Dosti

Awards

Album Awards:
• 1964 - Filmfare Awards - Best Music Director - Laxmikant - Pyarelal
Song Awards:
• 1964 - Filmfare Awards - Best Playback Singer - Chahoonga Main Tujhe Sanjh Savere - Mohammed Rafi
• 1964 - Filmfare Awards - Best Lyricist - Chahoonga Main Tujhe Sanjh Savere - Majrooh Sultanpuri

Trivia

Album

• The film was a remake of the hit Bengali film "Lalu Bhulu" (1959) based on Nihar Ranjan Gupta's novel of the same name. Deepchandji Kakaria, the producer of "Lalu Bhulu" (1959) and a friend of Tarachand Barjatya, suggested that he adapt the film in Hindi. Barjatya liked the film a lot and decided to follow Kakaria's advice.[1][MR10]
• Despite its low budget and relatively new cast and crew, the film was a critical and commercial success. It was Tarachand Barjatya's second film and one of Laxmikant - Pyarelal's early films. Its lead actors Sushil Kumar and Sudhir Kumar were virtually unknown. Despite these handicaps, the film won the National Film Award for Best Hindi film and as many as six Filmfare Awards. Laxmikant - Pyarelal's music played a big part in the film's success. They won the first of their seven Filmfare Awards for Best Music Director for it. It is another matter that the composers confessed years later that they had purchased Filmfare magazines in bulk to submit nominations for the film and get themselves in contention along with veterans like Shankar - Jaikishan and Madan Mohan. This was a rare film to win Filmfare Awards in all music categories - Mohammed Rafi won the Best Playback Singer award and Majrooh Sultanpuri won the Best Lyricist award for it. The success of the film's music helped salvage Laxmikant - Pyarelal's career, which was floundering despite the appreciation they got for their work in "Parasmani" (1963). So desperate were they at the time that they signed this film for a paltry sum of Rs. 10000. Its success set them on the path of becoming one of the most sought-after music directors in the business.[2][3][MR9]
• Laxmikant - Pyarelal hired R.D. Burman to play the harmonica for this film based on the recommendation of Laxmikant's sister Vijaylaxmi. While Burman played the harmonica for all the songs, Milon Gupta was brought on board to play the harmonica for the background score. According to screenwriter Sachin Bhowmick, as documented in the book "R.D. Burman - The Man, The Music", Laxmikant had initially wanted to team up with Burman. It was only later that he formed a partnership with Pyarelal.[MR9]

Song

• Raahi Manwa Dukh Ki Chinta Kyun Sataati Hai - R.D. Burman made it to the recording of this song to play the harmonica despite the fact that he had his own song being recorded that day. He left the studio only after Laxmikant - Pyarelal approved the recording.

1. ^ With no stars, Dosti was close to my father's heart: Kamal Kumar Barjatya
2. ^ Parasmani (1963)
3. ^ Going back in time with Laxmikant's Pyarelal