Description: Format: NTSC, Color, SubtitledSubtitles: EnglishRegion: All Regions Koshish Directed byGulzarWritten byGulzarProduced byRomu N. Sippy, Raj N. SippyCinematographyK. VaikunthEdited byWaman B. BhosleGurudutt ShiraliMusic byMadan MohanRelease date1 December 1972Running time125 minCountryIndiaLanguageHindi Koshish (transl. Effort) 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 (Spoiler Alert) 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. CastSanjeev Kumar as Haricharan Mathur "Hari"Jaya Bhaduri as Aarti MathurOm Shivpuri as NarayanAsrani as KanuDina Pathak as DurgaSeema Deo as TeacherYash Sharma as bicycle storage keeperMoolchandDilip Kumar as Himself (Guest Appearance)Romantic drama spanning nearly 20 years involving a deaf-mute couple, Haricharian and Aarti. Deaf and dumb bicycle messenger Haricharian meets equally deaf Aarti, and persuades her to go to sign language school to communicate with her mother and brother. The courtship leads to marriage and ultimately a child born to them. Years later, after the death of Aarti from a brief illness, Haricharian's teenage son tries to deal with the after effects as well as his history of being raised by two deaf parents when he begins courting another young girl who also happens to be deaf.
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Video Format: NTSC
Music Artist: Madan Mohan
Case Type: Tall/DVD Case
Rating: NR
Subtitle Language: English
Director: Gulzar
Sub-Genre: Hindi
Studio: Bollywood Ent.
Edition: Standard Edition
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Type: Movie
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)
Language: Hindi
Producer: Romu N. Sippy
Actor: Sanjeev Kumar
Features: Widescreen
Genre: Foreign Language
Run Time: 2 hours and 5 minutes
Movie/TV Title: Koshish
Season: na