List of Tamil films of 1953

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1953, in alphabetical order.

1953

Title	Director	Production	Music	Cast	Release date
Anbu	M. Natesan	Natesh Art Pictures	T. R. Pappa	Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, T. R. Rajakumari, T. S. Balaiah, Lalitha, K. A. Thangavelu	24.07.1953
Asai Magan	G. R. Rao	Associated Productions	V. Dakshinamoorthy	Gemini Ganesan, Sathyan, T. S. Balaiah, B. R. Banthulu, Padmini, B. S. Saroja, Girija, Aranmula Ponnamma, Adoor Pankajam, J. Sasikumar, V. Dakshinamoorthy, T. N. Gopinathan Nair, Pankajavalli	18.09.1953
Avan (dubbed from Hindi)	Raja Nawathe	R. K. Studio	Shankar Jaikishan	Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Pran, Vijayalaxmi, Ramesh Sinha, Bhupendra Kapoor, Leela Mishra, Rashid Khan, Sohanlal, Kusum	18.12.1953
Auvaiyar	Kothamangalam Subbu	Gemini Studios	M. D. Parthasarathy	K. B. Sundarambal, M. K. Radha, Gemini Ganesan, L. Narayana Rao, T. V. Kumudhini, M. S. Sundari Bai, Baby Sachu, Kuchalakumari, K. Balaji, D. Balasubramaniam, Friend Ramasami, C. K. Nagaratnam, T. V. Sethuraman VPS Mani and Kumari Vanaja	15.08.1953
Azhagi	Sundar Rao Nadkarni	Jupiter Pictures		B. A. Natarajan, Krishnakumari, M.N. Nambiar	11.12.1953
Chandirani	P. Bhanumathi	Bharani Pictures	C. R. Subburaman	N. T. Rama Rao, P. Bhanumathi, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah, S. V. Ranga Rao, C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Amarnath	18.08.1953
Devadas	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Vinoda Pictures	C. R. Subburaman, T. K. Ramamoorthy & M. S. Viswanathan	A. Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Lalitha, M. N. Nambiar, S. V. Ranga Rao, Baby Sachu	11.09.1953
En Veedu	Chittor V. Nagaiah	Our India Films	Adepalli Rama Rao & Chittor V. Nagaiah	Chittor V. Nagaiah, T. R. Rajakumari, T. S. Balaiah, V. Gopalakrishnan, Vidyavathi, Girija, Chaya Devi, Master Sudhakar, T. E. Krishnamachari
Gumastha	R. M. Krishnaswamy	Aruna Pictures	G. Ramanathan, Chittor V. Nagaiah & C. N. Pandurangan	Chittor V. Nagaiah, Pandari Bai, B. S. Jayamma, P. V. Narasimha Bharathi, R. S. Manohar, C. V. V. Panthulu, T. N. Sivathanu, M. L. N. Kausik, T. V. Sethuraman, V. K. Karthikeyan, Karuppaiah, V. T. Kalyanam, Anilkumar, P. Kalyanam, C. K. Saraswathi, M. Saroja, Menaka, K. S. Angamuthu, Venubai, Baby Uma	03.04.1953
Inspector	R. S. Mani	Jupiter Pictures	G. Ramanathan	T. K. Shanmugam, T. K. Bhagavathi, Veenai S. Balachander, Anjali Devi, M. S. Draupathi, P. K. Saraswathi, S. A. Natarajan, S. R. Janaki, T. N. Sivathanu, M. R. Santhanam, M. S. Karuppaiah, Master K. N. Krishnan, K. N. Venkataraman, A. Ganesh Singh, T. V. Jayaraman, K. Rathinam, Bhoodevi and dance by C. R. Rajakumari	31.07.1953
Jathagam	R. Nagendra Rao	R. Nagendra Rao	T. G. Lingappa	K. Sarangkapani, K. Suryakala, R. Nagendra Rao, Chittor V. Nagaiah, T. K. Balachandran, K. N. Kamalam, K. R. Chellam, K. S. Angamuthu	25.12.1953
Jenova	F. Nagoor	Chandra Pictures	T. A. Kalyanam, M. S. Gnanamani & M. S. Viswanathan	M. G. Ramachandran, B. S. Saroja, P. S. Veerappa	01.06.1953
Kangal	Krishnan-Panju	Motion Pictures Team	S. V. Venkatraman	Sivaji Ganesan, Pandaribai, Mynavathi, S. V. Sahasranamam, J. P. Chandrababu, V. K. Ramasamy	05.11.1953
Lakshmi	Kadaru Nagabhushanam	Sri Rajarajeswari Films	M. D. Parthasarathy	P. Kannamba, R.S. Manohar, J. P. Chandrababu	19.12.1953
Madhana Mogini	M. L. Pathi	Liberty Pictures	K. V. Mahadevan	P. V. Narasimha Bharathi, C. R. Rajakumari, P. S. Veerappa, Pollachi Kamala, M. L. Pathi, M. V. Navaneetham, Pulimoottai Ramaswami, K. S. Angamuthu, V. M. Ezhumalai, Loose Arumugam	14.03.1953
Manam Pol Mangalyam	P. Pulliah	Narayanan & Company	S. Rajeswara Rao	Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, K.A. Thangavelu	01.11.1953
Manidhanum Mirugamum	K. Vembu & S. D. Sundharam	Revathi Productions	G. Govindarajulu Naidu	Sivaji Ganesan, Madhuri Devi, S. D. Sundharam, K. Sarangkapani, M. N. Rajam	04.12.1953
Manithan	K. Ramnoth	Jupiter Pictures	G. Ramanathan	T. K. Shanmugam, T. K. Bagavathy, K. R. Ramaswamy	17.04.1953
Marumagal	D. Yoganand	Krishna Pictures	G. Ramanathan, C. R. Subburaman & Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy	N. T. Rama Rao, Lalitha, Padmini, T. R. Ramachandran, S. V. Sahasranamam, B. R. Panthulu, D. Balasubramaniam, V. K. Ramasamy, Surabhi Balasaraswathi, M. Lakshmi Prabha, M. Saroja, S. D. Subbulakshmi, C. T. Rajakantham, K. S. Angamuthu, V. Suryakantham, Baby Sachu and dance by Ragini, T. D. Kuchalakumari
Minmini	T.V. Ramnoth Krishnaswamy	R. A. L. Thenankoon Production		Vijayakumar, Krishnasharma, T. K. Kalyanam, Chitra Krishnasami, Mangalam, Menaka	11.06.1953
Muyarchi	Joseph Pallippad	C. C. Production	S. G. K. Pillai-P. KalingaRao	Narasimma Bharati, P. A. Thomas, V. K. Ramasamy, Revathi, Lakshmiprabha
Naalvar	V. Krishnan	Sangeetha Pictures	K. V. Mahadevan	A. P. Nagarajan, Kumari Thangam, N. N. Kannappa, M. N. Krishnan, S. R. Janaki, R. Balasubramaniam, C. R. Vijayakumari, T. P. Muthulakshmi, V. M. Ezhumalai, E. R. Sahadevan, S. S. Majid, Ratnakumari, N. S. Narayana Pillai, V. N. Natesan, A. R. Damodaram, T. K. Swaminathan, V. R. Natarajan, T. V. Satyamurthi, Gauthamdas K. N. Kanakasabai and dance by Kumari Kamala, Rita, Sulochana	05.11.1953
Naam	A. Kasilingam	Mekala Pictures & Jupiter Pictures	C. S. Jayaraman	M. G. Ramachandran, V. N. Janaki, M. N. Nambiar, P. S. Veerappa, M. G. Chakrapani, P. K. Saraswathi, S. R. Janaki, R. M. Sethupathi, S. M. Thirupathisami, T. M. Gopal, M. Jayashree, A. C. Irusappan, Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar, D. K. Chinnappa	05.03.1953
Nalla Pillai (dubbed from Hindi)	Bhagwan Dada		C. Ramchandra	Geeta Bali, Bhagwan Dada, Sunder, Pratima Devi, Nihal, Maruti, Dulari, Badri Prasad
Panakkaari	K. S. Gopala Krishnan	Uma Pictures	S. V. Venkatraman	T. R. Rajakumari, M. G. Ramachandran, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Javar Seetharaman, C. V. V. Panthulu, (Yogam) Mangalam, T. S. Durairaj, K. R. Chellam, T. S . Jaya, K. A. Thangavelu	01.04.1953
Paropakaram	Kamal Ghosh	Ghantasala Films	Ghantasala	G. Varalakshmi, Savitri, Relangi
Petrathai	K. S. Prakash Rao	Prakash Productions	Pendyala Nageshwara Rao	G. Varalakshmi, A. Nageswara Rao, M. N. Nambiar, R. Nageswara Rao, Rajasulochana, Vasantha, Mikkilineni, Kasturi Siva Rao, Peketi Sivaram, C. Varalakshmi, Koduru Achaiah Chowdary, Pasumarti Krishnamurthi
Ponni	A. S. A. Sami / C. S. Rao	Pakshiraja Studios	S. M. Subbaiah Naidu	Sriram, Lalitha, Padmini, N. S. Krishnan, T. S. Durairaj, D. Balasubramaniam, P. S. Gnanam, P. Santha Kumari, K. N. Kamalam, M. R. Swaminathan, Ennatha Kannaiya, V. M. Ezhumalai and dance by Ragini, Ambika and Sukumari	26.06.1953
Poongodhai	L. V. Prasad	Anjali Pictures	P. Adinarayana Rao	Sivaji Ganesan, Anjali Devi, A. Nageswara Rao, Pandari Bai, S. V. Ranga Rao, Relangi Venkata Ramaiah	01.02.1953
Rathna Deepam	Debaki Bose	Chitramalya	Robin Chatterjee	A. Gupta, Manju Dey, Kamal Mitra, Abhi Bhattacharya, Bhagarisanyal	11.09.1953
Rohini	Kamal Ghosh	Madras Arts Production	G. Ramanathan & K. V. Mahadevan	Madhuri Devi, S. V. Ranga Rao, S. A. Natarajan, S. V. Sahasranamam, Rajasulochana, G. Varalakshmi, C. K. Saraswathi, T. P. Muthulakshmi, Lanka Satyam	02.11.1953
Sathya Sodhanai	H. L. N. Simha	Karnataka Films	R. Sudharsanam	C. Honnappa Bhagavathar, Pandari Bai, Gubbi Veeranna, T. S. Balaiah, T. S. K. Basayya, B. Hanumanthachar, K. Basavaraju, C. V. V Panthalu, Rajasulochana	03.04.1953
Thirumbi Paar	T. R. Sundaram	Modern Theatres	G. Ramanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, P. V. Narasimha Bharathi, Pandari Bai, Krishna Kumari, Girija, T. S. Durairaj, K. A. Thangavelu	10.07.1953
Ulagam	L.S. Ramachandran	Society Pictures	M. S. Gnanamani	Chittor V. Nagaiah, M. V. Rajamma, T. E. Varadan, P. K. Saraswathi, P. S. Veerappa, T. K. Bhagavathi, M. S. Draupathi, T. R. Rajani, S. M. Kumaresan, Pulimoottai Ramasami, M. R. Swaminathan, E. R. Sahadevan, Sayeeram, T. K. Sampangi, Kunchithapaadham Pillai, V. T. Kalyanam, T. V. Sethuraman, Appa K. Duraiswamy, M. Lakshmiprabha, C. K. Saraswathi, K. S. Angamuthu, K. Aranganayaki, N. R. Sakunthala, G. Saroja, Baby Lakshmi Kumari and dance by Kumari Kamala, Lalitha, Padmini, wrestling by Dara Singh, Ali Riza Bey and referee Wong Buck Lee	10.07.1953
Vanjam	Y.R. Swamy	Rohini Pictures		Kantha Rao, Kummadi, K. Sarangabani, Savithri, Kirija, Seetha, Rajkala, Madhu	05.12.1953
Vazha Pirandaval	T. R. Ramanna	R. R. Pictures	T.R. Papa	T. R. Rajakumari, Sriram, K. Sarangkapani
Velaikari Magal (dubbed from Telugu)	C.V. Ranganatha Das	Rajyam Pictures	C. R. Subbaraman & S. Dakshinamurthi	N. T. Rama Rao, C. Lakshmi Rajyam, S. V. Ranga Rao, P. Santha Kumari, Srivatsa Venkateswara Rao, T. Kanakam, Dr. Damodaram, T. D. Vasantha, Janaradanam, K. S. Chalam, Relangi, Suryakantam, K. Sivarao, Doraswamy, Maddali Krishnamurthy, A. L. Narayana, Hemalathamma Rao, Indira Acharya, Bezawada Kanthamma	14.01.1953