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{{Infobox film
| name = Ittefaq
| native_name =
| image = Ittefaq.jpg
| image_size = 235px
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[Yash Chopra]]
| producer = [[B. R. Chopra]]
| writer = G.R. Kamath (story & screenplay) Akhtar-Ul-Iman (dialogues)
| based_on = [[Signpost to Murder]] (1965 American film)
| narrator =
| starring = [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]<br>[[Rajesh Khanna]]
| music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| cinematography = K.G
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=y|1969|10|10}}
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| gross = {{INRConvert|30|c|year=1969|lk=c}}<ref>https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/ittefaq-1969/</ref>
| runtime = 105 minutes
}}

'''''Ittefaq''''' (English: ''Coincidence'') is a 1969 Indian [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] [[film]] produced by [[B. R. Chopra]] and directed by his brother [[Yash Chopra]]. The film stars [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] and [[Rajesh Khanna]] in the lead with [[Sujit Kumar]], [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]], [[Madan Puri]] and [[Iftekhar]] playing supporting roles and has music by [[Salil Chowdhury]]. The film became a "semi-hit" at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=175&catName=MTk2OQ== |title=BoxOffice India.com |publisher=BoxOffice India.com |access-date=2012-07-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207075843/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=175&catName=MTk2OQ== |archive-date=7 February 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The movie is a remake of 1965 American movie ''[[Signpost to Murder]]'' <ref>http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/13sde1.htm</ref> which had earlier been adapted into a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] drama ''Dhummas'' starring [[Sarita Joshi]].<ref>https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/here-are-6-films-adapted-from-gujarati-plays</ref>

It was the fourth [[Bollywood]] film (after ''Naujawan'', ''Munna'' and ''Kanoon'') that did not have any songs in it. What was remarkable was that a previous production from the same production house, i.e. B.R.Films, namely ''[[Kanoon]]'', made in 1960, was also a song-less film and with the same leading lady [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]. Another common feature of both ''[[Kanoon]]'' and ''Ittefaq'' was that in both these song-less films Salil Chowdhary was the Music Director.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYTbRRSJy3g</ref> This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films starring Rajesh Khanna in lead role between 1969 and 1971, by including the two multi starrer films ''[[Maryada (1971 film)|Marayada]]'' and ''[[Andaz (1971 film)|Andaz]]'' to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eight lesser known facts about Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/eight-lesser-known-facts-about-rajesh-khanna-on-his-death-anniversary/story-eMKmVMlFkKlbSLqAFAf7qI.html|last=Kaur|first=Prabhneet|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=18 July 2015|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> This is also the last film Yash Chopra would direct for his brother before branching out to form his own production company [[Yash Raj Films]]

This was the first Hindi film that did not have any interval.

==Plot==
Dilip Roy ([[Rajesh Khanna]]) is a painter and is married to a rich woman, Sushma. One day while he is passionately painting, his wife comes and asks him to come out with her. He refuses and in the ensuing fight she destroys his painting. Dilip gets emotionally upset and pushes her away, saying that he would kill her and leaves the house. When he comes back, his wife is dead and the police arrest him as prime suspect on the testimony given by Renu ([[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]), his wife's sister who lives along with them. He claims that though he became enraged and can't remember well what happened, he didn't kill her.

Later, he is sent for psychological analysis on account of his erratic behavior during the trial. There, Dr. Trivedi ([[Gajanan Jagirdar]]), a psychologist examines him and decides to keep him in hospital for some more time. But on a stormy night, Dilip escapes and ends up at Rekha's ([[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]) house. Rekha is a married woman staying in a rich neighborhood, but her husband isn’t home at that time. Dilip holds her at gunpoint and demands her to hide him from police. She tries to call someone, but fails. When police come inquiring, she was forced to hide the fact that Dilip was there. Later, after some talk, Dilip asks her for forgiveness and they talk like friends for some time. He changes into other dress from his prison uniform.

Dilip, believing that Rekha wouldn't call the police, sleeps for some time in the hall. But when he wakes up at midnight after hearing a sound, he can't find Rekha. He searches for her, but finds a dead body of a young man in the bathroom. He demands an explanation from Rekha about the body, but they can't find it where it was before. Rekha tells him that everything was his imagination, but he suspects that Rekha is hiding something.

Later, after becoming sure of Rekha's deception, he calls the police and tells them that he found Mr. Jagmohan's (Rekha's husband) body in that house and that Rekha has killed her husband. But Rekha says that her husband hasn't returned from Calcutta yet. After some searching, they find Jagmohan's body outside and suspect that Dilip has killed him before entering the house. Moreover, they find Dilip's prisoner number cloth piece from his prison dress stuck with pin in Jagmohan's hands. Dilip tries to reason with them and suspects inspector Diwan ([[Sujit Kumar]]) is helping Rekha. He proves the same with the help of his cigarette lighter unconsciously taken by the inspector in one of his previous visit's to Rekha's house. Whereas the inspector had previously denied any such visit or acquaintance to Rekha. Seeing no other way out Rekha admits that she was having an affair with the inspector, her husband was murdered by them as he walked in on them and saw them together. She kills herself with a gun in guilt and remorse. At the same time, Inspector Karwe ([[Iftekhar]]) finds, with the help of piece of Renu's bracelet at the crime scene in colour palette and fingerprinting, that Renu was the real killer of Dilip's wife and he clears Dilip Roy of murder charge.

== Cast ==
*[[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] as Rekha / Mrs. Jagmohan
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Dilip Roy
*[[Sujit Kumar]] as Inspector Diwan
*[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Renu
*[[Madan Puri]] as Public Prosecutor Khanna
* [[Gajanan Jagirdar]] as Dr. Trivedi
*[[Iftekhar]] as Inspector Karwe
* [[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Basanti
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Khan
* Alka as Mrs. Sushma Roy

==Awards and nominations==
{{awards table}}
|-
| rowspan="5"|1970
| [[Yash Chopra]]
| [[Filmfare Best Director Award]]
| {{won}}
|-
| M.A.Shaikh
| [[Filmfare Best Sound Award]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953 |publisher=Deep750.googlepages.com |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref>
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|}

==Reboot==
The film inspired the [[Ittefaq (2017 film)|2017 film with the same name]] starring [[Sidharth Malhotra]], [[Sonakshi Sinha]], and [[Akshaye Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/ittefaq-remake-sidharth-malhotra-sonakshi-sinha-begin-shooting_1979310.html|title='Ittefaq' remake: Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha begin shooting|date=20 February 2017|publisher=[[Zee News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/sidharth-malhotra-sonakshi-sinha-akshaye-khanna-starrer-ittefaq-remake-titled-it-happened-one-night-view-first-look/|title=Sidharth Malhotra-Sonakshi Sinha-Akshaye Khanna starrer Ittefaq remake titled It Happened One Night – view first look|date=30 June 2017|publisher=BollywoodLife.com}}</ref> The film released on 3 November 2017.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0064506|Ittefaq}}
* [http://www.yashrajfilms.com/Movies/MovieIndividual.aspx?MovieID=43017bc1-721a-40a6-9174-704aa716a901 Ittefaq] at [[Yash Raj Films]]

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[[Category:1969 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Yash Chopra]]
[[Category:Films scored by Salil Chowdhury]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]

Ittefaq (1969 film) - Revision history

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