Izzat 1968

Izzat is a 1968 Indian Bollywood social film released on 1968. The film is directed by T. Prakash Rao, produced by A. K. Nadiadwala under banner named Pushpa Pictures.

Thakur (Balraj Sahani), a rich landlord of a vast estate, refuses to get married to an adivasi girl owing to the difference in their class. The same girl conceives a child of thakurs, whom she raises up & educates to become an ethical human being. Shekar (Dharmendra) who is studying in a hostel completes his education & returns to his mother, but is startled to find her dead. A grieving Shekhar vows to take revenge on Thakur who had deserted his mother to face such harsh difficulties of this world. Shekar makes up his mind to kill Thakur. He meets Thakur's son Dilip who looks exactly like him and who is in love with Jhumki, an adivasi girl. Shekar decides to helps Dilip in his plan to marry Jhumki, against his fathers wish but Thakur has a different plan for Dilip. He wants his son to marry Deepa who is equal in status to them but Dilip sends Shekar to meet Deepa. Deepa & Shekar fall in love with each other. When Thakur comes to know about this, an infuriated Thakur tells Shekar to leave the place but Shekar refuses & ultimately Thakur has to give up his undeserving demands & accept Dilip's wish & Shekar as his son.

Thakur (Balraj Sahani), a rich landlord of a vast estate, refuses to get married to an adivasi girl owing to the difference in their class. The same girl conceives a child of thakurs, whom she raises up & educates to become an ethical human being. Shekar (Dharmendra) who is studying in a hostel completes his education & returns to his mother, but is startled to find her dead. A grieving Shekhar vows to take revenge on Thakur who had deserted his mother to face such harsh difficulties of this world. Shekar makes up his mind to kill Thakur. He meets Thakur's son Dilip who looks exactly like him and who is in love with Jhumki, an adivasi girl. Shekar decides to helps Dilip in his plan to marry Jhumki, against his fathers wish but Thakur has a different plan for Dilip. He wants his son to marry Deepa who is equal in status to them but Dilip sends Shekar to meet Deepa. Deepa & Shekar fall in love with each other. When Thakur comes to know about this, an infuriated Thakur tells Shekar to leave the place but Shekar refuses & ultimately Thakur has to give up his undeserving demands & accept Dilip's wish & Shekar as his son.

He, having fared excellently in his B.A. examination was coming back to his village where his reverent mother lived. Now his ambition in life was saturated with the wishes to help his aged mother who had embraced all possible hardships to give him education. Now he would annex a job lucrative enough to give all comforts to his mother. . But at his village a very heart renting sight was awaiting him. Near the thresh-hold of his good house he saw people thronged. As gloom covered the atmosphere an unknown fear caught hold of his happy heart. . He anxiously got forward to see his beloved mothers body. People were busy arranging for the funeral. A terrible shock tore thorugh his heart. He could not help bursting into cry. He felt forlorn. . Now there was the Rev. Father Abraham to give him solace and as per the wish of his mother he divulged the secret to Shekhar, which his mother never told him. . Father Abraham told him how. Thakur Pratap Singh of Ramgarh had blotted his mothers chastity twenty years back. She had implored upon Thakur to marry her but she got a No with the reason that it was prejudical to the Izzat of his Thakur tradition. A Thakurs son of high status could not marry a low cast aboriginal girl. And the girl decided upon committing suicide but Father Abrahams kind hands stopped her. And after that what happened... . "I know father" Shekhar shouted! He swore before his mothers photograph. "Mother, whoever has done in justice to you, I shall kill him and destroy him. I shall take revenge of your Izzat". [Source: Xerox Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Izzat.