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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Koshish<br />
| image = KoshishFilmPoster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Gulzar]]<br />
| producer = Romu N. Sippy<br />Raj N. Sippy <br />
| writer = [[Gulzar]]<br />
| starring = [[Sanjeev Kumar]]<br />[[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri]]<br />
| music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]<br />
| cinematography = K. Vaikunth<br />
| editing = Waman B. Bhosle<br />Gurudutt Shirali <br />
| studio =<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{release date|1972|12|01|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 125 min<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Koshish''''' ({{trans|Effort}}) is a 1972 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama]] movie starring [[Sanjeev Kumar]] and [[Jaya Bachchan|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''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 September 2004 |title=The 'Koshish' continues |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/the-koshish-continues/article28672874.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727095555/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/the-koshish-continues/article28672874.ece |archive-date=27 July 2020 |access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil in 1977 as ''[[Uyarndhavargal]]'' starring [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gulzar's 'Koshish' was inspired by a Japanese film, but it is no unthinking remake |url=https://scroll.in/reel/860661/gulzars-koshish-was-inspired-by-a-japanese-film-but-it-is-no-unthinking-remake |access-date=2020-11-18 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The movie is a lesson on how to live life, examining the lives of Haricharan ([[Sanjeev Kumar]]) and Aarti ([[Jaya Bachchan|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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Sanjeev Kumar]] as Haricharan Mathur "Hari"<br />
*[[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri]] as Aarti Mathur <br />
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Narayan <br />
*[[Asrani]] as Kanu <br />
*[[Dina Pathak]] as Durga <br />
*[[Seema Deo]] as Teacher<br />
* Yash Sharma as bicycle storage keeper <br />
*[[Moolchand]] <br />
*[[Dilip Kumar]] as Himself (Guest Appearance)<br />
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==Music==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Soja Baba Mere Soja" <br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] <br />
|-<br />
| "Humse Hai Watan Hamara"<br />
| [[Sushma Shreshta]] <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards and nominations==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year <br />
! Award <br />
! Category <br />
! Recipient <br />
! Result<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2"|[[20th National Film Awards|1973]]<br />
| rowspan="2"|[[National Film Awards]] <br />
| [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] <br />
| [[Gulzar]] <br />
| {{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] <br />
| [[Sanjeev Kumar]] <br />
| {{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="1"|[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|1974]]<br />
| rowspan="1"| [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|BFJA Awards]]<br />
|[[BFJA Award for Best Actor (Hindi)|Best Actor (Hindi)]]<br />
|[[Sanjeev Kumar]]<br />
|{{Won}}<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="5"|[[21st Filmfare Awards|1974]]<br />
| rowspan="5"|[[Filmfare Awards]] <br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] <br />
| Romu N. Sippy and Raj N. Sippy<br />
| {{Nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] <br />
| rowspan="2"|[[Gulzar]] <br />
| {{Nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] <br />
|{{Nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]<br />
| [[Sanjeev Kumar]] <br />
| {{Nom}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] <br />
| [[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri]] <br />
| {{Nom}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0215911}}<br />
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{{Gulzar}}<br />
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[[Category:1972 films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Sign Language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actor National Award-winning performance]]<br />
[[Category:Films about disability in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Gulzar]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Indian remakes of Japanese films]]<br />
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