Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1955

When a young man from a small town decides to make it big in a city, he faces several challenges.

After Azaad, a rich man, rescues Shobha from a few bandits, she decides to marry him. Things take a turn when Shobha's family discovers that Azaad himself is a bandit.

Dance guru Mangal trains Neela for a competition, pairing her with his son Giridhar, but when they fall in love and neglect their routine, Mangal plans to replace her.

A young woman must be married to claim her inheritance; her misandrist aunt uses the newly-passed 1955 divorce bill to find her a temporary husband.

Roopa lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Captain Suresh, and brother, Shekhar. After she returns from abroad, she is told that she must now prepare to get married to her betrothed, Ratan, who is the son of a close friend of Suresh. Everything changes suddenly when Roopa meets with a handsome young man, Raj, and both fall in love with each other. Raj then breaks her heart when he tells her that his mother, Malti, who works as a maidservant in Suresh's household, has always favored Ratan over him, has made him promise to step out of Ratan's way. Before she could find out whey Malti prefers Ratan over Raj, a bandit, Kala Ghoda, who has been terrorizing the region asks Suresh to pay up Rs.50,000/-. The Police lay a trap for this extortionist and capture him red-handed - and he turns out to be none other than Suresh's Munim. Surprises are in store for everyone when they find out that Munim is none other than Raj, who has been masquerading as the Munim for many years, and may also have embezzled another Rs.50,000/-.

A man's plane crashes in a city that is ruled by women and he starts liking the peasant girl who rescues him. However, the queen of the city also likes him but discovers that he likes someone else.

A once loyal soldier faces many challenges after turning into a rebel.

According to the astrologer, the king's son seeing his father before the age of eight or drinking breast milk from his own mother until the age of eight is a danger to the son. So a widow whose husband was beheaded by the king raises her son and the king's son until he is eight years old. Although the two boys grow up and live separately, fate makes them both fall in love with the same girl.

Ashok is a petty thief working under a notorious gangster named Sunder. When Ashok comes across a dead body of a watchman, he reports this matter to the police, much to the anger of some of Sunder's men. Ashok then meets Nimmo, and both fall in love with each other. Nimmo convinces Ashok to give up this life of crime, and begin anew. Ashok agrees, and then when he has not eaten for two or three days, he realizes that it is not that easy to be a honest man. And neither will his former associates let him live very long, nor will they trust their secrets with him as long as he is alive.

An orphan gets in trouble with the law and is sent to a home for young women. There, for the first time, she finds friendship, compassion, and possibly love.

Les Miiserables--originally French film later adapted to English.

Raj Kumar Ashok belongs to a rich and aristocratic family. His parents want him to marry the best of the best girls money could find. Ashok's dad then spends a lot of money to invite proposals from all over India. But Ashok loves Kokila, who belongs to a poor family and sells flowers for a livelihood. Ashok decides to carry on his love with Kokila and at the same time witnesses the hilarious goings-on at his residence when the dads, mom, and the brides-to-be assemble - all from different parts of India - all speaking a different language. And with this multi-lingual medley, misunderstandings are bound to happen - and they do. His parents eventually select Roopa to be the bride. What will happen to the budding romance of Ashok and Kokila?

A woman rejects her father-approved groom, runs away, and falls in love with a petty thief/gambler.

A dying man entrusts his lives earnings to Purshotam, a stranger he just met, and asks him to promise to take this money to his wife, and son, Pradeep, in a remote village in India, to which Purshotam agrees. The man passes away, and Purshotam goes to fulfill his promise, in vain though, as he is unable to trace the woman and her son. After sometime he experiences financial difficluties, and decides to use the money for his personal gain. Years later he comes to know of the rightful heir to these monies, but will he able to assert his honesty, or will he carry on as though nothing has happened?

The scion of a wealthy landowner family turns to alcohol and self-pity and slowly self-destructs after class differences force him to break off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart.

Based on the life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest nationalists and the first Home Minister of India.

Mahender has been responsible for the upbringing of Tomato, a young child at a very early age. Now Mahender's health is getting worse, and he is afraid his ill-health may be contagious and may endanger Tomato. So Mahender decides to leave Tomato in the park near Kamal Roy, and instructs Tomato to call Kamal his dad. Tomato does so, and this results in utter chaos in the life of Kamal. He is unable to convince his lady love Usha Sen that the child is not his; and additionally Kamal is under pressure from his dad and mom to get married. Kamal begs Tomato to leave him, but Tomato refuses to do so. How will this impact on Kamal's life and relationships?

A powerful, princely Sheikh lives in 18th-century Persia, making his living by renting out properties and recovering taxes and dues on them. He lives in a palatial house with his wife Zubeda and son Ahmad. When Ahmad grows up, Zubeda notices that he is spending too much time with women in their harem, and wants his father to get him involved in their business. Sheikh accordingly instructs Ahmad to collect all revenue, which he does. A few days later, Sheikh is informed that Ahmad has been spending time with a friend named Farid and is romantically involved with a dancing girl named Yasmin. A visibly upset Sheikh accordingly warns Ahmad to mend his ways, give up on Yasmin, and return home, where he has planned his marriage with Nadira, the daughter of Amir Qasim. Ahmad returns home but refuses to marry Nadira, then runs away from home to be close to be Yasmin, knowing very well that she is connected with a group of gypsy thugs who use her charms to lure wealthy young men to extract ransom. And Ahmad knows that his enraged father will also challenge him to a duel that will ensure a death in this family.

Bombay's Marine Drive known as the queen's necklace but is used by some streets smarts as smuggling den which involves Khanna his aide Ajit and his moll Dolly.During one of the smuggling deals the cops arrive and things go haywire where the trio manage to elope but the consignment gets confiscated by the cops and Khanna faces huge loses.Khanna's creditors are behind him and want him to return their money with no way to go Dolly asks Khanna to take help of his brother Sunderlal but Khanna is very much aware Sunderlal will never help him.Khanna comes up with a plan that Ajit should woo his niece Bina daughter of Sunderlal and get married to her and later kill her after accumulating the wealth.Things are going as per the plan and Ajit successfully woos Bina but both end up falling in love when Dolly finds about it she informs Khanna.Ajit his then reminded by Khanna about their plan but Ajit disagrees to it following which he gets beaten by Khanna's men.Khanna manages to kill Sunderlal and Bina goes in depression in order to recover Khanna takes her to Khandala where he plans to kill her but Ajit wont let it happen.

"Pradeep in town" -an announcement in local newspaper finds Geeta, the daughter of the proprietor of Nan Ching Chung hotel, Mr. Verma, pedalling fast towards the theatre where the show is on. But as ill-luck would have its she missses him narrowly. However, the same evening they meet again in curiou, circumstances when she is helping her yougner sister Rita to elope and marry her lover Brij, and thus save herself from unwanted attentions of the sneezer, Bahadur Singh. Pradeep led away by Geetas improptu story of escaping from goodness takes her to Police Station, where suddenly aware of the thineess of story of Geeta charges Pradeep himself with the kidnapping. . When Rita and Brij come back in the morning to announce their marriage and are in tantrums to collect the necessary nerve, there is a great commotion at the house, becuse the police had rung up to tell her father that Geetas kidnapping story was a fib. The outraged Pradeep also joins the scene and punishes Geeta right and square but is soon made to repent by a misunderstanding unwittingly created by the father Mr. Verma. He is led to believe that Geeta and Rita are twins (though in reality they are as different as - well, they are different) and homses spent his wrath on the wrong person. . Pradeep is full of explanations and regrets and Geeta enjoys his prediccament throughtly and loves him all the more, for it. Pradeep also finds himself a willing victim of Cupids shaft and they part cherishing hope that they may soon meet again. And lo! fate brings them together sooner, much sooner then they could have imagined in their fondest dreams. Mr. Verma always finding himself at his wits and because of Geetas waywardness, decides to send both the sisters to some such institution where the disciplne is strict and rigorous. Geeta turning even a handicap to the best advantage, persuades him to send them to no other place than Kala Niketan, where her beau ideal Pradeep is the professor of Light Music. . But that is not the end of her troubles. Havind speeded up her younge sister Rita and Brij to a secret honeymoon at Kashmir, she has to summon all her wits, histronics and duplicity in order to maintain the that not one but both sisters are in residence at the academy. She collects a whole train of admireres -some thinking her to be Rita and some Geeta - and puts up a hilarious masquerade, importing much extra-curricular activity into the usually clam precincts of the acamemy. One day, however, the wole game had to blow up and the aftermath? Well, better see it on the screen. [Source: Booklet]