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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Biwi Aur Makan<br />
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|director = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]<br />
|screenplay = [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]]<br />
|cinematography = [[Soumendu Roy]]<br />
|editing = <br />
|producer = [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]<br />
|starring = [[Biswajit Chatterjee]]<br/>[[Kalpana Mohan]]<br/>[[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]<br />
|music = Hemanta Mukherjee<br />
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|released = {{Film date|1966}}<br />
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|country = [[India]]<br />
|language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
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'''''Biwi Aur Makan''''' is a 1966 Hindi film directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]. It is one of the masterpieces of Hrishikesh Mukherjee and was remade in different languages. This movie is actually the Hindi version of the famous Bengali movie ''Joy Ma Kali Boarding''. The movie was remade in Marathi in 1988 as ''[[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi]]'',<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-</ref> in Telugu in 1991 as ''Chitram Bhallare Vichitram'', in Kannada in 2003 as ''Olu Saar Bari Olu'', in Hindi in 2009 as ''[[Paying Guests]]'', in Punjabi in 2014 as ''[[Mr & Mrs 420]]'' and in Bengali in 2017 as ''[[Jio Pagla (film)|Jio Pagla]]''. Some critics{{who?|date=July 2020}} believe it is one of the finest comedy movies of India, parallel with ''Chupke Chupke'', ''Padosan'' and ''Golmal'', but is underrated.<br />
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Watch this film for Mehmood's timing and Biswajeet's beauty as Choti Bahu, Kesto Mukherjee's facial expression as Badi Bahu. The film was released with music composed by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]. The film stars [[Biswajit Chatterjee|Biswajit]], [[Kalpana Mohan]], Kesto Mukherjee and [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] in lead roles.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrp20LBmKc Biwi Aur Makan (1966).] YouTube.</ref><ref>[https://madhulikaliddle.com/2016/02/07/biwi-aur-makaan-1966/ Biwi aur Makaan (1966).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701222840/https://madhulikaliddle.com/2016/02/07/biwi-aur-makaan-1966/ |date=1 July 2017 }} Dusted Off.</ref> <br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Biswajit Chatterjee]] as Arun<br />
* [[Kalpana Mohan]]<br />
* [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as Pandey<br />
* [[Shabnam (Indian actress)|Shabnam]] as Leela<br />
* [[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Kisan<br />
* Badri Prasad<br />
* [[Bipin Gupta]]<br />
* Ashish Kumar as Shekhar<br />
* Padma Khanna<br />
* Brahm Bhardwaj<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music of the film was composed by [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Gulzar]].<br />
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* "Khul Sim Sim Khullam Khulla" by [[Manna Dey]], [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]] and [[Bhela Gupta]]<br />
* "Jane Kahan Dekha Hai" by [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
* "Aa Tha Jab Janam Liya Tha" by Manna Dey<br />
* "Aise Danton Mein Ungli Dabao Nahin" by [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
* "Dabe Labon Se Kabhi Jo Koi Salam Le" by Asha Bhosle and [[Lata Mangeshkar]] <br />
* "Sawan Mein Barkha Sataye" by Hemant Kumar<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0244430}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
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[[Category:1966 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]<br />
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