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Pratiggya
Film poster
Directed by Dulal Guha
Written by Safiq Ansari
Nabendu Ghosh
Kanwar Ajit Singh
Produced by Bikram Singh Dehal
Kanwar Ajit Singh
Starring Dharmendra
Hema Malini
Cinematography M. Rajaram
Edited by Bimal Roy Jr.
Music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed by Bikramjeet Films International
Digital Entertainment
Release date

19 September 1975

Country India
Language Hindi

Pratiggya (transl. The Vow) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film.
Produced by Dharmendra and B. S. Deol, the film is directed by Dulal Guha. The
music was by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyricist was Anand Bakshi.[1] It stars
Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ajit, Johnny Walker, Jagdeep, Mukri, 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 "slapstick" 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 so, he
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
ammunition 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 as Inspector Devendra Singh / Ajit Singh / Thanedaar Indrajeet Singh

(Double Role)
Hema Malini as Radha Thakur
Ajit as Bharat Daku
Johnny Walker as Birju Thekedaar
Jagdeep as Kanha
Pradeep Kumar as Habibullah
Abhi Bhattacharya as Inspector Abhijeet Singh
Nazir Hussain as Sipahi Shivcharan
Keshto Mukherjee as Chandi
Sapru as Purohit
Satyen Kappu as Inspector D'Souza
Kanwar Ajit Singh Deol as Truck driver
Rammohan Sharma as Bhiku
Mehar Mittal as Dinapur Resident
Sunder as Barber Dinapur Resident
D. K. Sapru as Purohit
Imtiaz Khan as Raghu, Bharat Thakur's Brother
Brahamchari as Sidhu
Leela Mishra as Ajit's foster mother
Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. D. Singh
Birbal as Dinapur Resident
Ramayan Tiwari as Shambhu Prasad
Bhushan Tiwari as Daaku
Moolchand as Ajit Passenger

Music

The music direction was by Laxmikant-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 Dharmendra's home productions starring
him and his two sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, with the first released in 2011,
and the sequels in 2013 and 2018.[10]
Song list
Song Singer
"Main Jangal Ki Morni" Lata Mangeshkar
"Pardesi Aaya Des Mein" Lata Mangeshkar
"Uth Nind Se Mirziya Jaag Ja" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
"Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana" Mohammed Rafi
References

"Pratiggya 1975". Muvyz. Inc. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

"Pratigya 1975". Alan Goble. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
AVIJIT GHOSH (25 September 2013). 40 RETAKES. Westland. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-93-83260-
31-7.
Ashok Raj (1 November 2009). Hero Vol.2. Hay House, Inc. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-93-
81398-03-6. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
India Perspectives. PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs. 2005. Retrieved 18
September 2014.
in The Hindu
Grossing India Films in 1975
"Pratigya 1975". Hindi Geetmala. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
"Dharmendra Salman Break into the Jat Yamla Pagla". Firstpost. Retrieved 18
September 2014.

"Dharmendra Film is a Family Affair". The National AE. Retrieved 18 September

2014.

External links

Pratigya at IMDb

Categories:

1975 films1970s Hindi-language filmsIndian action comedy filmsIndian films

about revengeFilms directed by Dulal Guha1970s action comedy films

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