The Third Vow) is a 1966 Hindi language drama film directed by Basu Bhattacharya and produced by lyricist Shailendra.

It is based on the short story Mare Gaye Gulfam, by the Hindi novelist Phanishwarnath Renu.

The film's cinematography was done by Subrata Mitra, dialogues were written by Phanishwarnath Renu and the screenplay is by Nabendu Ghosh.

He manages to save enough money to buy another cart, and is hired to take a woman on a 30-hour ride to a Mela.

Subsequently, while transporting bamboo for a timber trader, Hiraman's load upsets the horses of two men.

One night, Hiraman is asked to carry Hirabai (Waheeda Rehman), a nautanki dancer, as a passenger to a village fair forty miles away.

Hirabai arranges free passes for Hiraman and his friends to see the nautanki every night for the duration of the fair.

He felt it was important for the film that Raj Kapoor should avoid his usual "simple man" mannerisms.

[4] Shailendra acquired Mare gaye gulfam rights and initially Mehmood and Meena Kumari was selected for the role of Hiraman and Hirabai.

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.

[5] Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Suman Kalyanpur, Shankar- Shambhu and Mukesh did playback singing.

[6] Most of the outdoor sequences were filmed at Aurahi Hingna, Araria district in Bihar and Bina, a town near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

[10][11] A set of Gulababag fair's The Great Bharat nautanki (drama) company was created in Mumbai studio.

[11] Lachchu Maharaj and Rama Devi did this film's choreography and Nautanki was supervised by Shankar-Shambhu while Desh Mukharjee was the art director.