Pratigya (1975 film)
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| Directed by | Dulal Guha |
| Produced by | Bikram Singh Dehal Kanwar Ajit Singh |
| Written by | Safiq Ansari Nabendu Ghosh Kanwar Ajit Singh |
| Starring | Dharmendra Hema Malini Ajit |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | M. Rajaram |
| Edited by | Bimal Roy |
| Distributed by | Bikramjeet Films International Digital Entertainment |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Pratigya (Hindi: प्रतिज्ञा) (The Vow) is a 1975 Hindi action comedy film. Produced by Dharmendra and B.S Dahal, the film is directed by Dulal Guha. The music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal and the lyricist was Anand Bakshi.[1] The film starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ajit, Jagdeep, Mukri, Johnny Walker, Mehar Mittal and Keshto Mukherjee.[2]
The story revolves around Dharmendra out to avenge his parents' brutal murder by Ajit in this "violent revenge" story.[3] Along with its strong action scenes it also had a significant comic track in the form of "slap stick" comedy[4] getting the film referred to as a "masterpiece in comedy".[5] The film was a big commercial success at the box-office[6] and among the top 3 grossers for the year in India.[7]
Plot
Ajit Singh (Dharmendra), an illiterate truck driver learns from his dying adoptive mother, that he is the only surviving son of an honest cop who was killed and his entire family obliterated by the dreaded dacoit Bharat Thakur (Ajit) and swears revenge. On his way to Dinapur, the dacoit's hideout he meets a grievously injured cop Inspector D'souza (Satyen Kappu) who dies protecting his stash of ammunitions from local dacoits.Inspector D'souza was en route to the village of Dinapur to set up a Police station with his men and the ammo and he leaves the weapons at Ajit Singh's disposal before succumbing to his wounds.Ajit Singh uses this new found stash of machine guns and grenades to pose as a cop and sets up a police station in the aforementioned village with the help of the villagers.His love interest is the feisty and pretty village belle Radha (Hema Malini),who is the niece of dreaded dacoit Bharat Thakur but hates his ways and supports Ajit Singh. Bharat Thakur himself is a cunning man and he sets up his man, the village drunkard Chandi (Keshto Mukherjee) as a spy within the village police station nexus. The rest of the film follows the struggle between Ajit Singh and Bharat and how he goes about taking his revenge and thus fulfilling his Pratigya (Promise).
Cast
- Dharmendra ..Inspector Davinder Singh / Ajit D. Singh / Thandedaar Inderjit Singh
- Hema Malini ... Radha Lachman Thakur
- Ajit .... Daaku (Dacoit) Bharat Thakur
- Satyendra Kapoor ... Inspector D'souza
- Abhi Bhattacharya ... Inspector Abhijit Singh
- Johnny Walker ... Birju Thekedar
- Jagdeep ... Kanha
- Keshto Mukherjee ... Chandi
- Ram Mohan ... Bhiku
- Nazir Hussain ... Sepoy Shivcharan / Shiv Kaka
- Sunder ... Dinapur Resident
- D. K. Sapru... Purohit
- Imtiaz Khan ... Raghu, Bharat Thakur's Brother
- Brahamchari ... Sidhu
- Urmila Bhatt ... Mrs. D. Singh
- Birbal ... Dinapur Resident
- Pradeep Kumar ... Habibullah
- Ramayan Tiwari ... Shambhu Prasad
- Bhushan Tiwari ... Daaku
Music
The music direction was by Lakshmikant Pyarelal with lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. The playback singing was by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi.[8] The song "Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana" became a popular song remaining so till date.[9] The song’s opening line was used as a title for Dharmendr's home production starring him and his two sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol first in 2011 and then in 2013.[10]
Songlist
| # | Title | Singer |
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| 1 | Main Jat Yamla Pagla | Mohammed Rafi |
| 2 | Uth Nind Se Mirziya Jaag Ja | Lata Mangeshkar , Mohammed Rafi |
| 3 | Pardesi Aaya Des Mein | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 4 | Mornee Re Mornee Mai Jungle Kee Mornee | Lata Mangeshkar |
References
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