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Tula Pahate Re

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{{Short description|Marathi-language TV series}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| image_size = 300
| genre = Thriller Romance
| director = Girish Mohite
| starring = [[Subodh Bhave]] Gayatri Datar [[Shilpa Tulaskar]] [[Abhidnya Bhave]] Umesh Jagtap Ashutosh Gokhale Sandesh Jadhav
| composer = [[Ashok Patki]]
| voices = [[Aarya Ambekar]]
| num_episodes = 298
| camera = Multi-camera
| network = [[Zee Marathi]]
| picture_format = 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
| audio_format = Dolby Digital
| country = [[India]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2018|08|13|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2019|07|20|df=y}}
| producer = Aparna Ketkar Atul Ketkar
| company = Right Click Media Solutions
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| distributor = [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]]
| runtime = 22 minutes
}}

'''''Tula Pahate Re''''' ({{translation|I Look At You}}) is an Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language drama television series directed by Girish Mohite and Chandrakant Gaikwad and produced by Aparna Ketkar and Atul Ketkar, that was broadcast on the channel [[Zee Marathi]] from Monday to Saturday at 8:30pm and is now digitally available on [[ZEE5]]. The series stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Subodh Bhave]], Gayatri Datar, [[Shilpa Tulaskar]], [[Abhidnya Bhave]], Umesh Jagtap, Ashutosh Gokhale and Sandesh Jadhav. The plot focuses on Isha Nimkar (Datar), a chawl-dwelling girl who falls in love with a wealthy businessman Vikrant Saranjame (Bhave) beyond the barrier of age and gets married to him, while unaware about his shocking past and her connection with his first deceased wife Rajnandini (Tulaskar).

== Plot ==
Isha Nimkar (Gayatri Datar) is a sober middle-class girl living in a chawl with her parents. One day, she has to deliver a speech at the "K.T. College" honoring the chief guest Vikrant Saranjame ([[Subodh Bhave]]), a wealthy industrialist in the "Saranjame Group of Industries" who lives with his widowed mother Snehalata a.k.a. Aaisaheb (Vidya Karanjikar), younger brother Jaydeep (Ashutosh Gokhale) and arrogant sister-in-law Soniya (Purniema Dey) in a large mansion in [[Karjat]], [[Maharashtra]]. Due to his fame and greatness, Vikrant has become a dear public figure surrounded by many people, including his close friend Vilas Zende (Umesh Jagtap) who is also his personal assistant. Moreover, Isha's father Arun Nimkar (Mohiniraj Gatne) works in one of the stores of "Rajnandini Sarees", a department which is owned by Vikrant. On his way to the college, Vikrant's bicycle breaks down and thus he shares an auto-rickshaw with Isha when he meets her for the first time. Isha does not recognize Vikrant in the auto-rickshaw and speaks rudely to him for having money to pay, although she pays the fare of him too. Later at the college, Isha is shocked to see Vikrant entering as the chief guest and bursts into tears. Due to this commotion, she forgets her speech that lists many accomplishments of Vikrant, which leads to all her collegemates teasing her. However, Vikrant defends Isha by advising her and her collegemates to always have trust in themselves and each other in any situation, and also gains Isha's trust by handing her over a blank cheque.

Further, Vikrant falls in love with Isha and offers her a job in his company. As time passes, Isha begins to develop feelings for Vikrant too, while Vikrant's secretary Myra Karkhanis ([[Abhidnya Bhave]]) tries to separate the lovebirds along with Zende due to the fact that she also loves Vikrant. However, Myra and Zende's each plan backfires and Vikrant invites Isha to his mansion. While there, he reveals her the truth about his deceased wife named "Rajnandini", whom he loved a lot and whose sudden demise had left him much disturbed. Therefore, he named the department of "Rajnandini Sarees" in the memory of his late wife. Upon learning this, Isha despises Vikrant for hiding this from her and storms off, but it turns out to be just a prank. Actually, Isha has forgiven Vikrant for respecting her while telling her all this. Later, Vikrant takes Isha for a helicopter ride and proposes marriage to her mid-air. Speechless on seeing his unique way of proposing marriage, Isha agrees to marry Vikrant but the couple faces opposition from Mr. Nimkar due to their age difference, although Isha's mother Pushpa (Gargi Phule Thatte) agrees for their relationship. With support from Zende, Aaisaheb and Pushpa, Vikrant and Isha eventually manage to convince Mr. Nimkar and have a grand marriage ceremony under Myra and Zende's organisation.

After their marriage, things unexpectedly start changing when the audience sees a dark side of Vikrant and Zende. It is suddenly revealed that the late Dadasaheb, Vikrant's father and founder of the Saranjame company, has stated in his will that he can never inherit the Saranjame property and that Rajnandini is the real owner of it. Therefore, Vikrant married Isha to use her as a pawn to obtain the Saranjame property. Following his plan, Vikrant tries to pretend that Isha is the reincarnation of Rajnandini so that Aaisaheb and Jaydeep (who are the current owners of the Saranjame property) can easily transfer the Saranjame property to Isha. After a couple of months, Isha discovers an ongoing fraud in the Saranjame company and the name of the fraudster is revealed to be "Gajendra Patil". Upon learning this, Vikrant and Zende mysteriously make an actor take the blame of being the fraudster and have him arrested by the police. However, Isha goes on to visit the election commission office to enrol Vikrant's name in the voting list, where she is stunned to see the name "Gajendra Patil" with Vikrant's photograph. At the same time, she shockingly learns from Jaydeep and Soniya that Rajnandini was actually Aaisaheb's stepdaughter and Jaydeep's stepsister, and that Vikrant was the son-in-law of Dadasaheb who made him change his last name to Saranjame.

Moreover, Jalindar Mane (Sandesh Jadhav), an archenemy of Vikrant, confesses about the latter's true identity and colours to Isha soon after he is released from prison. Having become sure of Vikrant's deception, a devastated Isha meets the ''Jogtin'' (Urmila Katkar), a woman asking for alms, and wishes to find the purpose of her life from the Goddess Ambabai. At this point, the beautiful face of a mysterious woman ([[Shilpa Tulaskar]]) is reflected back upon Isha from the divine plate of water. Eventually, a confused and heartbroken Isha confronts Vikrant over his true identity and Rajnandini's relationship with Aaisaheb and Jaydeep. However, Vikrant regains Isha's trust by narrating her a fake story of the past involving him and Rajnandini. Further, Vikrant takes Isha to a private room of him in the Saranjame mansion, where all of Rajnandini's belongings are kept safely by him as souviners along with Dadasaheb's photograph. He goes on to uncover the large photograph of Rajnandini in the room before Isha. Isha is horrified to recognize Rajnandini as the mysterious woman whose beautiful face was reflected upon her from the divine plate of water. Due to the shock, Isha falls unconscious in the room itself and all of Rajnandini's life events miraculously flash past her eyes in her unconsciousness.

A flashback shows that the middle-aged Rajnandini lived happily in the mansion with Aaisaheb, a younger Jaydeep and Dadasaheb (Anil Khopkar). One day, her car breaks down on her way to an important meeting with Jalindar at his office. Thus, Rajnandini shares an auto-rickshaw with Gajendra Patil (Vikrant), an orphan who lives in a chawl with his childhood friend Zende. Gajendra is educated but unemployed while Zende is a street-smart boy who can easily fool people. Gajendra is revealed to be going to the same destination for an interview with Jalindar and falls in love with Rajnandini due to her richness. After the two reach their destination, Gajendra intervenes during Rajnandini and Jalindar's meeting and gives his interview to Jalindar before Rajnandini. An unimpressed Jalindar initially rejects Gajendra due to his low percentage of marks. However, Gajendra is ultimately selected in Jalindar's company on the recommendation of Rajnandini, who was impressed with his attitude during the interview. As time passes, Rajnandini falls in love with Gajendra too and he eventually proposes marriage to her.

Despite Dadasaheb's hesitance to approval, Rajnandini gets married to Gajendra in a temple and rechristens him as "Vikrant" after the name of the male protagonist in the book titled '''Tula Pahate Re''' that Aaisaheb had gifted to her on her birthday. Rajnandini even recruits "Vikrant" as the heir to the Saranjame company, much to everyone's puzzlement. However, Jalindar hands over all the evidences against Vikrant and Zende to Dadasaheb, who disowns Vikrant through a harsh insult in private and secretly changes his will. An offended Vikrant immediately retaliates by arranging Dadasaheb to be killed in the consumption of wrong medicine. Further, Vikrant also changes Dadasaheb's postmortem reports and secretly holds Aaisaheb responsible for his sudden demise.

Meanwhile, Jalindar tries to tell Rajnandini the truth by meeting her in private but she refuses to believe him. Now, Vikrant has Zende kill Jalindar's own employee named Shivpurkar and frames Jalindar for the murder, causing Jalindar to be arrested by the police. Also, Vikrant and Zende prohibit the late Dadasaheb's photograph from the office. However, things take a turn when Rajnandini visits the office and learns about Vikrant's new rule about Dadasaheb's photograph. On this development, Rajnandini goes to meet Jalindar in prison where he confesses about Vikrant's true colours to her. Moreover, Rajnandini has a microphone fixed in Vikrant's office cabin to expose his truth. As a result, all the conspiracies of Vikrant and Zende are recorded in the microphone. Upon receiving this proof, Rajnandini regrets her blind faith in Vikrant before meeting him in private on the mansion terrace, where she threatens to hand over all the evidences against him to the police. However, a skeptical Vikrant mercilessly threw Rajnandini off the terrace to her unfortunate end on the fateful night.

The story catches up to the present where a horrified Isha wakes up to have a gut feeling that she is indeed the "reincarnation" of Rajnandini who has returned to seek revenge from Vikrant. The next day, while wandering aimlessly, Isha ends up at her maternal home where she does not hesitate to inform her parents about this development. Mr. Nimkar believes her to have some sort of mental illness and consults her a psychiatrist. However, Isha stands firm by citing her undying commitment to the purpose of her life. That evening, Isha returns to the Saranjame mansion where she visualises the image of Rajnandini, who confides in Isha that she is her reincarnation. On this ground, Isha vows to punish Vikrant and Zende for the injustice they have served to the society. Isha goes on to confess about her true identity with Vikrant and Zende's conspiracies to Jaydeep and Aaisaheb, who both fall into an emotional trap and instantly accept her as Rajnandini. The three plan to avenge both Dadasaheb and Rajnandini's deaths along with Jalindar and Myra by making Vikrant and Zende realise their mistakes.

As part of her mission, Isha cleverly creates a rift between Vikrant and Zende due to the fact that Zende has grown suspicious of her true identity and tries to inform Vikrant about it multiple times. However, Vikrant refuses to believe Zende despite his numerous attempts to convince him. Eventually, Zende conspires to have Isha killed by his henchmen, but Vikrant intervenes and has himself accidentally shot in his arm by one of Zende's henchmen. In these circumstances, Isha considers calling off the mission due to the fact that she is also pregnant with Vikrant's child. Meanwhile, Zende has his henchmen abduct an unconscious Vikrant from the Saranjame mansion and bring him to his own house to settle the issue. While there, Vikrant regains consciousness and Zende desperately tries to explain him the situation once again but in vain. In a last attempt to take Vikrant into confidence, Zende summons Jalindar to his house where he confronts Jalindar before Vikrant over being the accomplice of Isha in her conspiracy to seek revenge from them both. However, Jalindar silently commits suicide by consuming poison and confesses to Vikrant that Isha loves him a lot before he dies. At last, a furious Vikrant believes that Zende has betrayed him and their friendship and returns home after he shoots down Zende fatally with his gun.

Despite this, Vikrant eventually discovers the truth with the help of the confession about Isha being the reincarnation of Rajnandini that Mr. Nimkar had unconsciously made to him during a private conversation between them in the office. A regretful Vikrant laments his mistake of killing his true friend Zende and vows to teach a lesson to all the avengers who are plotting against him. In the meantime, Isha realises that Vikrant can blow her cover on benefit of doubt and decides to fight back with a strong heart, much to Aaisaheb and Jaydeep's gratitude. The next morning, Isha appears before Vikrant in Rajnandini's clothes and recounts all her life events. She demands an explanation from Vikrant on why he served this injustice to the innocent Rajnandini when she had given him all that he wanted. Seeing no other way out, a brainwashed Vikrant finally admits before Isha, her parents, Aaisaheb, Jaydeep, Soniya and Myra that he did all this only to get rid of the sufferings from poverty which had caused his mother's sad demise. However, he carelessly taunts everyone that they cannot convict him for his crimes for not having any evidence for doing so.

Later that night, Vikrant contacts Isha and mysteriously asks her to come to the terrace. As Isha heads off, Aaisaheb is tremendously worried that Vikrant might do the same thing with Isha that he did with Rajnandini. On the terrace, Vikrant asks Isha what love means to her, to which, Isha replies that she understood the meaning of love only from him. At the same time, Vikrant also confesses that he still truly loves her despite the fact that she betrayed him and went against him, and that he killed his close friend Zende only out of his immortal love for her. Despite this, the series has a shocking and tragic climax when out of a sudden, Vikrant unexpectedly jumps off the terrace and meets his death as he is unable to deal with his guilt, causing a lot of devastation to Isha. In the end, Isha bids farewell to Aaisaheb, Jaydeep and Soniya and leaves the Saranjame mansion with her parents for wanting to live her true-self, "Isha Nimkar", stating that the soul of Rajnandini has finally attained salvation due to the death of her killer, Vikrant. The series ends with Isha and her parents having started a catering business from their chawl few months later.

== Cast ==
* [[Subodh Bhave]] as Vikrant Dadasaheb Saranjame / Gajendra Raghu Patil; Rajnandini and Isha's husband, Aaisaheb's considered son, Jaydeep's considered brother, Soniya's brother-in-law, Zende's friend, Myra's employer
* Gayatri Datar as Isha Arun Nimkar / Isha Vikrant Saranjame; Vikrant's second wife, Mr. Nimkar and Pushpa's daughter, Pinky Mavshi's niece, Dadasaheb and Aaisaheb's daughter-in-law, Jaydeep's sister-in-law and friend, Soniya's co-sister
* [[Shilpa Tulaskar]] as Rajnandini Dadasaheb Saranjame / Rajnandini Gajendra Patil; Vikrant's first wife, Dadasaheb's biological daughter, Aaisaheb's stepdaughter, Jaydeep's older stepsister, Jalindar's former business partner
* [[Abhidnya Bhave]] as Myra Karkhanis; Vikrant's secretary and friend, Zende's colleague
* Umesh Jagtap as Vilas Zende; Vikrant's friend and personal assistant, Myra's colleague, Jalindar's archrival
* Ashutosh Gokhale as Jaydeep Dadasaheb Saranjame; Soniya's husband, Dadasaheb and Aaisaheb's biological son, Rajnandini's younger stepbrother, Vikrant's considered brother, Isha's brother-in-law and friend
* Purniema Dey as Soniya Jaydeep Saranjame; Jaydeep's wife, Dadasaheb and Aaisaheb's daughter-in-law, Vikrant's sister-in-law, Isha's co-sister
* Vidya Karanjikar as Snehalata Dadasaheb Saranjame (a.k.a. Aaisaheb); Dadasaheb's wife, Rajnandini's stepmother, Jaydeep's biological mother, Vikrant's considered mother, Soniya and Isha's mother-in-law
* Mohiniraj Gatne as Arun Nimkar; Pushpa's husband, Isha's father, Vikrant's father-in-law, Pinky Mavshi's brother-in-law
* Gargi Phule Thatte as Pushpa Arun Nimkar; Mr. Nimkar's wife, Isha's mother, Vikrant's mother-in-law, Pinky Mavshi's older sister
* Sandesh Jadhav as Jalindar Mane; Vikrant and Zende's archrival, Dadasaheb and Rajnandini's former business partner
* Anil Khopkar as Dadasaheb Saranjame; Aaisaheb's husband, Rajnandini and Jaydeep's biological father, Vikrant's considered father, Soniya and Isha's father-in-law
* Prathamesh Deshpande as Bipin Raghuvir Tillu; Isha's neighbour and friend, Rupali's cousin-brother, Mr. Tillu's son, Ranjana's nephew
* Sonal Pawar as Rupali More; Isha's neighbour and friend, Bipin's cousin-sister, Ranjana's daughter, Mr. Tillu's niece
* Ashok Sawant as Sarjerao; Vikrant's domestic worker
* Leena Palekar as Manda; Aaisaheb's domestic worker
* Unknown as Bobby; Jaydeep and Soniya's domestic worker
* Satish Joshi as Mr. Paranjape; Vikrant and Isha's employee and colleague
* Leena Pandit as Mrs. Wadkar; Vikrant and Isha's employee and colleague
* Kedar Athavale as Mihir; Vikrant and Isha's employee and colleague
* Sonali Khatavkar as Sapna; Vikrant and Isha's employee and colleague
* Swanand Desai as FM; Vikrant and Isha's office peon
* Surabhi Bhave Damle as Pinky Mavshi; Isha's maternal aunt, Pushpa's younger sister, Mr. Nimkar's sister-in-law
* Chitra Gadgil as Ranjana Tillu More; Rupali's mother, Bipin's paternal aunt, Mr. Tillu's younger sister
* Ravindra Kulkarni as Raghuvir Tillu; Bipin's father, Rupali's maternal uncle, Ranjana's older brother
* Urmila Katkar as Renuka; the ''Jogtin'' asking for alms from the Nimkars and the Saranjames
=== Cameo Appearances ===
* Raju Bawdekar as Isha's psychiatrist
* Unknown as Mr. Mane; Dadasaheb's postmortem report deliverer and a clinic receptionist
* Bhagyesh Patil as Journalist at Isha's chawl

== Reception ==
The series premiered on 13 August 2018 from Monday to Saturday at 8.30 pm by replacing ''Tuza Maza Breakup''.

=== Special episode ===
=== 1 hour ===
* 21 October 2018
* 9 December 2018
* 19 May 2019

=== 2 hours ===
* 13 January 2019 (Vikrant-Isha's marriage)<ref>{{Cite web|title=तुला पाहते रे: ईशा-विक्रांतच्या शाही विवाह सोहळ्याचं शाही निमंत्रण|url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/vikrant-saranjame-and-isha-nimkar-wedding-card-is-here-tula-pahate-re-serial-on-zee-marathi-1818111/lite/|access-date=2022-03-08|website=[[Loksatta]]|language=mr}}</ref>

=== Ratings ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | Week
! rowspan="2" | Year
! colspan="2" | [[Broadcast Audience Research Council|BARC]] Viewership
! rowspan="2" | Ref.
|-
! [[Target rating point|TRP]]
! Rank
|-
|Week 34
|2018
|4.4
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Majhya Navryachi Bayko rules the TRP chart; Tula Pahate Re secures its position to the top five shows|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/mazhya-navryachi-bayko-rules-the-trp-chart-tula-pahate-re-secures-its-position-to-the-top-five-shows/articleshow/65621980.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-08|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 35
|2018
|5.5
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagira Zhala Ji out of Top 5 list; Tula Pahate Re makes it to the Top 3|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/lagira-zhala-ji-out-of-top-5-list-tula-pahate-re-makes-it-to-the-top-3/amp_articleshow/65750013.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-08|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 37
|2018
|5.6
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team Tula Pahate Re celebrates after topping TRP charts; See pics|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/team-tula-pahate-re-celebrates-after-topping-trp-charts-see-pics/amp_articleshow/65899861.cms|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 38
|2018
|5.1
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=टीआरपीच्या रेसमध्ये तुला पाहते रे ही मालिका तिसऱ्या स्थानी, जाणून घ्या कोणती मालिका आहे पहिल्या क्रमांकावर|url=https://www.lokmat.com/television/mazhya-navryachi-bayko-rules-trp-chart-tula-pahate-re-secures-its-position-top-five-shows/amp/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 40
|2018
|5.1
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRP मीटर: 'माझ्या नवऱ्याची बायको' नंबर वनवर, नव्या शनायाची चालली जादू|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/entertainment/serial-trp-mazya-navryachi-bayako-shanaya-309538.html|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 41
|2018
|4.5
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-19|title=Tula Pahate Re loses its top most position; Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji makes it to the Top 2|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/tula-pahate-re-loses-its-top-most-position-swrajyarakshak-sambhaji-makes-it-to-the-top-2/amp_articleshow/66283439.cms|access-date=2021-06-03|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 42
|2018
|5.3
|2
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Tula Pahate Re secures the second position on TRP charts; Jaago Mohan Pyare enters the top 5 list|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/tula-pahate-re-secures-the-second-position-on-trp-charts-jago-mohan-pyare-enters-the-top-5-list/articleshow/66425605.cms|access-date=2021-06-03|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 43
|2018
|6.6
|1
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=#TRP मीटर: 'शनाया'ची जादू झाली फिकी, विक्रांत सरंजामे ठरला वरचढ!|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/trp-meter-tula-pahte-re-becomes-1-number-313787.html|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|access-date=2021-12-01|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 44
|2018
|7.0
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=#TRP मीटर: राधिका आणि विक्रांत सरंजामेला 'याने' टाकलं मागे|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/amp/photogallery/news/updatetrp-meter-utsav-natyancha-number-one-316071.html|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|access-date=2021-08-15|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 45
|2018
|5.3
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=#TRP मीटर: दिवाळीच्या आठवड्यात नवऱ्याच्या बायकोचं दर्शन वाढलं|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/amp/photogallery/entertainment/trp-meter-serial-rettings-316755.html|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|access-date=2021-12-01|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 46
|2018
|6.3
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=#TRP मीटर: शनाया पुन्हा एकदा जिंकली, विक्रांत आला एक पाऊल मागे|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/update-1-trp-meter-sambhaji-tula-pahte-re-318330.html|access-date=2021-12-01|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 47
|2018
|5.9
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRP Ratings: जाणून घ्या, कोणती मालिका ठरली ‘नंबर वन’?|url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan-news/trp-ratings-of-marathi-serials-tula-pahate-re-swarajyarakshak-sambhaji-mazhya-navryachi-bayko-1797870/lite/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=[[Loksatta]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 48
|2018
|6.6
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRP Ratings: Zing Zing Zingaat secures a place in Top 5 list|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/trp-rantings-zing-zing-zingaat-secures-a-place-in-top-5-list/amp_articleshow/67002114.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|Week 49
|2018
|5.0
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=३०० कोटींची मालकीण राधिका विक्रांत सरंजामेवर पडली भारी!|url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan-news/marathi-serial-trp-rating-of-1-december-to-7-december-1805290/lite/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=[[Loksatta]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 50
|2018
|6.5
|2
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=राधिका सुभेदारसमोर विक्रांत सरंजामेची फिल्मी स्टाइल पडली फिकी|url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan-news/weekly-trp-list-marathi-serials-mazya-navryachi-bayko-ahead-of-tula-pahate-re-1809429/lite/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=[[Loksatta]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 51
|2018
|5.4
|3
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=तुला पाहते रे घसरली तिसऱ्या क्रमांकावर, ही मालिका ठरली अव्वल|url=https://www.lokmat.com/television/mazhya-navryachi-bayko-no-one-barc-ratings/amp/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-30|website=[[Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
|-
|Week 52
|2018
|4.0
|5
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marathi show Tula Pahate Re falls to number 5, while Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji climbs the TRP ladder|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/marathi-show-tula-pahate-re-falls-to-number-5-while-swarajyarakshak-sambhaji-climbs-the-trp-ladder/amp_articleshow/67405051.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2021-08-11}}</ref>
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|Week 1
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|5.6
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|<ref>{{Cite web|title=नव्या वर्षातही ‘राधिका’ काही पहिला नंबर सोडेना!|url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan-news/martahi-trp-rating-from-29-december-to-4-january-2019-1821241/lite/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=[[Loksatta]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|Week 2
|2019
|7.8
|1
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subodh Bhave’s Tula Pahate Re tops the TRP charts|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/subodh-bhaves-tula-pahate-re-tops-the-trp-charts/amp_articleshow/67571137.cms|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
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|Week 3
|2019
|5.7
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|<ref>{{Cite web|title=#TRP मीटर: ईशाच्या लग्नानंतर प्रेक्षकांनी मालिकेशी केला ‘ब्रेकअप’|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/amp/photogallery/news/trp-meter-mazya-navryachi-bayko-number-1-and-on-no-2-tujhyat-jiv-ranjgala-marathi-serial-334909.html|access-date=2021-08-11|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|Week 4
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|3.7
|5
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Tujhyat Jeev Rangala becomes second most-watched show; Tula Pahate Re loses its position|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/tuzhyat-jeev-ranagala-becomes-second-most-watched-show-tula-pahate-re-loses-its-position/articleshow/67791412.cms|access-date=2021-05-18|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
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|Week 16
|2019
|3.0
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=टीआरपी रँकिंगमध्ये झी मराठीवरील 'ही' मालिका अव्वल स्थानावर|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/marathi-serial-television-ratting-point-mazya-navryachi-bayako-367164.html|access-date=2021-07-03|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|Week 17
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|2.9
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|<ref>{{Cite web|title=तुला पाहते रे टीआरपीच्या रेसमध्ये चौथ्या नंबरवर, जाणून घ्या कोणती मालिका आहे पहिल्या क्रमांकावर|url=https://www.lokmat.com/television/zee-marathis-mazya-navryachi-bayko-no-one-one-trp-chart/amp/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=[[Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|Week 21
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|2.9
|5
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRP मीटर: शेलिब्रिटी पॅटर्नची 'हवा' वाढली, तर शनायाचं स्थान धोक्यात|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/amp/photogallery/entertainment/trp-meter-chala-hava-yeu-dya-no-2-and-mazya-navryachi-bayako-first-sd-378481.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|2.8
|5
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=ईशा-विक्रांतच्या भांडणात संभाजी महाराजांनी मारली बाजी!|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/marathi-serial-trp-ranking-sambhaji-maharaj-tula-pahte-re-and-majha-navryachi-bayko-mhmn-382388.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|Week 27
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|3.7
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRP मीटर: राधिका शनायाच्या जुगलबंदीने सगळ्यांची गेली 'हवा', या आहेत टाॅप ५ मालिका|url=https://lokmat.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/update-trp-meter-rating-mazya-navryachi-bayako-number-1-sambhaji-at-no-3-tuzyat-jiv-rangala-zee-marathi-mhsd-389790.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=[[News18 Lokmat]]|language=mr}}</ref>
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|Week 28
|2019
|3.6
|4
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Majhya Navryachi Bayko tops the TRP charts; Balumama in top 5|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/marathi/mazhya-navryachi-bayko-tops-the-trp-charts-balumama-in-top-5/articleshow/70292138.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-08|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
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|3.7
|5
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tujhyat Jeev Rangala tops the TRP chart; Majhya Navryachi Bayko slips to number 2|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/marathi/tuzhyat-jeev-rangala-tops-the-trp-chart-mazhya-navryachi-bayko-slips-to-number-2/amp_articleshow/70377929.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref>
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==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards 2018<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-29|title=झी मराठी अवॉर्ड्स २०१८च्या पुरस्कारांची यादी|url=https://zeenews.india.com/marathi/entertainment/zee-marathi-awards-2018-winner-list/449068|access-date=2021-01-19|website=[[Zee 24 Taas]]|language=mr}}</ref>
!Category
!Recipient
!Role
|-
|Best Father
|Mohiniraj Gatane
|Arun Nimkar
|-
|Best Mother
|Gargi Thatte-Phule
|Pushpa Nimkar
|-
|Best Character Male
|Mohiniraj Gatane
|Arun Nimkar
|-
|Best Actor
|[[Subodh Bhave]]
|Vikrant Saranjame
|-
|Best Family
|Nimkar Family
|
|-
|Best Serial
|Aparna Ketkar, Atul Ketkar
|Producer
|-
|Best Title Song
|[[Ashok Patki]]
|Music Director
|}

== Adaptations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-right:0;"
! style="background:LightBlue; width:10%;"| Language
! style="background:LightBlue; width:25%;"| Title
! style="background:LightBlue; width:20%;"| Original release
! style="background:LightBlue; width:10%;"| Network(s)
! style="background:LightBlue; width:10%;"| Last aired
! style="background:LightBlue; width:10%;"| Notes
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| ''Tula Pahate Re'' तुला पाहते रे
| 13 August 2018
| [[Zee Marathi]]
| 20 July 2019
| Original
|-
| [[Kannada]]
| ''[[Jothe Jotheyali (TV series)|Jothe Jotheyali]]'' ಜೊತೆ ಜೊತೆಯಲಿ
| 9 September 2019
| [[Zee Kannada]]
| rowspan="2" | Ongoing
| rowspan="3" | Remake
|-
| [[Malayalam]]
| ''[[Neeyum Njanum (TV series)|Neeyum Njanum]]'' നീയും ഞാനും
|10 February 2020
| [[Zee Keralam]]
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| ''[[Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham]]'' நீதானே எந்தன் பொன்வசந்தம்
| 24 February 2020
| [[Zee Tamil]]
| 25 December 2021
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|9126304}}
* [https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/tula-pahate-re/0-6-tvshow_312127630 ''Tula Pahate Re''] at [[ZEE5]]

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[[Category:2018 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:Zee Marathi original programming]]
[[Category:2019 Indian television series endings]]

Teesri Manzil

2023-06-01T06:54:50Z

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{{short description|1966 film by Vijay Anand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Teesri Manzil
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| director =[[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
| producer =[[Nasir Hussain]]
| writer =[[Nasir Hussain]]
| starring =[[Shammi Kapoor]] [[Asha Parekh]] [[Laxmi Chhaya]] [[Prem Nath|Premnath]] [[Prem Chopra]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] [[Salim Khan]]
| music = R.D. Burman
| cinematography = N. Srinivas
| editing = [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
| distributor = Nasir Hussain Films
| released = {{film date|1966|10|21|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Teesri Manzil''''' (translation: ''Third Floor'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 1966|1966]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] musical [[thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]] and produced by [[Nasir Hussain]]. The film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Asha Parekh]], [[Laxmi Chhaya]], [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] and [[Salim Khan]]. In the film, Rocky (Kapoor), a drummer, falls in love with Sunita (Parekh), but covers up his true identity on learning that she holds him responsible for her sister Rupa's apparent suicide from the third floor of a hotel. The film became a hit at the box office.<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 movie is considered among the best offerings and one of the first breakthroughs of R.D. Burman's career.

''Indiatimes Movies'' ranks the movie 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> notably for its extremely foot tapping music and songs, which remain very popular till date. The film is also noted for its memorable lead pair, superb mystery, tight script and above all, brilliant performance by [[Shammi Kapoor]].

The film's DVD and VCD versions run for 145 minutes, while the theatre version ran for 175 minutes. Between [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]'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.

==Plot==

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

==Cast==
*[[Shammi Kapoor]] as Anil Kumar (a.k.a. Sona / Rocky); a drummer at the Park Hotel, who is the love interest of both Rupa, Sunita and Ruby, although he only has feelings for Sunita. He flirts with and pursues Sunita, while lying about his true identity of being Kunwarsahab's heir to win Sunita's favour. Though his methods are often questionable, his intentions are good.
* [[Asha Parekh]] as Sunita; 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 Anil for her sister's death and breaks up with him when she learns the truth.
* [[Laxmi Chhaya]] as Meena; a friend and confidant of Sunita who is seemingly shy and reserved.
* [[Prem Nath|Premnath]] as Mahendra Singh (a.k.a. Kunwarsahab); a wealthy landlord who pretends to be Anil's uncle to help him save face, and acts as his guardian and confidante, while he actually intends to destroy him to cover up his crime of having killed Rupa.
* [[Prem Chopra]] as Ramesh; Rupa's rich fiancée who discovers Rupa's indiscretions and threatens to kill her. After Rupa's death, he wishes to marry Sunita.
* [[Iftekhar]] as Inspector Das; a police detective investigating Rupa's murder who interrogates Anil for the same and has a keen interest in him.
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Ruby; a dancer at the Park Hotel where Anil is a drummer. She is in love with 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.
* [[Salim Khan]] as Fake Rocky (Anil's friend); he is a co- worker at the Park Hotel who poses as Rocky on Anil's instructions due to Sunita's hatred towards Rocky.
* Sabina as Rupa; Sunita's older sister and Ramesh's fiancée who falls for Rocky and aggressively pursues him, despite his disinterest.
* [[Ram Avtar]] as Train Passenger (Cameo Appearance)
* Raj Mehra as Sunita and Rupa's father

==Background==
[[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 coloured 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 ''Teezri 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>

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]</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.

== Soundtrack ==
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]].
{|class=wikitable
! #
! Song
! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meharbaan"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 2
| "Deewana Mujhsa Nahin Is Ambar Ke Neeche"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 3
| "O Haseena Zulfonwali Jaan-E-Jahan"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "O Mere Sona Re, Sona Re, Sona Re"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 5
| "Aaja Aaja, Main Hoon Pyar Tera"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 6
| "Dekhiye Sahibon, Woh Koi Aur Thi"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|}

==Reception==
The film became a hit and remains popular to this day. 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.

''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).

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>

==Dvd /VCD missing 21 minutes==
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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0061073|Teesri Manzil}}
{{Vijay Anand}}
[[Category:1966 films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vijay Anand]]

Teesri Manzil

2023-06-01T06:27:22Z

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{{short description|1966 film by Vijay Anand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Teesri Manzil
| image =
| image_size =
| director =[[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
| producer =[[Nasir Hussain]]
| writer =[[Nasir Hussain]]
| starring =[[Shammi Kapoor]] [[Asha Parekh]] [[Laxmi Chhaya]] [[Prem Nath|Premnath]] [[Prem Chopra]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] [[Salim Khan]]
| music = R.D. Burman
| cinematography = N. Srinivas
| editing = [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
| distributor = Nasir Hussain Films
| released = {{film date|1966|10|21|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Teesri Manzil''''' (translation: ''Third Floor'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 1966|1966]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] musical [[thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]] and produced by [[Nasir Hussain]]. The film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Asha Parekh]], [[Laxmi Chhaya]], [[Prem Nath|Premnath]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] and [[Salim Khan]]. In the film, Rocky (Kapoor), a drummer, falls in love with Sunita (Parekh), but covers up his true identity on learning that she holds him responsible for her sister Rupa's apparent suicide from the third floor of a hotel. The film became a hit at the box office.<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 movie is considered among the best offerings and one of the first breakthroughs of R.D. Burman's career.

''Indiatimes Movies'' ranks the movie 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> notably for its extremely foot tapping music and songs, which remain very popular till date. The film is also noted for its memorable lead pair, superb mystery, tight script and above all, brilliant performance by [[Shammi Kapoor]].

The film's DVD and VCD versions run for 145 minutes, while the theatre version ran for 175 minutes. Between [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]'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.

==Plot==

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

==Cast==

*[[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.
*[[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.
*[[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.
*Sabina as Rupa: Rupa is Sunita's older sister and Ramesh' fiancee. However, she falls for Rocky and aggressively pursues him, despite his disinterest.
*[[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.
*[[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.
*[[Laxmi Chhaya]] as Meena: Meena is a friend and confidant of Sunita who is seemingly shy and reserved.
*[[Ram Avtar]] as train passenger
*[[Iftekhar]] as Police Inspector
*[[Raj Mehra]] as Sunita's Dad
*[[Salim Khan]] as Rocky's Friend

==Background==
[[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 coloured 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 ''Teezri 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>

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]</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.

== Soundtrack ==
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]].
{|class=wikitable
! #
! Song
! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Tumne Mujhe Dekha Hokar Meharbaan"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 2
| "Deewana Mujhsa Nahin Is Ambar Ke Neeche"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 3
| "O Haseena Zulfonwali Jaan-E-Jahan"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "O Mere Sona Re, Sona Re, Sona Re"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 5
| "Aaja Aaja, Main Hoon Pyar Tera"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 6
| "Dekhiye Sahibon, Woh Koi Aur Thi"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|}

==Reception==
The film became a hit and remains popular to this day. 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.

''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).

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>

==Dvd /VCD missing 21 minutes==
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

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0061073|Teesri Manzil}}
{{Vijay Anand}}
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[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vijay Anand]]