Ittefaq (1969)
Rajesh Khanna and Nana in Ittefaq (1969)
Cast: Nanda, Rajesh Khanna
Director: Yash Chopra
Music: (background score) Salil Chowdhury
Capsule Review: The ever-experimental B.R.Chopra produced this songless thriller, his second film after the courtroom drama Kanoon. The raw and riveting Rajesh Khanna played a man accused of murdering his wife who takes asylum in a single woman’s (Nanda) home and finds himself a part of a much bigger more damning conspiracy than he could have ever imagined. The taut whodunit moves at a frenetic speed. Director Yash Chopra never allows the narrative to stray. Most of the stagey film is shot on one set depicting Nanda’s home. The dramatic tension is created mainly through the editing pattern and the principal performances. Rajesh Khanna is outstanding in his outbursts of defensive anger and uncontrollable rage. But the real shocker is Nanda. Turning away from her goody-goody image she delivers a sledgehammer performance as a scheming, screaming evil woman of devious devices. There is not a hint of romance in the plot. Ittefaq is a genre-defining work.
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Ittefaq is one of the classic movie of Super Star Rajesh Khanna during 1969.
Ittefaq – 1969
Star Cast :
Super Star Rajesh Khanna … Dilip Roy
Nanda … Rekha
Sujit Kumar … Inspector Diwan
Bindu … Renu
Madan Puri … Public Prosecutor Khanna
Gajanan Jagirdar … Dr. Trivedi
Iftekhar … Inspector Karwe
Shammi … Basanti (Rekha’s Neighbour)
Jagdish Raj … Inspector Khan
Lala Nazir
Amrit
Alka … Sushma Roy
Directed by
Yash Chopra
Writing credits :
Akhtar-Ul-Iman dialogue
Produced by
B.R. Chopra …. producer
Cinematography by
Kay Gee
Film Editing by
S.B. Mane
Pran Mehra
Art Direction by
R.G. Gaekwad
Makeup Department :
Mrs. Kusum C. Alim …. hair stylist
Vasant Jadhav …. assistant makeup artist
Pandhari Juker …. makeup artist
Ram Patriwar …. associate makeup artist
Radheshyam …. associate makeup artist
Meena Rao …. hair stylist Suryakant …. assistant makeup artist
Production Management :
Ishar Singh …. production manager
Laxmi Narayan Yadav …. production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director :
Ravi Chopra …. assistant director
Vas Dev Dheer …. assistant director
Arvind Joshi …. assistant director
R.K. Sibal …. assistant director
Ramesh Talwar …. assistant director
Mahen Vakil …. assistant director
Sound Department :
Aziz …. sound assistant
Dinesh Chaturvedi …. sound assistant
Mangesh Desai …. sound re-recordist
M.A. Shaikh …. audiographer Ramesh Yadav …. assistant sound
Special Effects by
Syed Galib …. titles writer M.A. Hafeez …. special effects assistant
V. Madan Mohan …. main titles
V. Madan Mohan …. special effects
Camera & Electrical Department :
Habib Ahmed …. assistant camera
Romesh Bhalla …. camera operator
Morwade …. chief electrician
V. Padmakar …. still photographer: color stills
Roshanlal Sharma …. still photographer
S.U. Syed …. assistant camera
Costume & Wardrobe Department :
Hari …. wardrobe assistant
Jaikishan …. wardrobe
Editorial Department :
R.P. Bapat …. assistant editor
Chhotubhai Chowdhary …. assistant editor
J.F.H. Van der Auwera …. color consultant
Music Department :
Mangesh Desai …. music recordist
Kanu Ghosh …. music assistant
Manohari Singh …. music assistant
Other crews :
Anand …. production assistant
Dharam Chopra …. chief technician
Karan Dewan …. production executive
Lawrence Rodrigues …. processing in charge
C.V.K. Sastry …. production controller
SUMMARY :
Dilip Roy is a Painter by profession and makes his living selling his paintings. He gets married to beautiful Sushma, who would like him to spend more with her than on paintings. When they get invited to their anniversary party, Sushma is all set, but Dilip must complete his painting, Sushma is displeased and snatches his paint brushes from his, an argument ensues, and Dilip grabs Sushma by the neck and chokes her to death. Sushma’s sister, who witnesses this, calls the police, who arrive and arrest Dilip for murder. Dilip is produced before the courts, where he is sent for psychiatric evaluation to the care of Dr. Trivedi. However, Dilip escapes from this institute and breaks into a house with a lone married woman, Rekha, in it. Dilip decides to hole up here for sometime. Meanwhile the police have been informed, believing him a danger to others, they have launched a manhunt. Dilip decides to remain in Rekha’s house for sometime until the police leave the area. What Dilip does not know that the police are already aware of his presence, and there is a dead body of the woman’s husband in this very house.
Super Star Rajesh Khanna – The Cary Grant of India.
Rajesh Khanna irrevocably impacted Indian cinema and culture like no actor before him. His acting perfection and application of talent were drawn solely from his inward vision. Khanna did not cultivate the phenomenal attributes that created his “superstardom” by reason or will, but through the connectedness to his own persona that the masses then idealized. For he is one who is impervious as to who is ahead and who is behind. Khanna’s inward vision, a special gift from the divine leads him always. Today he is the indomitable and highly respected veteran of one hindred and fifty films. For me, he is like the Cary Grant of India. Both actors are Capricorns that have played the widest variety of roles without ever bankrupting the fascination of the audience. Khanna is the platinum standard for landmark performances and sheer screen presence. Ever since the camera discovered his photogenia it has been having a love affair with it. His Byronic inspirations of romance as autographed elegantly on screen endure. Rajesh Khanna is a lovemark because he kindles our affections at the highest denominators and that is a life nobly lived means.