rupee to do Teesri Kasam, He advised Shailendra to add some commercial elements in this film, in this heartbreaking sad story but the producer did not agree to it and did the movie the way he wanted. Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Suman Kalyanpur, Shankar- Shambhu and Mukesh did playback singing. Principal photography Shailendra wanted to film this movie in Terai area of Bihar but the stories of dacoits and robbers there forced him to shoot this film somewhere else. The filming took place at Igatpuri near Nasik The filming took many years to complete. Indoor filming took place at R.K. Studio, Shree Sound Studios and Kamal studio in Bombay (now Mumbai). Basu Bhattacharya wanted Raj and Waheeda Rehman perform in natural way. Raj Kapoor thought the ending of the film should be tweaked and Hirabai and Hiraman should go away together, but no one agreed to him. Most of the outdoor sequences filmed at Aurahi Hingna, Araria district in Bihar and Bina, a town near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. A few scenes were filmed at Powai Lake and at Mohan Studios in Mumbai. A set of Gulababag fair's The Great Bharat nautanki (drama) company was created in Mumbai studio. Subrata Mitra, the cinematographer on Satyajit Ray's early films, had moved to Mumbai for a brief period to make Merchant Ivory films. The theatre actor A. K. Hangal, knew Shailender from IPTA theatre group days, and agreed to play the small role of Hiraman's elder brother. However, eventually much of his role was cut in the final editing to reduce the length of the film. Lachchu Maharaj and Rama Devi did this film's choreography. Nautanki supervised by Shankar- Shambhu. Desh Mukharjee was art director. Post-Production G.G. Mayekar (A.F.E) did editing of this movie. Crew Basu Bhattacharya, director Phanishwar Nath Renu, story and dialogue Nabendu Ghosh, screenplay Shailendra, producer G. G. Mayekar, editor Subrata Mitra, cinematographer Desh Mukherjee, artistic director Pandit Shivram, costume Lachhu Maharaj, choreographer Shankar Jaikishan, director of music Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra, lyricist Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Suman Kalyanpur, Lata Mangeshkar, Mubarak Begum, Mukesh, Shambhu-Shankar (qawwal), playback singers. Music Reception Teesri Kasam was well received by critics and took the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; however, it proved to be a commercial failure at the box-office. Bhattacharya turned to middle cinema (a meeting of mainstream Bollywood and art house cinema). Over the years, the film came to