Top 10 Highest Grossing Bollywood Films of 1953
| Rank | Film | Box Office Worldwide (Approximate) | Box Office India (Net) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Rahi | 0.65 Crore | 0.35 Crore |
| 9 | Aah | 0.70 Crore | 0.38 Crore |
| 8 | Humsafar | 0.75 Crore | 0.40 Crore |
| 7 | Shikast | 0.85 Crore | 0.45 Crore |
| 6 | Jhamela | 0.95 Crore | 0.50 Crore |
| 5 | Footpath | 1.0 Crore | 0.55 Crore |
| 4 | Parineeta | 1.10 Crore | 0.60 Crore |
| 3 | Do Bigha Zameen | 1.30 Crore | 0.70 Crore |
| 2 | Ladki | 1.50 Crore | 0.80 Crore |
| 1 | Anarkali | 2.35 Crore | 1.25 Crore |
List of Bollywood films produced during 1953
| Film | Director | Cast | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aabshar | Hasrat Luckhnavi | Nimmi | Social |
| Kuldip Kaur | |||
| Raj Kumari | |||
| Aag Ka Dariya | Roop K. Shorey | Karan Dewan | Social |
| Prithviraj Kapoor | |||
| Meena Shorey | |||
| Aaghosh | R. D. Mathur | Nutan | Social Dram |
| Nasir Khan | |||
| Shakila | |||
| Aah | Raja Nawathe | Raj Kapoor | Romantic Drama |
| Nargis | |||
| Pran | |||
| Aas | Devendra Goel | Kamini Kaushal | Family |
| Shekhar | |||
| Om Prakash | |||
| Akash | Manmohan Sabir | Balraj Sahni | Social Drama |
| Nadira | |||
| Agha | |||
| Alif Laila | K. Amarnath | Nimmi | Fantasy |
| Vijay Kumar | |||
| Asha Mathur | |||
| Anand Bhawan | S. M. Yusuf | Manhar Desai | Family Drama |
| Nigar Sultana | |||
| Trilok Kapoor | |||
| Anarkali | Nandlal Jaswantlal | Bina Rai | Historical |
| Pradeep Kumar | |||
| Kuldip Kaur | |||
| Ansoo | Shanti Kumar | Kamini Kaushal | Family Drama |
| Shekhar | |||
| Pran Kumkum | |||
| Armaan | Fali Mistry | Dev Anand | Drama |
| Madhubala | |||
| Gajanan Jagirdar | |||
| Aurat | Bhagwan Das Varma | Premnath | Costume |
| Bina Rai | |||
| Purnima | |||
| Baaz | Guru Dutt | Guru Dutt | Costume |
| Geeta Bali | |||
| Johnny Walker | |||
| Babla | Agradoot | Pahari Sanyal | Social |
| Molina | |||
| Manju Dey | |||
| Baghi | Anant Thakur | Naseem Banu | Costume |
| Ranjan | |||
| Pran | |||
| Bahadur | Ratilal Punatar | Shyama | Costume |
| Suresh | |||
| Amarnath | |||
| Bahu Beti | C. L. Dheer | Geeta Bali | Family Drama |
| Amarnath | |||
| Vijayalaxmi | |||
| Bhagyawan | Datta Dharmadhikari | Nirupa Roy | Drama |
| Balraj Sahni | |||
| Rattan Kumar | |||
| Chacha Chowdhury | Raja Paranjape | Raja Paranjape | Family |
| Shashikala | |||
| Durga Khote | |||
| Chalis Baba Ek Chor | P. L. Santoshi | Balraj Sahni | Social |
| Kamini Kaushal | |||
| Smriti Biswas | |||
| Chandirani | P. Bhanumati | N. T. Rama Rao | Costume |
| P. Bhanumathi | |||
| Amarnath | |||
| Char Chand | A. Karim | Suresh | Social |
| Shyama | |||
| Sheikh Mukhtar | |||
| Chhoti Duniya | Uday Kumar | Uday Kumar | Social |
| Leela Kumari | |||
| Asha | |||
| Daana Paani | V. M. Vyas | Bharat Bhushan | Social |
| Meena Kumari | |||
| Chitra | |||
| Daera | Kamal Amrohi | Meena Kumari | Social Drama |
| Nasir Khan | |||
| Jankida | |||
| Dard-e-Dil | Nitin Bose | Premnath | Family Dram |
| Nimmi | |||
| Murad | |||
| Dharm Patni | Ramchandra Thakur | Mahipal | Family Drama |
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Durga Khote | |||
| Dhoon | M. Kumar | Raj Kapoor | Drama |
| Nargis | |||
| Kumar | |||
| Dhuaan | R. L. Malhotra | Balraj Sahni | Family Drama |
| Usha Kiran | |||
| Om Prakash | |||
| Dil-E-Nadaan | A. R. Kardar | Talat Mehmood | Family Drama |
| Shyama | |||
| Peace Kanwal | |||
| Do Bigha Zamin | Bimal Roy | Balraj Sahni | Social Drama |
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Rattan Kumar | |||
| Ek Do Teen | Roop K. Shorey | Motilal | Comedy |
| Meena Shorey | |||
| Majnu | |||
| Fareb | Shaheed Latif | Kishore Kumar | Social |
| Ismat Chugtai | Shakuntala Paranjpye | ||
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Farmaish | B. K. Sagar | Bharat Bhushan | Social |
| Vijay Laxmi | |||
| Kuldip Kaur | |||
| Firdaus | Not Available | Geeta Bali | Social Drama |
| Ashok Kumar | |||
| Anoop Kumar | |||
| Footpath | Zia Sarhadi | Dilip Kumar | Social Drama |
| Meena Kumari | |||
| Kuldip Kaur | |||
| Gharbaar | Dinkar Patil | Manhar Desai | Family Drama |
| Sulochana Chatterjee | |||
| Kuldip Kaul | |||
| Gul Sanobar | Aspi Irani | Shyama | Costume |
| Shammi Kapoor | |||
| Agha | |||
| Gunah | Kidar Sharma | Geeta Bali | Family Drama |
| Jagdev | |||
| Manorama | |||
| Hari Darshan | Raman B. Desai | Sapru | Devotional |
| Leela Chitnis | |||
| Roopa Verman | |||
| Hazaar Raaten | Jayant Desai | Manhar Desai | Fantasy |
| Rehana | |||
| Bipin Gupta | |||
| Humdard | S. Bhagat | Nimmi | Social |
| Shekhar | |||
| Smriti Biswas | |||
| Humsafar | A. N. Bannerjee | Dev Anand | Social |
| Kalpana Kartik | |||
| Smriti Biswa | |||
| Husn Ka Chor | JBH Wadia | Mahipal | Costume |
| Usha Kiran | |||
| Sardar Mansur | |||
| Jallianwalla Baag Ki Jyoti | R. S. Choudhary | Karan Dewan | Historical |
| Kamlesh Kumari | |||
| Achala Sachdev | |||
| Jeewan Jyoti | Mahesh Kaul | Shammi Kapoor | Social |
| Shashikala | |||
| Leela Mishra | |||
| Jhamela | Bhagwan | Geeta Bali | Action |
| Bhagwan | |||
| Anwar Hussain | |||
| Jhansi Ki Rani | Sohrab Modi | Mehtab | Historical |
| Sohrab Modi | |||
| Shakila | |||
| Jungle Ka Jawahar | Homi Wadia | Fearless Nadia | Costume |
| John Cawas | |||
| Pramila | |||
| Khoj | Balwant Bhatt | Shammi Kapoor | Crime |
| Mahipal | |||
| Lalita Kumari | |||
| Ladki | M. V. Raman | Vyjayantimala | Romantic Comed |
| Bharat Bhushan | |||
| Kishore Kumar | |||
| Laila Majnu | K. Amarnath | Shammi Kapoor | Legend |
| Nutan | |||
| Begum Par | |||
| Lehren | H. S. Rawail | Kishore Kumar | Social |
| Shyama | |||
| Om Prakash | |||
| Madmust | Jagdish Pant | Nirupa Roy | Social |
| Shakila | |||
| Sapru | |||
| Mahatma | Datta Dharamadhikari | David | Social |
| Madan Puri | |||
| Raja Goswami | |||
| Malkin | O. P. Dutta | Sajjan | Social |
| Nutan | |||
| Purnima | |||
| Mallika Soloni | Mohammed Hussain | Kamran | Costume |
| Krishna Kumari | |||
| Helen | |||
| Manchala | Jayant Desai | Nirupa Roy | Drama |
| Manhar Desai | |||
| Krishna Kumari | |||
| Mashuqa | Shanti Kumar | Mukesh | Social Drama |
| Suraiya | |||
| Kuldip Kaur | |||
| Mazi Zameen | Bhalji Pendharkar | Suryakant | Social Drama |
| Mehmaan | Ramanand Sagar | Premnath | Romantic Musical |
| Nimmi | |||
| Sajjan | |||
| Naag Panchami | Ramesh Desai | Nirupa Roy | Mythological |
| Manhar Desai | |||
| Bipin Gupta | |||
| Naina | Ravindra Dave | Abhi Bhattacharya | Social Drama |
| Geeta Bali | |||
| Leela Mishra | |||
| Naulakha Haar | H. S. Bhatt | Meena Kumari | Fantasy Drama |
| Nirupa Roy | |||
| Jeevan | |||
| Nav Durga | Babubhai Mistri | Mahipal | Devotional |
| Usha Kiran | |||
| Amarnath | |||
| Naya Ghar | D.D. Kashyap | Geeta Bali | Family Drama |
| Shekhar | |||
| Begum Para | |||
| Naya Raasta | Jayant Desai | Nirupa Roy | Social |
| Manhar Desai | |||
| Krishna Kumari | |||
| Paheli Shaadi | Ram Daryani | Bharat Bhushan | Social |
| Nargis | |||
| Motilal | |||
| Papi | Chandulal Shah | Raj Kapoor | Social |
| Nargis | |||
| Maruti | |||
| Parineeta | Bimal Roy | Meena Kumari | Social |
| Ashok Kumar | |||
| Asit Baran | |||
| Patita | Amiya Chakravarty | Usha Kiron | Family Drama |
| Dev Anand | |||
| Lalita Pawar | |||
| Rahi | K. A. Abbas | Dev Anand | Social |
| Nalini Jaywant | |||
| Balraj Sahni | |||
| Rail Ka Dibba | P. N. Arora | Shammi Kapoor | Social |
| Madhubala | |||
| Jayant | |||
| Raj Mahal | Nanubhai Vakil | Shakila | Costume |
| Trilok Kapoor | |||
| Murad | |||
| Raj Ratan | Hiren Bose | Abhi Bhattacharya | Drama |
| Kamini Kaushal | |||
| Sulochand Chatterji | |||
| Rami Dhobhan | Indu Kumar | Nirupa Roy | Devotional |
| P. Jairaj | |||
| Trilok Kapoor | |||
| Rangila | Bhagwan | Bhagwan | Action |
| Purnima | |||
| Nazira Baburao | |||
| Shagufa | H. S. Rawail | Premnath | Social Drama |
| Bina Rai | |||
| Purnima | |||
| Shahenshah | Amiya Chakravarty | Kamini Kaushal | Costume |
| Ranjan | |||
| Shakila | |||
| Shamsheer | Gyan Mukerjee | Ashok Kumar | Action |
| P. Bhanumati | |||
| Bhagwan | |||
| Shamsherbaaz | Noshir Engineer | Fearless Nadia | Action |
| John Cawas | |||
| Habib | |||
| Shikast | Ramesh Saigal | Dilip Kumar | Drama |
| Nalini Jaywant | |||
| Durga Khote | |||
| Shole | B. R. Chopra | Ashok Kumar | Family |
| Bina Rai | |||
| Purnima | |||
| Shuk Rambha | Dhirubhai Desai | Nirupa Roy | Fantasy |
| Bharat Bhushan | |||
| Anjali Devi | |||
| Suhag Sindoor | Colin Pal | Shyama | Fantasy |
| Asit Baran | |||
| Yashodara Katju | |||
| Surang | V. Shantaram | Vinod Kumar | Social |
| Sheila Ramani | |||
| Shashikala | |||
| Teen Batti Char Raasta | V. Shantaram | Sandhya | Family |
| Shashikala | |||
| Karan Dewan | |||
| Thokar | Lekhraj Bhakri | Shammi Kapoor | Social |
| Shyama | |||
| Lalita Pawar |
