B.R. Chopra's controversial film Naya Daur with the biggest box-office wizard Dilip Kumar, achieved unbelievable popularity and fame at box-office. It has recorded unheard collections at all stations and it is being said that , no film to date has recorded such extraordinary  collections as B.R. Chopra's Naya Daur did. Naya Daur in Bombay circuit has nett grossed Rs. 14,98,649-5 out of which Rs. 2,13,698 was paid to entertainment tax , leaving nett collections of 12,84,951-5 . In the wake of astounding response in Bombay , the film in stations like Delhi (Rs. 16,86,997-45) , Ahmedabad (Rs. 2,50,752),  Lucknow  (Rs. 2,93,456-5) , Varanasi (Rs. 2,65,645), Kanpur (Rs. 1,67,878-45) ,Meerut (Rs. 2,24,979-67) ,  Hyderabad (Rs. 8,98,780-4), Pune (Rs. 1,52,002),   Baroda (Rs. 97,890-45) , Jaipur (Rs. 3,97,567-6) , Jodhpur (Rs. 1,97,898-2) , Nagpur (Rs. 3,45,657-12) and Calcutta (Rs. 7,93,985-45) recorded tremendous box-office clouts. The collections in several parts are  very encouraging and commendable where Hindi films hardly does moderate business. 

On the other hand , Mehboob Khan's highly acclaimed Mother India is doing record business and is going super strong and the trade journal is expecting it to cross the magical box-office figures of BR Chopra's Naya Daur.

Tumsa Dekha Nahin , Bhabhi and Aasha were the other geniune hits of 1957 to achieve terrific popularity at box-office.  Films such as Paying Guest, Sharda, Miss Bombay, Miss Marry, Pyaasa, Do Ankhen Barah Haath, Naag Mani,  Gateway Of India and Pawan Putra Hanuman hit the bull eye at box-office while Chandi Pooja, Champakali,  Baarish, Nau Do Gyarah, Ek Saal, Chandi Pooja, Laxmi Pooja, Janam Janam Ke Phere and Amar Singh Rathod also achieved fair measure of success at box-office.