Koshish

Koshish
	Poster
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	December 1, 1972
Running time	125 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Koshish (Hindi: ?????, 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. It is a remake of the Japanese film Happiness of Us Alone (1961). The film was later 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 and 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 for it and succeed 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)
Dilip Kumar as Himself (Cameo)

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