Koshish

For the TV series, see Koshish (TV series).

Koshish
Poster
Directed by	Gulzar
Produced by	Romu N.Sippy Raj N.Sippy
Written by	Gulzar
Starring	Sanjeev Kumar Jaya Bhaduri
Cinematography	K. Vaikunth
Edited by	Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali
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

External links

• Koshish at IMDb