Raj Kapoor’s Teesri Kasam was screened at Dhusyant Kumar Memorial Museum of Manuscript here on Friday. The movie was screened under the three day Art Film Festival organised by Dhusyant Kumar Memorial Museum of Manuscript.
The event was inaugurated by Principal Secretary of Culture Manoj Shrivastava and patrons of museum Fukhraj Maru and Heera lal Trivedi. It is to be noted that the film festival is based on art movies of Bollywood.
Teesri Kasam starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman was directed by Basu Bhattacharya that released in the year 1966. The show got a huge positive response by the citizens. The movie-goers of the city got a chance to watch the Raj Kapoor’s classical movie once again on the big screen. Many youngsters were also observed at the auditorium watching the movie.
The film based on a short story, Mare Gaye Gulfam by Phanishwarnath Renu, a Hindi novelist. Teesri Kasam is an unconventional film that portrays the society of the rural India and simplicity of villagers.
The story is about Hiraman (Raj Kapoor), a rustic villager from a remote village in Araria (Bihar), who drives a bullock cart to earn his livelihood.
The story begins with Hiraman taking two consecutive vows based on the difficult situations he had to undergo, before he meets a nautanki dancer, Hirabai (Waheeda Rehman). The story soon transforms into the story of the friendship between a bullock cart driver and an urban nautanki dancer.
love ensues between both of them, but as soon as Hiraman discovers Hirabai’s truth and sees him going away from his life he vows not to take any nautanki dancer in his cart. The movie, finally, ends with Hiraman taking the third vow.
The show of Teesri Kasam went house-full and huge crowd was noticed watching and enjoying the show.