Pratigya (1975 film)

Pratiggya
Film poster
Directed byDulal Guha
Written bySafiq Ansari
Nabendu Ghosh
Kanwar Ajit Singh
Produced byBikram Singh Dehal
Kanwar Ajit Singh
StarringDharmendra
Hema Malini
CinematographyM. Rajaram
Edited byBimal Roy Jr.
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed byBikramjeet Films International
Digital Entertainment
Release date
  • 19 September 1975 (1975-09-19)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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]

  1. ^ "Pratiggya 1975". Muvyz. Inc. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Pratigya 1975". Alan Goble. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ AVIJIT GHOSH (25 September 2013). 40 RETAKES. Westland. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-93-83260-31-7.
  4. ^ Ashok Raj (1 November 2009). Hero Vol.2. Hay House, Inc. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-93-81398-03-6. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ^ India Perspectives. PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs. 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. ^ in The Hindu
  7. ^ Grossing India Films in 1975

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