	19 July 1996
Muqaddar	Mithun Chakraborty, Moushumi Chatterjee, Ayesha Jhulka, Simran	Action	T. L. V. Prasad	12 July 1996
Muthi Bhar Zameen	Danny Denzongpa, Poonam Dhillon, Kumar Gaurav	Action	Tinnu Anand	1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (N)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Namak	Sanjay Dutt, Farah, Fatima Sheikh, Gulshan Grover	Action	Kawal Sharma	20 December 1996
Nirbhay	Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sangeeta Bijlani, Mithun Chakraborty	Action	Vinod Dewan	26 February 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (O)

No film, that starts with “O” releases in 1996.

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (P)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Papa Kehte Hai	Jugal Hansraj, Amin Hajee, Dinesh Hingoo	Romance	Mahesh Bhatt	17 May 1996
Papi Gudia	Avinash Wadhavan, Karisma Kapoor, Tinnu Anand	Thriller	Lawrence D'Souza	16 February 1996
Prem Granth	Rishi Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Prem Chopra, Shammi Kapoor	Romance	Rajiv Kapoor	24 May 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (Q)

No film, that starts with “Q” releases in 1996.

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (R)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Raja Aur Rangeeli	Mamta Kulkarni	Comedy, Romance	K.S. Prakash Rao	8 May 1996
Raja Hindustani	Karisma Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Johnny Lever	Romance	Dharmesh Darshan	15 November 1996
Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat	Rani Mukerji, Shadaab Khan, Javed Khan	Drama	Ashok Gaekwad	18 October 1996
Rajkumar	Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah	Thriller	Pankuj Parasher	22 March 1996
Rakshak	Sunil Shetty, Sonali Bendre, Karisma Kapoor	Action	Ashok Honda	29 November 1996
Ram Aur Shyam	Divya Dutta, Sidhant Salaria, Om Puri	Crime	Raju Mawani	20 December 1996
Rangbaaz	Ishrat Ali, Mithun Chakraborty, Jack Gaud	Action	Kanti Shah	25 October 1996
Return of Jewel Thief	Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Dharmendra, Jackie Shroff, Madhoo, Shilpa Shirodkar, Anu Agarwal	Crime	Ashok Tyaagi	8 October 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (S)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Saajan Chale Sasural	Govinda, Tabu, Karisma Kapoor, Kader Khan	Comedy, Romance	David Dhawan	12 April 1996
Sanshodhan	Manoj Bajpai, Vanya Joshi, Kishore Kadam	Drama	Govind Nihalani	1996
Sapoot	Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Sonali Bendre, Kader Khan, Johnny Lever	Action	Jagdish A. Sharma	8 November 1996
Sardari Begum	Kirron Kher, Surekha Sikri, Amrish Puri	Drama	Shyam Benegal	23 May 1996
Sautela Bhai	Rajesh Khanna, Kumar Gaurav, Deepti Naval	Drama	B. R. Ishara	21 June 1996
Shastra	Sunil Shetty, Anjali Jathar, Danny Denzongpa	Action	Sanjay Khanna	10 April 1996
Shikaar	Urmila Matondkar, Jackie Shroff	Action
Shohrat	Mahesh Anand, Aparajita, Asrani	Drama	Sathish Ranjan	28 June 1996
Smuggler	Dharmendra, Reena Roy, Ayub Khan, Mukesh Khanna	Action	Ajay Kashyap	12 January 1996
Spot Boy	Akshay Anand, Babban, Raj Kiran	Drama	Pasha P. Jung	1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (T)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Tere Mere Sapne	Chandrachur Singh, Arshad Warsi, Priya Gill, Simran, Pran	Romance	Joy Augustine	6 December 1996
The Making of the Mahatma	Rajit Kapur	Biography	Shyam Benegal	26 April 1996
Tu Chor Main Sipahi	Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Pratibha Sinha	Comedy	Guddu Dhanoa	10 May 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (U)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Unicorn, the Garden of the Fruits	Yasef Calderón, Romina Barbar, Hukum Singh	Drama	Pablo César	12 December 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (V)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Vijeta	Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal	Action	K. Murali Mohan Rao	26th January 1996
Vishwasghaat	Sunil Shetty, Anjali Jathar, Anupam Kher	Action	Himanshu Brahmbhatt	19 January 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (W)

No film, that starts with “W” releases in 1996.

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (X)

No film, that starts with “X” releases in 1996.

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (Y)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Yaaron Ka Yaar	Vinod Khanna, Naseeruddin Shah, Anu Aggarwa	Action	Rakesh Kumar	1996
Yash	Vijay Anand, Kartika Rane, Sonu Walia	Musical	Sharad Sharan	30 August 1996

Bollywood Films of 1996 from (Z)

Film	Cast	Genre	Director	Release Date
Zordaar	Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Mandakini, Neelam Kothari	Drama	Ajay Kashyap	11 October 1996

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