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{{Infobox film
| name = Pratigya
| image = Pratigya 1975.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Dulal Guha]]
| producer = Bikram Singh Dehal Kanwar Ajit Singh
| writer = Safiq Ansari [[Nabendu Ghosh]] Kanwar Ajit Singh
| screenplay =
| narrator =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Dharmendra]] [[Hema Malini]] [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = M. Rajaram
| editing = [[Bimal Roy Jr.]]
| studio =
| distributor = Bikramjeet Films International Digital Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|1975|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Pratigya''''' ({{trans|The Vow}}) is a 1975 [[India]]n [[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.<ref name="Muvyz">{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/ye100414/songs/#tabs|title=Pratiggya 1975|publisher=Muvyz. Inc|accessdate=18 September 2014}}</ref> The film starred Dharmendra, [[Hema Malini]], [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Mukri]], [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Mehar Mittal]] and [[Keshto Mukherjee]].<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film277655.htm |title=Pratigya 1975|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=18 September 2014}}</ref>

The story revolves around Dharmendra out to avenge his parents' brutal murder by Ajit in this "violent revenge" story.<ref name="GHOSH2013">{{cite book|author=AVIJIT GHOSH|title=40 RETAKES|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iStBAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT75|date=25 September 2013|publisher=Westland|isbn=978-93-83260-31-7|pages=75–}}</ref> Along with its strong action scenes it also had a significant comic track in the form of
"[[slapstick]]" comedy<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT80|accessdate=18 September 2014|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-03-6|pages=80–}}</ref> getting the film referred to as a "masterpiece in comedy".<ref name="IndiaPerspectives">{{cite book|title=India Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UuhtAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 September 2014|year=2005|publisher=PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs}}</ref> The film was a big commercial success at the box-office<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/blast-from-the-past-warrant-1975/article6291933.ece|Article in The Hindu]</ref> and among the top 3 grossers for the year in India.<ref>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=181&catName=MTk3NQ==|Top Grossing India Films in 1975]</ref>

== 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 Khan|Ajit]]) and so, he swears revenge. On his way to Dinapur, the dacoit's hideout, he meets a grievously injured cop, Inspector D'Souza, ([[Satyendra Kapoor|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 Davinder Singh / Ajit D. Singh alias Thandedaar Inderjit Singh (dual role)
* [[Hema Malini]] as Radha Lachman Thakur
* [[Pradeep Kumar]] as Habibullah
* [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as Daaku (Dacoit) Bharat Thakur
* [[Abhi Bhattacharya]] as Inspector Abhijit Singh
* [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] as Birju Thekedar
* [[Jagdeep]] as Kanha
* [[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Chandi
* [[Sapru (actor)|Sapru]] as Purohit
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Inspector D'Souza
* [[Ram Mohan]] as Bhiku
* [[Nazir Hussain]] as Sepoy Shivcharan / Shiv Kaka
* [[Sunder (actor)|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 (actor)|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]].<ref name="Hindigeetmala">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/pratigya.htm|title=Pratigya 1975|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=18 September 2014}}</ref> The song "Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana" became a popular song remaining so till date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/dharmendra-and-salman-break-into-the-jat-yamla-pagla-step-67430.html |title=Dharmendra Salman Break into the Jat Yamla Pagla|publisher=Firstpost|accessdate=18 September 2014}}</ref> 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 [[Yamla Pagla Deewana|2011]], then in [[Yamla Pagla Deewana 2|2013]], and then in [[Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se|2018]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/dharmendra-film-is-a-family-affair|title=Dharmendra Film is a Family Affair|publisher=The National AE|accessdate=18 September 2014}}</ref>

=== Song list ===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! 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 ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0216110|Pratigya}}

[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Films directed by Dulal Guha]]
[[Category:1970s action comedy films]]

Pratigya (1975 film) - Revision history

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