- Bollywood films of 1953
An overview of the films produced by the
Bollywood film industry based inMumbai in1953 ."
Do Bigha Zameen " directed and produced by Bengali directorBimal Roy and starringBalraj Sahni ,Nirupa Roy ,Ratan Kumar andJagdeep won theFilmfare Best Movie Award . Bimal Roy also won theFilmfare Best Director Award and the film won the Certificate of Merit atNational Film Award of India.Roy would win the Filmfare Best Director in 1955 also for the film "Parineeta" in which actressMeena Kumari scooped theFilmfare Best Actress Award for her performance.Highest grossing
The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1953: [cite web|author=Box Office India|title=Top Earners 1953|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw=|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|accessdate=July 10|accessyear=2008]
References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/List?year=1953&&language=Hindi&&tv=on&&heading=9;1953;Hindi&&related=9;1953;1953;Hindi;Hindi&&nav=/Sections/Years/1953/include-bylanguage Bollywood films of 1953] at the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/film_song_1953.html Indian Film Songs from the Year 1953] - A look back at the year 1953 with a special focus on Hindi film songs
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