Koshish
Koshish | |
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File:KoshishFilmPoster.jpg | |
Directed by | Gulzar |
Produced by | Romu N. Sippy Raj N. Sippy |
Written by | Gulzar |
Starring | Sanjeev Kumar Jaya Bhaduri |
Music by | Madan Mohan |
Cinematography | K. Vaikunth |
Edited by | Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali |
Release date | 1 December 1972 |
Running time | 125 min |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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]
- Sanjeev Kumar as Haricharan Mathur "Hari"
- Jaya Bhaduri as Aarti Mathur
- Om Shivpuri as Narayan
- Asrani as Kanu
- Dina Pathak as Durga
- Seema Deo as Teacher
- Yash Sharma as bicycle storage keeper
- Moolchand
- Dilip Kumar as Himself (Guest Appearance)
Music[edit]
Song | Singer |
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"Soja Baba Mere Soja" | Mohammed Rafi |
"Humse Hai Watan Hamara" | Sushma Shreshta |
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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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]
- ↑ "The 'Koshish' continues". The Hindu. 11 September 2004. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ↑ "Gulzar's 'Koshish' was inspired by a Japanese film, but it is no unthinking remake". Scroll.in. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- 1972 films
- 1970s Hindi-language films
- Indian films
- Indian Sign Language films
- Films featuring a Best Actor National Award-winning performance
- Films about disability in India
- Hindi films remade in other languages
- Films directed by Gulzar
- Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award
- Indian remakes of Japanese films
- 1970s Hindi-language film stubs