Pratighaat (1987 film)

1987 Indian film
  • Sujata Mehta
  • Rohini Hattangadi
  • Charan Raj
  • Arvind Kumar
CinematographyH. LaxminarayanEdited byN. ChandraMusic byRavindra Jain
Production
company
Ushakiran Movies
Release date
  • 17 March 1987 (1987-03-17)
Running time
164 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageHindi

Pratighaat (transl. The Revenge) is a 1987 Hindi feminist drama film directed by N. Chandra, starring Sujata Mehta in the lead.[1] It is a remake of the Telugu film Pratighatana (1985), directed by T. Krishna, with Vijayshanti in the lead.[2]

Made on a low budget, and with no big stars, it went on to become a hit, making Rs. 8 crore at the box office.[3] It became part of the hat-trick of hit films by N. Chandra, Ankush (1986), Pratighaat and Tezaab (1988).[2]

Plot

The film deals with politics-criminal nexus and a college lecturer who takes them on, even after she faces public disrobing. She finally takes the law into her own hands to avenge her insult.[4][5]

Cast

  • Sujata Mehta as Laxmi S. Joshi
  • Arvind Kumar as Advocate Satyaprakash Joshi
  • Charan Raj as Kali Prasad
  • Rohini Hattangadi as Durga
  • Gyan Shivpuri as Durga's Husband
  • Mohan Bhandari as Police Inspector Ajay Srivastav
  • Ashok Saraf as Lawyer, assistant to Kali
  • Nana Patekar as Ex-Constable Karamveer
  • Subbiraj as Laxmi's father
  • Usha Nadkarni as Laxmi's mother-in-Law
  • Kota Srinivasa Rao
  • Ravi Patwardhan

Music

Lyrics: Ravindra Jain

  1. "Tere Sar Pe Mere" – S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
  2. "Hamre Balma Beimaan" – S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
  3. "Likhungi Mahabharat Naya" – S. Janaki
  4. "Sara Nagar Aap Hi Ke Saath Hai" – Sushil Kumar, Mohammed Aziz

References

  1. ^ M.L. Dhawan (21 July 2002). "On the sands of time — 1987: Year of the invisible hero". The Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b Madhu Jain (28 February 1989). "Mean street Moghul: Hit director N. Chandra brings realism to films". India Today. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ^ "In Indian politics, line between politicians and goondas is fast disappearing: N. Chandra". India Today. 15 September 1987. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Politician-goonda emerge as the new villain". India Today. 15 September 1987. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ^ Virdi, Jyotika (2003). The Cinematic ImagiNation: Indian Popular Films as Social History. Rutgers University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-8135-3191-5.

External links

  • Pratighaat at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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