Teesra Kaun?(1994)
Teesra Kaun? is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language comedy action thriller film directed by Partho Ghosh. It stars Chunky Pandey, Mithun Chakraborty, Amol Palekar, Satish Shah, and Rakesh Bedi. The story follows three Bollywood fans who board the Howrah-Bombay Mail and become entangled in a murder mystery when a young woman is killed in a nearby cabin. The film blends slapstick comedy with a whodunit plot, as the friends and a mysterious stranger hunt for the real killer. It is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film No.20 Madras Mail. Teesra Kaun? was a box office success and is remembered for its twist ending and Mithun Chakraborty's cameo as himself. The film was released in 1994 and is available on streaming platforms.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- YouTube
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1994
- Director
- Parto Ghosh
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Rating
- 4.7/10
Storyline
Three friends board a train to Bombay to meet their hero Mithun Chakraborty. A beautiful woman is murdered in the next cabin. The police suspect the friends. But they are innocent. They must find the real killer before they are arrested. The question is: who is the third person?
“Who is the third person?”
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Teesra Kaun?
Cast reunions in this film: Chunky Pandey & Chunky Panday (22 films together), Chunky Pandey & Sadashiv Amrapurkar (6 films together), Mithun Chakraborty & Sadashiv Amrapurkar (6 films together), Mithun Chakraborty & Rakesh Bedi (5 films together), Sadashiv Amrapurkar & Chunky Panday (5 films together), and Tinnu Anand & Mithun Chakraborty (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film was originally titled 'Teesra Kaun?', but its working title during production was 'The Third Man'.
- It was one of the early films for director Partho Ghosh, known later for thrillers like 'Agni Sakshi'.
- The movie's plot of friends on a train suspected of murder draws loose inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Lady Vanishes'.
- Actor Paresh Rawal, who plays a key role, was also busy with several comedy films around the same 1994 release period.
- The soundtrack by Bappi Lahiri included a song picturised on Chunky Pandey, who was trying to shift to more serious roles.
- Despite the thriller genre, the film underperformed at the box office compared to the big hits of that year.
- The climax and resolution involve a dramatic reveal of the killer's identity, a common trope in 90s Hindi mysteries.