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{{Short description|1953 film by V. Shantaram}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Teen Batti Char Raasta
| image = Teen Batti Char Raasta.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[V. Shantaram]]
| producer = V. Shantaram
| writer = Dewan Sharar
| narrator =
| starring = [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]]<br />[[Karan Dewan]]<br
/>[[Shashikala]]<br />[[Sheila Ramani]]
| music = Shivram Krishna
| cinematography = G. Balakrishna
| editing =
| studio = [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1953||}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Teen Batti Char Raasta''''' ({{translation|''Three Lights & Four Streets''}}) is a 1953 [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy drama]] film on national integration directed by [[V. Shantaram]].<ref name="Garga1996">{{cite book|author=Bhagwan Das Garga|title=So many cinemas: the motion picture in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXRZAAAAMAAJ|access-date=19 February 2015|year=1996|publisher=Eminence Designs|isbn=978-81-900602-1-9}}</ref> The film was made under the [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]] banner and produced by Shantaram.<ref name="Gavankar2011">{{cite book|author=Nilu N. Gavankar|title=The Desai Trio and the Movie Industry of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXrxLp3IxbUC&pg=PA170|access-date=19 February 2015|year=2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4634-1941-7|pages=170–}}</ref> 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.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Teen Batti Char Raasta|url=http://myswar.com/album/teen-batti-char-rasta-1953|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar.com|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> The star cast included [[Karan Dewan]], [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]], [[Shashikala]], [[Nirupa Roy]], [[Sheila Ramani]], Dewan Sharar and Lalita Kumari.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/film344687.htm |title=Teen Batti Char Raasta |publisher= |access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref>

The film, which portrays national integration,<ref name="MishraDivision2006">{{cite book|author1=D. P. Mishra|author2=India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division|title=Great masters of Indian cinema: the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whtmAAAAMAAJ|access-date=19 February 2015|date=1 September 2006|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|isbn=978-81-230-1361-9}}</ref> involved a family, whose patriarch Lala Gulabchand (Diwan Sharar), is a [[Punjabi people|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".<ref name="Madangarli2013">{{cite book|author=Bhawana Sommya / Jigna Kothari / Supriya Madangarli|title=MOTHER MAIDEN MISTRESS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dtec0Ykfo1sC&pg=PA1941|access-date=19 February 2015|date=9 January 2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-93-5029-485-7|pages=1941–}}</ref>

==Plot==
Lala Gulabchand, is a Punjabi and his wife is from Uttar Pradesh. They live at the corner of a crossroads with three lights and four roads. He is a firm believer in national unity and has had five of his six sons, each married to a girl from a different state; a [[Marathi people|Marathi]], [[Sindhi people|Sindhi]], [[Bengali people|Bengali]], [[Tamil people|Tamil]] and a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]]. His sixth son Ramesh (Karan Dewan), works in the press and is a writer and an artist. He is a bachelor but falls in love with a woman named Kokila whose singing he hears on the radio. He draws a portrait of Kokila from imagination just listening to her sing. Unbeknownst to him, Kokila, called Shyama, is the dark-complexioned maid who works in their home and is proficient in all the different languages that the wives of the brothers speak and is very efficient at her chores. However, he rejects her as she's dark and Shyama leaves the house despondent. The turmoil the household goes through with the absence of Shyama and a repentant Ramesh finally makes for a happy ending by everyone getting together again.

==Cast==

===Female Cast===
* [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] as Shyama / Kokila
* [[Shashikala]] as Lalita, Marathi wife
* [[Nirupa Roy]] as Kanta, the Gujarati wife
* [[Sheila Ramani]] as Kamla, the Sindhi wife
* [[Smriti Biswas]] as Sadhona, the Bengali wife
* Meenakshi as Laxmi, the Tamil wife
* Lalita Kumari as Roopa
* Sofy
* Meera

===Male Cast===
* [[Karan Dewan]] as Ramesh
* Dewan Sharar as Lala Gulabchand
* Parshuram
* [[Keshavrao Date]]
* [[Asit Baran]]
* [[Moolchand]] as share broker
* Vikas
* Surendra
* K. Mohan
* Shankardas Gupta
* Kamal
* Ishwar

==Crew==
* Director: [[V. Shantaram]]
* Producer: V. Shantaram
* Banner: [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
* Audiography: A. K. Parmar
* Art Direction: D. S. Kale
* Editing: Chintamani Borkar
* Music: Shivram Krishna
* Lyrics: Pyarelal Santoshi
* Background Music: [[Vasant Desai]]
* Make-up: Vardam
* Choreographer: Gauri Shankar
* Still Photography: Kirtiwan

==Soundtrack==
The music director was Shivram Krishna and the lyrics were written by Santoshi. One song in the film was composed by [[Vasant Desai]] and he also provided the background music.<ref name=Gavankar2011 /> The singers were [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]], [[Talat Mahmood]] and S. Balbir.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/teen_batti_chaar_raasta.htm |title=Teen Batti Char Raasta|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> The two songs by Talat, "Ek Do Teen Chaar Paanch" and "Tumse Hai Pyar Mujhe" were picturised on Karan Dewan.

A "multilingual, multicultural song" was shown at different parts in the film. The song had different singers, lyricists, and composers representing the different languages from different states. The song started with the Bengali part "O Re O Poraan Bondhu Re" and its singers were Mangeshkar, Zohrabai, Balbir and others. The music and lyrics for the Bengali part was by Kanu Ghosh; for Tamil, the lyrics and composition was by Natraj; for Sindhi, the composer was Gulshan Sufi with lyrics by Ram Panjwani; for Marathi the music was by [[Vasant Desai]] with lyrics by G. D. Madgulkar; for Gujarati, the music and lyrics were by [[Avinash Vyas]]; for Punjabi, music was by Shivram Krishna with lyrics by Feroz; the Hindi part had music by Krishna with lyrics by P. L. Santoshi.<ref name=MP>{{cite book|last1=Premchand|first1=Manek|title=Talat Mehmood, The Velvet Voice|date=April 2015|publisher=Manipal University Press|location=Manipal, India|isbn=9789382460237|pages=211|ref=Teen Batti Char Rasta (1953)}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Kitna Meetha Hota Hai"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 2
| "Koi Humko Na Dekhe"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 3
| "Apni Ada Par Main Hoon Fida"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 4
| "Ishq Preet Pyar Haan Pyar /Tumse Hai Pyar Mujhe"
| [[Talat Mehmood]]
|-
| 5
| "Ek Do Teen Chaar Paanch"
| Talat Mehmood
|-
| 6
| "O Re O Poraan Bondhu Re"
| Lata Mangeshkar, [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]], S.Balbir, Sandhya Mukherjee
|-
| 7
| "Teen Deep Aur Chaar Dishayen"
| Lata Mangeshkar, S. Balbir
|}

==Trivia==
In Mumbai, near the sacred [[Banganga Tank]] area on [[Malabar Hill]], past the Birla Balika Vidhya Kendra girls school, is a cross-roads still called "Teen Batti" (Three Lights), which became famous after the release of Shantaram's film ''Teen Batti Char Raasta''.<ref name="MehrotraDwivedi2006">{{cite book|author1=Rahul Mehrotra|author2=Sharada Dwivedi|title=Banganga: Sacred Tank on Malabar Hill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11raAAAAMAAJ|access-date=19 February 2015|year=2006|publisher=Eminence Designs|isbn=978-81-902170-8-8}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0389440|title=Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953 film)}}

{{V. Shantaram}}

[[Category:1953 films]]
[[Category:1953 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. Shantaram]]
[[Category:Films scored by Avinash Vyas]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1953 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]

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