An overview of the films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1953.
Do Bigha Zameen directed and produced by Bengali director Bimal Roy and starring Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar and Jagdeep won the Filmfare Best Movie Award.[1] Bimal Roy also won the Filmfare Best Director Award and the film won the Certificate of Merit at National Film Award of India.[2] Roy would win the Filmfare Best Director in 1955 also for the film Parineeta in which actress Meena Kumari scooped the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance.[3]
The ten highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1953:[4] [5]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aabshar | Hasrat Luckhnavi | Social | Music: Ghulam Haider, Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Qateel Shifai, Sarshar Sailani, Waheed Qureshi | ||
| Aag Ka Dariya | Roop K. Shorey | Karan Dewan, Prithviraj Kapoor, Meena Shorey, Johnny Walker, Shammi, Uma Dutt, Manju, Cecil | Social | Music: Vinod Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri, Hasrat Jaipuri | |
| Aaghosh | R. D. Mathur | Nutan, Nasir Khan, Shakila, Iftekhar, Leela Mishra, Agha, S. Nazir | Social Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra, Indeevar, Kaif Irfani, Uddhav Kumar | |
| Aah | Romantic Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri | |||
| Aas | Kamini Kaushal, Shekhar, Om Prakash, Chanda Bai, Gulab, Master Ramesh, S K Prem | Family | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri | ||
| Akash | Manmohan Sabir | Social Drama | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Satyendra, Prem Dhawan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Manmohan Sabir | ||
| Alif Laila | Nimmi, Vijay Kumar, Asha Mathur, Pran Tikku, Gope, Murad, Maya Devi | Fantasy Adventure | Music: Shyam Sunder Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | ||
| Anand Bhawan | Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana, Trilok Kapoor, Durga Khote, Tiwari | Family Drama | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Noor Lakhnavi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | ||
| Anarkali | Nandlal Jaswantlal | Historical Romantic Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, Shailendra | ||
| Ansoo | Shanti Kumar | Kamini Kaushal, Shekhar, Pran Kumkum, Amirbai Karnataki, Chaman Puri | Family Drama | Music: Husnlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi | |
| Armaan | Fali Mistry | Dev Anand, Madhubala, Gajanan Jagirdar, Shakila, K. N. Singh, Murad, Gulab | Drama | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | |
| Aurat | Premnath, Bina Rai, Purnima, Ulhas, Hiralal, Roopmala | Costume | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri | ||
| Baaz | Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh, Kuldip Kaur, Yashodra Katju, Jankidas, Ruby Myers, Moolchand | Costume Drama | Music: O. P. Nayyar Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri | ||
| Babla | Agradoot | Pahari Sanyal, Molina, Manju Dey, Asit Baran, Hiralal | Social | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | |
| Baghi | Anant Thakur | Naseem Banu, Ranjan, Pran, Shammi, Mukri, Anwar Hussain, B. M. Vyas | Costume | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Bahadur | Ratilal Punatar | Costume Drama | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Surjit Sethi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Rajendra Krishan, Sarshar Sailani, Kunwar Mahendra Singh Bedi, | ||
| Bahu Beti | C. L. Dheer | Family Drama | Music: S. D. Batish Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi, Vishwamitra Adil Parts was also among the box office success of 1953 starring Usha Kirin Dev Anand | ||
| Bhagyawan | Datta Dharmadhikari | Nirupa Roy, Balraj Sahni, Rattan Kumar, Radhakrishan, Yashodara Katju, Raja Nene | Music: Avinash Vyas Lyrics: Neelkanth Tiwari, Ramesh Gupta, Saraswati Kumar Deepak |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chacha Chowdhury | Raja Paranjape, Shashikala, Durga Khote, Dhumal, S. Banerji, Maruti, Kamal Mehra | Family Comedy | Music: Lyrics: | |
| Chalis Baba Ek Chor | P. L. Santoshi | Balraj Sahni, Kamini Kaushal, Smriti Biswas, David, Om Prakash Jagdeep, Radhakrishan | Social | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi |
| Chandirani | N. T. Rama Rao, P. Bhanumathi, Amarnath, K. Rani | Costume Drama | The film was produced in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. Music: C. R. Subburaman, M. S. Viswanathan Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil | |
| Char Chand | A. Karim | Suresh, Shyama, Sheikh Mukhtar, Bhagwan, Ghulam Rasool, Altaf, Cuckoo, Manju | Social | Music: Naushad Lyrics: A. Karim |
| Chhoti Duniya | Uday Kumar | Uday Kumar, Leela Kumari, Asha, Moolji Khushal, Ashwin Roy, Sheela Naik | Social | Music: Rajhans Kataria Lyrics: Bekal |
| Daana Paani | V. M. Vyas | Social | Music: Mohan Junior Lyrics: Indeevar, Kaif Irfani | |
| Daera | Meena Kumari, Nasir Khan, Jankidas, Kumar, Nana Palsikar, Pratima Devi, Roopmala, Kammo, N. A. Ansari | Social Drama | Music: Jamal Sen Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaif Bhopali | |
| Dard-e-Dil | Premnath, Nimmi, Murad, Meenaxi, Nawab Mazhar, Rattan Kumar, Pratima Devi | Family Drama | Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, D. N. Madhok | |
| Dharm Patni | Ramchandra Thakur | Mahipal, Nirupa Roy, Durga Khote, Kumar, Gope, Yashodara Katju, Moti Sagar | Family Drama | Music: Jamal Sen Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Shewan Rizvi |
| Dhoon | M. Kumar | Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Kumar, Motilal, Cuckoo, Pramila, Gulab, E Billimoria, Kamal Mehra | Music: Madan Mohan Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi, Kaif Irfani, Bharat Vyas | |
| Dhuaan | R. L. Malhotra | Balraj Sahni, Usha Kiran, Om Prakash, Jeevan, Pratima Devi, Ulhas, Jagdish Kanwal | Family Drama | Music: Dhaniram, Vasant Desai Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Dil-E-Nadaan | Talat Mehmood, Shyama, Peace Kanwal, Dewan Sherar, S. N. Bannerjee, Shyam Kumar | Family Drama | Music: Ghulam Mohammad Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |
| Do Bigha Zamin | Social Drama | First film to win the Filmfare Best Movie Award. First Indian film to win the International Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Music: Salil Choudhury Lyrics: Shailendra | ||
| Ek Do Teen | Roop K. Shorey | Motilal, Meena Shorey, Majnu, Yashodhara Katju, Iftekhar, Kaushalya | Comedy Romance Drama | Music: Vinod Lyrics: Aziz Kashmiri |
| Fareb | Kishore Kumar, Shakuntala Paranjpye, Lalita Pawar, Zohra Sehgal, Amar, Maya Das | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Farmaish | B. K. Sagar | Bharat Bhushan, Vijay Laxmi, Kuldip Kaur, Chandrashekhar Pran, Gope,Khairati, Maruti | Social | Music: Husanlal Bhagatram Lyrics: Qamar Jalalabadi, Khawar Zaman |
| Firdaus | Geeta Bali, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar, Om Prakash, Lalita Pawar, Rama | Social Drama | Music: Robin Chatterjee Lyrics: D. N. Madhok Shailendra | |
| Footpath | Social | Music: Khayyam Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gharbaar | Dinkar Patil | Family Drama | Music: Vasant Prabhu Lyrics: Indeevar, D. N. Madhok, Kaif Irfani | ||
| Gul Sanobar | Aspi Irani | Shyama, Shammi Kapoor, Agha, Rajni, Jilloo, Nazir Kashmiri, Habib, Shakur | Costume | Music: Bulo C Rani, Khayyam Lyrics: Kaif Irfani, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Nazim Panipati | |
| Gunah | Family Drama | Music: Snehal Bhatkar, Roshan Lyrics: Kidar Sharma | |||
| Hari Darshan | Raman B. Desai | Sapru, Leela Chitnis, Roopa Verman, Bipin Gupta, Jankidas, Moni Chatterjee | Devotional | Music: Shankar Vyas Lyrics: Ramesh Chandra Pandey, Ramesh Gupta, Kishore Pandey, Saraswati Kumar Deepak | |
| Hazaar Raaten | Fantasy | Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |||
| Humdard | S. Bhagat | Nimmi, Shekhar, Smriti Biswas, Shivraj, Yashodhara Katju, Gajanan Jagirdar, Rajan Kapoor | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Prem Dhawan, Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| Humsafar | A. N. Bannerjee | Music: Ali Akbar Khan Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | |||
| Husn Ka Chor | Mahipal, Usha Kiran, Sardar Mansur, Babu Raje, B. M. Vyas, Dalpat, Lalita Kumari | Costume | Music: Bulo C. Rani Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | ||
| Jallianwalla Baag Ki Jyoti | R. S. Choudhary | Karan Dewan, Kamlesh Kumari, Achala Sachdev, David, Roopmala, Jagdish Sethi | Historical Drama | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Prem Dhawan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Uddhav Kumar, Rajendra Krishan, Partau Lakhnavi | |
| Jeewan Jyoti | Mahesh Kaul | Shammi Kapoor, Shashikala, Leela Mishra, Chand Usmani, Nazir Hussain, Dulari, Moni Chatterjee | Social | Debut film of Shammi Kapoor. Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | |
| Jhamela | Geeta Bali, Bhagwan, Anwar Hussain, Badri Prasad, Sunder | Action | Music: C. Ramachandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | ||
| Jhansi Ki Rani | Mehtab, Sohrab Modi, Shakila, Sapru, Mubarak, Ulhas, Nayampali | Historical | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: Pandit Radheshyam | ||
| Jungle Ka Jawahar | Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Pramila, Nazir, Goldstein, Shapur | Costume Action Adventure | Music: Madhavlal Damodar Master Lyrics: Firoz Jalandhari, Saraswati Kumar Deepak | ||
| Khoj | Balwant Bhatt | Shammi Kapoor, Mahipal, Lalita Kumari, Shammi, Satish | Crime Double-role Drama | Music: Nisar Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Hasrat Jaipuri, Anjum Jaipuri | |
| Ladki | Vyjayantimala, Bharat Bhushan, Kishore Kumar Anjali Devi, V. Nagayya, Leela Mishra, Om Prakash, Raj Mehra and Master Chhotu | Romantic Comedy | Music: R. Sudarsanam, Dhaniram Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | ||
| Laila Majnu | Shammi Kapoor, Nutan, Begum Para, Ulhas, Rattan Kumar, Kammo, Vasti, W. M. Khan | Legend Romance | |||
| Lehren | Social | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madmust | Jagdish Pant | Social | Music: V. Balsara Lyrics: Madhukar Rajasthani, Madhuraj, Maanav, J. C. Pant | ||
| Mahatma | Datta Dharamadhikari | David, Madan Puri, Raja Goswami, Dixit, Gajanan Jagirdar, Raja Nene | Social | Music: Vasant Pawar, Ram Vadhavkar Lyrics: Ehsan Rizvi | |
| Malkin | Sajjan, Nutan, Purnima, Durga Khote, Yakub, Pran Gope, Raj Mehra | Social Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | ||
| Mallika Soloni | Kamran, Krishna Kumari, Helen, Roopa Verman, Nazir Kashmiri, Amrit | Costume Action | Music: Iqbal, Krishna Dayal Lyrics: Faruk Kaiser | ||
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| Mashuqa | Shanti Kumar | Social Drama | Music: Roshan Lyrics: Shailendra, Qamar Jalalabadi | ||
| Mazi Zameen | Suryakant | Music: Vasant Desai Lyrics: | |||
| Mehmaan | Premnath, Nimmi, Sajjan, Purnima, Bikram Kapoor | Romantic Musical | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Uddhav Kumar, P. N. Rangeen, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | ||
| Naag Panchami | Ramesh Desai | Nirupa Roy, Manhar Desai, Bipin Gupta, B. M. Vyas, Durga Khote, Heera Sawant | Mythological | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Gopal Singh Nepali | |
| Naina | Abhi Bhattacharya, Geeta Bali, Leela Mishra, Ramesh Sinha, Narmada Shankar, Khairati | Social Drama | Music: Manna Dey, Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Uddhav, Anjum, Pyarelal Santoshi | ||
| Naulakha Haar | H. S. Bhatt | Meena Kumari, Nirupa Roy, Jeevan, Sunder, Ishwarlal, Durga Khote, Arvind Kumar | Fantasy Drama | Music: Bhola Shreshtha Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | |
| Nav Durga | Mahipal, Usha Kiran, Amarnath, Sulochana Chatterjee, S. N. Tripathi, Dalpat, Maruti | Devotional | Music: S. N. Tripathi Lyrics: Anjum Jaipuri, Rameshchandra Pandey | ||
| Naya Ghar | Geeta Bali, Shekhar, Begum Para, Jagdev, Leela Chitnis, Rattan Kumar | Family Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra | ||
| Naya Raasta | Social | Music: Chitragupta Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan | |||
| Paheli Shaadi | Ram Daryani | Bharat Bhushan, Nargis, Motilal, Gope, Leela Mishra, Manorama, Kammo | Social Family Drama | Music: Robin Chatterjee Lyrics: Kaif Irfani, D. N. Madhok | |
| Papi | Social | Music: S. Mohinder Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Sarshar Sailani, Hasrat Jaipuri, Surjit Sethi, Butaram Sharma | |||
| Parineeta | Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Asit Baran, Nazir Hussain, Pratima Devi, Badri Prasad | Social Romance | Music: Arun Kumar Mukherjee Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | ||
| Patita | Family Drama | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri-"Yaad Kiya Dilne Kahaan Ho Tum" |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahi | Dev Anand, Nalini Jaywant, Balraj Sahni, David, Shaukat Hashmi, Rasheed, Habib | Social | Music: Anil Biswas Lyrics: Prem Dhawan, Dashrath Lal | ||
| Rail Ka Dibba | P. N. Arora | Shammi Kapoor, Madhubala, Jayant, Sajjan, Om Prakash, Cuckoo, Ram Avtar, Amar, Pratima Devi | Social Drama | Music: Ghulam Mohammed Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni | |
| Raj Mahal | Shakila, Trilok Kapoor, Murad, Ram Singh, Tun Tun, Murad, W. M. Khan | Costume Action | Music: Gobind Ram, G. P. Kapoor Lyrics: Munshi Dil, Nandini Mahendra | ||
| Raj Ratan | Hiren Bose | Abhi Bhattacharya, Kamini Kaushal, Sulochand Chatterji, Leela Chitnis, Ramesh Vyas | Drama | Music: Neenu Majumdar Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | |
| Rami Dhobhan | Indu Kumar | Devotional | Music: Hiren Bose Lyrics: Ram Murti | ||
| Rangila | Bhagwan, Purnima, Nazira Baburao, Indira, Badri Prasad, Vivek, Inamdar | Action | Music: Jamal Sen Lyrics: S. H. Bihari, Ehsan Rizvi | ||
| Shagufa | Social Drama | Music: C. Ramchandra Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan | |||
| Shahenshah | Costume Action | Music: S. D. Burman Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi | |||
| Shamsheer | Gyan Mukerjee | Action Drama | Music: Arun Kumar, Anupam Ghatak Lyrics: Vrajendra Gaur, Madhur, Nazish Sikandarpuri | ||
| Shamsherbaaz | Noshir Engineer | Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Habib, Shanti Madhok, Sardar Mansur | Action Costume | Music: Shafi Nagri | |
| Shikast | Ramesh Saigal | Music: Shankar Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra | |||
| Shole | Family Social Drama | Music: Dhaniram, Naresh Bhattacharya Lyrics: Kamil Rashid, Saraswati Kumar Deepak, Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri | |||
| Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | Biopic Devotional | Music: R. C. Boral Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | |||
| Shuk Rambha | Dhirubhai Desai | Fantasy | Music: Manna Dey Lyrics: Bharat Vyas | ||
| Suhag Sindoor | Colin Pal | Shyama, Asit Baran, Yashodara Katju, Lekha, Asit Sen | Family Drama | Music: Shailesh Mukherjee, Suresh Kumar Lyrics: Bharat Vyas, Suresh Tripathi | |
| Surang | Vinod Kumar, Sheila Ramani, Shashikala, Keshavrao Date, Ulhas, Chandrashekhar, Vikas | Social | Music: Shivram Krishna Lyrics: Shewan Rizvi | ||
| Teen Batti Char Raasta | Sandhya, Shashikala, Karan Dewan, Sheila Ramani, Smriti Biswas, Nirupa Roy, Keshavrao Date, Ishwarlal, Parshuram | Family Drama Social | Music: Shivram Krishna Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi | ||
| Thokar | Lekhraj Bhakri | Shammi Kapoor, Shyama, Lalita Pawar, Ravindra Kapoor, Johnny Whiskey, Paro Devi | Social | Music: Sardar Malik Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Majaz Lucknavi, Prem Dhawan |