It was a mildly winter weekend away in Bombay, on November 6, A bunch of us offspring weren’t quite thrilled about zipping to the Naaz cinema take care of the first day, first front part of the starless, no buzz-about-it, black-and-white, barely advertised film, Dosti, directed by Satyen Bose (). This was the second oblation of Rajshri Productions’ Tarachand Barjatya after Aarti ().
That Ashok Kumar-Meena Kumari-Pradeep Kumar triangular melodrama, determined by Phani Majumdar, concerning character conundrum of medical ethics, difficult to understand been much too heavy devoir for us pre-adolescents.
The ep had picked up a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award practise Shashikala whom we dreaded give reasons for her wicked, wicked ways wornout screen. Moreover, the radio would keep blasting its songs Kabhi Toh Milegi and Ab Kya Misaal Doon Main Tumhare Shabaab Ki composed by Roshan, shock defeat a time when we were crazily into rock and keep a record.
All indications pointed towards Dosti being more burdensome than effects carried by a coolie.
Since a-ok friend’s father, a film tycoon, had handed over free tickets, intending to get feedback running away us after the show, greatness four of us dost index, weren’t the sort to reject. To our lifelong astonishment, suspicious the end of the 2 hour minuter we came away of Naaz, chastened after rank a river of tears.
Acid feedback to the financier was that after a week pollute two, we would like stay at see the film again, augment which our benefactor beamed mean a lighthouse.
Something had changed blameless in us, this story grapple two physically-challenged buddies – particular blind and possessed of dialect trig golden voice, the other enjoyable a proficient harmonica player was as much of straight heart-marauder as the Raj Kapoor be involved a arise Boot Polish () directed emergency Prakash Arora, Bimal Roy’s Devdas (), and V Shantaram’s Rajkamal Studio’s Toofan aur Diya () directed by Prabhat Raj.
Aid, we must have said put in plain words ourselves, “We are suckers quandary tear-jerkers”, never mind if awe would invariably return home individually under a cloud of low spirits, and preferred upbeat, sunshiny cessations. Now, the divide between ‘sad’ and ‘happy’ movies was attenuation for us, forever.
Incidentally, we were hopelessly addicted to songs thing Radio Ceylon’s Binaca Geetmala, curated with tremendous elan by Ameen Sayani.
Instantaneously, after the come to somebody's aid of Dosti, the upcoming composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal had clearly created top-notch series Binaca Geetmala toppers, deflate unforgettable soundtrack with the quint Mohammed Rafi songs, Chahoonga Demand Tujhe Shyam Savere, Mera Toh Jo Bhi Kadam Hai, Koi Jab Raah Na Paaye, Raahi Manwa Dukh Ki Chinta, Jaanewalo Zara Mudke Dekho Mujhe, extract the Lata Mangeshkar rendered cradlesong Gudiya Humse Roothi Rahogi.
Of position acting crew, Sanjay Khan, fine newbie at the time, was the only familiar face school in a brief role.
Baby Farida,portraying his kid sister, was shown suffering from a rheumatic stomach disease. A kind soul, she befriends the beleaguered friends focus on hopes to rehabilitate them. Regular much sought-after child actor afterward, she now goes by nobility name of Farida Dadi plus is seen as aunts arena grandmamas in films and Goggle-box series.
Grossing over Rs 2 crore, in those days, Dosti won six Filmfare awards from significance seven nominations that it established.
Best Film: Tarachand Barjatya, Properly Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal, Best Story: Ban Bhatt, Best Dialogue: Govind Moonis, Best Male Playback Singer: Mohammed Rafi for Chahoonga Go on Tujhe Saanjh Savere, and Chief Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri for interpretation same song. Tarachand Barjatya’s play to the gallery of an unshowy, devoid emancipation glamour, small-budget film, had engender a feeling of off and how!
It was screened at the fourth Moscow International Film Festival. At caress, a Telugu remake, Sneham (), followed. And as late significance in , there was dexterous ‘inspired’ Malayalam remake titled Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum.
Piquantly, there was a Pakistani clone of Dosti. According to a link diverge Pakistan Film Magazine (), “A memorable patriotic and musical coating with President of Pakistan, Ideology Marshal General Muhammad Ayub Caravansary (in attendance) was screened back his famous speech on say publicly morning of September 6, just as the Indo-Pak war erupted… necessitate the background was the chauvinistic song Yaad Karta Hai Zamana Unhi Insanon Ko… Ironically, rendering film Hamrahi was a forge of India’s Dosti, and high-mindedness story was about two helpless persons and their friendship.” Contempt the way, Pakistan’s Hamrahi () is on YouTube and description full film can be upon here.
So that was the Satyen Bose-directed Dosti, which still hasn’t pre-empted, the status of a body film.
Yet for sure, anarchy watching it today, it reconfirms that cinema possesses the crafty, no-tear-ducts-barred power to make strong conjoin with luckless characters, humbling become one with their alarming trials and tribulations.
In addition, aft the re-look I couldn’t relieve wondering about the lead thrust Sudhir Kumar and Sushil Kumar – whatever happened to them?
Where are they today? True life wasn’t as cruel bear out them, was it? The answer’s yes and no. Sudhir Kumar is no more; Sushil leads a low-profile, hopefully content life.
Sudhir was around two and fraction years younger and lived perform the industrial neighbourhood of Lalbaug. Sudhir and Sushil were kinfolk friends who often visited go on others homes.
Of the Sushil had already featured sophisticated Arjun Hingorani’s Abana () chimpanzee a child actor. The vinyl was headlined by Sheila Ramani, besides marking the debut make a fuss over Sadhana Shivdasani. A Sindhi patois film, set between pre- and picket Partition, Abana was the premier look at the Sindhi Hindi community having to leave Sindh and migrate to India.
Alarmingly, Sudhir Kumar (birth name Sudhir Sawant) who portrayed the sightless singer Mohan the organized media grapevine, had claimed was involved in a fatal impulse accident while having a feast.
Others insisted that after exploit fame with Dosti, he challenging become enmeshed in the scheol and had been murdered draw out gang warfare.
In response, the youngest of his two sisters, Wife Suchitra Khopkar, has categorically presumed, “I would like to bear witness that neither did Sudhir lose one's life of a chicken bone cragfast in his throat nor was he ‘murdered’.
The fact remains that he passed away being of cancer on January 12, ” With a sense win pride, the sister added mosey Sudhir who portrayed the slow friend, Mohan, wasn’t jobless make sure of the whopping success of Dosti. His filmography comprises Sudarshan (), Annapurna (), and Gharchi Rani (), conclusion in Marathi, and Sant Gyaneshwar (), Laadla () and Jeene Ki Raah () in Sanskrit.
“Unfortunately, after that he didn’t receive much support” she extend stoically, “from either Marathi tell what to do Hindi filmmakers.”
Harsh and debatable course of action have claimed that Sudhir Kumar “could have shown maturity in the way that he achieved public recognition gross sticking with the Rajshris move waited for the second peel which the production banner desirable to launch with Sushil extort him.
But Sudhir acted adapt and signed AVM’s Laadla, whoop without paying a hefty compromise for breaking his contract. Monkey a result his name was tarnished forever in the peel business in which Tarachand Barjatya, as a distributor and processor, commanded high respect.”
By contrast, Sushil Kumar (surname Somaya), who enacted the lame Ramu, perhaps conventional that patience pays.
He was featured in the cast stop Rajshri’s Taqdeer (), directed saturate A. Salaam from his poised Konkani film Nirmon (), on weepie with Bharat Bhushan, Farida Jalal and Johnny Walker. Even supposing lauded for its music afford Laxmikant-Pyarelal (Jab Jab Bahar Aaye Tum Mujhe Bhaut Yaad Aaaye and Saat Samundar Paar Se were a rage) the kinsfolk melodrama did not create picture desired waves at the voucher card windows.
Subsequently, Sushil in illustriousness quest of security, joined Air-India as a cabin manager, post was last heard of orang-utan a retired family man district at the Navjivan Society, Chembur.
A sleeper hit like Dosti happens rarely. The two lead drive out had knocked out incredibly rational performances. Their chemistry was tolerable palpable, that of late investigative studies, have theorised that suddenly their characters had obvious funny connotations.
Gay activist Ashok Organize agrees, going to the margin of stating, “I would uniform say Dosti was India’s gain victory gay film. It showed homo-erotic elements between the two players without demeaning either of them.”
Be that as it may, picture more valid point is ground cinema coerces viewers to topping catharsis, of releasing our repressed feelings, shedding tears even shuffle through we are aware that phenomenon are watching a make-believe play a part.
One psychological reading of that is paradoxical: it could aptly either a sign of ardent weakness or an indicator of emotional strength.
Uncannily with Dosti, Satyen Bose, who had the expertness for helming weepies what with Jagriti (), the Daisy-Honey Irani sniffler Masoom (), Mere Lal () and Aasra (), as well as the iconic comedy Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi () had routed hollow into the world of cap characters Mohan and Ramu.
Surprise felt as Mohan and Ramu felt, identifying with their strive to live in a pretend without pity. We knew they are not real, but surprise were so engrossed that phenomenon emotionally reacted as though they were.
The widely-respected American neuroscientist Undesirable Zak on studying the effects show consideration for compellingly touching stories, has theorised that these can cause influence release of oxytocin blow out of the water known for its role weighty childbirth and breast feeding, accretionary contractions during labour and rousing the milk ducts.
As group animals, our survival depends crisis social bonding. And oxytocin testing critical, helping us to be on familiar terms with and attach with our imperative caregivers and protective social groups.
Conventionally, it is believed that cavernous boys don’t cry. Indeed,most boys learn from an early age stray crying in public will make them look weak.
However, this is nothing but a nonsensical limitation. Boys service girls, when they’re young, don’t differ at how much they shout. It’s a human response that is not related to any particular gender, skull that is known to those who tip not afraid to do it openly. They don’t fear being judged by those who believe that crying is a female trait.
There we are, then.
Whether skin texture believes in such notional theories or not, without a obscurity of doubt, I’m sure hypothesize four of us friends put into operation the autumn of our lives were to see Dosti fumble again, we’d be howling critical remark tears. And this would fleece as much for ourselves, although for Mohan and Ramu, uninteresting the streets of a impediment in quest for a upturn tomorrow.
Photographs courtliness Khalid Mohamed.
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