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Dosti was a blockbuster and it won tremendous critical acclaim. It had the great message of friendship and goodwill amongst people as never before shown on the Indian screen. Its undercurrent theme was that of basic human unity. It won the National Award for the Best Hindi Film and 6 Filmfare Awards including the Best Film Award. It also won the Bengal Film Journalists Assosiation Award for Best Hindi Film of the year. Dosti was recognized for its great humanism and its progressive theme at the Moscow Film Festival and other international film festivals. Upcoming music Directors Laxmikant Pyarelal won their 1st Filmfare Award. This non-star film competed with the likes of Raj Kapoor's ‘Sangam' and won the Filmfare Award for the Best Film of the year. |
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Man does not live by bread alone; man's life is not complete without love and without friendship. It is the bond of affection between man and man that has contributed to the progress of mankind since time immemorial. "Dosti" is the story of two teenage boys drawn together by fate and friendship, which is both heart-warming and inspiring. |
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Orphan, lame, Ramu searched for a job and wandered in the street. One day he saw a boy crossing a street unmindful of the approaching car. He rushed and saved the boy only to find out that Mohan was blind. Mohan told him that in childhood, he had fallen sick and lost his eye-sight. He had a sister who had left the village to become a nurse and get him cured. Due to floods he had come to the city in search of his sister. Ramu and Mohan, facing the same cruel fate, become friends and decide to fight the battle of life together.
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One day Ramu was playing a tune on his mouth organ. It attracted some passers-by who gave him money mistaking him for a beggar. Ramu felt humiliated; but Mohan consoled him, saying that people were paying him for his music. Mohan, who had a melodious voice, sang and together they made a good team of entertainers and earned their livelihood.
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As entertainers they became friends with a rich, teenage ailing girl. They decided to call her `Rajkumari' because she looked like a fairy princess. Ramu's interest in studies and his promise to his mother that he will complete his studies and become something in life inspired Mohan to convince his friend to join the school again. Mohan promised to raise the money. With some difficulties Ramu got himself admitted in the school. Sharmaji, a school teacher finding him a brilliant student, became his god-father.
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| Ramu stood first in the tenth Standard and won a gold medal. He and Mohan found a room in a bustee; and everyday Ramu left Mohan near a hospital, where he hoped to find his missing sister. |
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With all the handicaps trials and tribulations the bond of friendship keeps the faith and the trust of humanity alive, because if humanity has to live and prosper with peace, smile and happiness, Dosti, the eternal human relationship between friends must direct human conditions. |
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Does Dosti (friendship) emerge victorious in the end and attain its aim? |
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See it and communicate its message of friendship from generation to generation.
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Reviews :
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A deeply moving human story - SUNDAY STANDARD, Mumbai (Bombay) |
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A fine well-meaning essay on social struggle... A highlight of the film is the music.
- SCREEN, Mumbai (Bombay) |
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A heart-touching film that binds the film art and the filmgoer in a bond of friendship
- BLITZ, Mumbai (Bombay) |
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A film with a positive say, inspires the audience with moments of greatness at every step - ANANDA BAZAR PATRIKA, Calcutta |
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[Dosti] has the power in it to arouse the social conscience - NAVSHAKTI, Mumbai (Bombay) |
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The film may be held aloft as a shining specimen of a film producer's magnificent effort in cinematic terms to serve the country's social conscience and his film going people together - AMRITA BAZAR PATRIKA, Calcutta |
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Here's another notable addition to the Hindi screen. How mutual friendship leads one to make sacrifices for the other makes up the stirring ending of this moving film, from which both the young and the old can draw inspiration - HINDUSTAN STANDARD, Calcutta |
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