Izzat (1968 film)

Izzat (transl. Honour) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by T. Prakash Rao. It stars Dharmendra, Tanuja and Jayalalithaa. It was the latter's only Bollywood film as an actress, previously been featured in a Hindi song in Man-Mauji (1962).

Izzat Film
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Directed by	T. Prakash Rao
Written by	Rajinder Singh Bedi (screenplay) Dulal Guha (story) Rajinder Singh Bedi (dialogues)
Produced by	F.C.Mehra
Starring	Dharmendra Tanuja Jayalalithaa Balraj Sahni Mehmood
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Release date	1968 (1968)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

After completing his college, dark-skinned Adivasi Shekhar returns home and finds that his mother, Savli, has died. Distraught, he is consoled by Father Abraham, who also tells him that his mother had an affair with wealthy Ramgarh-based Thakur Pratap Singh, who refused to marry her even after she became pregnant. Shekhar decides to avenge his humiliation and sets forth to expose Pratap. Upon arrival in Ramgarh, he finds that he has a fair-skinned look-alike half-brother, Dilip, as well as a sister, Neelu. Dilip meets him, hires him as an office staff person, and asks him to impersonate him in order to meet Deepa, the only daughter of wealthy Vinodbabu, and Shekhar agrees to do so. Shekhar meets Deepa and both are attracted to each other. Shekhar decides to tell her the truth about himself, and returns to Ramgarh. Once there, he finds history repeating itself as Dilip is in love with an Adivasi belle, Jhumki, but is refusing to marry her.

Cast

• Dharmendra as Shekhar / Dilip Singh (Dual Role)
• Tanuja as Deepa
• Jayalalithaa as Jhumki^[1]
• Balraj Sahni as Thakur Pratap Singh
• Mehmood as Mahesh
• Laxmi Chhaya as Gangi
• Manmohan Krishna as Father Ibrahim
• Mohan Sherry as Dukal

Production

Izzat was the South Indian actress Jayalalithaa's first and only Hindi film in a full-fledged role, and second Hindi film overall, following a three-minute appearance in Man-Mauji (1962).^[2][3]

Music

The film score is composed by the musical duo Laxmikant Pyarelal. The lyrics were written by Sahir Ludhianvi. Mohammed Rafi was used as Dharmendra's voice and Manna Dey was used as Mehmood's voice.

#	Song	Singer
1	"Ruk Ja Zara, Kidhar Ko Chala"	Lata Mangeshkar
2	"Jaagi Badan Mein Jwala"	Lata Mangeshkar
3	"Yeh Dil Tum Bin Kahin Lagta Nahin"	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
4	"Sar Par Lamba Top Leke Aayega"	Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
5	"Kya Miliye Aise Logon Se"	Mohammed Rafi
6	"Keh Gaye Father Ibrahim"	Manna Dey
7	"Pyar Ki Bukhaar Ko Utaar"	Manna Dey

Reception

The film wasn't commercially successful, the onscreen rapport between Dharmendra and Jayalalithaa received much praise.^[4]