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A list of films produced by the [[Bollywood]] film industry based in [[Mumbai]] in 1940:

Panchaayat
==Highest-grossing films==
The five highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1940:<ref>{{cite web|author=Box Office India |title=Top Earners 1940 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA== |publisher=Box Office India|access-date=10 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206110235/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=145&catName=MTk0MA%3D%3D |archive-date= 6 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| '''''[[Zindagi (1940 film)|Zindagi]]'''''
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| '''''[[Bandhan (1940 film)|Bandhan]]'''''
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| 3.
| '''''[[Achhut]]'''''
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| 4.
| '''''[[Pagal (film)|Pagal]]'''''
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| 5.
| '''''[[Nartaki (1940 film)|Nartaki]]'''''
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==A==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
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| ''[[Aaj Ka Hindustan]]'' || Jayant Desai || Rose, [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], SitaraDevi, [[Ishwarlal]], [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Kalyani, Tarabai, Charubala, [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]] ||Social ||Music: [[Khemchand Prakash]] Lyrics: [[D. N. Madhok]]
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| ''[[Aaj Ki Duniya]]'' ||G.P. Pawar ||[[Trilok Kapoor]], Ashalata, [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], Vatsala Kumtekar, Gulab, Nazir Kashmiri, S. Nazir ||Social ||Music: Pratap Mukherji Lyrics: A. Karim
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|''[[Aandhi (1940 film)|Aandhi]]'' ||Dinesh Ranjan Das || [[Pankaj Mullick]], [[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], Molina Devi, K. C. Dey, Sulekha, Sham Laha, Nemo ||Social || Music: [[K. C. Dey]] Lyrics: Arzu Lucknavi
|-
| ''[[Abla Ki Shakti]]'' ||Munshi Dil Lucknowi ||[[Jehanara Kajjan]], Khalil, Premlata, Phool Kumari ||Social ||Music: C. Solanki Lyrics: Ustad Hussain Jan
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| ''[[Achhut]]'' ||[[Chandulal Shah]] ||Gohar Mamajiwala, [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], Vasanti, [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], [[Sitara Devi]], [[Trilok Kapoor]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], Lala Yaqub, Ibrahim, Rajkumari ||Social Drama ||Music: [[Gyan Dutt]] Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]]
|-
|[[Aflatoon Aurat]] || Kikubhai Desai ||Moti, [[Mallika Pukhraj]], Sardar Mansur, Kanta Kumari, Vatsala Kumtekar, S. Vazre, Bose, Razak, Dhulia, Bashir, Mirajkar ||Action || Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics: Munshi Aziz
|-
| ''[[Alakh Niranjan (1940 film)|Alakh Niranjan]]'' a.k.a. ''Gorakhnath'' ||[[Bhalji Pendharkar]] ||Nandrekar, Leela, [[Raja Paranjpe]], Vimal Sardesai, Chandrakant ||Devotional ||Music: Koregaonkar Dutta Lyrics: Pandit Anand Kumar
|-
| ''[[Ali Baba (1940 film)|Ali Baba]]'' || [[Mehboob Khan]] ||[[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], [[Sardar Akhtar]], Ghulam Mohammed, Jagdish ||Fantasy, Adventure ||Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: Aah Sitapuri
|-
| ''[[Anarbala]]'' ||A. M. Khan ||Benjamin, Jani Babu, Shanta Kashmiri, N. A. Ansari, Usha Rani, M. Musa, Indira, Ameena, Rafiqe ||Horror ||Music: Master Mohammed Lyrics: Munshi Nayab
|-
| ''[[Anjaam (1940 film)|Anjaam]]'' || Kanjibhai Rathod||Anil Kumar, Mehar Sultana, Rajkumari, Yashwant Dave, Samson, Fazlu ||Costume ||Music: Shanti Kumar Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
|-
| ''[[Anuradha (1940 film)|Anuradha]]'' ||[[Mohan Sinha]] ||Maya Banerjee, [[Trilok Kapoor]], [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], Vatsala Kumtekar, Shyam Sunder, [[Anant Marathe]], S, Nazir, [[Agha (actor)|Agha]], Ghulam Rasool, Mehdi Raza, Bibijan ||Social ||Music: Badri Prasad Lyrics: Lajpat Rai
|-
| ''[[Apni Nagariya]]'' ||Gunjal || [[Shobhana Samarth]], [[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]], [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], [[K. N. Singh]], Shanta Dutt, Madhavi, Bibijan, Keki Bawa ||Social ||Music: [[Rafiqe Ghaznavi]] Lyrics: Aah Sitapuri, [[Pandit Indra]]
|-
| ''[[Aurat (1940 film)|Aurat]]'' || [[Mehboob Khan]] ||[[Sardar Akhtar]], [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Jyoti, [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]], Arun Kumar, Harish, Brij Rani, Vatsala Kumtekar, Sunalini Devi ||Social Family Drama ||Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: Safdar Aah
|-
| ''[[Azad (1940 film)|Azad]]'' || N.R. Acharya ||[[Leela Chitnis]], [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Hansa Wadkar]], [[Mumtaz Ali]], Nazir Bedi, Rama Shukal, [[Nana Palsikar]], D. V. Surve, Ramchandra Pal ||Social ||Music: [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]] Lyrics: J S Kashyap
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| ''[[Azadi-e-Watan]]'' || [[Dinshaw Billimoria]] ||[[Mallika Pukhraj]], D. Billimoria, [[W. M. Khan]], Ashraf Khan, Ghulam Mohammed, Abdul Qadir ||Social ||Music: Munshi Dil Lyrics: Munshi Dil
|-
|}

==B-D==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
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| ''[[Bahurani (1940 film)|Bahurani]]'' a.k.a. ''Daughter-in-Law'' || R.S. Junnarkar, Mubarak ||[[Kishore Sahu]], Rose, Anuradha, [[Mubarak (actor)|Mubarak]], Madhurika, Pratima Devi, Masood, [[Nana Palsikar]] ||Family ||Music: Rafiq Ghaznavi Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap, Azad
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|''[[Bandhan (1940 film)|Bandhan]]''||N. R. Acharya || [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Leela Chitnis]], Arun Kumar, P. F. Pithavala, [[V. H. Desai]], [[Shah Nawaz (actor)|Shah Nawaz]], Purnima Desai, Jagganath ||Romantic Drama || Music: [[Saraswati Devi (music director)|Saraswati Devi]], Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|-
|''[[Bhairavsingh – Ek Rashtra sevak]]''|| || || ||
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| ''[[Bharosa (1940 film)|Bharosa]]'' || [[Sohrab Modi]] || [[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Sardar Akhtar]], [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], Maya Devi, E. Tarapore, Sheela, Abu Bakar||Social ||Music: G. P. Kapoor Lyrics: Lalchand Bismil
|-
| ''[[Bholi Lutaran]]'' ||A. M. Khan ||[[Zohra Sehgal]], Umakant, Ameena, Jani Babu, Shiraz, A. M. Khan, Ata Mohammed, Sadiq ||Costume ||Music: Haribhai Mistry, Master Mohammedd Lyrics: Munshi Nayab
|-
| ''[[Captain Kishore|Captain Kishori]]'' ||[[K. Amarnath]] ||[[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]], [[Lalita Pawar]], Yasmin, [[Agha (actor)|Agha]] ||Action ||Music: Ram Gopal Pande Aslam Noori
|-
| ''[[Chalti Duniya]]'' ||Gunjal, B. Marzban ||Padma Devi, [[Rafiq Ghaznavi]], Lakshmi, Ghulam Rasool, Leelavati, ||Action ||Music: Ram Gopal Pande Lyrics:
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| ''[[Chingari (1940 film)|Chingari]]'' || [[Sarvottam Badami]]|| [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Sabita Devi, [[Keshavrao Date]], [[E. Billimoria]], Sunalini Devi, Khatoon, Bhagwandas, Mira, Tarabai||Social ||Music: [[Gyan Dutt]] Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
|-
|''[[Civil Marriage (1940 film)|Civil Marriage]]'' ||Ramchandra Thakur ||Snehprabha Pradhan, Harish, Arun Kumar, Kayam Ali, Sankatha Prasad, [[Bhudo Advani]], Putlibai ||Social ||Music: Anupam Ghatak Lyrics: Kanhaiyalal
|-
| ''[[Deepak (1940 film)|Deepak]]'' || Dwarka Khosla ||[[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Ashalata, Jeevan, [[Anant Marathe]], S. Nazir, Vatsala Kumtekar, [[Nazir Kashmiri]], Baby Suman ||Social ||Music: Timir Baran Lyrics: Lajpat Rai
|-
| ''[[Deepak Mahal]]'' ||[[Nanubhai Vakil]] ||Anil Kumar, Sarojini, Bibijan, Mirajkar, Indira, Khalil, Majid||Fantasy || Music: Ram Gopal Pande Lyrics: B. R. Batish, Pandit Anuj
|-
| ''[[Desh Bhakta]]'' ||A. H. Essa || [[Wazir Mohammed Khan]], Harishchandra, Ashalata, Kashmiri, [[Gope (actor)|Gope]], [[Agha (actor)|Agha]], Nissar, [[Shah Nawaz (actor)|Shah Nawaz]], Pir Mohamed ||Social ||Music: V. K. Naidu Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi, Shaifta
|-
| ''[[Dharma Bandhan]]'' ||Jagatrai Pesumal Advani ||[[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], Yusuf Effendi, Shyam Sunder, Zebunissa, Kaushalya, Jani Babu ||Social ||Music: B. R. Devdhar Lyrics:
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|''[[Diamond Queen (1940 film)|Diamond Queen]]''||[[Homi Wadia]] || [[Fearless Nadia]], [[John Cawas]], Radha Rani, Sayani Atish, Sardar Mansur, Dalpat, [[Boman Shroff]] ||Adventure Action Comedy ||Music: Madhaval Damodar Master Lyrics: Munshi Sham
|-
| ''[[Divali (1940 film)|Divali]]'' ||[[Jayant Desai]] ||[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], Madhuri, [[Ishwarlal]], Vasanti, [[Keshavrao Date]], [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], Indubala, Suresh, Kesari, M. Bhagwandas ||Social ||Music: [[Khemchand Prakash]] Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]], [[D. N. Madhok]], and Pandit Sudarshan
|-
| ''[[Dorangia Daku]]'' ||[[H. S. Rawail|Harnam Singh Rawail]] ||Pushpa Rani, [[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]], Ghulam Mohammed, Baburao Pehalwan ||Action || Music: G. K. Rampuri Lyrics:
|-
|}

==E-J==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
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| ''[[Ek Hi Bhool (1940 film)|Ek Hi Bhool]]'' ||[[Vijay Bhatt]] ||[[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]], [[P. Jairaj]], Umakant, Prahlad dutt, Munshi Khanjar, Baby [[Meena Kumari]] ||Social Drama ||Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
|-
| ''[[Geeta (1940 film)|Geeta]]'' ||Parshwanath Yeshwant Altekar || [[Chandra Mohan (Hindi film actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Durga Khote]], [[Anant Marathe]], Ashalata, Kashmiri, Vatsala Kumtekar, Keki Bawa, Suman ||Social ||Music: D. P. Koregaonkar Lyrics: S. P. Kalla
|-
| ''[[Ghar Ki Rani]]'' ||[[Master Vinayak]] ||Master Vinayak, Meenakshi, [[Leela Chitnis]], Baburao Pendharkar, Damuanna Malvankar, Kusuk Deshpande, Salvi ||Family Drama ||Music: Chandekar Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Golibar]]'' ||[[Nanubhai Vakil]] ||Moti, Navinchandra, Kanta Kumari, Vasantrao Pehalwan, Mirajkar, Sardar Mansur, Dhulia, Razaq, Bacha, S. L. Puri ||Action ||Music: Damodar Sharma Lyrics:
|-
| ''[[Haar Jeet (1940 film)|Haar Jeet]]'' ||Amar Mullick ||[[Kanan Devi]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], Meera Dutta, Chhaya Devi, Nawab, Madho Shukla, Nand Kishore, Nemo, Ghulam Hussain ||Social ||Music: [[R. C. Boral]] Lyrics: Arzu Luckhnavi, [[Kidar Sharma]]
|-
|''[[Haiwan (1940 film)|Haiwan]]'' ||A. M. Khan ||[[Sitara Devi]], Alaknanda, Bachchu, Tarabai ||Action ||Music: R. Pande Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Hatimtai Ki Beti (1940 film)|Hatimtai Ki Beti]]'' ||[[Nanubhai Vakil]] ||Sarojini, Anil Kumar, Indurani, Anwaribai, Sayid Ahmed, Bibijan || ||Music: B. R. Batish, Master Madhavlal Damodar Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
|-
| ''[[Hind Ka Lal]]'' ||[[Homi Wadia]], Ramji Arya ||Radharani, Sardar Mansur, [[Boman Shroff]], Dalpat, Mithu Miyan, Gulshan, Kasturi, Dilawar, Azurie, Nazira, Master Mohammed, Bismillah ||Action ||Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master Lyrics: Ata Biswani
|-
| ''[[Hindustan Hamara (1940 film)|Hindustan Hamara]]'' || Ram Daryani||Jamuna, Padmadevi, Nandrekar, Ram Dulari, Devaskar, [[Hari Shivdasani]], [[Badri Prasad]] ||Social ||Music: B. Chatterji Lyrics: Arzu Luckhnavi
|-
| ''[[Holi (1940 film)|Holi]]'' ||[[Abdul Rashid Kardar]] ||[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], [[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], [[Ishwarlal (actor)|Ishwarlal]], [[Sitara Devi]], Ghory, Dixit, Lala Yaqub, Tarabai, Mirza Musharraf, [[Keshavrao Date]], Bhagwandas ||Social Drama ||Music: [[Khemchand Prakash]] Lyrics: [[D. N. Madhok]]
|-
|''[[Jadui Kangan]]'' || [[Nanubhai Vakil]] || [[Master Vithal]], Kokila, Rajkumari, Sunita Devi, Kamal, Nawaz, Sadique, Majid, Krishna Kumari, Haroon, Mohanlal Mishra ||Fantasy || Music: Shanti Kumar Lyrics: Pandit Phani
|-
| ''[[Jadu Nagri]]'' ||B. Apte ||Rajkumari, Yashwant Dave, Shamim, Tarabai ||Fantasy ||Music: Shanti Kumar Desai Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
|-
| ''[[Jagat Mohini]]'' ||Chunilal Parikh || [[Master Vithal]], Kokila, Sunita Devi, Majid, Kamal, Krishna Kumari Sr., Mohanlal, Mishra, Haroon, Amritlal Nagar || ||Music: Madhavlal Master Lyrics: Pandit Phani
|-
| ''[[Jai Swadesh]]'' ||Aspi Irani ||Radharani, Benjamin, Sayani Atish, Vatsala Kumtekar, Azurie, Abdul Haq ||Action Social ||Music: Madhavlal Master Lyrics: Waheed Qureshi
|-
| ''[[Jhuthi Sharm]]'' || Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani ||[[Trilok Kapoor]], Bimla Kumari, Navin Yagnik, [[Nirmala Devi]], Rajkumari, Nayampalli, Rai Mohan, Sharifa ||Social ||Music: Badri Prasad Lyrics: [[D. N. Madhok]]
|-
|}

==K-N==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
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| ''[[Kalyani (1940 film)|Kalyani]] '' || [[Premankur Atorthy]]||Rattanbai, [[W. M. Khan]], Ghulam Mohammed, [[Jilloo]], Mukhtar, Kesar, Jamshedji, Sayed Ahmed ||Social || Music: H. C. Bali Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]]
|-
| ''[[Kumkum the Dancer]]'' || Modhu Bose || Sadhona Bose, [[Dhiraj Bhattacharya]], Preeti Majumdar, [[Moni Chatterjee]], Kayam Ali, Padma Devi, Lalit Roy, M. Ishaq, [[Bhudo Advani]], Kamta Prasad, Jamshedji ||Costume Drama ||Music: Timir Baran Lyrics: Pandit Sudarshan
|-
| ''[[Kanyadan (1940 film)|Kanyadan]]'' ||V. M. Vyas ||Kalyani Ds, Ashiq Hussain, Shamim, Ghulam Mohammed, Jamshedji, Hadi, [[Jilloo]] ||Social || Music: Mushtaq Hussain Lyrics: A. Shah
|-
| ''[[Laxmi (1940 film)|Laxmi]]'' ||[[Mohan Sinha]] || [[Kumar (actor)|Kumar]], Ishrat Sultana, Maya, [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]], [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], [[Gope (actor)|Gope]], Bibijan, Ghulam Rasool, Mehdi Raja ||Social ||Music: Timir Baran Lyrics: Mohan Sinha
|-
| ''[[Main Hari]]'' || [[Gajanan Jagirdar]] ||Navin Yagnik, Naseem, Maya Devi, Ghulam Hussain, [[Hari Shivdasani]] ||Social ||Music: Mir Sahib Lyrics: [[Kamal Amrohi]]
|-
|''[[Madari Mohan]]'' ||Babu Rao Pokal, R, Varde ||Satyarani, Devaskar, Sunita Devi, Ramchandra Varde, Vasant Kanse, Kashinath, Tara ||Fantasy ||Music: B R Deodhar, K Narayan Rao Lyrics: B. G. Joglekar, Pandit Phani
|-
| ''Matwali Mira'' ||Prafulla Roy ||Husn Banu, Nissar, Sultana Banu, Ranjit Kumari, Fakir Mohammed, Kamla, Fida Hussain ||Devotional || Music: Brijlal Verma Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Medha Sharma]]''|| || || ||
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| ''[[Mohini (1940 film)|Mohini]]'' ||Madhukar Bavdekar, Annasaheb Rajopadhye ||[[Master Vithal]] || ||Music: Lyrics:
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| ''[[Musafir (1940 film)|Musafir]]'' ||[[Chaturbhuj Doshi]] ||[[Ishwarlal]], [[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], Vasanti, Bhupatrai, Kesari, Mirza Musharaf, Bhagwandas ||Social ||Music: [[Gyan Dutt]] Lyrics: [[D. N. Madhok]]
|-
|''[[Narsi Bhagat]]'' ||[[Vijay Bhatt]] ||Vishnupant Pagnis, [[Durga Khote]], Pande, Vimla Vashishta, Ram Marathe, Baby Indira, [[Amirbai Karnataki]] ||Biopic ||Music: Shankar Rao Vyas Lyrics: Sampatlal Shrivastav Anuj, Baalam
|-
| ''[[Nartaki (1940 film)|Nartaki]]'' || [[Debaki Bose]] || [[Leela Desai]], Najmul Hussain, [[Wasti (actor)|Wasti]], Jagdish Sethi, Bhanu Bannerjee, Sailen Choudhury, Nand Kishore, Bikram Kapoor, Panna Kapoor ||Period Costume ||Music: [[Pankaj Mullick]] Lyrics: Arzu Lucknavi
|-
| ''[[Nirali Duniya]]'' ||V.M. Vyas ||[[Lalita Pawar]], [[E. Billimoria]], Shamim, Jal Merchant, Kalyani Das, Fakir Mohammed, Begum Mukhtar, Gulzar, Hadi ||Costume ||Music: Mushtaq Hussain Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi
|-
|}

==O-R==
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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
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| ''[[Pagal (film)|Pagal]]'' ||[[Abdul Rashid Kardar]] || Madhuri, [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], [[Sitara Devi]], [[Trilok Kapoor]], [[Noor Mohammed Charlie|Charlie]], Sunalini Devi, Khatoon, Tarabai, Bhatkar, Tarabai ||Social Drama ||Music: Khemchand Prakash Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]], [[D. N. Madhok]]
|-
| ''[[Pak Daman]]'' ||Rustom Modi ||Firoz Dastur, Ghulam Mohammed, Menaka, Mehboob Khan, Abu Bakar, Mira, Muzaffar Adeeb, Leela ||Costume Drama ||Music: K. M. Pawar Lyrics:
|-
| ''[[Pooja (1940 film)|Pooja]]'' ||[[Abdul Rashid Kardar]] ||[[Sardar Akhtar]], [[Sitara Devi]], Zahur Raja, Mina, Satish, Sunalini Devi, [[Bhudo Advani]], [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]], Shakir, Jyoti, Amir Banu, Sankatha Prasad, [[Ram Avtar]] ||Social ||Music: [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] Lyrics: Shatir Ghaznavi
|-
| ''[[Prem Nagar (1940 film)|Prem Nagar]]'' || Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani||Husn Banu, Nagendra, Bimla Kumari, Fatty Prasad, Rai Mohan, Ramanand, Gulzar ||Social ||First film for Naushad as independent MD<ref name=bharatan>{{cite book|last1=Bharatan|first1=Raju|title=Naushadnama The Life and Music of Naushad|date=2013|publisher=Hay House|location=India|isbn=9789381431931|edition=1st}}</ref> Music: [[Naushad]] Lyrics: D. N. Madhok
|-
| ''[[Punar Milan]]'' || Najam Naqvi||[[Kishore Sahu]], Snehprabha Pradhan, Anjali Devi, [[Shah Nawaz (actor)|Shah Nawaz]], Sunalini Devi, Pithawala, [[Mumtaz Ali]], S. Baburao, [[Mumtaz Begum (actress)|Mumtaz Begum]] ||Social ||Music: Ramchandra Pal Lyrics: J. S. Kashyap
|-
| ''[[Pyaar (1940 film)|Pyaar]]'' ||Dhirubhai Desai ||Mehar Sultana, Samson, Rajkumri, Prakash, Anwaribai, [[Ishwarlal]], Fazlu ||Costume ||Music: Shanti Kumar Desai Lyrics: Kabil Amritsari
|-
| ''[[Qaidi (1940 film)|Qaidi]]'' ||S.F. Hasnain ||Madhuri, [[Ramola (actress)|Ramola]], Nandrekar, [[Mehtab (actress)|Mehtab]], Monica Desai, Ibrahim, [[Leela Mishra]], [[Wasti (actor)|Wasti]] ||Social ||Music: B. Chatterji Lyrics: [[Mirza Ghalib]], Arzu Luckhnavi
|-
| ''[[Rangila Jawan]]'' ||S.M. Yusuf || Agha, Mehar Sultana, Harishchandra Rao, Ashalata, Kashmiri, Gulshan Sufi, Prabha Devi, Rajni, Iqbal, Maruti, Ramlal, [[W. M. Khan]] Gangaram, Gangoobai||Social ||Music: Vasant Kumar Lyrics:
|-
| ''[[Rani Sahiba]]'' ||Dhirubhai Desai, Chunilal Parekh || Rajkumari, Prakash, Samson, Bulbule, [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], Urmila ||Action ||Music: Shantikumar Desai Lyrics: Shyam Babu Pathak, Kabil Amritsari
|-
| ''[[Reshmi Sari]]'' || G.P. Pawar ||Moti, Vasant, Sofia, S. L. Puri, Ganpat Rao, Dhulia, Vazre ||Social Family Drama ||Music: Dam Lyrics: Munshi Aziz, I. C. Kapoor
|-
|}

==S==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Sant Dnyaneshwar (film)|Sant Dnyaneshwar]]'' || Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal|| [[Shahu Modak]], Sumati Gupte, Datta Dharmadhikari, Pandit, Yashwant, Manju, Madhukar, Shanta Majumdar, Sumitra ||Biopic Devotional ||Music: Keshavrao Bhole Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]], Shantaram Athavale, Pandit [[Mukhram Sharma]]
|-
| ''[[Sajani (1940 film)|Sajani]]'' || [[Sarvottam Badami]] ||[[Noor Jehan]], [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Sabita Devi, Snehprabha Pradhan, Ghory, Tarabai, [[Dixit (actor)|Dixit]], Shakir, Kesari ||Romantic Drama ||Music: [[Gyan Dutt]] Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]]
|-
| ''[[Sandesha]]'' ||[[Nazir Ahmed Khan|Nazir]] ||Yasmin, Nazir, Ashiq Hussain, Majid Khan, Baby Madhuri, Sadiq, [[Ram Avtar]], Janardhan Sharma, J. Sushila ||Romantic Drama ||Music: B. R. Batish Lyrics: Munshi Dil
|-
| ''[[Sanskar (1940 film)|Sanskar]]'' ||V. C. Desai ||Rose, Harish, Jyoti, Kaushalya, Satish, Sunalini Devi, [[Waheedan]], Agha Jani, Gulzar, Amir Banu, [[Bhudo Advani]] ||Social ||Music: Ashok Ghosh Lyrics: Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
|-
| ''[[Sardar (1940 film)|Sardar]]'' ||Dwarka Khosla || [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]], Pramila, M. Nazir, Lallo Bhai, [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Amirbai Karnataki]], Munshi Khanjar ||Costume ||Music: Shanker Rao Vyas Lyrics: Pandit Anuj, Pandit Balam
|-
| ''[[Saubhagya]]'' || Chimanlal Luhar ||[[Prem Adib]], [[Shobhana Samarth]], Snehprabha Pradhan, [[K. N. Singh]], Sushil Kumar, Gulab, Majid ||Social ||Music: Harishchandra Bali Lyrics: [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]]
|-
| ''[[Shamsherbaaz]]'' ||Balwant Bhatt ||[[E. Bilimoria]], Ashalata, [[Gope (actor)|Gope]], Vatsala Kumtekar, [[Agha (actor)|Agha]], S. Nazir, Kashmiri, Gulab, Karim ||Action ||Music: Shyam Babu Pathak Lyrics: Pandit Anuj
|-
| ''[[Sneh Bandhan]]'' ||Jagatrai Pesumal Advani ||[[E. Bilimoria]], Pratima Devi, Bibbo, Navin Yagnik, Rajkumari, Muzzamil, Dhulia, Anwaribai ||Romance Drama ||Music: Pannalal Ghosh Lyrics: Narayan Prasad Betab
|-
| ''[[Suhag (1940 film)|Suhag]]'' ||Balwant Bhatt ||[[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], [[Kumar (actor)|Kumar]], [[Bibbo (actress)|Bibbo]], Ashalata, Kashmiri, S. Nazir, Ghulam Rasool, P. R. Joshi, Mehdi Raja ||Social Family Drama ||Music: [[Timir Baran]] Lyrics: Pandit Indra, Karim
|-
|}

==T-Z==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Genre !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Tatar Ka Chor]]'' ||[[K. Amarnath]] || [[Yakub (actor)|Yakub]], Indurani, Vatsala Kumtekar, Gulab, Nawaz, Hiralal, [[W. M. Khan]], Meera, Haroon, Sadiq|| Action, Fantasy ||Music: Ramlal Pande Lyrics: B. R. Batish, Ehsan Rizvi
|-
| ''[[Toofan (1940 film)|Toofan]]'' ||Chaturbhai Patel || Bhim, Indira, Maruti Rao, Raj Rani, Kamala Warerkar ||Action ||Music: S. Bir Singh Lyrics: S. Bir Singh
|-
| ''[[Usha Haran]]'' ||Varma ||[[Mubarak (actor)|Mubarak]], [[Ulhas (actor)|Ulhas]], Gauhar Jr., Sultana, Pransukh ||Mythology ||Music: Lyrics:
|-
|''[[Vasiyat (1940 film)|Vasiyat]]'' ||K. M. Multani ||E. Tarapore, Sheela, [[Gajanan Jagirdar]], Pratap, Ghulam Hussain, Sunalini Devi, Abbas, Naval ||Social ||Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: Abdul Baqi
|-
| ''[[Vijay Kumar (1940 film)|Vijay Kumar]]'' ||Aspi Irani, Raja Yagnik || Sardar Mansur, Sarita Devi, Violet Cooper, Sayani Atish, Dalpat, Master Mohammed, Bismillah, Gulshan, Jamila, Mithu Miyan ||Action, Musical, Drama ||[[Wadia Movietone]]. Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master Lyrics:
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|''[[Virginia (1940 film)|Virginia]]'' || K. M. Multani || Manjula, [[W. M. Khan]], Rajkumari, Pratap, [[David Abraham Cheulkar|David]] ||Action || Music: Khan Mastana Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi, Abdul Baqi
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| ''[[Wayda]]'' || Rafiq Rizvi|| Violet Cooper, Satish, Kokila, Brij Rani, Mohammad Ishaq, Mirza Musharraf, Iqbal Begum, A. R. Pahelwan, Khalil||Social ||Music: Ali Bux Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi
|-
| ''[[Yaad Rahe]]'' ||N. Bulchandani ||Sushila, Akhtar Nawaz, Shyam Sunder, Ram Pyari, Kamla Jharia, Akbar Khan, Ranjit, J. Sushila ||Social ||Music: G. K. Rampuri Lyrics:
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|''[[Zindagi (1940 film)|Zindagi]]''||[[P. C. Barua]] || [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Jamuna Barua|Jamuna]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], [[Sitara Devi]], Nemo, Ashalata, Kashmiri, Sham Laha, Bikram Kapoor, [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] ||Romantic Social Drama ||Saigal song "So Ja Rajkumari So ja". Music: [[Pankaj Mullick]] Lyrics: [[Kidar Sharma]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/List?year=1940&&language=Hindi&&tv=on&&heading=9;1940;Hindi&&related=9;1940;1940;Hindi;Hindi&&nav=/Sections/Years/1940/include-bylanguage Bollywood films of 1940] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[http://aflatune.com/#/albums?g=year&v=1940&page=1 Listen to songs from Bollywood films of 1940]

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* [http://HindilyricsAtoZ.blogspot.com.com/तुम ही आना (Tum Hi Aana) Song lyrics html.तुम ही आना (Tum Hi Aana) Song lyrics.]

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List of Hindi films of 1940 - Revision history

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