Bawarchi (1972)
बावर्ची
Desperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes up the job. However, when all seems well, the family jewels disappear and so does Raghu.
- Date of release
- 1972-04-07
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Director
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Casting
- Rajesh Khanna — Raghu
- Jaya Bachchan — Krishna
- Usha Kiran — Shobha
- Harindranath Chattopadhyay — Shivnath
- A.K. Hangal — Ramnath
- Durga Khote — Seeta
- Asrani — Babbu
- Kali Bannerjee — Kashi
- Kanwarjeet Paintal — Guruji
- Seema Kapoor — Dancer #2
- Amitabh Bachchan — Narrator (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Bawarchi is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in India on 18th August 1972, the film stars an ensemble cast of Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bhaduri, Asrani, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, A.K. Hangal, Asrani Durga Khote, Manisha, Kali Banerjee, Usha Kiran and Raju Shrestha. The film was ranked the eight highest-grossing film of the year 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In Bawarchi, I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in Anand (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way.
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