Dosti

Dosti 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 and the other physically disabled. The film features Sudhir Kumar Sawant and Sushil Kumar Somaya, and also starred Indian actor Sanjay Khan. 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. Plot Ramnath "Ramu" Gupta’s (Somaya) father, a factory worker, dies in an accident. When the factory refuses to pay compensation that is due, his mother faints due to shock and falls down the stairs. Ramu is also injured in an accident and becomes crippled. After being thrown out of his home, crippled, and penniless, he roams around the streets of Mumbai. He meets Mohan (Sawant), a blind boy who has a similar background: Mohan has a sister, Meena, who left for Mumbai to find work as a nurse to pay for her brother’s treatment. Mohan eventually left the village after his caretaker died.