Ittefaq (1969)

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writer:

Akhtar-Ul-Iman (dialogue)

Release Date:

4 October 1969 (India)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Dilip Roy is a Painter by profession and makes his living selling his paintings. He gets married to beautiful Sushma...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Murder | Whisky | Fugitive | Neighbor

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Nanda	...	Rekha
Rajesh Khanna	...	Dilip Roy
Sujit Kumar	...	Inspector Diwan
Bindu	...	Renu
Madan Puri	...	Public Prosecutor Khanna
Gajanan Jagirdar	...	Dr. Trivedi (as Jagirdar)
Iftekhar	...	Inspector Karwe
Shammi	...	Basanti (Rekha's Neighbour)
Jagdish Raj	...	Inspector Khan
Lala Nazir
Amrit
Alka	...	Sushma Roy

Also Known As:

Coincidence

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

India:U

Filming Locations:

Rajkamal Studios, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

B.R. Films

Trivia:

Based on the English film Signpost to Murder (1964), it was adapted into a screenplay in seven days, shot in 28 days and released in a record three months. The director had wanted a inexpensive quickie film as his big budget film Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969) had stopped production because it's heroine Saira Banu was having surgery.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Signpost to Murder (1964)

An excellent thriller (one of the 2 or 3 songless films ever made).

Ittefaq was a successful and yet, for several reasons, was a bold experiment in Indian cinema. First and foremost for the fact it had no songs, secondly for the theme of the film, thirdly for portraying a leading character in the film as a negative one, fourthly it was a film totally different from what normally Rajesh Khanna or Yash Chopra used to do. Rajesh Khanna puts in an excellent acting performance in the role of a man accused of murdering his wife and on the run from the law for it. Yash Chopra (director) handles the film brilliantly and the viewer is kept on the edge and guessing right thru to the end. A must see for all lovers of Good Indian Cinema. (Hmmm Good Indian Cinema sound like a misnomer in today's Bollywood)