---
title: 'Shikast (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ramesh Saigal'
released: '1953-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shikast-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0148842/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shikast (1953)

1953 · Drama · India


## Synopsis

Shikast (transl. Defeat) is a 1953 Hindi drama film produced and directed by Ramesh Saigal. A remake of the 1953 Bengali film Palli Samaj, the film stars Dilip Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Durga Khote, Om Prakash and K. N. Singh. The film's music is by Shankar–Jaikishan. Wajahat Mirza wrote the story and dialogues for this film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ramesh Saigal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramesh-saigal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shankar–Jaikishan](https://cinepixo.com/people/shankar-jaikishan)

## Cast

- [Dilip Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dilip-kumar)

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