Pakeezah To Gora Aur Kala, 5 Highest Grossing Movies Of 1972

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Seeta Aur Geeta was written by Salim-Javed and directed by Ramesh Sippy and starred Hema Malini and Dharmendra.

Many great films were released in theatres in the year 1972. Some of those films are still very popular among the people. However, the year 1972 proved to be very lucky for veteran actor Raaj Kumar. This year, one of his films created a lot of uproar at the box office, and soon it became the highest-grossing film of the year 1972. Along with Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, and Rajendra Kumar also performed brilliantly. Today let us tell you about the top 5 films of that year on which the audience showered their love.

1. Pakeezah: This film featured Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, and Nadira in the key roles. It is a musical romantic drama written, directed, and produced by Kamal Amrohi. Raaj Kumar dominated the box office with this film. According to the reports, this film became the highest-grossing film of the year 1972. The film grossed Rs 60 million after a theatrical run of over 50 weeks.

2. Seeta Aur Geeta: This comedy-drama film written by Salim-Javed and directed by Ramesh Sippy starred Hema Malini (in a dual role), Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Roopesh Kumar, Manorama, Satyen Kappu, Honey Irani, and Pratima Devi in the lead roles. The film became the second highest-grossing film of 1972.

3. Raja Jani: Dharmendra and Hema Malini played the key roles in the film. Produced by Madan Mohla, directed by Mohan Segal, and written by S. Ali Raza Raja Jani became the third highest-grossing film of the year 1972. The film was loosely based on the 1956 American film Anastasia and was itself remade in Tamil in 1983 as Adutha Varisu.

4. Be-Imaan: This film featured Manoj Kumar and Rakhee Gulzar as the main leads. This was the fourth highest-grossing film of 1972 and was a box office hit upon its release. The film was directed by Sohanlal Kanwar and was remade in Tamil as En Magan with Sivaji Ganesan.

5. Gora Aur Kala: This was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1972, produced by Rajkumar Kohli and directed by Naresh Kumar. The film stars Rajendra Kumar in a double role, Hema Malini, Rekha, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri, and Jagdeep. The film’s music is composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.