Koshish
| Koshish | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Gulzar |
| Written by | Gulzar |
| Produced by | Romu N.Sippy Raj N.Sippy |
| Starring | Sanjeev Kumar Jaya Bhaduri |
| Cinematography | K. Vaikunth |
| Edited by | Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali |
| Music by | Madan Mohan |
Running time | 125 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Koshish (Hindi: कोशिश, translation Effort) is a 1972 Hindi movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri, and directed by Gulzar.
Koshish is considered a landmark movie in the history of Indian cinema. It stars Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri. 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. The film was remade in Tamil as Uyarndhavargal in 1977 with Kamal Haasan and Sujatha.
Plot
The movie is a lesson on how to live life, taking up the lives of Hari (Sanjeev Kumar) and Aarthi (Jaya Bhaduri) who are deaf and mute. They meet, fall in love, get married, have a child who they bring up to be well educated and who gets married to a girl similar to his parents. All they have to help them is their hope, confidence and some kindness in the society along with Uncle Narayan 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 it and succeed in it at a bigger scale than any normal person.
Cast
- Sanjeev Kumar as Hari Charan Mathur
- Jaya Bhaduri as Aarti Mathur
- Om Shivpuri as Uncle Narayan
- Seema Deo as Teacher
- Asrani as Kanu (Aarti's Brother)
- Dina Pathak as Durga (Aarti's Mother)
Music
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Soja Baba Mere" | Mohammad Rafi | |
| 2. | "Humse Hai Watan Hamara" | Sushma Shreshta |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | National Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Gulzar | Won |
| 1973 | National Film Awards | Best Actor | Sanjeev Kumar | Won |
| 1974 | Filmfare Awards | Best Actor | Sanjeev Kumar | Nominated |
| 1974 | Filmfare Awards | Best Actress | Jaya Bhaduri | Nominated |
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