A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in the 1930s:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ||||||
| Ram Rahim | E. Bilimoria | |||||
| Veer Na Ver | Moti B. Gidwani | Gohar | ||||
| Sarfarosh | Abdur Rashid Kardar | lalit rawat | Not to be confused with "Sarfarosh" made in 1999. | |||
| 1931 | ||||||
| Alam Ara | Ardeshir Irani | Master Vithal | First ever Hindi film with sound | |||
| Bharati Balak | Aga Hashr Kashmiri | Dadi Sarkari, Mohammad Isaq, Mohan, Surajram, Patience Cooper, Sharifa | ||||
| Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra | J.J. Madan | Jehanara Kajjan Nawab Sharifa | ||||
| Ghar Ki Lakshmi | ||||||
| Shirin Farhad | J.J. Madan | Nissar, Jehanara Kajjan | ||||
| 1932 | ||||||
| Ayodhyecha Raja (Marathi) & Ayodhyaka Raja (Hindi) | V._Shantaram | First Talkie made in India | ||||
| Zarina | Ezra Mir | Nazir Ahmed Khan | ||||
| 1933 | ||||||
| Lal-e-Yamen | Abdur Rashid Kardar | Nazir Ahmed Khan | ||||
| Abe Hayat | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Night Bird | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Husn Ka Gulam | Jagatrai Pesumal Advani | Ashraf Khan, Jani Babu, Gulab, Iqbal, Sardar AkhtarSharifa | ||||
| 1934 | ||||||
| Lal-e-Yamen | Abdur Rashid Kardar | Nazir Ahmed Khan | ||||
| Chandragupta | Abdur Rashid Kardar | Nazir Ahmed Khan | ||||
| Iraq ka Chor | Nazir Ahmed Khan Navinchandra Joshi | |||||
| Delhi ka Thug | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Bombai Ki Mohini | ||||||
| Desh Dipak | JBH Wadia (Wadia Movietone) | Fearless Nadia Master Mohammed, Sharifa, Iqbal, Sardar Mansoor, Boman Shroff, John Cawas, Sayani, Husn Banu | ||||
| Char Dervesh | ||||||
| Daku Ki Ladki | ||||||
| Miss 1933 | ||||||
| Nai Duniya | ||||||
| Kala Gulab | JBH Wadia (Wadia Movietone) | Husn Banu, Sayani, Firoze Dastur, Sharifa, Sarda Mansoor, Gulshan, Jal Khambatta, Jai Dev, M. Mohamed Jamna | ||||
| 1935 | ||||||
| Pratima | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Aadmi Aur Padosi | ||||||
| Aurat | ||||||
| Hind Kesari | JBH Wadia (Wadia Movietone) | Husn Banu, Bashir, Bismillah, Sardar Mansoor, Master Mohammed, Gulshan | ||||
| Desh Deepak | JBH Wadia(Wadia Movietone) | Fearless Nadia | ||||
| Noor-E-Yaman | JBH Wadia (Wadia Movietone) | Fearless Nadia Sharifa | ||||
| Ek Hi Raasta | ||||||
| Hunter Wali | Batuk Bhatt Basant Pictures | Boman Shroff Gulsham Jaidev John Cawas Master Mohammed Sayani Atish Fearless Nadia Sharifa | ||||
| Sairandhri | V. Shantaram (Prabhat Films) | Master Vinayak, Shakuntala Paranjpye | Mythological film | India's first colour film (processed and printed in Germany). | ||
| Watan | ||||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| Dukhiyari | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Fauladi Mukka | R. N. Vaidya (Wadia Movietone) | Master Chotu Husn Banu Sayani Harishchandra Rao Nazir Begum Dalpat M. Shahjahan | ||||
| Achhut Kanya | Franz Osten | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani | Deals with social position of the Dalit Produced by Himanshu Rai | |||
| Devdas | P.C. Barua | K. L. Saigal, Jamuna Barua, T. R. Rajakumari | Based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay play | |||
| Mamta | ||||||
| Jai Bharat | Homi Wadia (Wadia Movietone) | Sardar Mansoor Gulshan Master Mohammed Jal Khambatta Bismillah Husn Banu Sayani | ||||
| Mr. & Mrs. Bombay | ||||||
| Hurricane Hansa | R. N. Vaidya(Wadia Movietone) | Sardar Mansoor Fearless Nadia Master Mohammed John Cawas Boman Shroff Dalpat Sayani Husn Banu Master Chotu | ||||
| Naujawan | Aspi Irani(Wadia Movietone) | Gulshan Harishchandra Rao Miya Allavally Mino The Mystic Husn Banu | ||||
| Jeevan Naiya | Franz Osten | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani | ||||
| 1937 | ||||||
| Duniya Na Mane | V. Shantaram | Shanta Apte, Keshavrao Date | Social classic | Prabhat Film Company | ||
| Sitara | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Kisan Kanya | Moti B. Gidvani | Padmadevi, Jillo | India's first indigenously made colour film. | |||
| Naujawan | India first film without song. | |||||
| Parakh | ||||||
| The President | Nitin Bose | Kundan Lal Saigal | ||||
| Zameen Ka Chand | ||||||
| Lootaru lalna | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia | ||||
| Gangavataran | Dadasaheb Phalke | Chitnis, Suresh Pardesi | Mythological | |||
| 1938 | ||||||
| Baghban | Abdur Rashid Kardar | Nazir Ahmed Khan | ||||
| Joshe Islam | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Adhikar | ||||||
| Bhabhi | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Mother India 1938 | Gunjal | Sharifa | ||||
| 1939 | ||||||
| Leatherface | ||||||
| Prem Sagar | ||||||
| Apni Nagaria | Nazir Ahmed Khan | |||||
| Pukar | Chandra Mohan, Naseem Banoo, Sohrab Modi | |||||
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