---
title: 'Kaithi (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'S. Balachander'
released: '1951-12-23'
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kaithi-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154704/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kaithi (1951)

1951 · Mystery · India

Original title: கைதி

## Synopsis

Kaithi (transl. Prisoner) is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by S. Balachander for Jupiter Pictures. Balachandar also composed the music, and stars alongside S. A. Natarajan, S. Revathi and V. Meenakshi. Adapted from the American film Dark Passage (1947), it revolves around a man being wrongfully convicted, and escaping to clear his name. Kaithi was released on 23 December 1951, and emerged a commercial success. No print of the film, however, is known to survive, making it a lost film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [S. Balachander](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-balachander)
- **Original Music Composer:** [S. Balachander](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-balachander)
- **Editor:** [M. A. Thirumugam](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-a-thirumugam)

## Cast

- [S. Balachander](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-balachander)

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