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Koshish
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Wikipedia article
'Koshish' is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and 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'. The film was remade in Tamil in 1977 as 'Uyarndhavargal' starring Kamal Haasan and Sujatha.
Plot
Haricharan and Aarti are poor couples who are deaf and mute. They fall in love with each other and get married. Haricharan works as a shoe-shiner to earn a living. Later, they have a child, but the child dies because of a greedy man named Kanu. The couples are much devastated, but later they are blessed with a second child and they lead a happy life. One day, a police officer sees Haricharan and impressed by his kind and honest nature, he gives him a job. Soon, Haricharan earns more and their financial condition improves. Their son, grows up. Years later, Aarti dies. Haricharan gets employed in a company. His employer's daughter is deaf and mute and the employer wants to fix Haricharan's son's wedding to his daughter. Haricharan declines as his employer is richer than him but the employer convinces him. Seeing, the daughter, Haricharan gets memories of Aarti and agrees for the marriage. The son opposes the alliance as she is deaf and mute, much to Haricharan's distress. He berates him, and tells that even his mother was mute too. The son realises his mistake and agrees to marry the employer's daughter.
Cast
*Sanjeev Kumar as Haricharan Mathur "Hari"
*Jaya Bhaduri as Aarti Mathur
*Om Shivpuri as Narayan
*Asrani as Kanu
*Dina Pathak as Durga
*Seema Deo as Teacher
* Yash Sharmaas bicycle storage keeper
*Moolchand
*Dilip Kumar as Himself (Guest Appearance)
Music
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