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Dhoom Dhadaka

2023-07-26T12:23:17Z

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{{Short description|1985 film by Mahesh Kothare}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Dhum Dhadaka
| image =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Mahesh Kothare]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Kothare]]
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story = Annasaheb Deolgaonkar
| based_on =
| starring = [[Ashok Saraf]] [[Mahesh Kothare]] [[Laxmikant Berde]] [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]] Surekha Rane Prema Kiran [[Sharad Talwalkar]]
| narrator =
| music = Anil - Arun
| cinematography = Suryakant Lavande
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 19 August 1985 ([[Maharashtra]])
| runtime = 148 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Dhum Dhadaka ''''' is a [[List of Marathi films of 1985|1985]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language comedy film written by Annasahab Deolgaonkar and directed and produced by [[Mahesh Kothare]] under the banner of Jenma Films International. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 19 August 1985, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Ashok Saraf]], [[Mahesh Kothare]], [[Laxmikant Berde]], [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]], Surekha Rane, Prema Kiran and [[Sharad Talwalkar]].<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-miss/zapatlela/photostory/63415234.cms</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-miss/photostory/63415265.cms|title=Laxmikant Berde: Superhit comedy films of the actor you should not miss|website=The Times of India|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
A rich spoilt girl named Gauri ([[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]]) bumps into a young man named Mahesh Jawalkar ([[Mahesh Kothare]]) and both despise each other at first sight. Gauri's widower father Dhanaji Wakade ([[Sharad Talwalkar]]) is a haughty industrialist and also the employer of Mahesh, who is soon fired by Dhanaji due to his quarrel with Gauri. However, the high-esteemed Mahesh challenges Dhanaji and swears to marry his daughter. Later, Mahesh and Gauri fall in love but it will be difficult to convince her father for their marriage as Mahesh is from a poor family. Thus, Mahesh takes the help of his close friend Ashok Gupchup ([[Ashok Saraf]]) and makes him pose as his estranged father and a rich businessman so that Dhanaji approves his marriage. The haughty industrialist falls for the scheme while Ashok secretly has an attraction towards Dhanaji's second daughter Seema (Surekha Rane). Meanwhile, Dhanaji's son Laxmikant ([[Laxmikant Berde]]), also known as Lakshya, is an aspiring filmmaker and is not interested in the family business. He aspires to make a film with a village belle named Ambakka Rede (Prema Kiran), whom he loves and tries to convince his father for their marriage and also to finance his upcoming film. Eventually, Lakshya despises his own father and supports both Mahesh and Ashok in their tactics against Dhanaji. Now, Ashok, Mahesh and Lakshya will try all possible ways to impress Dhanaji to approve their marriages.

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Ashok Gupchup
* [[Mahesh Kothare]] as Mahesh Jawalkar
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Laxmikant Wakade (Lakshya)
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]] as Gauri Wakade
* Surekha Rane as Seema Wakade
* Prema Kiran as Ambakka Rede
* [[Sharad Talwalkar]] as Dhanaji Ramchandra Wakade
* Bhalchandra Kulkarni as Abhay Gupchup (Ashok's father)
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Nana Jawalkar (Mahesh's father)
* Bapusaheb Gavde as Baldev Rede (Ambakka's father)
* Saroj Sukhtankar as Laxmi Jawalkar (Mahesh's mother)
* Bipin Varti as Rabbar Singh (robber in the climax)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69V5diqn1MY|title=धुमधडाका | Dhum Dhadaka | Latest Comedy Movie | Mahesh Kothare, Ashok Saraf, Lakshmikant, NIvedita|website=YouTube|accessdate=6 September 2017}}

[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:1985 comedy films]]
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mahesh Kothare]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]

Dhoom Dhadaka

2023-07-26T11:37:14Z

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Dhoom Dhadaka

2023-07-26T11:29:22Z

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{{Short description|1985 film by Mahesh Kothare}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Dhum Dhadaka
| image =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Mahesh Kothare]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Kothare]]
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story = Annasaheb Deolgaonkar
| based_on =
| starring = [[Ashok Saraf]] [[Mahesh Kothare]] [[Laxmikant Berde]] [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]] Surekha Rane Prema Kiran [[Sharad Talwalkar]]
| narrator =
| music = Anil - Arun
| cinematography = Suryakant Lavande
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 19 August 1985 ([[Maharashtra]])
| runtime = 148 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Dhum Dhadaka ''''' is a [[List of Marathi films of 1985|1985]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language comedy film written by Annasahab Deolgaonkar and directed and produced by [[Mahesh Kothare]] under the banner of Jenma Films International. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 19 August 1985, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Ashok Saraf]], [[Mahesh Kothare]], [[Laxmikant Berde]], [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]], Surekha Rane, Prema Kiran and [[Sharad Talwalkar]].<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-miss/zapatlela/photostory/63415234.cms</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-miss/photostory/63415265.cms|title=Laxmikant Berde: Superhit comedy films of the actor you should not miss|website=The Times of India|access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
Dhanaji Wakade is an arrogant and greedy industrialist. Seema and Gauri are his daughters and Laxmikant is his son. Mahesh Javalkar is an employee in his company. Gauri and Mahesh decide to marry but Dhanaji does not approve of his daughter marrying someone below his social status. Dhanaji's son Laxmikant is an aspiring film maker and desires to marry the daughter of Mr. Rede, who also is not as rich as Dhanaji.

To overcome Dhanaji's resistance, Mahesh decides to take help of his friend Ashok. They decide that Ashok would disguise himself as a very rich old man and introduce himself to Dhanaji as Mahesh's father. They know that Dhanaji would be impressed by his show of wealth and allow his daughter to marry Mahesh. When disguised Ashok reaches Dhanaji's house he notices that Dhanaji is father of Seema. Ashok and Seema already know each other and desire to marry each other. Ashok discloses his identity to Seema. Mahesh discloses Ashok's identity to Gauri. Laxmikant, too, accidentally discovers Ashok's truth. Disguised Ashok tells Dhanaji that he wants to marry his elder daughter Seema. Dhanaji is so impressed by the (claimed) wealth of disguised Ashok that he agrees to his proposal.

Ashok's father is a friend of Dhanaji. He arrives at Dhanaji's town for some business purpose and halts at Dhanaji's house, but he does not recognize Ashok who is in disguise as an old bearded man. After some time Mahesh's father arrives at Dhanaji's house because he has not received any news from Mahesh for past few months. Now Dhanaji is confronted with two fathers of Mahesh. When Mahesh arrives at Dhanaji's house, he points at Ashok as his real father because he does not want to put his marriage plan in danger. Dhanaji hands over Mahesh's real father to police thinking him to be an imposter. Ashok guesses that the police would easily confirm the identity of Mahesh's father and then Ashok and Mahesh would be considered as frauds. So Mahesh, Ashok, Seema and Gauri elope in Mahesh's vehicle. They are joined by Laxmikant and Rede's daughter who also want to get married against their parents' wish. When Dhanaji notices their absence, he chases Mahesh's vehicle. He is accompanied by Ashok's father and Mahesh's father. Mahesh's vehicle takes a turn which Dhanaji does not notice and they start chasing another similar vehicle which is occupied by thieves. Chasing the thieves they reach the hiding place of the thieves. There the thieves attack them but Ashok, Mahesh and Laxmikant reach there on time and overpower the thieves. Police arrives and arrests the thieves. Dhanaji realises his folly and allows his three children to marry as per their choice.

The story of this film<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69V5diqn1MY|title=धुमधडाका | Dhum Dhadaka | Latest Comedy Movie | Mahesh Kothare, Ashok Saraf, Lakshmikant, NIvedita|website=YouTube|accessdate=6 September 2017}}</ref> is similar to that of the Hindi film ''[[Pyar Kiye Jaa]]'' (1966) <ref name="youtube2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec2_YREgAE8|title=Pyar Kiye Jaa-Part 1|website=YouTube|accessdate=6 September 2017}}</ref> which itself was based on the Tamil comedy ''[[Kaadhalikka Neramillai]]'' (1964)<ref name="youtube3">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqMgkC_XUhY|title=Kadhalikka Neramillai [1964] - Tamil Full Movie HD|website=YouTube|accessdate=6 September 2017}}</ref> which was remade into a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] movie as ''[[Preminchi Choodu]]'' (1965).

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Ashok Gupchup
* [[Mahesh Kothare]] as Mahesh Jawalkar
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Lakshya Wakde
* [[Nivedita Joshi]] as Gauri Wakde
* [[Aishwarya Rane (actress)|Aishwarya Rane]] as Seema Wakde
* [[Prem (Kiran)|Prema Kiran]] as Ambakka
* [[Sharad Talwalkar]] as Dhanajirao Ramchandra Wakde
* [[Bhalchandra Kulkarni]] as Aaba Gupchup Ashok's Father
* [[Jayram Kulkarni]] Nana Jawalkar as Mahesh's Father

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69V5diqn1MY|title=धुमधडाका | Dhum Dhadaka | Latest Comedy Movie | Mahesh Kothare, Ashok Saraf, Lakshmikant, NIvedita|website=YouTube|accessdate=6 September 2017}}

[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:1985 comedy films]]
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mahesh Kothare]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]

Bawarchi

2023-07-26T11:15:27Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N. C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in [[India]] on 7 July 1972, the film is narrated by [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

== Plot ==
Unlike most Indian films that open with credit titles, the film has has [[Amitabh Bachchan]]’s booming voice introducing the cast. Satirical in tone and treatment, the fast-paced narrative opens in a noisy, crowded household, paradoxically named "Shanti Niwas" ("Abode of Peace"). No domestic work sticks in this household, consisting of the patriarch retired postmaster, Shivnath Sharma ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), affectionately called Daduji, and his three sons and their families. The first son is Ramnath ([[A. K. Hangal]]), a lowly paid clerk, with a cantankerous wife Seeta Devi ([[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]]), and their daughter Meeta ([[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]), a [[Kathak]] dancer of sorts. The second son is Kashinath ([[Kali Banerjee]]), a pompous schoolteacher, with his quarrelsome wife Shobha Devi ([[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]). The third son is Vishwanath ([[Asrani]]), an aspiring [[music director]], and the last member of the Sharma family is Krishna ([[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]]), the talented and sedate, orphaned granddaughter who is in love with a handsome wrestler named Arun whom the Sharma family does not approve of.

Into this tensed up household enters a fun-loving multifaceted character, Raghunandan ([[Rajesh Khanna]]), also known as Raghu, who just appears on the doorstep one day, volunteering to be their new cook. Raghu is a master of all, a smooth-talker, boasting of mastering various skills while working with real-life legendary characters, and a singer, dancer, and a no-mean musician as well. He loses no time in winning everyone’s hearts through his cooking expertise, insistence on a low salary, and with his winsome ways, restoring faith and affection of the otherwise disjointed family — all the while keeping an eye on the family jewellery box chained to Daduji’s bed when a casually thrown-in single comment about the presence of a thief in the vicinity keeps the characters as well as the audience speculating about his identity. At the same time, Raghu also tutors the recluse Krishna and brings her talents to the fore. He even helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by the deity. Meanwhile, Raghu is well-aware that Krishna is in love with Arun and that the Sharma family is strictly against her union with him.

Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears from the house while the Sharma family is aghast to discover that the family jewellery box is missing as well, thus not taking Daduji and Vishwanath time to put two and two together. At the same time, the Sharma family receives a shock when Arun arrives at the house with their jewellery box, explaining that he witnessed Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box and when asked about the box, Raghu tried to run away while Arun tried to stop him, even beat him up, but Raghu threw the jewellery box down out of fear and managed to escape from him. Stunned by these unexpected turn of events, the attitude of the Sharma family towards Raghu immediately changes and they all agree to get Krishna married to Arun out of gratitude, although Krishna and Meeta refuse to buy the story. When the Sharma family begins abusing Raghu, Arun is not able to take it anymore and decides to confess to them what had really happened, explaining that he actually met Raghu at his own wrestling ground and had a little friendly match with him where he suffered minor injuries.

Further, Arun saw the jewellery box with Raghu and questioned him about it when Raghu instructed Arun to take the box to the Sharma family and lie to them that it was stolen by him, so that Arun can get back his place in the house and win Krishna and the family over. When asked about his true identity, Raghu revealed to Arun that his real name is "Professor Prabhakar" but he took the fake name of Raghu and posed as a cook as he had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this. Upon learning this, a stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and approaches him, asking him why did he do all this. Even though Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else, Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and that now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of Raghu travelling to a new destination and Amitabh Bachchan narrating that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it's not yours."

==Cast==
* [[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghunandan (Raghu) / Professor Prabhakar
* [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
* [[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma
* [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma
* [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] as Meeta Sharma
* [[Kali Banerjee]] as Kashinath Sharma
* [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma
* [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Guruji (Meeta's dance instructor)
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]

Bawarchi

2023-07-26T11:13:56Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = [[Khubsoorat|,Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N. C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in [[India]] on 7 July 1972, the film is narrated by [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

== Plot ==
Unlike most Indian films that open with credit titles, the film has has [[Amitabh Bachchan]]’s booming voice introducing the cast. Satirical in tone and treatment, the fast-paced narrative opens in a noisy, crowded household, paradoxically named "Shanti Niwas" ("Abode of Peace"). No domestic work sticks in this household, consisting of the patriarch retired postmaster, Shivnath Sharma ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), affectionately called Daduji, and his three sons and their families. The first son is Ramnath ([[A. K. Hangal]]), a lowly paid clerk, with a cantankerous wife Seeta Devi ([[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]]), and their daughter Meeta ([[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]), a [[Kathak]] dancer of sorts. The second son is Kashinath ([[Kali Banerjee]]), a pompous schoolteacher, with his quarrelsome wife Shobha Devi ([[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]). The third son is Vishwanath ([[Asrani]]), an aspiring [[music director]], and the last member of the Sharma family is Krishna ([[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]]), the talented and sedate, orphaned granddaughter who is in love with a handsome wrestler named Arun whom the Sharma family does not approve of.

Into this tensed up household enters a fun-loving multifaceted character, Raghunandan ([[Rajesh Khanna]]), also known as Raghu, who just appears on the doorstep one day, volunteering to be their new cook. Raghu is a master of all, a smooth-talker, boasting of mastering various skills while working with real-life legendary characters, and a singer, dancer, and a no-mean musician as well. He loses no time in winning everyone’s hearts through his cooking expertise, insistence on a low salary, and with his winsome ways, restoring faith and affection of the otherwise disjointed family — all the while keeping an eye on the family jewellery box chained to Daduji’s bed when a casually thrown-in single comment about the presence of a thief in the vicinity keeps the characters as well as the audience speculating about his identity. At the same time, Raghu also tutors the recluse Krishna and brings her talents to the fore. He even helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by the deity. Meanwhile, Raghu is well-aware that Krishna is in love with Arun and that the Sharma family is strictly against her union with him.

Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears from the house while the Sharma family is aghast to discover that the family jewellery box is missing as well, thus not taking Daduji and Vishwanath time to put two and two together. At the same time, the Sharma family receives a shock when Arun arrives at the house with their jewellery box, explaining that he witnessed Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box and when asked about the box, Raghu tried to run away while Arun tried to stop him, even beat him up, but Raghu threw the jewellery box down out of fear and managed to escape from him. Stunned by these unexpected turn of events, the attitude of the Sharma family towards Raghu immediately changes and they all agree to get Krishna married to Arun out of gratitude, although Krishna and Meeta refuse to buy the story. When the Sharma family begins abusing Raghu, Arun is not able to take it anymore and decides to confess to them what had really happened, explaining that he actually met Raghu at his own wrestling ground and had a little friendly match with him where he suffered minor injuries.

Further, Arun saw the jewellery box with Raghu and questioned him about it when Raghu instructed Arun to take the box to the Sharma family and lie to them that it was stolen by him, so that Arun can get back his place in the house and win Krishna and the family over. When asked about his true identity, Raghu revealed to Arun that his real name is "Professor Prabhakar" but he took the fake name of Raghu and posed as a cook as he had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this. Upon learning this, a stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and approaches him, asking him why did he do all this. Even though Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else, Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and that now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of Raghu travelling to a new destination and Amitabh Bachchan narrating that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it's not yours."

==Cast==
* [[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghunandan (Raghu) / Professor Prabhakar
* [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
* [[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma
* [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma
* [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] as Meeta Sharma
* [[Kali Banerjee]] as Kashinath Sharma
* [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma
* [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Guruji (Meeta's dance instructor)
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]

Bawarchi

2023-07-26T11:12:54Z

2409:4040:D9D:B8A5:0:0:2988:960A: /* Cast */

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = [[Khubsoorat|,Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N. C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in [[India]] on 7 July 1972, the film is narrated by [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

== Plot ==
Unlike most Indian films that open with credit titles, the film has has [[Amitabh Bachchan]]’s booming voice introducing the cast. Satirical in tone and treatment, the fast-paced narrative opens in a noisy, crowded household, paradoxically named "Shanti Niwas" ("Abode of Peace"). No domestic work sticks in this household, consisting of the patriarch retired postmaster, Shivnath Sharma ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), affectionately called Daduji, and his three sons and their families. The first son is Ramnath ([[A. K. Hangal]]), a lowly paid clerk, with a cantankerous wife Seeta Devi ([[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]]), and their daughter Meeta ([[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]), a [[Kathak]] dancer of sorts. The second son is Kashinath ([[Kali Banerjee]]), a pompous schoolteacher, with his quarrelsome wife Shobha Devi ([[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]). The third son is Vishwanath ([[Asrani]]), an aspiring [[music director]], and the last member of the Sharma family is Krishna ([[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]]), the talented and sedate, orphaned granddaughter who is in love with a handsome wrestler named Arun whom the Sharma family does not approve of.

Into this tensed up household enters a fun-loving multifaceted character, Raghunandan ([[Rajesh Khanna]]), also known as Raghu, who just appears on the doorstep one day, volunteering to be their new cook. Raghu is a master of all, a smooth-talker, boasting of mastering various skills while working with real-life legendary characters, and a singer, dancer, and a no-mean musician as well. He loses no time in winning everyone’s hearts through his cooking expertise, insistence on a low salary, and with his winsome ways, restoring faith and affection of the otherwise disjointed family — all the while keeping an eye on the family jewellery box chained to Daduji’s bed when a casually thrown-in single comment about the presence of a thief in the vicinity keeps the characters as well as the audience speculating about his identity. At the same time, Raghu also tutors the recluse Krishna and brings her talents to the fore. He even helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by the deity. Meanwhile, Raghu is well-aware that Krishna is in love with Arun and that the Sharma family is strictly against her union with him.

Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears from the house while the Sharma family is aghast to discover that the family jewellery box is missing as well, thus not taking Daduji and Vishwanath time to put two and two together. At the same time, the Sharma family receives a shock when Arun arrives at the house with their jewellery box, explaining that he witnessed Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box and when asked about the box, Raghu tried to run away while Arun tried to stop him, even beat him up, but Raghu threw the jewellery box down out of fear and managed to escape from him. Stunned by these unexpected turn of events, the attitude of the Sharma family towards Raghu immediately changes and they all agree to get Krishna married to Arun out of gratitude, although Krishna and Meeta refuse to buy the story. When the Sharma family begins abusing Raghu, Arun is not able to take it anymore and decides to confess to them what had really happened, explaining that he actually met Raghu at his own wrestling ground and had a little friendly match with him where he suffered minor injuries.

Further, Arun saw the jewellery box with Raghu and questioned him about it when Raghu instructed Arun to take the box to the Sharma family and lie to them that it was stolen by him, so that Arun can get back his place in the house and win Krishna and the family over. When asked about his true identity, Raghu revealed to Arun that his real name is "Professor Prabhakar" but he took the fake name of Raghu and posed as a cook as he had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this. Upon learning this, a stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and approaches him, asking him why did he do all this. Even though Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else, Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and that now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of Raghu travelling to a new destination and Amitabh Bachchan narrating that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it's not yours."

==Cast==
* [[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghunandan (Raghu) / Professor Prabhakar
* [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
* [[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma
* [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma
* [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] as Meeta Sharma
* [[Kali Banerjee]] as Kashinath Sharma
* [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma
* [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Guruji (Meeta's dance instructor)
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]

Bawarchi

2023-07-26T11:09:27Z

2409:4040:D9D:B8A5:0:0:2988:960A:

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = [[Khubsoorat|,Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N. C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in [[India]] on 7 July 1972, the film is narrated by [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

== Plot ==
Unlike most Indian films that open with credit titles, the film has has [[Amitabh Bachchan]]’s booming voice introducing the cast. Satirical in tone and treatment, the fast-paced narrative opens in a noisy, crowded household, paradoxically named "Shanti Niwas" ("Abode of Peace"). No domestic work sticks in this household, consisting of the patriarch retired postmaster, Shivnath Sharma ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), affectionately called Daduji, and his three sons and their families. The first son is Ramnath ([[A. K. Hangal]]), a lowly paid clerk, with a cantankerous wife Seeta Devi ([[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]]), and their daughter Meeta ([[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]), a [[Kathak]] dancer of sorts. The second son is Kashinath ([[Kali Banerjee]]), a pompous schoolteacher, with his quarrelsome wife Shobha Devi ([[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]). The third son is Vishwanath ([[Asrani]]), an aspiring [[music director]], and the last member of the Sharma family is Krishna ([[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]]), the talented and sedate, orphaned granddaughter who is in love with a handsome wrestler named Arun whom the Sharma family does not approve of.

Into this tensed up household enters a fun-loving multifaceted character, Raghunandan ([[Rajesh Khanna]]), also known as Raghu, who just appears on the doorstep one day, volunteering to be their new cook. Raghu is a master of all, a smooth-talker, boasting of mastering various skills while working with real-life legendary characters, and a singer, dancer, and a no-mean musician as well. He loses no time in winning everyone’s hearts through his cooking expertise, insistence on a low salary, and with his winsome ways, restoring faith and affection of the otherwise disjointed family — all the while keeping an eye on the family jewellery box chained to Daduji’s bed when a casually thrown-in single comment about the presence of a thief in the vicinity keeps the characters as well as the audience speculating about his identity. At the same time, Raghu also tutors the recluse Krishna and brings her talents to the fore. He even helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by the deity. Meanwhile, Raghu is well-aware that Krishna is in love with Arun and that the Sharma family is strictly against her union with him.

Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears from the house while the Sharma family is aghast to discover that the family jewellery box is missing as well, thus not taking Daduji and Vishwanath time to put two and two together. At the same time, the Sharma family receives a shock when Arun arrives at the house with their jewellery box, explaining that he witnessed Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box and when asked about the box, Raghu tried to run away while Arun tried to stop him, even beat him up, but Raghu threw the jewellery box down out of fear and managed to escape from him. Stunned by these unexpected turn of events, the attitude of the Sharma family towards Raghu immediately changes and they all agree to get Krishna married to Arun out of gratitude, although Krishna and Meeta refuse to buy the story. When the Sharma family begins abusing Raghu, Arun is not able to take it anymore and decides to confess to them what had really happened, explaining that he actually met Raghu at his own wrestling ground and had a little friendly match with him where he suffered minor injuries.

Further, Arun saw the jewellery box with Raghu and questioned him about it when Raghu instructed Arun to take the box to the Sharma family and lie to them that it was stolen by him, so that Arun can get back his place in the house and win Krishna and the family over. When asked about his true identity, Raghu revealed to Arun that his real name is "Professor Prabhakar" but he took the fake name of Raghu and posed as a cook as he had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this. Upon learning this, a stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and approaches him, asking him why did he do all this. Even though Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else, Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and that now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of Raghu travelling to a new destination and Amitabh Bachchan narrating that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it's not yours."

==Cast==
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghu (Bawarchi) / Professor Prabhakar
*[[Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
*[[Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma (Choti maa)
*[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma (Munna)
*[[Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma (Badi maa)
*[[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma (Bubbu)
*[[Kali Bannerjee]] as Kashi
*[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Dance Master (Guruji)
*[[Master Raju]] as Pintu Babu
*[[Seema Kapoor]] as Dancer #2 (Dance performance night)
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] As Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]

Bawarchi

2023-07-26T11:08:27Z

2409:4040:D9D:B8A5:0:0:2988:960A:

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = Hrishikesh Mukherjee N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in [[India]] on 7 July 1972, the film is narrated by [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

== Plot ==
Unlike most Indian films that open with credit titles, the film has has [[Amitabh Bachchan]]’s booming voice introducing the cast. Satirical in tone and treatment, the fast-paced narrative opens in a noisy, crowded household, paradoxically named "Shanti Niwas" ("Abode of Peace"). No domestic work sticks in this household, consisting of the patriarch retired postmaster, Shivnath Sharma ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), affectionately called Daduji, and his three sons and their families. The first son is Ramnath ([[A. K. Hangal]]), a lowly paid clerk, with a cantankerous wife Seeta Devi ([[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]]), and their daughter Meeta ([[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]), a [[Kathak]] dancer of sorts. The second son is Kashinath ([[Kali Banerjee]]), a pompous schoolteacher, with his quarrelsome wife Shobha Devi ([[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]). The third son is Vishwanath ([[Asrani]]), an aspiring [[music director]], and the last member of the Sharma family is Krishna ([[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]]), the talented and sedate, orphaned granddaughter who is in love with a handsome wrestler named Arun whom the Sharma family does not approve of.

Into this tensed up household enters a fun-loving multifaceted character, Raghunandan ([[Rajesh Khanna]]), also known as Raghu, who just appears on the doorstep one day, volunteering to be their new cook. Raghu is a master of all, a smooth-talker, boasting of mastering various skills while working with real-life legendary characters, and a singer, dancer, and a no-mean musician as well. He loses no time in winning everyone’s hearts through his cooking expertise, insistence on a low salary, and with his winsome ways, restoring faith and affection of the otherwise disjointed family — all the while keeping an eye on the family jewellery box chained to Daduji’s bed when a casually thrown-in single comment about the presence of a thief in the vicinity keeps the characters as well as the audience speculating about his identity. At the same time, Raghu also tutors the recluse Krishna and brings her talents to the fore. He even helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by the deity. Meanwhile, Raghu is well-aware that Krishna is in love with Arun and that the Sharma family is strictly against her union with him.

Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears from the house while the Sharma family is aghast to discover that the family jewellery box is missing as well, thus not taking Daduji and Vishwanath time to put two and two together. At the same time, the Sharma family receives a shock when Arun arrives at the house with their jewellery box, explaining that he witnessed Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box and when asked about the box, Raghu tried to run away while Arun tried to stop him, even beat him up, but Raghu threw the jewellery box down out of fear and managed to escape from him. Stunned by these unexpected turn of events, the attitude of the Sharma family towards Raghu immediately changes and they all agree to get Krishna married to Arun out of gratitude, although Krishna and Meeta refuse to buy the story. When the Sharma family begins abusing Raghu, Arun is not able to take it anymore and decides to confess to them what had really happened, explaining that he actually met Raghu at his own wrestling ground and had a little friendly match with him where he suffered minor injuries.

Further, Arun saw the jewellery box with Raghu and questioned him about it when Raghu instructed Arun to take the box to the Sharma family and lie to them that it was stolen by him, so that Arun can get back his place in the house and win Krishna and the family over. When asked about his true identity, Raghu revealed to Arun that his real name is "Professor Prabhakar" but he took the fake name of Raghu and posed as a cook as he had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this. Upon learning this, a stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and approaches him, asking him why did he do all this. Even though Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else, Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and that now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of Raghu travelling to a new destination and Amitabh Bachchan narrating that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it's not yours."

==Cast==
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghu (Bawarchi) / Professor Prabhakar
*[[Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
*[[Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma (Choti maa)
*[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma (Munna)
*[[Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma (Badi maa)
*[[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma (Bubbu)
*[[Kali Bannerjee]] as Kashi
*[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Dance Master (Guruji)
*[[Master Raju]] as Pintu Babu
*[[Seema Kapoor]] as Dancer #2 (Dance performance night)
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] As Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]

Bawarchi

2023-07-26T10:59:01Z

2409:4040:D9D:B8A5:0:0:2988:960A: /* Plot */

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = Hrishikesh Mukherjee N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. The film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

== Plot ==
Unlike most Indian films that open with credit titles, the film has has [[Amitabh Bachchan]]’s booming voice introducing the cast. Satirical in tone and treatment, the fast-paced narrative opens in a noisy, crowded household, paradoxically named "Shanti Niwas" ("Abode of Peace"). No domestic work sticks in this household, consisting of the patriarch retired postmaster, Shivnath Sharma ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), affectionately called Daduji, and his three sons and their families. The first son is Ramnath ([[A. K. Hangal]]), a lowly paid clerk, with a cantankerous wife Seeta Devi ([[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]]), and their daughter Meeta ([[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]), a [[Kathak]] dancer of sorts. The second son is Kashinath ([[Kali Banerjee]]), a pompous schoolteacher, with his quarrelsome wife Shobha Devi ([[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]). The third son is Vishwanath ([[Asrani]]), an aspiring [[music director]], and the last member of the Sharma family is Krishna ([[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]]), the talented and sedate, orphaned granddaughter who is in love with a handsome wrestler named Arun whom the Sharma family does not approve of.

Into this tensed up household enters a fun-loving multifaceted character, Raghunandan ([[Rajesh Khanna]]), also known as Raghu, who just appears on the doorstep one day, volunteering to be their new cook. Raghu is a master of all, a smooth-talker, boasting of mastering various skills while working with real-life legendary characters, and a singer, dancer, and a no-mean musician as well. He loses no time in winning everyone’s hearts through his cooking expertise, insistence on a low salary, and with his winsome ways, restoring faith and affection of the otherwise disjointed family — all the while keeping an eye on the family jewellery box chained to Daduji’s bed when a casually thrown-in single comment about the presence of a thief in the vicinity keeps the characters as well as the audience speculating about his identity. At the same time, Raghu also tutors the recluse Krishna and brings her talents to the fore. He even helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by the deity. Meanwhile, Raghu is well-aware that Krishna is in love with Arun and that the Sharma family is strictly against her union with him.

Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears from the house while the Sharma family is aghast to discover that the family jewellery box is missing as well, thus not taking Daduji and Vishwanath time to put two and two together. At the same time, the Sharma family receives a shock when Arun arrives at the house with their jewellery box, explaining that he witnessed Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box and when asked about the box, Raghu tried to run away while Arun tried to stop him, even beat him up, but Raghu threw the jewellery box down out of fear and managed to escape from him. Stunned by these unexpected turn of events, the attitude of the Sharma family towards Raghu immediately changes and they all agree to get Krishna married to Arun out of gratitude, although Krishna and Meeta refuse to buy the story. When the Sharma family begins abusing Raghu, Arun is not able to take it anymore and decides to confess to them what had really happened, explaining that he actually met Raghu at his own wrestling ground and had a little friendly match with him where he suffered minor injuries.

Further, Arun saw the jewellery box with Raghu and questioned him about it when Raghu instructed Arun to take the box to the Sharma family and lie to them that it was stolen by him, so that Arun can get back his place in the house and win Krishna and the family over. When asked about his true identity, Raghu revealed to Arun that his real name is "Professor Prabhakar" but he took the fake name of Raghu and posed as a cook as he had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this. Upon learning this, a stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and approaches him, asking him why did he do all this. Even though Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else, Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and that now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of Raghu travelling to a new destination and Amitabh Bachchan narrating that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it's not yours."

==Cast==
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghu (Bawarchi) / Professor Prabhakar
*[[Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
*[[Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma (Choti maa)
*[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma (Munna)
*[[Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma (Badi maa)
*[[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma (Bubbu)
*[[Kali Bannerjee]] as Kashi
*[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Dance Master (Guruji)
*[[Master Raju]] as Pintu Babu
*[[Seema Kapoor]] as Dancer #2 (Dance performance night)
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] As Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]

Bawarchi

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{{Infobox film
| name = Bawarchi
| image =
| caption = Promotional Poster
| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]]
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] [[Asrani]] [[A. K. Hangal]] [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]] [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]] [[Kali Banerjee]] [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
| producer = Hrishikesh Mukherjee N. C. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1972|7|7}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| music = Madan Mohan
}}
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed and produced by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. The film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Karz (film)|Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]]. The film was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|first=SURESH|last=KOHLI}}</ref>

Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foibles and whose major concern is to survive the day [...:] which ''bahu'' will cook, which brother will use the bathroom first, who will get up first to make the morning tea, [etc.]"<ref>Rammesh, ''Human Cinema: The Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee'' (Chennai: Notion Press, 2018), 141-43. {{ISBN|164324955X}} and https://books.google.com/books?id=azlpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141</ref> Khanna won his second BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) for his performance in this film.

The film is a remake of the Bengali film ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966) by [[Tapan Sinha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/galpa-holeo-satyi-the-family-as-a-microcosm-of-the-nation/article8991071.ece|title=The family as a microcosm of the nation|first=Hari|last=Narayan}}</ref> The film was remade in Tamil as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. It was remade twice in Kannada - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'', starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'', with [[Sudeep]]. It served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story is centered around the squabbling Sharma family, headed by their eccentric Daduji ([[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]), which has a dubious reputation of the inability to retain a cook for more than a few months due to their ill treatment of their domestic helps. The family's disrepute spreads to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in their home, 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 of 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?

==Plot==

The film starts by the introduction of Shanti Niwas and its residents by [[Amitabh Bachchan]], who is the narrator here. He points out that Shanti Niwas is a pot of ironies: Even though its name means "Home of Peace", there is no peace here. The home, which houses the Sharma family, has members who hate each other for reasons unknown. Even a servant cannot withstand the Sharmas for more than a month.

After every month, the search for a new servant has to start. Then, suddenly a servant named Raghu comes in. Even though nobody remembers asking for Raghu, they hire him. But Raghu has his own surprises in store for them. Gradually, the whole home comes to know that Raghu is not only an accomplished chef, but also an expert singer and dancer.

Raghu tells his masters that he worked for reputed veterans of given fields, who taught him something or the other. Gradually, many aces start falling out of his sleeves, causing the Sharmas to develop an attraction to him. Even Daduji, the disgruntled patriarch of the family, develops love for Raghu. The family puts so much trust in Raghu that they even unwittingly show him the box containing the family jewels.

Krishna ([[Jaya Bhaduri]]) is the recluse daughter of Daduji's dead son and daughter-in-law. On learning this, Raghu tutors her and brings her talents to the fore. He also helps in clearing up the misunderstandings and calling truces between the family members. Daduji cannot help but think that Raghu is actually a saviour sent by god. Meanwhile, nobody notices that Raghu is suspiciously eyeing the jewel box the whole time.

Meanwhile, Raghu learns that Krishna loves a boy named Arun, but the Sharmas are strictly against the union of Krishna with him. The boy also loves Krishna, but is helpless before Krishna's relatives as well. Amongst all the tangle, Raghu suddenly disappears. The Sharmas are also aghast to know that the box is missing as well.

It does not take the Sharmas long to put two and two together. At the same time, Arun shows up. The people are already angered at the turn of events and the boy's arrival, but they receive a shock when he shows them the jewelry box. He explains that he saw Raghu in a suspicious condition with the box. When he asked Raghu about the box, Raghu tried to run away. He tried to stop Raghu, even beat him up (the boy is a wrestler), but Raghu somehow managed to escape.

Stunned by this unexpected turn of events, the attitude of Sharmas towards Arun changes and they agree to get him married with Krishna out of gratitude. Krishna, however, refuses to buy the story. When the Sharmas start abusing Raghu, Arun wasn't able to take it anymore and tells them what really happened.

He tells them that he met Raghu at his own wrestling ground. He had a little friendly match with Raghu, where he suffered minor injuries from Raghu. He saw the box and asked Raghu about it. Raghu said that the box was the real reason he came there. Raghu had asked him to take the box to the Sharmas and tell them that Raghu had stolen it so that Krishna's lover can get back his place in the house.

Meanwhile, Krishna sees Raghu outside the house and asks him why did he do all this. Raghu told her that his real name was professor Prabhakar, but he took the fake name of Raghu. He had seen many families like the Sharmas which were on the brink of breaking up and hence decided to use his knowledge to stop this.

Raghu explained to him that if he lies about the box and what happened between him and Raghu, the boy will be able to marry Krishna. Raghu had promised the boy to secrecy, but the latter couldn't stand up the abuse to Raghu. A stunned Sharma family has to accept that Raghu went out of his way to save several homes like Shanti Niwas. Krishna manages to stop Raghu in time from going somewhere else.

Raghu tells her that this is his life's mission and now he has to go. The film ends with a scene of him traveling to a new destination and narration from [[Amitabh Bachchan]] that "Raghu is going to a new home. Let's hope it is not yours."

The movie was a hit. It was the 8th highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|title=Bawarchi (1972)|last=Kohli|first=Suresh|date=12 December 2013|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824011654/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece|archive-date=23 August 2016|access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Raghu (Bawarchi) / Professor Prabhakar
*[[Jaya Bhaduri]] as Krishna Sharma
*[[Usha Kiran]] as Shobha Sharma (Choti maa)
*[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] as Shivnath Sharma (Daduji)
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramnath Sharma (Munna)
*[[Durga Khote]] as Seeta Sharma (Badi maa)
*[[Asrani]] as Vishwanath Sharma (Bubbu)
*[[Kali Bannerjee]] as Kashi
*[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Dance Master (Guruji)
*[[Master Raju]] as Pintu Babu
*[[Seema Kapoor]] as Dancer #2 (Dance performance night)
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] As Narrator

==Crew==
*Director - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Story - [[Tapan Sinha]]
*Screenplay - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
*Dialogue - [[Gulzar]]
*Editor - Das Dhaimade
*Producer - [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
*Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
*Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
*Animation - S. G. Naiksatam
*Choreographer - Gopi Krishna
*Narrator - [[Amitabh Bachchan]]

==Music==
{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = [[Kaifi Azmi]]
| all_music = [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]

| title1 = Bhor Aai Gaya Andhiyara
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Nirmala Devi]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Lakshmi Shankar]]
| length1 = 9:29

| title2 = Kahe Kanha Karat Barjori
| extra2 = Lakshmi Shankar
| length2 = 3:53

| title3 = Mast Pawan Dole Re
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = More Naina Bahayen Neer
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Pahle Chori Phir Seenazori
| extra5 = Kumari Faiyaz
| length5 = 4:09

| title6 = Tum Bin Jeevan
| extra6 = [[Manna Dey]]
| length6 = 5:33
}}

==Awards==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]
| [[Filmfare Best Comedian Award]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0068257}}

{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}

[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian family films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
[[Category:Films scored by Madan Mohan]]
[[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Cooking films]]
[[Category:1972 comedy-drama films]]