Koshish
''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. The film won two National Film Awards for Best Screenplay to Gulzar and Best Actor to Kumar. 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 give ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sanjeev Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar (born Harihar Jethalal Jariwala; 9 July 1938 – 6 November 1985) was an Indian actor. He is well remembered for his versatility and genuine portrayal of his characters. He acted in genres ranging from romantic dramas to thrillers, and was voted the seventh greatest actor of Indian cinema of all time in a poll conducted by Rediff.com. His double role in the film ''Angoor'' was listed among the 25 best acting performances of Indian cinema by Forbes India on the occasion of celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema.Sanjeev Kumar: Movies, Photos, Videos, News & Biography , eTimes . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (1938-07-09). Retrieved on 2018-11-08. He won several major awards, including two [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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21st Filmfare Awards
The 21st Filmfare Awards were held in 1974. ''Anuraag'' won Best Film, but fail to win any other awards, a feat which was repeated by a few films in the 1970s. ''Bobby'' led the ceremony with 14 nominations, followed by ''Zanjeer'' with 9 nominations and '' Daag: A Poem of Love'' with 7 nominations. ''Bobby'' won 5 awards, including Best Actor (for Rishi Kapoor) and Best Actress (for Dimple Kapadia), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. For the first time in the history of the Filmfare Awards, there was a tie for an acting award, when Dimple Kapadia and Jaya Bachchan tied for Best Actress for their performances in ''Bobby and Abhimaan'' respectively. Gulzar received dual nominations for Best Director for his direction in ''Achanak'' and ''Koshish'', but lost to Yash Chopra who won the award for ''Daag: A Poem of Love.'' Nutan received dual nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in ''Anuraag'' and ''Saudagar'', in addition to a Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema, she is noted for reinforcing a natural style of acting in both mainstream and "middle-of-the-road" cinema. Gulzar, p. 457 She has received several accolades, including nine Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. Making her film debut as a teenager in Satyajit Ray's '' Mahanagar'' (1963), Bachchan's first screen role as an adult was in '' Guddi'' (1971), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with whom she collaborated in several films thereafter. She was noted for her refreshing performances in films like '' Uphaar'' (1971), '' Koshish'' (1972) and '' Kora Kagaz'' (1974), among others. She starred alongside her husband Amitabh Bachchan in several films, including '' Za ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asrani
Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1940), popularly known simply as Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles, comedic roles and supporting roles. He is best known for his role in ''Sholay'' as a jailer and characters he played in 25 films with Rajesh Khanna in lead role between 1972 to 1991. In Hindi films, he played the comedian's role from 1966 to 2013 and played a supporting actor's role as the close friend of the lead hero in many films between 1972 and 1994. In a few Hindi films like ''Chala Murari Hero Banne'' and ''Salaam Memsaab'', he played the main lead hero. In Gujarati films he played the lead hero from 1972 to 1984 and played character roles from 1985 to 2012. He also directed six films between 1974 and 1997. Early life Asrani was born into a middle-class, Sindhi family in Jaipur. His father opened a carpet shop. He has four siste ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gulzar
Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film ''Bandini'' and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. He directed films such as ''Aandhi'' and '' Mausam'' during the 1970s and the TV series ''Mirza Ghalib'' in the 1980s. He also directed ''Kirdaar'' in 1993. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards; including 2 Best Lyrics, one Best Screenplay, one Second Best Feature Film (director), and one Best Popular Film (director); 22 Filmfare Awards; one Academy Award; and one Grammy Award. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award - Hindi in 2002, the Padma Bhushan in 2004, the th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filmfare Award For Best Director
The Filmfare Best Director Award is one of the main awards presented given by the annual Filmfare Awards to recognise directors working in Hindi cinema. It was first presented in 1954 in the inaugural year. Superlatives Bimal Roy has the record of winning most awards (7) and the distinction of winning the award thrice in a row, on 2 separate occasions (1954–1956 and 1959–1961). He also won the award whenever he was nominated (7/7). Yash Chopra, Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received the award 4 times each. Yash Chopra received 12 nominations, while Raj Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have received 6 nominations each. Mahesh Bhatt was nominated thrice in a row (1984–1986). However, he hasn't received any award even after having been nominated 6 times. Also, no director has ever won if one has been nominated twice in the same year – Gulzar in 1974 (for ''Achanak'' and '' Koshish''), Basu Chatterjee in 1977 (for '' Chhoti Si Baat'' and '' Chitchor'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Company (1964) and one of its actors. He later founded an important theatre group of its era in New Delhi, Dishantar. Early life Born in Patiala, Om Shivpuri started his career by working at Jalandhar Radio Station, where Sudha Shivpuri (who later became his wife) was working at the time. Later, they joined National School of Drama, New Delhi and were trained under theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi. After graduating in 1963, they joined the newly formed, NSD Repertory Company as actors. Om Shivpuri was also the first chief of the NSD Repertory Company and remained so till 1976, when Manohar Singh followed him. Meanwhile, Om Shivpuri and Sudha Shivpuri got married in 1968 and started their own theatre group, Dishantar, which went on to become ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dina Pathak
Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi and Gujarati films as well as theatre, Dina Pathak acted in over 120 films in a career spanning over six decades. Her production ''Mena Gurjari'' in Bhavai folk theatre style, ran successfully for many years, and is now a part of its repertoire. Brandon, p. 83 She is best known for her memorable roles in the Hindi films ''Gol Maal'' and ''Khubsoorat''. She was a favourite of the Art Cinema in India where she played powerful roles in films like ''Koshish'', '' Umrao Jaan'', ''Mirch Masala'' and ''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!''. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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20th National Film Awards
The 20th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1972. With this year, new award category is introduced for the feature films made in Meitei language. This newly introduced category includes President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Manipuri. Juries Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the central committee for all India level. For 20th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by Romesh Thapar. * Jury Members: Central ** Romesh Thapar (Chairperson) Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiRita RaySheila VatsUsha BhagatGirish Karnad M. Yunus Dehlvi Teji BachchanPhanishwar Nath 'Renu'Shanta Gandhi U. Visweswar RaoI. S. Johar Ardhendu Mukerjee * Jury Members: Short Films ** S. K. Kooka (Chairperson) B. D. GargaPrasanta SanyalGerson Da Cunha Aruna VasudevaBishamber KhannaRe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Uyarndhavargal
''Uyarnthavargal'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by T. N. Balu, starring Kamal Haasan and Sujatha. The film deals with a deaf-mute couple and their struggle in society. It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film ''Koshish''. Plot Aarumugam and Aarthi are deaf-mute. They meet and fall in love and later get married. They get blessed with a child, but the child accidentally dies due to a petty thief. Devastated, Aarumugam and Aarthi's life comes back to normal after their second child is born. They take all cares in bringing up to him to be well educated. Ironically, their employer's daughter is also deaf-mute. They want to get their son married to the employer's daughter, but the son opposes it. Cast * Kamal Haasan as Aarumugam * Sujatha as Aarthi * Thengai Srinivasan * Srikanth as the thief *Pandari Bai *Master Sridhar *Typist Gopu *Loose Mohan ;Guest actors *Sanjeev Kumar * Prem Nazir *Jaishankar as Sankar * Manorama * M. Balamuralikrishna *Suruli Rajan * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filmfare Award For Best Film
The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the '' Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company and the producer. Yash Raj Films has produced 18 films that have been nominated, the most for any production house. It also shares the most wins at 4 along with Bimal Roy Productions and UTV Motion Pictures. While Yash Chopra has been the producer of all of the winning films of Yash Raj Films, Bimal Roy has been the producer of all of the winning films of Bimal Roy Productions, thus making them the producers with the most wins. Bimal Roy, Yash Chopra, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have each directed 4 winning films, the most for any director. Aamir Khan has starred in 9 winning films which is the most for any actor in a leading role. Nutan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filmfare Award For Best Story
The Filmfare Award for Best Story is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story. List of winners 1950s * 1955 Mukhram Sharma – '' Aulad'' * 1956 Rajinder Singh Bedi – '' Garam Coat'' ** Manoranjan Ghose – '' Jagriti'' ** Mukhram Sharma – '' Vachan'' * 1957 Amiya Chakrabarty – '' Seema'' * 1958 Akhtar Mirza – '' Naya Daur'' * 1959 Mukhram Sharma – '' Sadhna'' ** Mukhram Sharma – '' Talaaq'' ** Ritwik Ghatak – ''Madhumati'' 1960s * 1960 Subodh Ghosh – '' Sujata'' ** Dhruva Chatterjee – '' Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' ** Mukhram Sharma – '' Dhool Ka Phool'' * 1961 Ruby Sen – '' Masoom'' ** Saghir Usmani – ''Chaudhvin Ka Chand'' ** Salil Chowdhury – '' Parakh'' * 1962 C. V. Sridhar – '' Nazrana'' ** C. J. Pavri – '' Kanoon'' ** Mohan Kumar – '' Aas Ka Panchhi'' * 1963 K.P. Kottarakara – '' Rakhi'' ** Bimal Mitra – ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' ** Jawar N. Sita ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |