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| director =[[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] |
| director =[[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] |
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| producer =Nasir Hussain |
| producer =Nasir Hussain |
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| writer =[[Nasir Hussain]] |
| writer =[[Nasir Hussain]] |
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| starring =[[Shammi Kapoor]]<br>[[Asha Parekh]] |
| starring =[[Shammi Kapoor]]<br>[[Asha Parekh]]<br>[[Helen (actress)|Helen]]<br>[[Prem Nath|Premnath]]<br>[[Iftekhar]]<br>[[Prem Chopra]] |
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| music =[[R. D. Burman]] |
| music =[[R. D. Burman]] |
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| cinematography =N Srinivas |
| cinematography =[[N. Srinivas]] |
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| editing =Vijay Anand |
| editing =Vijay Anand |
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| distributor = Nasir Hussain Films |
| distributor = [[Nasir Hussain Films]] |
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| released = {{film date|1966|10|21|df=yes}} |
| released = {{film date|1966|10|21|df=yes}} |
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| country = India |
| country = [[India]] |
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| language = Hindi |
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'''''Teesri Manzil''''' ( |
'''''Teesri Manzil''''' ({{Translation|Third floor}}) is a [[List of Hindi films of 1966|1966]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[Mystery film|mystery]] film directed by [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] and produced by [[Nasir Hussain]]. Released on 21 October 1966, the film stars [[Shammi Kapoor]] and [[Asha Parekh]] in titular roles and [[Helen (actress)|Helen]], [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], [[Iftekhar]] and [[Prem Chopra]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |title=Worth their weight in gold |work=Box office India |accessdate=2012-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915183938/http://boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold |archivedate=15 September 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> With the music and songs setting records, this film became a hit at the [[box office]] and is considered among the best offerings and one of the first breakthroughs of [[R. D. Burman]]'s career. |
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''Indiatimes Movies'' ranks the |
''[[Indiatimes Movies]]'' ranks the film amongst the ''[[Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films]]''.<ref>{{Citation| title = India Times Top 25 Must-See Bollywood Films on Lists of Bests)| url = http://www.listsofbests.com/list/47574-india-times-top-25-must-see-bollywood-films| accessdate = 30 July 2012| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120905052152/http://www.listsofbests.com/list/47574-india-times-top-25-must-see-bollywood-films| archivedate = 5 September 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref> The film is noted for its memorable lead pair, superb mystery, tight script and performance by Shammi Kapoor. |
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The film's [[DVD]] |
The film's [[DVD]] and [[VCD]] versions run for 145 minutes, while the theatre version ran for 175 minutes. Between Ruby's jealous sniping at minute 76 and the song "Dekhiye Sahiban Woh Koi Aur Thi", sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]], approximately 30 minutes of footage is missing. The last time a full version of this film released was on [[VHS]]. Many people in [[China]] and [[Hawaii]] reviewed it five stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/node/21526772/comments|title=Shammi Kapoor|date=29 August 2011|via=The Economist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://memsaabstory.com/tag/teesri-manzil-missing-scenes/|title=Teesri Manzil missing scenes|website=MemsaabStory}}</ref> Now uncut full movie is available on [[YouTube]] and if its OTT presentation is concerned, it is available in [[ZEE5]] since early 2020. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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The film begins on a dark night with a young girl, Rupa (Sabina), driving her car at a very high speed around the hills of [[Mussoorie]] and stopping at The Park Hotel. A few moments later, she rushes inside and mysteriously falls to her death from the third [[Storey|floor]] of it, clutching something in her hand. Her death is declared to be [[suicide]] by everyone among the curious onlookers, including Rocky ([[Shammi Kapoor]]), a [[drummer]], and Ruby ([[Helen (actress)|Helen]]), a [[dancer]] at The Park Hotel. One year later, Rupa's ex-fiancée, Ramesh ([[Prem Chopra]]), is shown to be trying to fix his marriage with Rupa's grieving younger sister, Sunita ([[Asha Parekh]]), who is not as enamoured of the proposal though Ramesh tries to ingratiate himself with her. Sunita reveals to her friend, Meena ([[Laxmi Chhaya]]), that Rupa had written a [[Letter (message)|letter]] to her on the night of her death, confessing that she was deeply in love with Rocky, and implying that they had sexual relations, and that she desperately needs to marry him. Sunita believes that Rocky had seduced and then betrayed her sister which led her to commit suicide, and intends to travel to [[Dehradun]] and Mussoorie and track down Rocky to avenge her sister's death. |
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On her way to Dehradun, Sunita meets Anil Kumar, a charming but mischievous young man, who continuously flirts with her throughout the journey. As she checks into The Park Hotel with Meena, Sunita is surprised to find Anil there too, and he continues to woo her. Unbeknownst to Sunita, Anil himself is Rocky (his [[stage name]]) and this secret is only known to Ruby, who is in love with Anil. Anil manages to discover that Sunita is Rupa's revenge-seeking sister, and misleads her by disguising another [[Coworking|co-worker]] ([[Salim Khan]]) at The Park Hotel as Rocky, while he continues to pursue her as Anil. He even lies about his job that he is the nephew and [[heir]] of a wealthy [[landlord]] residing in a local [[mansion]] in Dehradun. While Sunita initially rebuffs his advances, she eventually falls in love with Anil after realising his kind and gentle nature during an unexpected overnight trip, and even confides in him about her sister's tragic death and her hatred for Rocky. Anil reluctantly keeps up the charade and ends up having to entertain Sunita and her friends at the mansion of his "uncle". His deceit is nearly exposed by the arrival of the real owner of the mansion, Kunwarsahab Mahender Singh ([[Prem Nath|Premnath]]), but he too surprisingly plays along and covers for Anil, and the two soon become good friends. |
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A young girl, Rupa (Sabina), mysteriously falls to her death from the third floor of The Park hotel in Dehradun. Before her fall, she bangs on the door of a man named Rocky ([[Shammi Kapoor]]), pleading with him to let her in. Her death is assumed to be suicide by everyone at the hotel, including Rocky. |
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Sunita invites Anil and his "uncle" to meet with her father ([[Raj Mehra]]) and discuss their marriage. Anil requests Kunwarsahab to reveal the truth about him to Sunita and her father, explaining that Rupa had deeply fallen in love with him during her stay at The Park Hotel. She aggressively pursued him despite his disinterest in her and her engagement with Ramesh, who became extremely furious on seeing her with Anil and threatened to kill Rupa in front of him. On the night before her fall, Rupa had telephoned Anil, informing that she desperately needs to meet him, but Anil had refused to open the door of his room when Rupa banged on it at midnight, pleading him to let her in. A few moments later, Anil was shocked to hear Rupa's deadly fall from the third floor of The Park Hotel. As Kunwarsahab keeps up the pretense instead and agrees on the alliance, Anil, with no other option, writes a letter to Sunita, revealing that he is none other than her enemy, Rocky, but that he never seduced her sister and had absolutely no idea that she would kill herself over him. Sunita is aghast when she reads the letter and severs ties with Rocky. As he unsuccessfully attempts to pursue and convince Sunita, Anil is approached by an investigating [[police officer]], [[Inspector]] Das ([[Iftekhar]]), who reveals to him that Rupa had not jumped off the third floor of The Park Hotel out of desperation, but was cold-bloodedly thrown off to her death in reality. |
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A year later, Rupa's sister Sunita ([[Asha Parekh]]) reveals to her friend Meena ([[Laxmi Chhaya]]) , that Rupa had written to her, confessing that she was in love with a drummer named Rocky at The Park hotel, and implying that they had sexual relations, and she desperately needs him to marry her. Sunita, believes Rocky seduced and then jilted her sister, which led her to commit suicide. She intends to travel to Dehradun, find Rocky and avenge her sister's death. |
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Shocked at learning this, Anil suspects Ruby to be Rupa's murderer as she had intercepted his [[telephone call]] with Rupa and was always jealous of any other girl coming close to Anil. He confronts Ruby and tries to make her confess her crime, but an unknown [[assailant]] climbs up to the window of The Park Hotel through the drainpipe, and shoots Ruby fatally right in front of Anil's eyes. Ruby dies in Anil's arms and Inspector Das takes him into police custody, warning Anil that the shooter was aiming for him, not Ruby, since he believes that Anil is progressively getting closer to discovering the real killer. Inspector Das shows Anil an expensive [[button]] discovered in Rupa's hand as evidence, which he believes she tore off the killer's [[overcoat]] during the time of her fall. Anil then suspects Ramesh to be Rupa's murderer but the latter denies the accusation from Inspector Das, although he was present at The Park Hotel on the night Rupa died, and is also seen secretly bribing someone dressed as Ruby's killer with a bottle of [[whiskey]]. Meanwhile, as Anil returns to his hotel room, a mysterious woman (Neeta) visits him, instructing him to take her car and visit a restaurant at the bottom of the hill, where he will find the culprits of Rupa and Ruby's murder. Anil does so, but finds out while driving that the car has failed [[brake]]s, and jumps out of the car as it plummets down a [[cliff]]. |
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On her way to Dehradun, she meets Anil - a charming but mischievous man who flirts with her. As she checks into The Park hotel to find Rocky, she finds Anil there too, and he continues to woo her. Unbeknownst to her, Anil is Rocky. Anil finds out about Sunita's real intentions, and misleads her - making another coworker impersonate Rocky, while he continues to pursue her as Anil. He even lies about his job - telling her he is the nephew and heir of a wealthy landlord who resides in a local mansion in Dehradun. While initially Sunita rebukes him and rebuffs his advances, she eventually falls in love with him, even confiding in him about her sister's tragic death and her hatred for Rocky. Anil keeps up his charade and ends up having to entertain Sunita and her friends at his 'uncle's' mansion. His lie is almost caught when the real owner of the mansion Kunwarsahab ([[Prem Nath]]) shows up. However, Kunwarsahab plays along and covers for Anil. The two become good friends. |
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While Anil is [[Presumption of death|declared dead]] by Inspector Das and others, he secretly visits Sunita, convinced that Ramesh killed both Rupa and Ruby and is now trying to kill him with the mysterious woman's help. Anil enlists the help of Sunita, who now believes his innocence and takes him to meet Ramesh at The Park Hotel. While Sunita is away, Anil sees the same mysterious woman having released him in the car with failed brakes and pursues her. He is surprised to witness her drive into the mansion of Kunwarsahab, who is shocked at seeing Anil there and insists that he must stay with him in the night for not being safe anywhere. He forcefully takes Anil into an old room in his mansion and instructs him to stay there till morning. After Kunwarsahab's departure, Anil begrudgingly goes through a [[closet]] in the room, searching for clothes to change into, when he is shocked to find an overcoat of Kunwarsahab with the exact same buttons that Inspector Das had shown him and the overcoat is also missing a button. Realising that the killer of both Rupa and Ruby is none other than Kunwarsahab, Anil feigns an escape through the window, just as Kunwarsahab enters the room to kill him in his sleep along with the mysterious woman, Sabina, who is his girlfriend and a [[widow]] with two children. |
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Sunita invites Anil and his 'uncle' to meet with her father so they can begin planning the wedding. Anil requests Kunwarsahab to explain the whole truth to Sunita and her father, however, Kunwarsahab instead keeps up the pretense and agrees on the alliance. With no other option, Anil writes a letter to Sunita explaining that he is Rocky, but he never seduced her sister, and had no idea she would kill herself over him. Sunita is aghast when she reads the letter and breaks up with him. As he tries to unsuccessfully pursue and convince her, he in intercepted by a police inspector who is investigating Rupa's murder. Anil tells the inspector that Rupa relentlessly pursued him last year, despite being engaged to another man, Ramesh ([[Prem Chopra]]). This made Ramesh furious and he threatened to kill Rupa in front of Anil. On the night she fell, Rupa had called Anil, telling him she desperately wants to meet with him, however Anil had refused and did not open the door when Rupa banged on it. A few minutes later, he heard her fall. |
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While Kunwarsahab leaves to search for him, Anil threatens Sabina at [[Coercion|knifepoint]] and forces her to confess the truth about Rupa and Ruby's murders. He telephones Inspector Das at the [[police station]], and Sabina confesses to him that Kunwarsahab had an [[Affair|extramarital affair]] with her which his wife discovered and attempted to shoot her, but Kunwarsahab accidentally shot his wife dead while trying to tackle her. While Kunwarsahab and Sabina were burying the [[Cadaver|dead body]] of Kunwarsahab's wife in a secluded place, Rupa happened to witness them while she was on her way to meet Anil. She escaped to The Park Hotel with Kunwarsahab in pursuit and banged on the door of Anil's room, pleading him to let her in. However, Anil was unaware of Rupa's predicament and refused to open the door for her, causing Kunwarsahab to pick Rupa up and mercilessly throw her off the third floor to her death. At that very moment, Kunwarsahab returns to his mansion and overhears Sabina's telephonic conversation with Inspector Das. He shoots Sabina to her death and then attempts to kill Anil, but goes over the ledge of his mansion in the ensuing scuffle between them. Anil holds onto Kunwarsahab, asking him to surrender himself to the police, who have arrived at the scene with Sunita, her father and Meena. However, Kunwarsahab chooses to die instead and lets go of Anil's hand, falling to his death from the third floor of his mansion. The film ends with Anil and Sunita returning to [[Delhi]] from the same [[train]] where they met the first time. |
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Anil suspects Ruby to be Rupa's murderer, as she had intercepted Rupa and Anil's call, and was always jealous of any other woman who came close to Anil. However, during a confrontation, Ruby is shot by an unknown assailant. The inspector takes Anil into custody, warning him that the shooter was aiming for Anil, not Ruby, because they believe Anil is getting close to discovering the real killer. He shows Anil an expensive coat button found in Rupa's hand which he believes she tore off of her killer's coat. Anil then suspects Ramesh, Rupa's rich fiance who had threatened to kill her. Ramesh denies the accusation, although he was present at the hotel on the night Rupa died, and is also seen secretly bribing someone dressed as Ruby's killer with a bottle of whisky. However, without any proof, he is let off. |
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As Anil returns to his hotel room, an unknown woman visits him, telling him to take her car and go to a restaurant at the bottom of the hill, where he will find the conspirators. Anil does so, but finds while driving that the car has been sabotaged. He leaps out as the car plummets down a cliff. Presumed dead by everyone, he secretly visits Sunita, convinced that Ramesh killed both Rupa and Ruby and is now trying to kill him. He enlists Sunita's help, who now believes his innocence and takes him to meet Ramesh at the Park Hotel. While there, Anil spots the same woman who set him up with the sabotaged car, and pursues her. He is surprised to see her drive into Kunwarsahab's mansion. Shocked at seeing him, Kunwarsahab insists that Anil is not safe anywhere and must stay with him. He forces Anil into an old room and instructs him to stay there till morning. As he begrudgingly goes through a closet, looking for clothes to change into, Anil comes across a coat with the exact same buttons that the inspector had shown him. The coat is missing a button. |
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* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Anil Kumar / Rocky |
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* [[Asha Parekh]] as Sunita |
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Realizing that Kunwarsahab is the real killer, Anil forges an escape, just as Kunwarsahab and the unknown woman who is a widow with three children, his mistress, enter his room to kill him in his sleep. Anil gets a hold of the unknown woman while Kunwarsahab leaves to look for him, and forces her to confess the real truth. The unknown woman ( a widow with three children) divulges to the inspector that she and Kunwarsahab had an affair that his wife discovered, and tried to shoot him. Kunwarsahab tackled her, shooting her in the tussle. While they are burying her corpse, Rupa spots them as she is on her way to meet Rocky. She gives herself away and flees to the hotel, with Kunwarsahab in pursuit. She bangs on Rocky's door, but he does not open, unaware of her predicament. Kunwarsahab picks her up and throws her off the third floor. |
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* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Ruby |
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* [[Premnath]] as Kunwarsahab Mahender Singh |
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Kunwarsahab enters at the very moment and shoots his mistress ( the unknown woman ) killing her. He then tries to kill Anil, however, goes over the ledge of his mansion in the struggle. Anil holds onto him, asking him to surrender himself to the police, who have arrived on the scene. However, Kunwarsahab prefers to die, and lets go of Anil's hand, falling to his death from the third floor of his mansion. The film ends with Anil and Sunita going back to Delhi on the same train where they met the first time. |
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* [[Iftekhar]] as Inspector Das (investigating police officer) |
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* [[Prem Chopra]] as Ramesh (Rupa, and later, Sunita's fianceé) |
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==Cast== |
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* [[Laxmi Chhaya]] as Meena (Sunita's friend) |
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* [[Raj Mehra]] as Sunita and Rupa's father |
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*[[Shammi Kapoor]] as Anil Kumar "Sona"/Rocky: Anil is a drummer who plays at the Park Hotel. He is the love interest of both Rupa, Sunita and Ruby, although he only has feelings for Sunita. He flirts and pursues Sunita, while lying about his true identity. He pretends to be the heir of a wealthy landlord to win Sunita's favour. Though his methods are often questionable, his intentions are good. |
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* Sabina as Rupa |
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*[[Asha Parekh]] as Sunita: Sunita is Rupa's younger sister, who wants to avenge her sister's death. She comes from a wealthy family and is bold, independent and outspoken. While she initially rebuffs Anil, she eventually falls in love with him. She blames Rocky/Anil for her sister's death and breaks up with him when she learns the truth. |
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* Neeta as Sabina (Kunwarsahab's girlfriend and accomplice) |
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*[[Prem Chopra]] as Ramesh: Ramesh is Rupa's fiance. He discovers Rupa's indiscretions and threatens to kill her. After Rupa's death, he wishes to marry Sunita. |
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* [[K. N. Singh]] as Manohar (Kunwarsahab's [[estate manager]]) |
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*Sabina as Rupa: Rupa is Sunita's older sister and Ramesh' fiancee. However, she falls for Rocky and aggressively pursues him, despite his disinterest. |
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* [[Ram Avtar]] as Laughing passenger in train ([[Cameo Appearance]]) |
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*[[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Ruby: Ruby is a dancer at the Park Hotel where Rocky is a drummer. She is in love with Rocky/Anil and is constantly trying to seduce him. She often tries to interfere in his romantic life, like listening to a private conversation between Rupa and Rocky. |
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* Salim Khan as the drummer in the song 'O haseena zulfonwali' |
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*[[Premnath]] as Kunwarsahab: Kunwarsahab is a wealthy landlord who pretends to be Anil's uncle to help him save face. He acts as his guardian and confidante. |
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*[[Laxmi Chhaya]] as Meena: Meena is a friend and confidant of Sunita who is seemingly shy and reserved. |
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*[[Ram Avtar]] as train passenger |
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*[[Iftekhar]] as Police Inspector |
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*[[Raj Mehra]] as Sunita's Dad |
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*[[Salim Khan]] as Rocky's Friend |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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[[Nasir Hussain]] produced and wrote ''Teesri Manzil'' under his home banner. He approached [[Dev Anand]] to star in the film and he immediately agreed. However, at the same time, another of Nasir Hussain's productions, ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'', was to be directed by [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]. Then, on occasion of [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]]'s engagement party, a misunderstanding erupted between Dev Anand and Nasir Hussain, when Hussain allegedly overheard Dev Anand saying. "The film which Nasir is making with me is |
[[Nasir Hussain]] produced and wrote ''Teesri Manzil'' under his home banner. He approached [[Dev Anand]] to star in the film and he immediately agreed. However, at the same time, another of Nasir Hussain's productions, ''[[Baharon Ke Sapne]]'', was to be directed by [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]. Then, on occasion of [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]]'s engagement party, a misunderstanding erupted between Dev Anand and Nasir Hussain, when Hussain allegedly overheard Dev Anand saying. "The film which Nasir is making with me is in colour and he has given Goldie some black-and-white film to make. Goldie is making the movie with some new boy, [[Rajesh Khanna]]". It was the next day that Hussain requested Vijay Anand to direct ''Teesri Manzil'' and offered to helm ''Baharon Ke Sapne'', but specified that ''Teesri Manzil'' would not have Dev Anand in it. It was only then that Shammi Kapoor was approached.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/when-dev-anand-came-to-blows-with-nasir-hussain-116102300206_1.html|title=When Dev Anand came to blows with Nasir Hussain|agency=Press Trust of India|date=23 October 2016|via=Business Standard}}</ref> |
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Vijay Anand came on board to direct and edit the film. Hussain then cast [[Shammi Kapoor]], who had earlier starred in Hussain's two big hits ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'' (1957) and ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959), the latter of which introduced [[Asha Parekh]]. Asha had starred in two more hits for Hussain ''[[Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai]]'' (1961) and ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' (1963). Thus, the newcomer for this film would be music composer [[R.D. Burman]] (son of music composer [[S.D. Burman]]), and he would create phenomenal music for this film. He would compose for all of Hussain's films until ''[[Zabardast]]'' (1985). Shammi Kapoor, Hussain and Vijay individually took credit for discovering the supremely talented R.D. Burman, but R.D. Burman gave credit to lyricist [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]] for recommending him to Hussain, and both of them would create unforgettable songs for ''Teesri Manzil''. All the hit songs featured Mohammed Rafi<ref> |
Vijay Anand came on board to direct and edit the film. Hussain then cast [[Shammi Kapoor]], who had earlier starred in Hussain's two big hits ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'' (1957) and ''[[Dil Deke Dekho]]'' (1959), the latter of which introduced [[Asha Parekh]]. Asha had starred in two more hits for Hussain ''[[Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai]]'' (1961) and ''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]'' (1963). Thus, the newcomer for this film would be music composer [[R.D. Burman]] (son of music composer [[S.D. Burman]]), and he would create phenomenal music for this film. He would compose for all of Hussain's films until ''[[Zabardast]]'' (1985). Shammi Kapoor, Hussain and Vijay individually took credit for discovering the supremely talented R. D. Burman, but R. D. Burman gave credit to lyricist [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]] for recommending him to Hussain, and both of them would create unforgettable songs for ''Teesri Manzil''. All the hit songs featured Mohammed Rafi.<ref>[http://www.panchamonline.com/articles/thatsmytune.pdf R D Burman - My God, That's My Tune<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The song picturizations were outstanding, with Helen dancing to "Oh Haseena Zulfon Waali". Songs such as "Aaja Aaja" had a rock n' roll base and were extremely popular. |
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The song "Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meherbaan", has particular significance to Shammi Kapoor. It is said that some (indeterminate) time before the song was about to be shot, he received news that his wife at the time, [[Geeta Bali]], had just died. Consummate professional that he was, he said he wanted to continue the filming due to the costs to the producer. And so the song was shot while he was in mourning. His tearing up and acting in the song is very real due to this background. There is a particular sequence in the song, where a three pronged [[candle stand]] on Asha Parekh's table falls over and the [[candle]]s are blown off. Shammi Kapoor walks over to the table, picks a lit candle from the neighbouring table, and appears to light all three candles. But when he straightens the candle holder, and the camera turns from a side-on view, to a front-on view, you can see that the middle candle has been left unlit. It seems Shammi Kapoor told the director to leave the shot as-is, and that was his way of showing that the light in his life, his wife, had been taken away. |
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== Soundtrack == |
== Soundtrack == |
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All the songs were composed by [[Rahul Dev Burman]] and lyrics were penned by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]. [[Mohammed Rafi]] featured in all the songs and [[Asha Bhosle]] sang all the female parts. Choreography was by [[Herman Benjamin]]. |
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| "Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meharbaan" |
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| "Deewana Mujhsa Nahin Is Ambar Ke Neeche" |
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| [[Mohammed Rafi]] |
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| "O Haseena Zulfonwali Jaan-E-Jahan" |
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All the songs were composed by [[Rahul Dev Burman]] and lyrics were penned by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]. [[Mohammed Rafi]] featured in all the songs and [[Asha Bhosle]] sang all the female parts. Choreography was by [[Herman Benjamin]]. The drums were played by Leslie Godinho. {{Track listing |
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The film became a hit. Although it is a murder mystery, it continues to draw repeat audiences, even though the identity of the murderer is no longer a secret. ''Teesri Manzil'' was the last time Shammi starred in a Nasir Hussain film. Asha would go on to do four more, three of which she starred in. |
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''Teesri Manzil'' was also the last Hussain film in which [[Mohammed Rafi]] sang all the songs. By ''[[Yaadon Ki Baraat]]'', [[Kishore Kumar]] had temporarily become the dominant singer in Hussain's movies, but Rafi always had a special place in Hussain's films and would later win major awards for the song "Kya Hua Tera Wada" in Hussain's ''[[Hum Kisise Kum Naheen]]'' (1977). |
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Hussain and Vijay never worked together after ''Teesri Manzil''. Hussain would return to directing all his films again and would only relinquish the director's chair to his son after three of his films flopped in the 1980s. [[Salim Khan]] played a small role as Shammi Kapoor's musician friend who pretends to be Rocky in the musical number "Oh Haseena Zulfon Waali". In real life, Helen would later become his second wife. Shammi's wife [[Geeta Bali]] died during the filming, and Vijay helped Shammi get over the grief.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/section/entertainment/|title=Entertainment News: Latest Hollywood & Bollywood News, Movies Releases & Reviews|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> |
Hussain and Vijay never worked together after ''Teesri Manzil''. Hussain would return to directing all his films again and would only relinquish the director's chair to his son after three of his films flopped in the 1980s. [[Salim Khan]] played a small role as Shammi Kapoor's musician friend who pretends to be Rocky in the musical number "Oh Haseena Zulfon Waali". In real life, Helen would later become his second wife. Shammi's wife [[Geeta Bali]] died during the filming, and Vijay helped Shammi get over the grief.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/section/entertainment/|title=Entertainment News: Latest Hollywood & Bollywood News, Movies Releases & Reviews|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> |
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The Dvd and Vcd versions of the film are missing 21 minutes of the film. The 1987 VCR release has the complete movie. The missing portion can be seen on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgntrX8Z_9A&ab_channel=AtulShah .{{Dead link|date=September 2022}} |
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Teesri Manzil | |
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Directed by | Vijay Anand |
Written by | Nasir Hussain |
Produced by | Nasir Hussain |
Starring | Shammi Kapoor Asha Parekh Helen Premnath Iftekhar Prem Chopra |
Cinematography | N. Srinivas |
Edited by | Vijay Anand |
Music by | R. D. Burman |
Distributed by | Nasir Hussain Films |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Teesri Manzil (transl. Third floor) is a 1966 Indian musical mystery film directed by Vijay Anand and produced by Nasir Hussain. Released on 21 October 1966, the film stars Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh in titular roles and Helen, Premnath, Iftekhar and Prem Chopra in supporting roles.[1] With the music and songs setting records, this film became a hit at the box office and is considered among the best offerings and one of the first breakthroughs of R. D. Burman's career.
Indiatimes Movies ranks the film amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.[2] The film is noted for its memorable lead pair, superb mystery, tight script and performance by Shammi Kapoor.
The film's DVD and VCD versions run for 145 minutes, while the theatre version ran for 175 minutes. Between Ruby's jealous sniping at minute 76 and the song "Dekhiye Sahiban Woh Koi Aur Thi", sung by Mohammed Rafi, approximately 30 minutes of footage is missing. The last time a full version of this film released was on VHS. Many people in China and Hawaii reviewed it five stars.[3][4] Now uncut full movie is available on YouTube and if its OTT presentation is concerned, it is available in ZEE5 since early 2020.
Plot
[edit]The film begins on a dark night with a young girl, Rupa (Sabina), driving her car at a very high speed around the hills of Mussoorie and stopping at The Park Hotel. A few moments later, she rushes inside and mysteriously falls to her death from the third floor of it, clutching something in her hand. Her death is declared to be suicide by everyone among the curious onlookers, including Rocky (Shammi Kapoor), a drummer, and Ruby (Helen), a dancer at The Park Hotel. One year later, Rupa's ex-fiancée, Ramesh (Prem Chopra), is shown to be trying to fix his marriage with Rupa's grieving younger sister, Sunita (Asha Parekh), who is not as enamoured of the proposal though Ramesh tries to ingratiate himself with her. Sunita reveals to her friend, Meena (Laxmi Chhaya), that Rupa had written a letter to her on the night of her death, confessing that she was deeply in love with Rocky, and implying that they had sexual relations, and that she desperately needs to marry him. Sunita believes that Rocky had seduced and then betrayed her sister which led her to commit suicide, and intends to travel to Dehradun and Mussoorie and track down Rocky to avenge her sister's death.
On her way to Dehradun, Sunita meets Anil Kumar, a charming but mischievous young man, who continuously flirts with her throughout the journey. As she checks into The Park Hotel with Meena, Sunita is surprised to find Anil there too, and he continues to woo her. Unbeknownst to Sunita, Anil himself is Rocky (his stage name) and this secret is only known to Ruby, who is in love with Anil. Anil manages to discover that Sunita is Rupa's revenge-seeking sister, and misleads her by disguising another co-worker (Salim Khan) at The Park Hotel as Rocky, while he continues to pursue her as Anil. He even lies about his job that he is the nephew and heir of a wealthy landlord residing in a local mansion in Dehradun. While Sunita initially rebuffs his advances, she eventually falls in love with Anil after realising his kind and gentle nature during an unexpected overnight trip, and even confides in him about her sister's tragic death and her hatred for Rocky. Anil reluctantly keeps up the charade and ends up having to entertain Sunita and her friends at the mansion of his "uncle". His deceit is nearly exposed by the arrival of the real owner of the mansion, Kunwarsahab Mahender Singh (Premnath), but he too surprisingly plays along and covers for Anil, and the two soon become good friends.
Sunita invites Anil and his "uncle" to meet with her father (Raj Mehra) and discuss their marriage. Anil requests Kunwarsahab to reveal the truth about him to Sunita and her father, explaining that Rupa had deeply fallen in love with him during her stay at The Park Hotel. She aggressively pursued him despite his disinterest in her and her engagement with Ramesh, who became extremely furious on seeing her with Anil and threatened to kill Rupa in front of him. On the night before her fall, Rupa had telephoned Anil, informing that she desperately needs to meet him, but Anil had refused to open the door of his room when Rupa banged on it at midnight, pleading him to let her in. A few moments later, Anil was shocked to hear Rupa's deadly fall from the third floor of The Park Hotel. As Kunwarsahab keeps up the pretense instead and agrees on the alliance, Anil, with no other option, writes a letter to Sunita, revealing that he is none other than her enemy, Rocky, but that he never seduced her sister and had absolutely no idea that she would kill herself over him. Sunita is aghast when she reads the letter and severs ties with Rocky. As he unsuccessfully attempts to pursue and convince Sunita, Anil is approached by an investigating police officer, Inspector Das (Iftekhar), who reveals to him that Rupa had not jumped off the third floor of The Park Hotel out of desperation, but was cold-bloodedly thrown off to her death in reality.
Shocked at learning this, Anil suspects Ruby to be Rupa's murderer as she had intercepted his telephone call with Rupa and was always jealous of any other girl coming close to Anil. He confronts Ruby and tries to make her confess her crime, but an unknown assailant climbs up to the window of The Park Hotel through the drainpipe, and shoots Ruby fatally right in front of Anil's eyes. Ruby dies in Anil's arms and Inspector Das takes him into police custody, warning Anil that the shooter was aiming for him, not Ruby, since he believes that Anil is progressively getting closer to discovering the real killer. Inspector Das shows Anil an expensive button discovered in Rupa's hand as evidence, which he believes she tore off the killer's overcoat during the time of her fall. Anil then suspects Ramesh to be Rupa's murderer but the latter denies the accusation from Inspector Das, although he was present at The Park Hotel on the night Rupa died, and is also seen secretly bribing someone dressed as Ruby's killer with a bottle of whiskey. Meanwhile, as Anil returns to his hotel room, a mysterious woman (Neeta) visits him, instructing him to take her car and visit a restaurant at the bottom of the hill, where he will find the culprits of Rupa and Ruby's murder. Anil does so, but finds out while driving that the car has failed brakes, and jumps out of the car as it plummets down a cliff.
While Anil is declared dead by Inspector Das and others, he secretly visits Sunita, convinced that Ramesh killed both Rupa and Ruby and is now trying to kill him with the mysterious woman's help. Anil enlists the help of Sunita, who now believes his innocence and takes him to meet Ramesh at The Park Hotel. While Sunita is away, Anil sees the same mysterious woman having released him in the car with failed brakes and pursues her. He is surprised to witness her drive into the mansion of Kunwarsahab, who is shocked at seeing Anil there and insists that he must stay with him in the night for not being safe anywhere. He forcefully takes Anil into an old room in his mansion and instructs him to stay there till morning. After Kunwarsahab's departure, Anil begrudgingly goes through a closet in the room, searching for clothes to change into, when he is shocked to find an overcoat of Kunwarsahab with the exact same buttons that Inspector Das had shown him and the overcoat is also missing a button. Realising that the killer of both Rupa and Ruby is none other than Kunwarsahab, Anil feigns an escape through the window, just as Kunwarsahab enters the room to kill him in his sleep along with the mysterious woman, Sabina, who is his girlfriend and a widow with two children.
While Kunwarsahab leaves to search for him, Anil threatens Sabina at knifepoint and forces her to confess the truth about Rupa and Ruby's murders. He telephones Inspector Das at the police station, and Sabina confesses to him that Kunwarsahab had an extramarital affair with her which his wife discovered and attempted to shoot her, but Kunwarsahab accidentally shot his wife dead while trying to tackle her. While Kunwarsahab and Sabina were burying the dead body of Kunwarsahab's wife in a secluded place, Rupa happened to witness them while she was on her way to meet Anil. She escaped to The Park Hotel with Kunwarsahab in pursuit and banged on the door of Anil's room, pleading him to let her in. However, Anil was unaware of Rupa's predicament and refused to open the door for her, causing Kunwarsahab to pick Rupa up and mercilessly throw her off the third floor to her death. At that very moment, Kunwarsahab returns to his mansion and overhears Sabina's telephonic conversation with Inspector Das. He shoots Sabina to her death and then attempts to kill Anil, but goes over the ledge of his mansion in the ensuing scuffle between them. Anil holds onto Kunwarsahab, asking him to surrender himself to the police, who have arrived at the scene with Sunita, her father and Meena. However, Kunwarsahab chooses to die instead and lets go of Anil's hand, falling to his death from the third floor of his mansion. The film ends with Anil and Sunita returning to Delhi from the same train where they met the first time.
Cast
[edit]- Shammi Kapoor as Anil Kumar / Rocky
- Asha Parekh as Sunita
- Helen as Ruby
- Premnath as Kunwarsahab Mahender Singh
- Iftekhar as Inspector Das (investigating police officer)
- Prem Chopra as Ramesh (Rupa, and later, Sunita's fianceé)
- Laxmi Chhaya as Meena (Sunita's friend)
- Raj Mehra as Sunita and Rupa's father
- Sabina as Rupa
- Neeta as Sabina (Kunwarsahab's girlfriend and accomplice)
- K. N. Singh as Manohar (Kunwarsahab's estate manager)
- Ram Avtar as Laughing passenger in train (Cameo Appearance)
- Salim Khan as the drummer in the song 'O haseena zulfonwali'
Background
[edit]Nasir Hussain produced and wrote Teesri Manzil under his home banner. He approached Dev Anand to star in the film and he immediately agreed. However, at the same time, another of Nasir Hussain's productions, Baharon Ke Sapne, was to be directed by Vijay Anand. Then, on occasion of Sadhana's engagement party, a misunderstanding erupted between Dev Anand and Nasir Hussain, when Hussain allegedly overheard Dev Anand saying. "The film which Nasir is making with me is in colour and he has given Goldie some black-and-white film to make. Goldie is making the movie with some new boy, Rajesh Khanna". It was the next day that Hussain requested Vijay Anand to direct Teesri Manzil and offered to helm Baharon Ke Sapne, but specified that Teesri Manzil would not have Dev Anand in it. It was only then that Shammi Kapoor was approached.[5]
Vijay Anand came on board to direct and edit the film. Hussain then cast Shammi Kapoor, who had earlier starred in Hussain's two big hits Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957) and Dil Deke Dekho (1959), the latter of which introduced Asha Parekh. Asha had starred in two more hits for Hussain Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961) and Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963). Thus, the newcomer for this film would be music composer R.D. Burman (son of music composer S.D. Burman), and he would create phenomenal music for this film. He would compose for all of Hussain's films until Zabardast (1985). Shammi Kapoor, Hussain and Vijay individually took credit for discovering the supremely talented R. D. Burman, but R. D. Burman gave credit to lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri for recommending him to Hussain, and both of them would create unforgettable songs for Teesri Manzil. All the hit songs featured Mohammed Rafi.[6] The song picturizations were outstanding, with Helen dancing to "Oh Haseena Zulfon Waali". Songs such as "Aaja Aaja" had a rock n' roll base and were extremely popular.
The song "Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meherbaan", has particular significance to Shammi Kapoor. It is said that some (indeterminate) time before the song was about to be shot, he received news that his wife at the time, Geeta Bali, had just died. Consummate professional that he was, he said he wanted to continue the filming due to the costs to the producer. And so the song was shot while he was in mourning. His tearing up and acting in the song is very real due to this background. There is a particular sequence in the song, where a three pronged candle stand on Asha Parekh's table falls over and the candles are blown off. Shammi Kapoor walks over to the table, picks a lit candle from the neighbouring table, and appears to light all three candles. But when he straightens the candle holder, and the camera turns from a side-on view, to a front-on view, you can see that the middle candle has been left unlit. It seems Shammi Kapoor told the director to leave the shot as-is, and that was his way of showing that the light in his life, his wife, had been taken away.
Soundtrack
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Released | January 1, 1966[7] | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 35:10 | |||
Label | HIS MASTER'S VOICE (H M V) [E M I] | |||
Producer | R.D. Burman | |||
R.D. Burman chronology | ||||
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All the songs were composed by Rahul Dev Burman and lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Mohammed Rafi featured in all the songs and Asha Bhosle sang all the female parts. Choreography was by Herman Benjamin. The drums were played by Leslie Godinho.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Title Music - Teesri Manzil" | R.D. Burman | 2:42 |
2. | "Music - Teesri Manzil" | R.D. Burman | 0:59 |
3. | "O Mere Sona Re Sona" | Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi | 5:00 |
4. | "O Haseena Zulfonwali Jane Jahan" | Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi | 6:55 |
5. | "Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera" | Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi | 6:05 |
6. | "Main Inpe Marta Hoon" | Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi | 5:24 |
7. | "Deewana Mujhsa Nahin" | Mohammed Rafi | 3:22 |
8. | "Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meherban" | Mohammed Rafi | 4:04 |
Total length: | 35:10 |
Reception
[edit]The film became a hit. Although it is a murder mystery, it continues to draw repeat audiences, even though the identity of the murderer is no longer a secret. Teesri Manzil was the last time Shammi starred in a Nasir Hussain film. Asha would go on to do four more, three of which she starred in.
Hussain and Vijay never worked together after Teesri Manzil. Hussain would return to directing all his films again and would only relinquish the director's chair to his son after three of his films flopped in the 1980s. Salim Khan played a small role as Shammi Kapoor's musician friend who pretends to be Rocky in the musical number "Oh Haseena Zulfon Waali". In real life, Helen would later become his second wife. Shammi's wife Geeta Bali died during the filming, and Vijay helped Shammi get over the grief.[8]
Dvd /VCD missing 21 minutes
[edit]The Dvd and Vcd versions of the film are missing 21 minutes of the film. The 1987 VCR release has the complete movie. The missing portion can be seen on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgntrX8Z_9A&ab_channel=AtulShah .[dead link ]
References
[edit]- ^ "Worth their weight in gold". Box office India. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ India Times Top 25 Must-See Bollywood Films on Lists of Bests), archived from the original on 5 September 2012, retrieved 30 July 2012
- ^ "Shammi Kapoor". 29 August 2011 – via The Economist.
- ^ "Teesri Manzil missing scenes". MemsaabStory.
- ^ "When Dev Anand came to blows with Nasir Hussain". Press Trust of India. 23 October 2016 – via Business Standard.
- ^ R D Burman - My God, That's My Tune
- ^ "Teesri Manzil". Spotify. 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Entertainment News: Latest Hollywood & Bollywood News, Movies Releases & Reviews". The Indian Express.
External links
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