Izzat (1968 film)

• Dharmendra as Shekhar / Dilip Singh (Dual Role)
• Tanuja as Deepa
• Jayalalithaa as Jhumki[1]
• Balraj Sahni as Thakur Pratap Singh
• Mehmood as Mahesh
• Manmohan Krishna as Father Ibrahim
• Mohan Sherry as Dukal

After completing his college, dark-skinned Adivasi Shekhar returns home and finds that his mother, Savli, has passed away. Distraught, he is consoled by Father Abraham, who also tells him that his mother had an affair with wealthy Ramgarh-based Thakur Pratap Singh, who refused to marry her even after she became pregnant. Shekhar decides to avenge his humiliation and sets forth to expose Pratap. Upon arrival in Ramgarh, he finds that he has a fair-skinned look-alike half-brother, Dilip, as well as a sister, Neelu. Dilip meets him, hires him as an office staff person, and asks him to impersonate him in order to meet Deepa, the only daughter of wealthy Vinodbabu, and Shekhar agrees to do so. Shekhar meets Deepa and both are attracted to each other. Shekhar decides to tell her the truth about himself, and returns to Ramgarh. Once there, he finds history repeating itself as Dilip is in love with an Adivasi belle, Jhumki, but is refusing to marry her.

Izzat was the South Indian actress Jayalalithaa's first and only Hindi film in a full-fledged role, and second Hindi film overall, following a three-minute appearance in Man-Mauji (1962).[2][3]

The film score is composed by the musical duo Laxmikant Pyarelal. The lyrics were written by Sahir Ludhianvi. Mohammed Rafi was used as Dharmendra's voice and Manna Dey was used as Mehmood's voice.

The film was commercially successful, the onscreen rapport between Dharmendra and Jayalalithaa received much praise.[4]

• Izzat at IMDb