Teen Devian (1965)

Devdutt Anand works in a company selling musical instruments, and is always late for work, infuriating his boss, I.S. Johar. Things change for the better when Johar finds out that Devdutt ... See full summary »

Director:

Amarjeet

Writers:

Sadashiv Brahmam (idea), Vrajendra Gaur (dialogue)

Stars:

Dev Anand, Nanda, Kalpana

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dev Anand	...	Devdutt Anand
Nanda	...	Nanda
Kalpana	...	Kalpana
Simi Garewal	...	Simi / Radha Rani (as Simi)
I.S. Johar	...	I.S. Johar
Harindranath Chattopadhyay	...	Mr. Pinto (as Harindranth Chattopadhyaya)
Ruby Mayer	...	Mrs. Pinto (as Sulochana)
Rashid Khan	...	Gypnotizer
Jankidas	...	Bhuta seller
Dhanna
Funny Tincher	...	(as Funny)
Ravikant
Rirkoo
Latif	...	(as Lateef)
Wajid Khan

Storyline

Devdutt Anand works in a company selling musical instruments, and is always late for work, infuriating his boss, I.S. Johar. Things change for the better when Johar finds out that Devdutt has a talent for writing poems, and he gets Devdutt to write and even gets them published for him. This gets Devdutt into the limelight and increases sales for Johar's business. While traveling home by BEST bus, he meets with Nanda, who has come to live in his neighborhood, and both are attracted to each other. One night Devdutt comes to the assistance to Bollywood movie actress Kalpana when her car breaks down, she finds out he is a poet and arranges a meeting with him, again both are attracted to each other. Devdutt is asked to deliver a piano to the palatial house of a wealthy woman named Simi alias Radha Rani. She too is impressed by Devutt's poems and invites him over to her house for a party, and again both are attracted to each other. Knowing fully well that he cannot marry three women in his ...

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Genres:

Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Filming Locations:

Mehboob Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nalanda

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color (partial)

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Jawan Muhabat (1971)

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Soundtracks

"Khwab Ho Tum Ya Koi Haqeeqat"
Sung by Kishore Kumar & Chorus
Music composed by Sachin Dev Burman
Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri

User Reviews

The story has a deeper meaning than apparent

For all intents and purposes, 'Teen Devian' might seem like just another lightweight Bollywood musical. To some extent, this might even be true, especially because the producers had to be sure that the film succeeded with the masses. But somewhere behind the scenes, either Sadashiv Brahmam (who had the 'idea' for this story) or Amerjeet (who directed the film) decided that there would be a twist to the usual formula, and succeeded perhaps beyond even their own expectations.

This is not simply about a handsome man flirting with 3 women, undecided on whom to choose as his life's partner. Dev Anand's character was really in love with each of the 3 women at various times, and they with him, despite being aware of the other two. Dev Anand's relationship with Simi and Kalpana is particularly interesting - in that each of the women comes to depend on him heavily. There are quite a lot of suggestive teasers in the stars' body language that lend themselves to imagination depending on the viewer's maturity. The theme is surprisingly adult and after all that it was ashame that the ending was tame, obviously designed to please the masses and deflect criticism.