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{{Bollywood films}}
A list of films produced by the [[Bollywood]] film industry based in [[Mumbai]] in 1937:

==1937==
Some of the notable films of 1937:

'''''[[Vidyapati (1937 film)|Vidyapati]]''''' was a biopic directed by [[Nitin Bose]] for [[New Theatres]]. It starred [[Pahari Sanyal]] as the [[Maithili language|Maithili]] poet and [[Vaishnava]] saint [[Vidyapati]].<ref name=Dwyer>{{cite book|last1=Dwyer|first1=Rachel|title=Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema|date=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134380701|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsKR1RKoJKUC&q=%22Vidyapati%22+1937+story&pg=PA73}}</ref> The bold songs of the film ensured crowds at the theatres making it a big success of 1937.<ref name=indiavideo>{{cite web|last1=Chandra, Balakrishnan|first1=Pali, Vijay Kumar|title=100 Years of Bollywood - Vidyapati 1937|url=http://www.indiavideo.org/cinema/vidyapati-7383.php|website=indiavideo.org|publisher=Invis Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref>

'''''[[Duniya Na Mane]]''''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]:''[[Kunku]]'') was a social film from [[Prabhat Film Company]] directed by [[V. Shantaram]]. It dealt with the issue of arranged marriage. The film did well in the theatres and according to [[Baburao Patel]] of ''[[Filmindia]]'' it "recorded better returns... than any other picture before".<ref name=Filmindia>{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Prabhat Film Co.|journal=Filmindia|date=Jan 1938|volume=3| issue = 9|pages=39|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia19373803unse#page/n117/mode/2up|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref>

'''''[[President (1937 film)|President]]''''' was produced by [[New Theatres]] and directed by [[Nitin Bose]]. A love triangle with a social content it highlighted the plight of mill workers. The music was popular with a classic from Saigal, ''Ik Bangla Bane Nyaara''.<ref name=Dawar>{{cite book|last1=Dawar|first1=Ramesh|title=Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow|date=2006|publisher=Star Publications|location=India|isbn=9781905863013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO6Fmi8FraUC&q=President+film+K+L+Saigal&pg=RA1-PA70}}</ref>

'''''[[Kisan Kanya (1937 film)|Kisan Kanya]]''''' made by [[Ardeshir Irani]] of [[Alam Ara]] (1931) fame was the first colour film to be processed in India. The film however did not do well at the box office due to "a weak story".<ref name=Patel>{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Studio Rounds|journal=Filmindia|date=Feb 1938|volume=3|issue=10|pages=57|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia19373803unse#page/n197/mode/2up|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref>

'''''[[Jeevan Prabhat]]''''' was a successful social film from [[Bombay Talkies]] directed by [[Franz Osten]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last1=Crowe|first1=Jonathan|title=Jeevan Prabhat Overview|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/253926/Jeevan-Prabhat/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808192558/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/253926/Jeevan-Prabhat/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2014|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref> It starred [[Kishore Sahu]] in his debut film with [[Devika Rani]] and [[Mumtaz Ali]].

==A-B==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Adarsh Mahila]]''|| || Bashir, [[Leela Desai]], Noorjahan, Tara, [[Khalil (actor)|Khalil]], Aftab, Quiser, Mirza ||Social ||Ideal Films. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Aflatoon (1937 film)|Aflatoon]]''||Pesi Karani ||Rose, [[Khalil (actor)|Khalil]] ||Action ||Tollywood Studio. Music: Brijlal Varma Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Anath Ashram]]''||Hemchandar Chunder ||Uma Sashi, Najmul Hussain, [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[Trilok Kapoor]], Jagdish Sethi, Nawab, Nemo, Manorama Sr., Devbala, Kalyani Das ||Social Family Drama || [[New Theatres]] Music: [[R. C. Boral]] Lyrics: [[Kidar Sharma]]
|-
|''[[Asiai Sitara]]''||Haribhai Desai || [[Master Vithal]], Jenabai Pawar, Vasantrao Pehalwan, Dhulia, Krishnaswamy, Veena Devi, Minoo the Mystic, Ibrahim ||Action || Music: Master Mohammed Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
|-
|''[[Atma Tarang]]''||F. R. Irani || [[Sohrab Modi]], Prabha Devi, E. Tarapore, Firoz Dastur, Vasant Pahelwan, Gulzar, S. L. Puri ||Social || Sunrise Pictures Music: Habib Khan .Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Aurat Ki Zindagi]]''||F. R. Irani ||Jal Merchant, Zubeida, Rashid, Agha Jani, Mustafa ||Social ||Sunrise Pictures. Music: S. P. Rame, C. Solanki Lyrics: Munshi Salim
|-
|''[[Badhe Chalo]]''||[[Mohan Sinha]] ||Radharani, Sarla, [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], Fakir Chand, [[Badri Prasad]], O. K. Dar, Ratanlal Khanjar ||Social ||Manmohan Pictures. Music: Badri Prasad Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Banke Sipahi]]''||R. N. Vaidya ||Bulbule, Manchi Tuthi, Shahjahan, Samson, Baburao, Kesari ||Costume Action ||Vaidya Productions. Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Munshi Rabil
|-
|''[[Begunah (1937 film)|Begunah]]''||[[Gajanan Jagirdar]] ||[[Shahu Modak]], [[Sitara Devi]], Baburao Pendharkar, Rajani, Altekar, Panna ||Social ||Hans Pictures. Music: B. S. Hoogan Lyrics: Pandit Indra
|-
|''[[Bharat Ka Jiwan]]''||M. D. Shah ||Ghulam Hussain, Miss Pokhraj, Nurjahan, S. Alam, Putlibai, Patehsingh ||Action ||Vishwapati. Music: Chimanlal Shah Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Bismil Ki Arzoo]]''||B. S. Hijle ||[[Sardar Akhtar]], [[Ramola (actress)|Ramola]], Rafi Ahmed, Mirza, Tarabai ||Action ||U. P. Cinetone. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Bulldog (1937 film)|Bulldog]]''|| Dwarka Khosla || Yusuf Effendi, Indubala, Gope, Ashalata, Ramlal, Devaskar, Kashmiri ||Action || Daryani Production. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: G. S. Akhtar
|-
|}

==C-D==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Calcutta After Midnight]]''|| A. R. Kabuli ||[[Ramola (actress)|Ramola]], Brijrani, Shiraz, [[Sitara Devi]], Ghulam Qadir, Sher Ali, [[Zohra Sehgal]], A. R. Kabuli ||Suspense Drama ||Prince Movies. Music: A. R. Kabuli Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Capt. Kirti Kumar]]''|| C. M. Luhar || [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]], [[Yakub, (actor)|Yakub]], Krishna Kumari, [[V. H. Desai]], [[Bhudo Advani]] [[Ram Marathe]], Sankatha Prasad, Pesi Patel ||Action || Sagar Pictures. Music: Bhaskar Rao Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Chabuk Sawar]]''||M. Udwadia ||Gohar Karnataki, [[Amritlal Nagar]], Brijmala, Vijay Kumar, Bhim, Nurjahan, Sheelprabha, P. R. Joshi ||Action ||Jay Bharat. Music: Gohar Karnataki Lyrics: Gauri Shankarlal Akhtar
|-
|''[[Challenge (1937 film)|Challenge]]''||Balwant Bhatt ||[[Lalita Pawar]], [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], Rajkumari, Shirin, Lallubhai, Gulab, Jahangir, M. Zahur, Ismail ||Action ||Prakash Pictures. Music: Lallubhai Nayak Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
|-
|''[[Chevrolet 1936]]'' ||G. P. Pawar ||[[Lalita Pawar]], Madhav Kale, [[Bhagwan (actor)|Bhagwan]], Varne, B. Sohni, V. Mehta ||Action ||Purnima Pictures. Music: K. Yagnik Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Danger Signal (1937 film)|Danger Signal]]''||[[K. Amarnath]] ||[[Kumar (actor)|Kumar]], Nazir, Lalita, Masiah, Takle ||Action ||Mohan Pictures. Music: Annasaheb Mainkar Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Daulat (1937 film)|Daulat]]''||S. M. Yusuf || Harishchandra, Chandrarao Kadam, Mehar Sultana, [[Shah Nawaz (actor)|Shah Nawaz]], Usha Rani, Khatoon, Agha, Brijmala, S. M. Sadiq, Usha Rani ||Social || Harishchandra Art Production. Music: Mukherji Lyrics: Wahid Qureshi
|-
|''[[Dhanwan (1937 film)|Dhanwan]]''||[[Premankur Atorthy]] ||Rattanbai, [[W. M. Khan]], Jamshedji, Hafizji ||Social ||Imperial Pictures. Music: H. C. Bali Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Dharamaveer (1937 film)|Dharamaveer]]''||[[Master Vinayak]] ||Indira Wadkar, Master Vinayak, Ratnaprabha, Baburao Pendharkar, Javdekar, Datar ||Social ||Huns Pictures. Based loosely on [[Henrik Ibsen]] play: [[Samfundets Stotter]]. Music: Annasaheb Mainkar Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Dil Faroshi]]''||[[D. N. Madhok]] ||[[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], Khatoon, [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], Malti, Ram Apte, Dilip ||Action ||[[Ranjit Studios]]. Music: Banne Khan Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
|-
|''[[Do Auratein]]'' a.k.a. Two Women || Moti Gidwani ||Padma Devi, Rose, [[Rafique Ghaznavi]], Ghulam Mohammed, Baba Vyas, Sayed Ahmed, Laxmi ||Social || Music: H. C. Bali Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Dukhiyari]]''||Manibhai Vyas ||Kokila, Madhukar Gupte, Firoza Begum, Devaskar, [[Amirbai Karnataki]], S. Nazir ||Social ||Daryani Productions. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]], Master Madhavlal Damodar Lyrics: G. S. Akhtar
|-
|''[[Duniya Na Mane]]''||[[V. Shantaram]] ||[[Shanta Apte]], Raja Nene, Vasanti, [[Shakuntala Paranjpye]], [[Keshavrao Date]], Vimla Vashishta, Master Chhotu, Karmarkar, Gauri ||Social Drama ||[[Prabhat Film Company]] Music: [[Keshavrao Bhole]] Lyrics: Munshi Aziz
|-
|}

==F-I==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Fakhr-E-Islam]]''||[[Nanubhai Vakil]], Safdar Mirza || Khatoon, Gulam Sabir, [[Patience Cooper]], Rashida, Indu, Nurjahan ||Costume || Indira Movies. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Gangavataran]]''||Dada Phalke || Shanta Hublikar, Barchi Bahadur, Chitnis, Deshpande, Suresh, Bhagwat, Shankarrao Bhosle, Kusum Despande, Dongre, Ahmed Khan, Anusuya, Ibrahim ||Devotional ||Kolhapur Cinetone. Music: Phalke, Vishwanathbua Jadhav Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Gentleman Daku]]''||Ram Daryani ||[[Leela Chitnis]], Yusuf Effendi, [[Gope (actor)|Gope]], Kokila, Ramlal, [[Amirbai Karnataki]], Majid, Manek, Omkar ||Action ||Daryani Productions. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: M. R. Kapoor
|-
|''[[Gulbadan]]''||K. Rathod ||Mehar Sultana, Ashiq Hussain, Bulbule, Himmatlal, Ansuya, Gulab, Kantilal, Fazlu, Samson, Miss Pokhraj ||Legend ||Vishnu Cine. Music: K. Panchigar Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
|-
|''[[Guru Ghantal (1937 film)|Guru Ghantal]]''||Kikubhai Desai || ||Costume Action || Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[His Highness (1937 film)|His Highness]]''||Balwant Bhatt ||[[Sardar Akhtar]], [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], Shirin, Umakant, M. ahur, Lallubhai, Jahangir, Gulab, Ismail ||Action ||Prakash Pictures. Music: Shankar Rao, Lallubhai Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Hurricane Hansa]]''|| R. N. Vaidya ||[[Fearless Nadia]], [[John Cawas]], Sardar Mansur, Master Mohammed, [[Boman Shroff]], Dalpat, Sayani Atish, Husn Banu, Master Chotu, Minoo Cooper ||Action ||[[Wadia Movietone]]. Music: Master Mohammed Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Iman Farosh]]''||B. S. Rajhans ||[[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], Zebunissa, Prabhashankar, Bibijan, Balabhai, Shakir ||Action || Music: Mir Sahib Lyrics: [[Zia Sarhadi]]
|-
|''[[Insaaf (1937 film)|Insaaf]]''|| J. P. Advani || Yusuf Effendi, [[Leela Chitnis]], Ashalata, Gope, Indurani, Kashmiri, Omkar Devaskar, Prem Kumari, [[Amirbai Karnataki]], Ramlal ||Social || Daryani Production. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: G. S. Akhtar
|-
|''[[Izzat (1937 film)|Izzat]]''||[[Franz Osten]] || [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Devika Rani]], [[Mumtaz Ali]], Vimla Kumari, Kamta Prasad, Manohar Ghatwal, P. F. Pithawala, M. Nazir, Amir Ali ||Costume Drama ||[[Bombay Talkies]] Music: [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]] Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
|-
|}

==J-K==
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|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Jagat Kesari]]''||[[Homi Master]] ||[[Dinshaw Billimoria]], Sulochana, [[Ruby Myers]], Ghulam Mohammed, Ghulam Rasool, Lakshmi, Jilloobai, Jumuna Sr, Jamshedji, Sayed Ahmed ||Costume ||Imperial Film Company. Music: Jamshedji, Khan Sahib Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Jagirdar (film)|Jagirdar]]''||[[Mehboob Khan]] ||[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]], [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Maya Devi, [[Ram Marathe]], [[Bhudo Advani]], Pesi Patel, [[Zia Sarhadi]], Sankatha Prasad ||Social || Sagar Pictures. Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Zia Sarhadi
|-
|''[[Jawahir-e-Hind (1937 film)|Jawahir-e-Hind]]''||Chunilal Parekh ||K. G. Rao, Rama Sashi, Sultan Alam, Nurjahan, Tarabai ||Social ||N. I. Movietone. Music: Shanti Kumar Lyrics: Munshi Asif
|-
|''[[Jeevan Prabhat]]''||[[Franz Osten]] ||[[Devika Rani]], [[Renuka Devi]], Maya Devi, [[Kishore Sahu]], [[Mumtaz Ali]], Vimla Devi, Chandraprabha, Tarabai, Saroj Borkar, Kamta Prasad, P. F. Pithawala ||Social Family Drama ||[[Bombay Talkies]] Music: [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]] Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
|-
|''[[Jeevan Jyoti (1937 film)|Jeevan Jyoti]]''||M. R. Kapoor ||Urmila Devi, R. L. Monge, Shakuntala Devi, Ghulam Qadir, Sunalini Devi, Gulzar, Firoza Begum, Gobind Ram ||Social ||Mohini Films. Music: [[Gobind Ram (composer)|Gobind Ram]] Lyrics: Wali Saheb
|-
|''[[Jeevan Swapna (1937 film)|Jeevan Swapna]]''||[[Jaddanbai]] ||[[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]], [[Sitara Devi]], A. Hussain, Marutirao, Shanta Devi, Anees Khatoon ||Social ||Sangeet Film Company. Music: Jaddanbai Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]]
|-
|''[[Kal Ki Baat]]''|| R. S. Choudhry || Rose, [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], Zebunissa, [[Durga Khote]] Jani Babu, Shakir, [[Mubarak (actor)|Mubarak]], Bibijan ||Costume || Music: Mir Sahib Lyrics: [[Zia Sarhadi]], N. P. Betaab
|-
|''[[Kala Bhoot]]''||A. M. Khan ||Navinchandra, Rajkumari, Gohar Karnataki, Bose, Bashir, Sofia, Razak, Ali ||Costume Suspense ||Indian Liberty. Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics: A. M. Khan
|-
|''[[Khan Bahadur (film)|Khan Bahadur]]''||[[Sohrab Modi]] || Sohrab Modi, [[Naseem Banu]], [[Prem Adib]], E. Tarapore, Sharifa, Sadiq Ali, Sheela, ||Social ||[[Minerva Movietone]]. Music: B. S. Hoogan Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Khudai Khidmatgar (1937 film)|Khudai Khidmatgar]]''||Vithaldas Panchotia || [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], Rampyari, [[Khalil (actor)|Khalil]], V. Panchotia, Radharani, Shyam Sunder, Sarla Devi, A. R. Pehalwan, Fida Hussain, Jaishankar Pehalwan, ||Action ||Bharat Laxmi Pictures. Music: Nagardas Nayak Lyrics: Tanveer Naqvi
|-
|''[[Khwab Ki Duniya]]''||[[Vijay Bhatt]] ||[[Sardar Akhtar]], [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], Shirin Banu, Madhav Marathe, Umakant, Zahur, Ismail, Lallubhai ||Fantasy ||Prakash Pictures. Music: Lallubhai Naik Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
|-
|''[[Kisan Kanya]]''||M. Gidwani ||Padma Devi, Ghulam Mohammed, Sayed Ahmed, [[Jilloobai]], Nissar, Gani ||Social ||Imperial Pictures. First colour film processed in India (Sairandhari (1933) was processed in Germany) Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Kiski Pyari]]'' a.k.a. ''Whose Love?''||Akhtar Nawaz || Jal Merchant, [[Zubeida Begum|Zubeida]], Premlata, [[Khalil (actor)|Khalil]], Ghulam Hussain, Noor Jehan, Akhtar Nawaz, Anees Khatoon, Aghajan, Bittanbai ||Social ||Sunrise Pictures. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Kokila (1937 film)|Kokila]]''||[[Sarvottam Badami]] ||[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], [[Shobhana Samarth]], [[Sitara Devi]], Sabita Devi, Maya Bannerji, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, Siddiqi ||Social ||Sagar Movietone. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: Siddiqi
|-
|''[[Kuldeepak (1937 film)|Kuldeepak]]''||A. M. Khan ||Shiraz, Gohar Karnataki, F. M. Khan, Garib Shah, [[Rafique Ghaznavi]], [[Anwari Begum|Anwaribai]], Almas, Bibijan ||Social Family Drama ||Mohan Pictures. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Kulvadhu (film)|Kulvadhu]]''||[[Sarvottam Badami]] ||[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], Sabita Devi, Gulzar, Pesi Patel, Pande, Jamu Patel ||Social ||Sagar Pictures. Music: Pransukh M. Nayak Lyrics: Siddiqui
|-
|}

==L-M==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
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|''[[Lahiri Lutera]]''||Nagendra Majumdar ||Navinchandra, Vatsala Kumtekar, Uma Devi, Marutirao, Amritlal Nagar, Sofia, Roshan, Bhim, Bose ||Action ||Navin Pictures. Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics: [[Khalil (actor)|Khalil]]
|-
|''[[Mahageet]]''|| Hiren Bose || [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], Maya Bannerjee, [[Sitara Devi]], Sankatha Prasad, Pesi Patel, Hiren Bose, Ashalata, Kayam Ali, Kashmiri, [[Bhudo Advani]], Gulzar, Siddiqui ||Social Romantic Musical || [[Sagar Movietone]]. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: [[Zia Sarhadi]]
|-
|''[[Mandir (film)|Mandir]]''||[[Abdul Rashid Kardar]] || [[Dhiraj Bhattacharya]], Rajkumari, Anees Khatoon, A. R. Pahelwan, Agha, Mahmood Shah, Akhtar Nawaz ||Devotional ||Shankar Talkies Corporation. Music: Ramzan Khan Lyrics: Manjar Hashiri
|-
|''[[Mere Lal]]''||Gunjal ||Pramila, [[Anant Marathe]], [[Ram Marathe]], [[W. M. Khan]], [[Rafiqe Ghaznavi]], Jamshedji, [[Jilloobai]], Mukhtar, Ghulam Rasool, Sayed Ahmed, Rustom Poonawala ||Social ||Imperial Pictures. Music: H. C. Bali, Ram Gopal Pande Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
|-
|''[[Meri Bhool]]''||Shaily Ghosh ||Navin Yagnik, Indurani, Paresh Bannerjee, Kokila, Shivrani, Nayampalli, Leela Pawar ||Social ||Tara Films. Music: Shivrani Ghosh Lyrics: Pandit Indra
|-
|''[[Milap (1937 film)|Milap]]'' ||[[Abdul Rashid Kardar]] || [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], Indira Devi, [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Bimla Kumari, Devbala, Ram Pyari, M. Esmail ||Costume || Moti Mahal Theatres. Music: [[K. C. Dey]] Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Mitti Ka Putla]]''||[[Jayant Desai]] ||Madhuri, [[E. Billimoria]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], [[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], Anees Khatoon, Ghory, Bhupatrai, Keki Bawa, Shanta Devi || || Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Modern Lady (1937 film)|Modern Lady]]''||Jyotish Mukherjee ||Ram Dulari, Mohammed Hussain, Chandra, Hashmat ||Action ||Kali Films. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Modern Youth]]''||D. T. Shivdasani ||Navin Yagnik, Hansa Wadkar, Benjamin, Sarla, S Nasir, Dina Nath ||Action ||Golden Eagle. Music: Sundardas Bhatia Lyrics: Gauri Shankar Lal 'Akhtar'
|-
|''[[Moti Ka Haar]]''||[[Jaddanbai]] ||[[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]], Ashiq Hussain, Anita Devi, Baby [[Nargis]], Shamlal, P. L. Santoshi ||Social ||Sangeet Movietone. Music: Jaddanbai Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Mr. 420 (1937 film)|Mr. 420]]''||Sorabji Kerawala ||Indubala, Akbar, Manjar, Sorabji Kerawala, Abdulla, Anwaribai, Nurjahan ||Action ||Star Films. Music: Chhailaram Solanki Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Mukti (1937 film)|Mukti]]''||[[P.C. Barua]] ||P. C. Barua, [[Kanan Devi]], Nawab, Menaka Devi, Sailen Chowdhary, Jadish Sethi, Pankaj Mullick, Bikram Kapoor, Prafulla Roy, Devbala, Amar Mullick ||Social Family Drama ||[[New Theatres]]. Music: [[Pankaj Mullick]] Lyrics: Arzu Lucknavi
|-
|}

==N-P==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Naujawan (1937 film)|Naujawan]]''||Aspi Irani || Husn Banu, Gulshan, Harishchandra Rao, Miya Allavally, Minoo The Mystic ||Action || [[Wadia Movietone]]. Music: Master Mohammed Lyrics:
|-
|''[[New Searchlight]]''||Homi Master ||[[D. Billimoria]], Jilloobai, Sulochana, Jamshedji, Ghulam Mohammed, Rustom Poonawala, Ghulam Rasool ||Social ||Imperial Music: Hakim Shahid, Munshi Shahid Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Nishan-e-Jung]]''||A. R. Kabuli ||Zebunissa, Abdul Rehman Kabuli, Shiraz Moti, S. Alam, Haroon, Gulab ||Action ||Prince Movies. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Parakh (1937 film)|Parakh]]''||Baburao Apte ||Indira Wadkar, Rajkumari, Madhav Kale, Baby Noor Jehan, Nurjahan, M. Ghatwai ||Action ||Dwarka Pictures. Music: B. S. Hoogan Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Pardesi Pankhi]]''||[[Chandulal Shah]] || [[E. Billimoria]], [[Gohar Mamajiwala]], Shanta, [[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], Khatoon, [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], Ghory, Bhupatrai ||Action || [[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Pictures]]. Music: Bannekhan Lyrics: Narayan Prasad Betaab
|-
|''[[Pratibha (1937 film)|Pratibha]]''||[[Baburao Painter]] ||[[Durga Khote]], [[Keshavrao Date]], [[Raja Paranjpe]], [[Hirabai Barodekar]], Vishnupant, Aundhkar, V. S. Jog, Master Shyam, Miss Heera, S. D. Danve ||Costume Drama ||Shalini Cinetone. Music: [[Govindrao Tembe]] Lyrics: Pandit Anand Kumar
|-
|''[[Prem Kahani (1937 film)|Prem Kahani]]''||[[Franz Osten]] ||[[Ashok Kumar]], Madhurika, Maya Devi, [[Mumtaz Ali]], Vimala Devi, N. M. Joshi, P. F. Pithawala, Saroj Borkar, Manohar Ghatwani, Chandraprabha, Kamta Prasad ||Social ||[[Bombay Talkies]]. Music: [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]] Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
|-
|''[[Prem Yatra]]''||Prafulla Roy ||[[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], [[Wasti (actor)|Wasti]], Mayuri, Leelavati, [[Rafique Ghaznavi]], [[Mubarak (actor)|Mubarak]], Mirza Musharraf, Vidya Devi ||Social ||New Orient. Music: Q. S. Zahoor Lyrics: [[Hakim Ahmad Shuja]]
|-
|''[[Premveer]]''||[[Master Vinayak]] || Vinayak, Ashalata, D. S. Salvi, Pethkar, Gharpure, Kashmiri, Phiroze, B. Pawar ||Romantic Comedy || Huns Pictures. Music: Annashib Mainkar Lyrics: Pandit Indra
|-
|''[[President (1937 film)|President]]''||[[Nitin Bose]] || [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Leela Desai]], Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Sethi, Bikram Kapoor, Devbala, Nawab ||Social ||[[New Theatres]]. Ek Bangla Bane Niyaara. Music: [[Pankaj Mullick]], [[R. C. Boral]] Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Punjab Lancers]]''||Homi Master, Narayan Devare || [[Fatma Begum]], Laxmi, Urmila, Kanta, Ghulam Rasool, Master Nissar, Kapi, Ebrahim, Sayed Ahmed, Chemist, Asooji, Master Madhavlal Damodar ||Action || Imperial Film Company Music: Master Madhavlal Lyrics:
|-
|}

==Q-S==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Qazzak Ki Ladki]]''|| Sultan Mirza || [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]], Dattu, D. P. Rai, Verman, Iftekhar, Sushila, Sarla, Sadiqe, Kashmiri, Mirza Musharraf ||Costume || Rainbow Films. Music: Ishrat Sultana Lyrics: Dr. Samad
|-
|''[[Sagar Ka Sher]]''||[[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]] || Yakub, [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]], [[Ram Marathe]], Kayam Ali, [[David (actor)|David]], Sankatha Prasad, Pesi Patel, Mehdi Raja, Zaverbhai, Pande || ||Sagar Pictures. Music: Pransukh Nayak Lyrics: Waqif
|-
|''[[Samaj Patan]]''||Prafulla Roy ||[[Ahindra Choudhury]], Indubala, R. P. Kapoor, Devbala, D. Sarkari ||Social ||Bharat Lakshmi. Music: Nagardas Naik Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Saqi (1937 film)|Saqi]]''||J. P. Advani ||[[P. Jairaj]], [[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], Kashinath, Kamalakar, Jena, [[Hari Shivdasani]] ||Action ||Variety Pictures. Music: Sunderdas Bhatia Lyrics: Munshi Jilani Sham
|-
|''[[Sarojini (1937 film)|Sarojini]]''||T. G. Lalwani ||Rajkumari, [[Mubarak (actor)|Mubarak]], Moti, Nurjahan, [[Zohra Sehgal]], Fatty Prasad, Hamida Banu ||Social ||Vinset Pictures. Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: M. R. Kapoor
|-
|''[[Sati Pingala]]''||D. K. Kale ||Indira Wadkar, Kusum Deshpande, Kelkar, Raja Pandit, Pathak ||Devotional || Music: R. S. Pathak Lyrics: Pandit Indra
|-
|''[[Savitri (1937 film)|Savitri]]''||[[Franz Osten]] ||[[Ashok Kumar]], [[Devika Rani]], [[Mumtaz Ali]], Sunita Devi, Maya Devi, Kamta Prasad, Saroj Borkar, M. Nazir, Susheela, Tarabai, Chandraprabha, P. F. Pithawala ||Mythology Legend ||[[Bombay Talkies]]. Music: [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]] Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
|-
|''[[Shadi Ka Mamla]]''||Mamam Warerkar ||[[Hansa Wadkar]], [[Baburao Pendharkar]], Master Chhotu ||Social ||M. Thakker. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Shama Parwana (1937 film)|Shama Parwana]]''||[[D. N. Madhok]] ||[[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], Madhuri, Bhupat Rai, Dixit, [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], Usharani, Kesari, Dilip (Nazir) ||Social ||Ranjit Movietone Music: Banne Khan Lyrics: [[Zia Sarhadi]]
|-
|''[[Sharafi Loot]]''||[[D. N. Madhok]] ||[[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], Khatoon, Ghory, [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], Ram Apte, Bhupatrai ||Action ||Ranjit Movietone. Music: Rewashankar Lyrics: D. N. madhok
|-
|''[[Sinhaldweep Ki Sundari (1937 film)|Sinhaldweep Ki Sundari]]''||Kikubhai Desai ||Sardar Mansur, Navinchandra, Ali, Mirajkar, Meharunnisa, Bacha, Gohar Karnataki, Shahzadi, Ali ||Action ||Indian Liberty. Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Swaraj Ke Sipahi]]''||Mohan Singh ||Radharani, Snehlata, O. K. Dhar, Shyam Sunder, Fakir Mohammed, [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], Munshi Khanjar ||Action ||Murli Pictures. Music: Badri Prasad Lyrics:
|-
|}

==T-Z==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
|''[[Taranhar]]''||Kikubhai Desai ||Gohar Karnataki, Ibrahim, Bachcha, Nurjahan, Mansur, Mehrunisa, Ali, Bose ||Action ||Indian Liberty. Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Toofani Tarzan]]''||[[Homi Wadia]] || Gulshan, [[John Cawas]], Nazira, [[Boman Shroff]], Dalpat, Dilawar, [[Chandrashekhar]] ||Action Adventure ||[[Wadia Movietone]] Music: Master Mohammed Lyrics: Pandit Gyan Chandra
|-
|''[[Toofani Khazana]]''||G. K. Mehta ||[[P. Jairaj]], Urmila Devi, [[Shah Nawaz (actor)|Shah Nawaz]], Gulab, Dinkar, Yusuf, Bahi Desa, Aspi ||Action ||Firdausi Pics. Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Toofani Toli]]'' a.k.a. ''Reckless Rogues''||[[Jayant Desai]] ||[[E. Billimoria]], Madhuri, [[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], Ghory, Anees Khatoon, [[Waheedan Bai]], Ram Apte, Shahjahan, Kalyani Das, Bhupatrai, Kantilal ||Action ||[[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Film Co]]. Music: (Jnan Dutt) [[Gyan Dutt]] Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]]
|-
|''[[Usne Kya Socha]]''||I. S. Hafisji ||Ratanbai, [[W. M. Khan]], [[Rafique Ghaznavi]], [[Anant Marathe]], Baby [[Suraiya]], Rustom Poonawala, Jamshedji, Mukhtar, Asooji ||Social ||Imperial Film Company. Music: H. C. Bali Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Vanraj Kesari]]''||Dhirubhai Desai ||Ansuya, Ashiq Hussain, Bulbule, Kantilal, Himmatlal, Aruna Devi, P. R. Joshi, Fazlu, Samson ||Costume ||Vishnu Cinetone. Music: Ali Hasan Javed Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Vidyapati (1937 film)|Vidyapati]]''||[[Debaki Bose]] ||[[Leela Desai]] [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], [[Kanan Devi]], [[K. N. Singh]], Rampyari, Chhaya Devi, [[K. C. Dey]], Nemo, Kidar Sharma, Mohammed Ishaq ||Biopic Drama || New Theatres. Music: [[R. C. Boral]] Lyrics: [[Kidar Sharma]]
|-
|''[[Wahan]]''||K. N. Kale ||[[Leela Chitnis]], [[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Shanta Apte]], Prahlad, [[Vasant Desai]], [[Ulhas (actor)|Ulhas]], Aruna Devi, Master Chhotu ||Costume ||[[Prabhat Film Company]]. Music: Master Krishnarao Lyrics: Pt. Narottam Vyas
|-
|''[[Wah Ri Duniya]]''||Gunjal ||Sulochana ([[Ruby Myers]]), [[D. Billimoria]], Ghulam Mohammed, Lakshmi, Asooji, Sayed Ahmed, Jumna, Baba Vyas ||Action || Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Zambo The Ape Man]]''||M. Bhavnani ||Navin Yagnik, Sarla, Indira Wadkar, Salvi, Ghulam Qadir, [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], D. S. Salvi, [[David (actor)|David]], Nayampalli ||Action ||Bhavnani Productions. Music: Badri Prasad Lyrics: Badri Prasad
|-
|''[[Zamin Ka Chand]]''||[[Jayant Desai]] ||Madhuri, [[E. Billimoria]], [[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], Ghory, Bhupatrai, [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], Ram Apte ||Social ||[[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Pictures]]. Music: Banne Khan Lyrics: Arzu Lucknavi
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&countries=in&sort=moviemeter,asc&title_type=feature&year=1937 Bollywood films of 1937] at the [[IMDb]]

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[[Category:Lists of Bollywood films by year|1937]]
[[Category:Lists of 1937 films by country or language|Bollywood]]
[[Category:1937 in Indian cinema|Films, Bollywood]]

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