Pratigya (1975 film)


Pratigya 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. The film starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ajit, Jagdeep, Mukri, Johnny Walker, Mehar Mittal and Keshto Mukherjee.
The story revolves around Dharmendra out to avenge his parents' brutal murder by Ajit in this "violent revenge" story. Along with its strong action scenes it also had a significant comic track in the form of
"slapstick" comedy getting the film referred to as a "masterpiece in comedy". The film was a big commercial success at the box-office and among the top 3 grossers for the year in India.

Plot

Ajit Singh, 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 and so, he swears revenge. On his way to Dinapur, the dacoit's hideout, he meets a grievously injured cop, Inspector D'Souza, 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, 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 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.

Cast

The music direction was by Lakshmikant Pyarelal with lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. The playback singing was by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi. The song "Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana" became a popular song remaining so till date. The song's opening line was used as a title for Dharmendra's home production starring him and his two sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol first in 2011, then in 2013, and then in.

Songlist