''Teen Murti'' (in

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; ), also known as ''Jagir'' (in

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), is a 1984 Indian bilingual dacoit western film simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi-languages, produced and directed by

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in his debut in Bengali cinema, under his banner of Pramod Films. The film stars an

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Danny Denzongpa Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...

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and

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. The film plots three friends unfolding the truth of their past wrongs, which involves a hidden treasure and familial secrets. Written by

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, the film was initially planned in 1976 under the title "Teen Farishtey" in Hindi, with another star cast, while later it got shelved and re-announced in 1983 to be a bilingual film. The film marks Chakravorty's collaborations for the fifth time with Dharmendra, and first with both Mithun Chakraborty and Danny; it also marks Aman, Anand, Pran and Ranjeet's cinematic debuts in Bengali cinema. Music of the film is composed by R. D. Burman, with lyrics penned by

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and

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for the Bengali and Hindi versions respectively. The cinematography and editing were handled by V. K. Murthy and Kishan respectively. ''Teen Murti'' theatrically released on 3 October 1984, coinciding with

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, while the Hindi version ''Jagir'' released on 26 October 1984 on the occasion of

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, alongside another Dharmendra starrer ''

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''. Upon release the film received positive reviews from critics and was a hit domestically as well as in Soviet Union.

Plot

Pramod Chakravorty's multi-starrer, ''Jagir'' is the story of three musketeers - Shankar, Sangha, and Danny, who fight to help the needy and punish the greedy. Many years ago, Maharaj Shoor Veer Singh gets killed by a dacoit Lakhan, when he tries to stop him from robbing his royal locket, which concealed the map to the treasure of Anjangadh. Maharaj's loyal Mangal Singh helps the Maharaj's son escape the evil dacoit Lakhan. An accident causes the Maharaj's son to lose his memory. he gets raised in humble surroundings as Shankar, unaware of the precious locket he wore around his neck. Over the time, Lakhan becomes an industrialist and called himself Thakur Saheb. Despite his wealth, he continues to dream of attaining the treasures of Anjangadh that are guarded by the watchful eyes of Shamsher Bahadur - a

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. Shankar - the true heir and Seema, Sangha, and Asha, along with Danny, set out to protect the treasures of Anjangadh from falling into the hands of evil.

Cast

Production

Development

During the making of ''

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'' in 1974,

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was planning to adapt ''The Three Musketeers'' (1973) in Hindi, with

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as the screenwriters. Dharmendra,

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and

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, the trio of ''Sholay'', was planned to bring back on-screen by him. Despite the lead actors being signed, the film could not be finalized due to ''Sholay'' taking extra time. In November 1976, Pramod Chakravorty undertook the project and launched it as "Teen Farishtey", produced by Tarun Guru Dutt under the banner of Koncord International. Dharmendra and Bachchan were approached again, while

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and

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were offered another pivotal roles.

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replaced Kapoor after he opted out of it. Later, it got delayed after Salim–Javed declined to sign as its screenwriters. In 1980, Sachin Bhowmick decided to take up the story, on Chakravorty's request, and gave it to Tarun Guru Dutt. Then it was titled as "Jagir", and Chakravorthy himself took over as producer. Bachchan stepped into Dharmendra's role, Rishi Kapoor stepped into the role that was to be earlier done by Bachchan, and Mithun Chakraborty stepped into Vinod Khanna's role. The film once again saw delays due to Bachchan's schedule. Finally Dharmendra came back into the film in his original role, Mithun remained in the film and Danny was signed for the role Rishi Kapoor was earlier doing.

Soundtrack

Music of the film is composed by R. D. Burman, marking his third collaboration with Chakravorty after working on '' Warrant'' (1975) and '' Azaad'' (1978). It is also his collaboration with Dharmendra for the fifteenth time after ''

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'' (1967), ''Seeta Aur Geeta'' (1972), ''

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'' (1972), ''

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'' (1973), '' Jheel Ke Us Paar'' (1973), ''

'' (1975), ''Azaad'' (1978), ''

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'' (1978), '' Shalimar'' (1978), '' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980), ''

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'' (1980), '' Qayamat'' (1983), '' Sunny'' (1984) and ''Jhutha Sach'' (1984); and with Mithun Chakraborty for the fifth time after '' Sitara'' (1980), '' Aamne Samne'' (1982), ''Ashanti'' (1982), ''Swami Dada'' (1982) and ''Boxer'' (1984).

Bengali

Lyrics for ''Teen Murti'' were penned by

in his fourth collaboration with Burman after working on ''Rajkumari'' (1970), '' Anusandhan'' (1981) and ''Aparupa'' (1982). The songs was a chartbuster, especially "Emon Mojar Shohor" sung by

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, gained huge popularity for depicting the cultural environment of

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through its lyrics.

Hindi

The Hindi lyrics in ''Jagir'' were penned by

Box office

In the

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, it was the top-grossing Indian film of 1986, with 38million admissions at the Soviet box office. This was equivalent to an estimated million Rblss (, ) in 1986, or () adjusted for inflation in 2017.

References

External links

* 1984 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films 1984 Western (genre) films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian Western (genre) films Films directed by Pramod Chakravorty {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub