Seeing the meaning of friendship in this film of 1964, the friendship between Sholay’s Jai-Veeru will seem dull, 60 years ago it had earned 2 crores in a low budget, had won 6 Filmfare.

New Delhi: Satisfied friendship hour 2024: When there is talk of friendship, the story of Jai Veeru from the film Sholay comes on the lips of the fans. But do you know that before this film, a movie had shown a unique friendship on screen and won the hearts of the audience. The film, released 60 years ago, had changed the meaning of friendship. Not only this, this film made on a low budget achieved a box office collection of Rs 2 crores at that time. While also won 6 Filmfare Awards.

This film, which came in the year 1964, is Dosti Hai. The story was based on two friends who cannot see. But they are ready to sacrifice their lives for each other. At every step he consoles me that my friendship and my love light the lamp every step of the way. This emotional story of friendship between these two actors is so famous that its example is cited for years.

The film was directed by Satyen Bose and written by Ban Bhatt and Govind Moonis. Whereas on screen Sudhir Kumar, Sushil Kumar and Sanjay Khan told this story with their acting. It won 7 Filmfare Awards, including Best Film of 1965, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist, Best Playback Singer, Best Story and Best Dialogue Writer. Apart from this, he also received the National Award for Best Film Feature in Hindi.

Not only this, 90 prints of the film were released at that time, which was an extraordinary number at that time. Made on a low budget, this film made huge profits and achieved good earnings in the second weekend and collected a collection of Rs 2 crores.