Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1987
This list is as per the film's performance money wise at the box office in the particular year. The order is as per revenue collected. There are some years in which films which are regarded as classics post their release or have developed cult following among public over the years, have become box office flop at the time of their release.
The first 26 were hits and rest flops
Most of the films in the below list are not regarded as good classic films except films like Khudgarz, Avam, Mr. India, Hukumat,Pushpak, Sansar , Loha , Satymev Jayate,Nazrana, Inaam Dus Hazar,New Delhi, Ijaazat, Uttar Dakshin and Mohre.
The last six films were flops at the box office on their release.
Watan Ke Rakhwale Hit
Mard Ki Zaban Flop
Insaaniyat Ke Dushman Hit
Loha Hit
Dadagiri Flop
Aag Hi Aag Hit
Jaan Hatheli Pe Hit
Insaaf Ki Pukar Flop
The first 26 were hits and rest flops
Most of the films in the below list are not regarded as good classic films except films like Khudgarz, Avam, Mr. India, Hukumat,Pushpak, Sansar , Loha , Satymev Jayate,Nazrana, Inaam Dus Hazar,New Delhi, Ijaazat, Uttar Dakshin and Mohre.
The last six films were flops at the box office on their release.
Watan Ke Rakhwale Hit
Mard Ki Zaban Flop
Insaaniyat Ke Dushman Hit
Loha Hit
Dadagiri Flop
Aag Hi Aag Hit
Jaan Hatheli Pe Hit
Insaaf Ki Pukar Flop
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- DirectorAnil SharmaStarsDharmendraRati AgnihotriShammi KapoorA tough cop is posted to a small town where an evil businessman reigns like a tyrant. When the cop recognizes the businessman as his father's murderer, it becomes personal.
- DirectorRakesh RoshanStarsJeetendraShatrughan SinhaBhanupriyaSita Sinha watches as her young son, Bihari fights another young, wealthy lad, Amar for spattering dirt on his body using his car. Sita then intervene, separates both, take them to her house only to make them embrace each other which eventually blossoms into friendship. Years later both grows up and they continue their affections for each other; Amar then gets married to wealthy Jaya while Bihari gets married to a female laborer. But shortcomings develop between both Amar and Bihari when Amar's businessman dad, Brij Bhushan Saxena instigated by his business partner schemes to create misunderstandings between both over a plot of land. Bihari then blames Amar for all the up-heals and plots to destroy him.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsAnil KapoorSrideviAmrish PuriA poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsRajesh KhannaSrideviPreeti SapruRajat and Mukta meet each other and fall in love. They get married and live in harmony for a few years. Then Mukta starts suspecting that Rajat is having an affair with Sheetal Puri, and then misunderstandings and distrust start, and snowball. Finally, they decide to separate and go their own ways. After their separation, Mukta finds out that she is pregnant, and would like Rajat to see his child, and hopes for a reconciliation. It is then she meets Sheetal, who tells her in no uncertain terms, that Rajat and she belong together, and Rajat has no intention of coming back to Mukta.
- DirectorShibu MitraStarsDharmendraShatrughan SinhaMoushumi ChatterjeeThe story of an army officer, forced by circumstances to become a dacoit, then repenting and transforming to be a good man and finally facing a challenge to save his family and facing someone who is chasing him for a motive.
- DirectorMukul AnandStarsVinod KhannaDimple KapadiaSuresh OberoiHolding a first degree in law; Avinash Kapoor is employed as a lecturer in a college. When he attempt to punish some students for bending the rules; they retaliate by abducting his blind sister, Geeta. Avinash locates them and beat them up; only to learn that he is fired from his job and sentenced to 6 days in jail for contempt of court; after completing his sentence he is unable to locate any job which forces him to re-locate to Bombay; which still does not help. His aggression for cash leads him to deliver a bag to a smuggler named, Mr. Agnihotri; Agnihotri then puts a job proposal to him but he refuses to have any doing with unlawful activities. Later on he is forced to change his mind when he needs money to pay for his mother's medical surgery which Agnihotri provides. After this there is no looking back for Avinash as he continue to climb the ladder working for Agnihotri; Avinash meets and fall in love with a cabaret dancer, Sonia. But Agnihotri's younger brother, Dilip is also fascinated by Sonia; who abducts her and attempt to sexually molest her which forces her to jump to her death from a multi-storied building. Bearing witness to this Avinash loses his cool, locates Dilip and kill him. Avinash is then arrested by the police and his case is called up in the court. On his way to the court he gets a letter stating that Agnihotri is holding his mother and sister as hostages until he confess to killing Sonia and Dilip.
- DirectorSingeetam Srinivasa RaoStarsKamal HaasanAmala AkkineniTinnu AnandAn unemployed graduate who coincidentally encounters a rich unconscious man, and takes over his lifestyle by keeping him a prisoner. However, he is in for a twist as a contract killer is after him, assuming him to be the affluent man.
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsRajesh KhannaAshok KumarSmita PatilA Captain discovers that his assignment to work with a Defence minister is a front for government espionage, and is pulled into a complex tangle of deceit in the struggle to keep his country safe.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsDharmendraShatrughan SinhaKaran KapoorShera hijacks a bus in return of his 25 prisoners.Amar,Qasim Ali and Karan free the hijacked passengers but Shera escapes.Shera does not keep quite and this time kidnaps Qasim's son in return of those prisoners.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsVinod KhannaMeenakshi SheshadriMadhaviInspector Arjun Singh is a tough cop whose known to loose his cool on criminals due to this has been transferred many a times and also accused of custodial death.Arjun arrests a criminal Chaman Bagga for killing Karamchand but soon is transferred from the case as he misbehaves with his senior officers who favor Bagga,Arjun reaches a new place where his neighbor is Pooja and her family whose brother Raju had died in his custody.After custodial death Arjun lost his love Vidya who married a lawyer Kaul and he found solace in prostitute Seema whose also friend of Pooja.Kaul is fighting Pooja's case for Raju and asks her to keep Bagga secretly in her house as he is prime witness in Raju's case.Kaul is working for corrupt politicians who wants to save Bagga and frame Arjun.
- DirectorPankaj ParasharStarsNaseeruddin ShahArchana Puran SinghTejeshwar SinghKapil's (Naseeruddin Shah) younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom (Kamini Kaushal). One day his friend from Goa, Albert Pinto (Pankaj Kapoor) is killed in front of him. He vows to avenge his death, but the local police will not permit to do so, and they assign this incident to another inspector. Frustrated, Kapil decides to travel to Goa. Once in Goa, he finds out that he has no powers as a policeman, and the Goa police regard him as a nuisance. He attempts to uncover Albert's death, with the help of Jojo (Archana Puran Singh), but instead gets into brawls, is arrested, and is escorted by the local police, back to Bombay. But Kapil escapes from police custody, and soon he is on the run, not only the police, but local goons also, who will not hesitate to kill him instantly.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsRekhaRaj BabbarAnupam KherDin Dayal Sharma works as a Head Clerk and lives with his wife, Godavari; 3 sons Vijay, his wife Uma; Shiva and Vidyasagar; and a daughter named Rajni. Their standard of living is middle-class and all three males contribute to this lifestyle with Vijay contributing the most as he is a Chartered Accountant. When the time comes for Rajni's marriage, she refuses to marry Jagmohan's son, and wants to marry a Christian by the name of Peter Fernandes. The marriage takes place, and she re-locates to the Fernandes' house. Shiva ends up getting married to Jagmohan's daughter, Vasanti, and the entire family is overjoyed to learn that Uma is expecting. Uma goes to live with her parents during the rest of her pregnancy, and several months when she returns home she finds that nothing is the same anymore. Vasanti has left Shiva; Rajni has separated from Peter; Vidyasagar has failed in his exams; Vijay and Din Dayal are not speaking with each other and have drawn a line, separating Vijay and the rest of the family. Watch what Uma does to reconcile the family, who are totally unaware of her ulterior motive of re-uniting everyone.
- DirectorSushil MalikStarsVikas AnandRanjeet BediBirbalA businessman faces challenges when he unknowingly permits his daughter to get engaged to the son of the man who betrayed him.
- DirectorSudarshan NagStarsDharmendraRajinikanthJaya PradaJageera Singh has always lived a life of crime, drinking alcohol, and frequenting brothels, although he is married to pregnant Laxmi and has a son named Vikram. On the day of Laxmi's delivery, Jageera is busy molesting young Paro. Laxmi gives birth to a daughter, Jyoti, who is subsequently abducted. Jageera disappears from Laxmi's life, and she goes to live with a female friend who passes away, leaving Laxmi with the responsibility of also looking after her son, Virendra, aka Veeru. Years later Jageera surfaces and joins forces with smuggler and prominent citizen Bhanupratap. When Police Inspector Vikram's diligence causes problems for Bhanupratap, Jageera offers to kill Vikram, especially when Bhanupratap's niece Priya falls in love and wants to marry Vikram. At this point the past revisits Jageera and he comes face-to-face with his past wrong actions and the devastation that he has inflicted on his family.
- DirectorBabbar SubhashStarsMithun ChakrabortySmita PatilMandakiniOrphaned as kids, Radha and her brother Ramu make their living by dancing and singing in small functions. Ramu makes it big in the music world.
- DirectorPrabhat KhannaStarsRajinikanthJackie ShroffBharathiAt the time of his mother's death, Raja comes to know that his father is still alive and living a wealthy life. Raja now befriends Shankran, his step-brother.
- DirectorRaghunath JhalaniStarsDharmendraJeetendraHema MaliniSoni (Dharmendra) was an honest man who loved Mona (Hema Malini). Circumstance led him to join Mr. Chinoy (Kulbhubhushan Kharbanda), the Chief of Cosmos, and an organization of smugglers that worked under the cover of Shipping Corporation. Years passed by and Soni became the chief of Cosmos and the M. D. of the Shipping Corporation, but all through he kept his wife, Mona in the dark about his business. But, when Soni decided to give up his ways, he was asked by the syndicate to complete the assignment on hand, a difficult task that only he could do. For the first time in his life, Soni was nabbed and the diamonds were found in his house. Soni found out that Ram (Jeetendra) was the only eyewitness. He tried to buy Ram and threatened him of dire consequences if he gave evidence against him. But Ram was not for sale. Both Soni and Mona were arrested. Soni came out on bail, but Mona refused to bail herself out. Infuriated with this, Soni vent his anger on Ram who he thought was the root cause of all his unhappiness. He got Ram s garment factory blasted, attempts were made on Ram s life till he was forced to leave the city with his family. Soni s men pursued them, made another gruesome attempt on Ram s life and killed his father. Ram swore on his father's dead body that he would not run anymore; he would prepare, return and hit back.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsSunil DuttDharmendraMithun ChakrabortySuraj and Arun are brothers who share a special bond. Suraj, a jail warden and his wife Lakshmi have brought up Arun. Radha is an orphan from a wealthy family. Radha is set to marry Naresh, the son of Raj. Why does Arun interrupt the marriage? Why does Radha first deny and later acknowledge her marriage to Arun? Raj, a psychiatrist, Mahavir a prisoner, Naresh are intricately linked in a rape-murder that puts Mahavir in prison in the care of Suraj. Are they all pawns in a bigger game of a foreign power who aims to destabilize India? Yes they are. As the story unfolds, the relationships, motives and attitudes become clear. Is patriotism at stake? Will traitors prevail? What do the international saboteurs plan and how Raj, Mahavir, Arun, Suraj, Peter Fernandez (principal of the law college) become pawns on the chessboard of this movie, which translated in English means "Keeper of Promises"
- DirectorRajkumar KohliStarsDharmendraShatrughan SinhaAnita RajJagmohan, a prominent businessman with underworld dealings, approaches renowned advocate Kailash Nath, to represent his son who has been charged with murder and may face the death penalty. Kailash refuses to do so, and Jagmohan's son is hanged. Angered, Jagmohan kills Kailash's wife, Laxmi and child in front of him, and escapes. He is eventually arrested and brought to trial, but is found not guilty. Kailash decides to avenge this on his own, but Jagmohan has left the country. On his arrival back, Kailash carries out his vendetta against him, and Jagmohan is charged with killing a man, arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to die. Thus Kailash carries out his vengeance against Jagmohan. Now Kailash is faced with advocate Ajay Verma, who has molested his sister, Shilpa. Watch how Kailash's anger spotlights Ajay, and wreak havoc and chaos in his life. And there is no one on Earth who can possibly save Ajay from Kailash's wrath.
- DirectorJyotin GoelStarsSanjay DuttMeenakshi SheshadriAmrish PuriA gang of jewel thieves mistakes a salesman for a CID officer and frames him for murder. He then goes on the run to prove his innocence.
- DirectorK. Ravi ShankarStarsShashi KapoorGovindaNeelam KothariVijay forces his wife Laxmi to leave her house, suspecting an extra marital affair. Years later, Vijay and Laxmi come face to face and start meeting each other.
- DirectorShibu MitraStarsRajesh KhannaHema MaliniPran SikandA poor widowed farmer, Dharma Singh, raises two children, a boy (Karan) and a girl (Geeta) on his own in a town called Rampur, and would like his son to grow up to be a police officer. Alas, that was not to be so, for heavy torrential rains strikes their region, separating the entire family, leaving Dharma wounded, and the two children ending up in a town called Sitapur. Geeta decides to work so that her brother can study. Her brother re-locates to Bombay city, and subsequently studies well, and becomes a Police Inspector. He is assigned his first major assignment to get rid of bandits near Sitapur, which he accepts, little knowing that the very people he is expected to get rid of are his very own sister, who is now a former jailbird, a notorious bandit who calls herself "Maut", and at odds with another bandit known as Daku Dharma Singh, who is none other than her father. Will Karan be able to fulfill his duties or will he end up joining his family in a life of crime.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsJackie ShroffDimple KapadiaMaster MakrandA Bollywood actor-turned-producer faces marital and financial challenges.
- DirectorSaawan Kumar TakStarsShashi KapoorVinod MehraRekhaThe story surrounds the lives of Dr. Rehman (Shashi Kapoor) who believes in saving the lives of the poor, instead of opening up a clinic in a big city and making money; Soni (Rekha), an innocent village girl, who was abducted by dacoits during her marriage with Dharma (Puneet Issar), and when the police rescue her and bring her back to her groom, he and his family reject her, making her seem like a fallen woman; Dr. Kumar (Ashok Kumar) who is the very opposite of Dr. Rehman; and Dr. Anand (Vinod Mehra), the son of Dr. Kumar. Dr. Anand practices under Dr. Rehman, who testified for him during a criminal trial for malpractice which resulted in the death of the husband of Rani Sahiba (Moon Moon Sen). Soni has fallen in love with Dr. Anand, but Dr. Anand has strong reservations against her, due to her background.
- DirectorMehul KumarStarsRaaj KumarGovindaFarha NaazMarte Dam Tak a 1987 Indian Hindi film, directed by Mehul Kumar. The film stars Govinda, Raaj Kumar and Farha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ravindra Jain.