Teesri Kasam

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Trivia

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• Lyricist Shailendra turned producer with this film. The film was plagued by many problems. It was five years in the making because Shailendra was not able to get Raj Kapoor's dates. The film also ran over-budget and eventually failed at the box office. A heart-broken Shailendra died soon after the film's release, not knowing that it eventually won the National Film Award for Best Film and went on to be considered a classic.[1]
• This film was based on Phanishwar Nath Renu's short story "Maare Gaye Gulfam". Shailendra and Basu Bhattacharya got to know each other through Bimal Roy - Shalendra was his favorite lyricist and Basu Bhattacharya his assistant director. It was during the making of one of Bimal Roy'a films, possibly "Madhumati" (1958), that Basu Bhattacharya, an inveterate reader, introduced Shailendra to "Maare Gaye Gulfam". Fascinated by the story, Shailendra decided to make a film based on it and brought Basu Bhattacharya on board to direct it.[2]

Song

• Duniya Banane Wale Kya Tere Man Mein Samaai - Majrooh Sultanpuri was arrested by the Congress government in 1949 for his leftist writings in general and for a poem he wrote targetting Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in particular. The poem in question was - "Aman ka jhanda is dharti par kisne kaha lahraane na paaye / Yeh bhi koi Hitler ka hai chela, maar le saathi jaane na paaye / Commonwealth ka das hai Nehru, maar le saathi jaane na paaye". When asked to apologise, Majrooh refused and was consequently sent to jail, leaving behind his family at home. Understanding Majrooh's predicament, Raj Kapoor visited him in jail and asked him to write poems for him for a generous fee. It was then that Majrooh had written the mukhda of this song. Hasrat Jaipuri developed this mukhda into a full song. Another poem Majrooh wrote for Raj Kapoor in jail was the song "Ek Din Bik Jayega Maati Ke Mol" ("Dharam Karam", 1975).[3][4]

1. ^ People's poet
2. ^ Shailendra, Teesri Kasam
3. ^ Twenty facts you did not know about our film music
4. ^ Ek Din Bik Jayega Maati Ke Mol (Dharam Karam, 1975)