Pratigya is a 1975 Indian Hindi film. Produced by Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...

 and B.S Dahal, the film is directed by Dulal Guha

Dulal Guha

Dulal Guha [Bengali] was a famous director of Bollywood films in the 60's and 70's.He directed many films including:* Pratigya [1975 film]* Dost [1974 film]* Mere humsafar[1970 film]* Dharti kahe pukarke, Dushmun [1971 film]...

. The music is given by Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant-Pyarelal were a popular Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma . They composed music for about 635 Hindi movies from 1963 to 1998, working for almost all notable filmmakers including Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Feroze Khan, B.R...

. The film stars Dharmendra trying to take revenge on Ajit who killed his parents. He goes to the village and pretends to be the new police Inspector in town, and then sets about training the local police force. This has hilarious consequences as he does not know much about what he is training. The movie has Hema Malini

Hema Malini

Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar , she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as...

 as the love interest, and stars Jagdeep

Jagdeep

Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...

, Mukri

Mukri

"Mukri" was born as Muhammad Umar Mukri in 1922 in Alibagh. He started his film career from film "Pratima" along with notable Indian film actor Dilip Kumar in 1945....

, Keshto Mukherjee

Keshto Mukherjee

Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...

, Mehar Mittal and Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker (actor)

Johnny Walker is the screen name of an Indian movie comedian, who acted in over 300 movies. He was born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in Indore, India, the son of a mill worker. The family shifted to Mumbai when the textile mill his father worked in closed...

 in comic roles. The movie was a super hit and one of its songs "Mai Jat Yamla Pagla" is still tuned and famous.

Cast

• Dharmendra
  Dharmendra
  Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...
  
   ..Inspector Davinder Singh / Ajit D. Singh / Thandedaar Inderjit Singh
• Hema Malini
  Hema Malini
  Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar , she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as...
  
   ... Radha Lachman Thakur
• Ajit
  Ajit
  Ajit, variously spelled Ajith, Agith, Ajay, Aje or Ajeet is a common male name derived from Sanskrit. The name used in various forms in India nationwide, and in parts of Sri Lanka where Tamil people are concentrated. The name means invincible or, literally, he who has not been conquered, from the...
  
   .... Daaku (Dacoit) Bharat Thakur
• Satyendra Kapoor ... Inspector D'souza
• Abhi Bhattacharya
  Abhi Bhattacharya
  Abhi Bhattacharya was an Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema, who is most remembered for his roles in films in 50s and the 60s, such as Yatrik , Jagriti , Anuradha and Subarnarekha...
  
   ... Inspector Abhijit Singh
• Johnny Walker
  Johnny Walker (actor)
  Johnny Walker is the screen name of an Indian movie comedian, who acted in over 300 movies. He was born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in Indore, India, the son of a mill worker. The family shifted to Mumbai when the textile mill his father worked in closed...
  
   ... Birju Thekedar
• Jagdeep
  Jagdeep
  Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...
  
   ... Kanha
• Keshto Mukherjee
  Keshto Mukherjee
  Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...
  
   ... Chandi
• Ram Mohan
  Ram Mohan
  Ram Mohan is a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division, Government of India in 1956...
  
   ... Bhiku
• Nazir Hussain ... Sepoy Shivcharan
• Sunder ... Dinapur Resident
• D. K. Sapru ... Purohit
• Imtiaz Khan ... Raghu, Bharat Thakur's Brother
• Brahamchari ... Sidhu
• Urmila Bhatt ... Mrs. D. Singh
• Birbal
  Birbal
  Raja Birbal was the Grand Vizier of the Mughal court in the administration of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He one of his most trusted members along with being a part of Akbar's inner council of nine advisors, known as the navaratna, a Sanskrit word meaning nine jewels...
  
   ... Dinapur Resident
• Pradeep Kumar
  Pradeep Kumar
  Pradeep Kumar was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films.-Career:When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. His started his film career in Bengali films...
  
   ... Habibullah
• Ramayan Tiwari ... Shambhu Prasad
• Bhushan Tiwari ... Daaku