Intaquam (1969)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

R.K. Nayyar

Writers:

Dhruva Chatterjee (screenplay)
Marie Corelli (novel)
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Genre:

Musical | Drama | Family | Thriller

Plot:

Humiliated and falsely imprisoned, Reeta Mehra (Sadhana) swears to take revenge against Sohanlal (Rehman)...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Ashok Kumar	...	Heeralal Mehra
Sadhana Shivdasani	...	Reeta Mehra (as Sadhana)
Sanjay Khan	...	Rajpal / Rajoo (as Sanjay)
Rehman	...	Sohanlal
Helen	...	Rebecca
Rajendra Nath	...	Pyarelal (as Rajindernath)
Anju Mahendru	...	Indu
Jeevan	...	Bankhelal
Asit Sen	...	Murlidhar Bansidhar
Leela Chitnis	...	Mrs. Mehra
Bhagwan	...	Magician Pasha
Siddhu		(as Sidhu)
D.K. Sapru	...	Sohanlal's lawyer (as Sapru)
Iftekhar	...	Police Inspector (as Iftikhar)
Dharm Veer		(as Dharamvir)
Dulari	...	Meena
Jankidas	...	Heeralal's employee
Vijay Bahel		(as Vijay Behl)
Amanudeen		(as Aminuddin)
Azad	...	Man in cage

Directed by
R.K. Nayyar

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dhruva Chatterjee		screenplay (as Dhruv Chatterji)
Marie Corelli		novel
Madan Joshi		dialogue
R.K. Nayyar		story

Produced by
Dewan A.D. Nayyar	....	producer

Original Music by
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar		(as Laxmikant)
Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma		(as Pyarelal)

Cinematography by
K.H. Kapadia		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Waman B. Bhosle		(as Waman Bhonsle)
Gurudutt Shirali		(as Guru Dutt)

Art Direction by
S.S. Samel		(as Samel)
Shib Shankar		(as Shibu)

Makeup Department
Dinu Indulkar	....	makeup artist (as Dinu & Tipnis)
Ramnath	....	assistant makeup artist
Khurshid Ramwala	....	hair stylist (as Miss Khursheed)
Shyam	....	assistant makeup artist
Ram Tipnis	....	makeup artist (as Dinu & Tipnis)

Production Management
Vijay Bahel	....	production manager (as Vijay Behl)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amanudeen	....	chief assistant director (as Aminuddin)
Vijay Bahel	....	assistant director (as Vijay Behl)
Vency Colaco	....	assistant director
Madan Joshi	....	chief assistant director (as M. Joshi)
Krishna	....	assistant director (as Kishan)

Sound Department
Robin Chatterjee	....	sound re-recordist (as Robin Chatterji)

Camera and Electrical Department
D.K. Dhuri	....	camera operator
Franky D'Lima	....	assistant camera (as Frankie)
Ubin Fernandes	....	assistant camera (as Mrs. Oben)
Mahadev Pawar	....	assistant camera (as Madho)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bhanu Athaiya	....	costumes (as Mrs. Athaya)
S.K. Anwar Baig	....	costumes in charge (as Anwar Baig)
Mani J. Rabadi	....	costumes (as Mani Rabadi)
Shriman	....	costumes

Editorial Department
T.M. Sunder	....	assistant editor (as Sunder)

Music Department
D.O. Bhansali	....	assistant song recordist (as Bansali)
Minoo Katrak	....	song recordist
Lata Mangeshkar	....	playback singer (as Lata)
Mohammad Rafi	....	playback singer (as Rafi)

Other crew
Vasudeo Hudekar	....	publicity designer (as Vasudeo)
Harish Kumar Mehra	....	public relations (as Harish Mehra)
H.D. Pathak	....	office administrator
Atam Prakash	....	production controller
P.L. Raj	....	choreographer
K. Razdan	....	public relations (as Razdan)
Chander R.K.	....	production assistant
Vishnu	....	publicity designer

Production Companies

• Shaktiman Enterprises

Special Effects

• Rauko Effects (as Rauko)

Other Companies

• Colorindia  publicity materials (as Color India)
• Colorlab  publicity materials (as Color Lab)
• Dnyansagar Litho Press  publicity printers (as Dnansagar Press)
• Perfect Printers  publicity printers
• Stylo International  costumes (as Stylo)

Also Known As:

Inteqam (India: Hindi title) (alternative transliteration)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Filmalaya Studio, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Shaktiman Enterprises

Movie Connections:

Version of Paid (1930)

Sadhana's comeback movie

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The movie marked Sadhana's comeback after a brief period of illness during which she lost movies like Sangharsh and Around the World. Here she plays a working girl Rita, who is falsely implicated by her employer Sohanlal (Rehman) on theft charges. During her year long imprisonment, her mother dies of starvation and she in turn swears revenge. (Hence the title). She saves a smuggler,Ashok Kumar from jail and both get rich by selling the diamonds which he was to smuggle. They set up a casino and Rita works towards ensnaring the young Rajpal (a very stiff Sanjay Khan), Sohanlal's son. They get married against his father's wishes and Rita starts showing her true colors et. all. Towards the end, Sohanlal realizes his folly and apologizes to Rita.

The movie had some fantastic music courtesy Laxmikant Pyarelal. There is also one of the most erotic cabaret number ever picturised on the lovely Helen.