Bawarchi (1972)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 14 mins

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Laden with laughs, this family-oriented drama is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric patriarch, Daduji (Harindranath Chattopadhyay). The family has earned the dubious distinction of being unable to retain a cook for more than a few months, due to their ill treatment of their servants. Their notoriety and disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, ironically named Shanti Niwas (abode of peace). Then one day a young man named Raghu (Rajesh Khanna) offers to work as a cook, and is hired. Raghu, however, lives up to this challenge and becomes the apple in the eye of every inmate of Shanti Niwas. He even defuses the internal squabbles and re-unites the family. But is Raghu's slate clean, or is there more to his character?
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Cast: Jaya Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna

Crew: Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Director), Jaywant Pathare (Director of Photography), Madan Mohan Kohli (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Release Dates: 07 Jul 1972 (India)

Hindi Name: बावर्ची

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as Krishna Sharna
as Raghu
as Ramnath Sharma
as Commentator (voice)
as Seeta Sharma
as Vishwanath Sharma
as Pintoo Baba
as Shobha Sharma

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Label: Saregama India Limited
05:03

Music Director: Madan Mohan Kohli
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
09:29

Music Director: Madan Mohan Kohli
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar
04:52

Music Director: Madan Mohan Kohli
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
05:43

Music Director: Madan Mohan Kohli
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Playback Singer: Manna Dey
Movie Connection(s):
Remade as: Hero No. 1 (Hindi)
Trivia:
Amitabh Bachchan was dating Jaya at the time and was a regular visitor on the sets. Rajesh Khanna would constantly ridicule Amitabh and insult him. One day Rajesh Khanna called Amitabh "manhoos". Upon hearing this, Jaya had finally had enough. She went within Khanna's earshot and said " One day the world will see where this man (Amitabh) will be and where Rajesh Khanna will be."

There are no title cards for the film. The titles and credits are narrated using a voice over by Amitabh Bachchan.

Rajesh Khanna wears a cap throughout the movie, never once exposing all his hair.

The film is a remake of the Bengali movie Galpa Holeo Satyi (1966).