Teesri Kasam (तीसरी कसम) 1966

Published on May 3, 2012 in Cinema

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Director	Basu Bhattacharya
Writer	Phanishwar Nath Renu""
Producer	Shailendra Shail"
Orginal music	Shankar-Jaikishan , Jaikishan Dayabhai Pankal, Minoo Katrak
Cinematography	Subrata Mitra
Film Editing	G.G. Mayekar
Art Director	Desh Mukherjee
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Playback Singers	Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Suman Kalyanpur, Lata Mangeshkar, Begum Mubarak, Mukesh , Shambhu, Shankar

Character	Actor / Actress
Hiraman / Meeta	Raj Kapoor
(as Hangal)	A.K. Hangal
Hira Bai	Waheeda Rehman
Hiraman's Bhabhi	Dulari
Thakur Vikram Singh	Iftekhar
Mela Announcer	Asit Sen
Birju	C.S. Dubey / Chandrashekher Dubey
Rekha	Rekha Mallick
	Chandulal
Shivratan (as Keshto Mukherji)	Keshto Mukharjee
Lalmohar	Krishan Dhawan
	Vishwa Mehra
(as Samar Chatterji)	Samar Chatterjee
	Pardesi
	Shivji Bhai
	Mansaram
	Ratan Gaurang
	Pachhi
	Nabendu Ghosh
	Rehana
(as Keshav)	Keshav Rana
	Amla Rani
(as Amal Sen)	Amol Sen
(as B. Periera)	Belchar Pereira
	Fazlu
	Shailendra
	Parmanand
	Sabita
(as Dinanath)	Deenanath
(as Harbans)	Harbanslal
Munimji	Moolchand

The story is about Hiraman, a rustic villager from a remote village in Araria (Bihar), who drives a bullock cart to earn his livelihood. The story begins with Hiraman taking two consecutive vows based on the difficult situations he had to undergo, before he meets a nautanki dancer, Hirabai. The story soon transforms into the story of the friendship between a bullock cart driver and an urban nautanki dancer. The movie, finally, ends with Hiraman taking the third vow.

Hiraman (Raj Kapoor) is a bullock cart driver with conservative traditional values. While smuggling illegal goods on his bullock cart and close escape from police, Hiraman takes vow (first Kasam) to never carry illegal goods again in his cart. While transporting bamboo for timber trader on his bullock cart, he is beaten by two men when their horses are upset by bamboos of Hiramans cart. After that incident, Hiraman takes another vow (second Kasam) to never carry bamboo again in his cart.

One night, Hiraman is asked to carry Hirabai (Waheeda Rehman), a nautanki dancer as a passenger to the 40 miles distance to the village fair. As they travel together Hiraman sings to pass time and tells her story of the legend of Mahua. As the journey progresses, Hirabai is mesmerized by Hiramans innocence and his simple philosophy of life. Hiraman in return sees her as an angel of purity.

Once they reach the village fair, Hiraman joins with his band of bullock cart drivers and Hirabai joins the nautanki company. Hirabai asks Hiraman to stay at village fair for a few days to see her dance. Hirabai arranges free passes for Hiraman and his friends to see nautanki on every night as long as village fair runs.

As Hiraman attends nautanki, he becomes aware that other people see her as a prostitute and it disturbs him. He tries to shield and protect her from society. The bond between two grows stronger as the days pass at the fair. He gets involved in fights with local people who speak badly about her and her profession. Hirabai tries to make him understand the harsh reality of her life. Hiraman asks her to leave her profession and start living a respectable life. Hirabai refuses to leave her acting career. Depressed, Hiraman leaves village fair and returns to his village.

In the mean time, Hirabai understands Hiramans unselfish love. Hirabai meets Hiraman and reveals her past secret that she had been already sold and she was no longer a virgin beauty. Hirabai returns to her hometown. After seeing Hirabai going away from his life, Hiraman takes third vow (teesri Kasam) to never carry a nautanki company dancer again in his cart.