Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953)

Directed by

V. Shantaram

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Punjabi man married to a woman from Uttar Pradesh lives near a crossroads. Five of his six sons marry women from five different Indian states which leads to chaotic family situations.

lightheartedcomedicfamily-orientedplayfulwhimsicalsentimentallivelyoptimistic

What happens

Teen Batti Char Raasta (transl. Three Lights & Four Streets) is a 1953 Hindi-language comedy drama film on national integration directed by V. Shantaram. The film was made under the Rajkamal Kalamandir banner and produced by Shantaram. The story and dialogue were by Diwan Sharar while the cinematography was by G. Balkrishna. With music composed by Shivram Krishna, it had lyrics by Pyare Lal Santoshi. The star cast included Karan Dewan, Sandhya, Shashikala, Nirupa Roy, Sheila Ramani, Dewan Sharar and Lalita Kumari. The film, which portrays national integration, involved a family, whose patriarch Lala Gulabchand (Diwan Sharar), is a Punjabi married to a woman from Uttar Pradesh. He lives near a crossroads with three lights and four streets. The crossroads is used symbolically as a union of the different states and religions in the country, as mentioned in the film. Their five of six sons then marry girls from five different states in India and the story follows the chaos that ensues. The film had a sub-plot weaved into it in the form of a dark-complexioned girl, Shyama (Sandhya), who is first humiliated by the hero Ramesh (Karan Dewan), and then accepted by him as he falls in love with the "real person". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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