Teesri Kasam (1966) :
Brief Review -
A significant Love Story with Classic Bleak Ending, perhaps the Best in the Genre. Basu Bhattacharya delivers an entertaining love story but with meaningful, stunning and irreplaceable scrappy ending. Teesri Kasam is not a much known film because of commercial failure except for the National Award Honour but this film deserves to be known because we are not going to see something like this in Love Story+Sacrifice category. It is a story of a naive and hardworking cart driver Hiraman who meets a courtesan Hira Bai and treats her like a goddess. Hira bai adores him from the first meeting but never tells him about her lousy facts but problem appears when Hiraman also falls in love with her. What sacrifices Hira Bai has to do just to keep her clean image alive in Hiraman's heart and memory and how it turns out to be his Third Vow is all about this Classic story. Raj Kapoor adds another powerful character and a Classic film in his legendary filmography. The way he says, "Issshhh"... He is so cute.. His north Indian accent is fabulous. Waheeda Rehman delivers one of the finest act of her career and also impresses with her dancing skills. What a Chartbuster and Timeless Music Teesri Kasam has got from Shankar Jaikishan. Four Superhit songs appears in the first hour only which was already entertaining, just imagine how engaging it had been. 'Chalat Musafir', 'Paan Khayo Saiyya Hamar', 'Sajanwa Bairi Ho Gayo', 'Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo' are superb and Evergreen indeed but 'Duniya Bananewale' is so deep and works with enthralling impact, and when it appers in The End with completely different meaning from it's first appearance, it just Stays in Mind. Basu Bhattacharya's Direction is worthy if you really understand the meaning and nuances of the pain and sacrifice done in the film. I don't know why this film flooped at Box Office, didn't the audience understand it? Couldn't they feel the pain and profound thoughts? It's a shame for the audience not for the film's team if this film couldn't generate box office numbers. Thanks to National Award juries otherwise this underrated Classic would have remained unknown even for movie buffs. I am thankful to them and to the makers of Teesri Kasam for making such a high quality Love saga and traditionally poignant film for the society in the 60s. Despite the painful and deep thoughts Teesri Kasam is a an Entertaining Rom-com and is far far better than any overrated Rom-com of 80s and 90s. Teesri Kasam got both Entertainment and powerful Bleak Ending, please inform me if you ever find a high quality product in this combination.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest
