Koshish

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Koshish
File:KoshishFilmPoster.jpg
Poster
Directed byGulzar
Produced byRomu N. Sippy
Raj N. Sippy
Written byGulzar
StarringSanjeev Kumar
Jaya Bhaduri
Music byMadan Mohan
CinematographyK. Vaikunth
Edited byWaman B. Bhosle
Gurudutt Shirali
Release date
1 December 1972 (1972-12-01)
Running time
125 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Koshish (transl. Effort) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri, written and directed by Gulzar. The movie depicts a deaf and mute couple and their conflicts, pain and struggle to carve out a niche for themselves in a desensitized society. It was inspired by the 1961 Japanese film Happiness of Us Alone.[1] The film was remade in Tamil in 1977 as Uyarndhavargal starring Kamal Haasan and Sujatha.[2]

Plot[edit]

The movie is a lesson on how to live life, examining the lives of Haricharan (Sanjeev Kumar) and Aarti (Jaya Bhaduri), who are deaf and mute. They meet, fall in love, marry and have a child. They raise him well and he marries a girl similar to his parents. All they have to help them is their hope, confidence and some kindness in the society, along with Narayan (Om Shivpuri), who is blind. Tragedy strikes their lives as well when they lose their first child thanks to Kanu's greed, but they never give up hope on life and not in one instance during the entire movie do they think about ending it. They live life, fight for it and succeed at a bigger scale than any normal person.

Cast[edit]

Music[edit]

Song Singer
"Soja Baba Mere Soja" Mohammed Rafi
"Humse Hai Watan Hamara" Sushma Shreshta

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient Result
1973 National Film Awards Best Screenplay Gulzar Won
Best Actor Sanjeev Kumar Won
1974 BFJA Awards Best Actor (Hindi) Sanjeev Kumar Won
1974 Filmfare Awards Best Film Romu N. Sippy and Raj N. Sippy Nominated
Best Director Gulzar Nominated
Best Story Nominated
Best Actor Sanjeev Kumar Nominated
Best Actress Jaya Bhaduri Nominated

References[edit]

  1. "The 'Koshish' continues". The Hindu. 11 September 2004. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. "Gulzar's 'Koshish' was inspired by a Japanese film, but it is no unthinking remake". Scroll.in. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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