Teen Batti Char Raasta
About Teen Batti Char Raasta
Lala Gulabchand, a Punjabi married to a woman from Uttar Pradesh, lives at a crossing with three lights and four roads. Five of his six sons have wives from Maharashtra, Sindh, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat. The sixth, Ramesh, a writer at a press, falls in love with a radio singer he calls Kokila and draws her without having seen her. Kokila is Shyama, the dark-skinned maid in the house, who speaks every daughter-in-law's language. Ramesh rejects her for her color and she leaves. The house comes apart without her. He changes his mind, and the family comes back together.
Cast & crew
More about Teen Batti Char Raasta
V. Shantaram produced and directed it at Rajkamal Kalamandir. Diwan Sharar wrote the story and dialogue and plays Gulabchand. G. Balkrishna photographed it. Pyare Lal Santoshi wrote the lyrics. The title means three lights and four streets.
Themes
Making
The crossing in the title is the film's picture of a house that has married into several states.
Look
G. Balkrishna photographed the household and the radio-singer subplot.
Music
The English Wikipedia credits Shivram Krishna with the music. Pyare Lal Santoshi wrote the lyrics. Wikidata names Avinash Vyas as composer.
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Karan Dewan plays Ramesh. Sandhya plays Shyama, who is also the radio singer Kokila.
- The five daughters-in-law are Shashikala (Marathi), Sheila Ramani (Sindhi), Smriti Biswas (Bengali), Meenakshi (Tamil), and Nirupa Roy (Gujarati).
- A crossing near Banganga Tank in Mumbai is still called Teen Batti.
Scenes
- Ramesh draws Kokila from her radio voice.
- He learns the singer is Shyama and turns her away.
- The house stalls after she leaves.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953).webm)
