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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao<br />
| image = Meri_biwi.jpg<br />
| writer = [[Harry Baweja]]<br>[[Anees Bazmee]]<br />
| starring = [[Rekha]]<br>[[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br>[[Arshad Warsi]]<br />
| director = [[Harry Baweja]]<br />
| producer = [[Prakash Mehra]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2001|06|29|df=y}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao''' ([[translation]]:''Save me from my wife'') is a [[Bollywood films of 2001|2001]] [[India]]n [[film]] directed by Harry Baweja. It stars [[Rekha]] and [[Naseeruddin Shah]].<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Rekha]] as Kamini Mathur<br />
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Anand Mathur<br />
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Rocky<br />
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] as Anuradha<br />
* [[Suresh Chatwal]] as Vakharia<br />
* [[Mukul Dev]] as Monty<br />
* [[Mushtaq Khan]] as Natwarlal<br />
* [[Tiku Talsania]] as Malkani<br />
* [[Priyanka Trivedi]] as Sonia Malkani<br />
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==Production==<br />
Rekha was to portray an obese woman and used padding for her role.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taliculam |first1=Sharmila |title='Today there is a lot of finesse, but no soul' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/mar/16rekha1.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=16 March 2000}}</ref> Some of her scenes had [[Reshma Pathan]] as her body double.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farook |first1=Farhana |title=Reshma Pathan on life as a stuntwoman in Bollywood |url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/reshma-pathan-on-life-as-a-stuntwoman-in-bollywood-35219-2.html |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=[[Filmfare]] |date=30 July 2019}}</ref> It also marked the first time in twenty years that Rekha was doing a comedy film. She had previously done one in ''[[Khubsoorat]]'' (1980). Producer Mehra commented that she had done a "wonderful job of losing and gaining weight".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Avijit |first1=Anshul |title=Rekha returns in a comic role after twenty years |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20010409-rekha-returns-in-a-comic-role-after-twenty-years-760702-2012-06-25 |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |date=9 April 2001}}</ref><br />
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This film is a remake of the 1986 American comedy ''[[Ruthless People]]'' starring [[Danny DeVito]] and [[Bette Midler]], but had a different climax.<ref name="Rediff">{{cite web |last1=Taliculam |first1=Sharmila |title=Waiting for Rekha |url=https://rediff.com/movies/2000/jun/19biwi.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=19 June 2000}}</ref> It also marked the first time Shah and [[Arshad Warsi]] appeared in the same film and the last film produced by [[Prakash Mehra]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinha |first1=Seema |title=Arshad Warsi on Jolly LLB 2: 'With a bigger star like Akshay, the film is looking larger than life' |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/arshad-warsi-on-jolly-llb-2-with-a-bigger-star-like-akshay-the-film-is-looking-larger-than-life-3273832.html |publisher=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=9 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maker of angry young man dies |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/maker-of-angry-young-man-dies/cid/626404 |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=17 May 2009}}</ref><br />
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==Songs==<br />
#"Nach Meri Jaan Nach Nach" - [[Hema Sardesai]], [[Sukhwinder Singh]]<br />
#"Tere Ishq Ka Jadu" - [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Jaspinder Narula]]<br />
#"Kahoji Tumse Acha Kaun Hai" - [[Sonu Nigam]], Anaida<br />
#"Diwane Yu Hi Nahi Aa Gaye" - [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Sukhwinder Singh]]<br />
#"Zara Thehro" - [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]]<br />
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==Reception==<br />
In his review for [[Bollywood Hungama]], the film critic [[Taran Adarsh]] gave the film a one-star rating out of a maximum five while calling it an "absolute letdown".<ref name="BH">{{cite web |last1=Adarsh |first1=Taran |authorlink1=Taran Adarsh |title=Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao Movie Review |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mujhe-meri-biwi-se-bachaao/critic-review/mujhe-meri-biwi-se-bachaao-movie-review/ |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=28 June 2001}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' described it as a "B-grade slapstick".<ref>{{cite news |title=Amend Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960: Hollywood actor Steven Seagal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20010806-amend-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act-of-1960-hollywood-actor-steven-seagal-776596-2001-08-06 |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |date=6 August 2001}}</ref><br />
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According to the Indian film trade website [[Box Office India]], the film was made on an estimated budget of {{INRConvert|4.00|c}} but had a worldwide gross of {{INRConvert|73.34|l}}, thus earning the label "[[box-office bomb|disaster]]".<ref name="BOI">{{cite web |title=Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=699 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Harry Baweja]]<br />
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]<br />
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