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| starring      = [[Rajesh Khanna]]<br>Jaya Bhaduri<br>[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]<br>[[Asrani]]<br>A.K. Hangal<br>Durga Khote<br>Manisha<br>[[Kali Banerjee]]<br>Usha Kiran<br>Raju Shrestha

| director      = Hrishikesh Mukherjee

| producer      = Hrishikesh Mukherjee<br>N. C. Sippy<br>Romu N. Sippy

| runtime        = 130 minutes

| country        = [[India]]

| language      = [[Hindi]]

| music          = Madan Mohan

'''''Bawarchi''''' ({{translation|''The Chef''}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Hindi]] musical comedy-drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. The film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Rajesh Khanna]], Jaya Bhaduri, [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], A.K. Hangal, Durga Khote, Manisha, [[Kali Banerjee]], Usha Kiran and Raju Shrestha. 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]]''.