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Dosti (1964)

Dosti poster
Original title
दोस्ती
Directed by
Satyen Bose
Genre
musical film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 43m
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is about two boys who become friends. One is blind and the other has a physical disability. The story shows how they help each other and face the world together.

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What happens

Dosti (transl. Friendship) is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Satyen Bose, produced by Tarachand Barjatya, and distributed by Rajshri Productions. The film focuses on the friendship between two boys: one blind (Sudhir Kumar Sawant) and the other physically disabled (Sushil Kumar Somaya ). The film also features Sanjay Khan, Farida Dadi, Nana Palsikar and Leela Mishra in supporting roles. Dosti was amongst the top ten highest-grossing films of 1964, declared a "Super Hit" at the box office, and entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1977, the film was remade in Malayalam and Telugu as Sneham. Dosti won six Filmfare Awards out of seven nominated categories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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