Classic Indian Films ‘Mili,’ ‘Koshish’ and ‘Bawarchi’ to Get Remakes (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Jaadugar Films and Sameer Raj Sippy Productions have teamed to remake 1970s Hindi-language Indian classics “Mili,” “Koshish” and “Bawarchi” that were produced under N.C.
Sippy’s banner. Directed by Gulzar, who would go on to win an Oscar for “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Koshish” (1972), an homage to 1961 Japanese film “Happiness of Us Alone,” starred Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bachchan (nee Bhaduri).
It followed a deaf-mute couple who fight against the odds to live a life of dignity. Kumar won best actor and Gulzar best screenplay at India’s National Film Awards. “Bawarchi” (1972), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, was a remake of Tapan Sinha’s 1966 Bengali-language film “Galpo Holeo Satti” and starred Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Bachchan.
In the film, Khanna plays a talented domestic helper who transforms a dysfunctional middle-class family. Mukherjee’s “Mili” (1975) starred Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and charted the burgeoning romance between a depressed alcoholic and his cheerful neighbor, which is overshadowed by terminal disease.
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