Dosti

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Dosti
Film poster
Directed by	Satyen Bose
Produced by	Tarachand Barjatya
Written by	Ban Bhatt (story) Govind Moonis (screenplay & dialogues)
Starring	Sudhir Kumar Sushil Kumar Sanjay Khan
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography	Marshall Braganza
Distributed by	Rajshri Productions
Release date(s)	6 November 1964 (1964-11-06)
Running time	163 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	2,00,00,000

Dosti (Hindi: दोस्ती, Urdu: دوستی, English: Friendship) is a 1964 Indian black-and-white Hindi film directed by Satyen Bose and produced by Tarachand Barjatya under his Rajshri Productions banner. The film was Sanjay Khan's debut film and also had Sudhir Kumar and Sushil Kumar in lead roles. The film focuses on the friendship between two boys, one blind and the other a cripple.

The film was amongst the top 10 grossers of 1964 and was declared a "Super Hit" at the Boxoffice.

Plot

Ramu's father, the breadwinner of the Gupta family, passes away in an accident while on work. Due to financial problems, Ramu (played by Sushil Kumar) is unable to pay fees for his school and is hence thrown out. The company for which Ramu's father worked also refuses to pay them any compensation. Struck by grief Ramu's mother (played by Leela Chitnis) too embraces death. To add to his miseries, he is handicapped since he is knocked down and run over by a speeding car, losing the use of his left leg. Ramu meets Mohan (played by Sudhir Kumar) who is blind by an accident. The two friends roam on the streets of Bombay and soon shown some light to begin there new era of life. Ramu plays harmonica and Mohan sings songs. People start giving them alms. They meet a rich girl Manju (played by Baby Farida) who likes their songs. Manju's overprotective uncle Ashok (played by Sanjay Khan) does not like the way Manju mixes with poor boys like Mohan and Ramu. Manju is ill and is hence taken care of and nursed by Meena, who is Mohan's sister. Ramu's teacher (played by Nana Palsikar) helps Ramu and gets him in the school. Mohan decides to step out of his life so that he can continue and study ahead. But both friends finally meet in the end.....

Cast

• Sushil Kumar as Ramnath 'Ramu' Gupta
• Sudhir Kumar as Mohan
• Baby Farida as Manjula 'Manju'
• Sanjay Khan as Ashok
• Leela Mishra as Mausi
• Nana Palsikar as Sharma
• Leela Chitnis as Ramu's mother
• Abhi Bhattacharya as Head Master
• Uma Rajoo as Nurse Meena (Mohan's sister)
• Aziz
• Nana Palsikar as School Teacher
• Moolchand as Ashok's employee

Soundtrack

The lyrics of the film are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri on music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. This film stands as a landmark in the career history of the musical duo as this won them their first Filmfare Award and also made them popular in the film industry. Mohammad Rafi is the main vocalist for the songs and R. D. Burman has played the harmonica throughout the film which Ramu plays.^{[citation needed]}

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chahoonga Main Tujhe Saanj Savere"	Mohammad Rafi
2.	"Meri Dosti Mera Pyar"	Mohammad Rafi
3.	"Rahi Manwa Dukh Ki Chinta"	Mohammad Rafi
4.	"Mera To Jo Bhi Kadam"	Mohammad Rafi
5.	"Gudiya Kab Tak Na Hasogi"	Lata Mangeshkar
6.	"Jaanewalo Zara"	Mohammad Rafi

Awards

The film stood out at the 12th Filmfare Awards function held in 1965 by bagging 6 awards from 7 nominations that it received. Dosti won maximum awards at the ceremony.

Won

• Best Film - Tarachand Barjatya
• Best Music Director - Laxmikant Pyarelal
• Best Story - Ban Bhatt
• Best Dialogue - Govind Moonis
• Best Playback Singer - Mohammad Rafi for the song "Chahoonga Main Tujhe Saanj Savere"
• Best Lyricist - Majrooh Sultanpuri for the song "Chahoonga Main Tujhe Saanj Savere"

Nominated

• Best Director - Satyen Bose

External links

• Dosti at the Internet Movie Database