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| writer = [[Tapan Sinha]] | | writer = [[Tapan Sinha]] | ||
| narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] | | narrator = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] | ||
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]]<br>[[ | | starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]]<br>[[Jaya Bhaduri]]<br>[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]<br>[[Asrani]]<br>[[A. K. Hangal]]<br>[[Durga Khote]]<br>[[Namak Haraam|Manisha]]<br>[[Kali Banerjee]]<br>[[Usha Kiran]] | ||
| director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] | | director = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] | ||
| producer = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]<br>N. C. Sippy<br>Romu N. Sippy | | producer = [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]<br>N. C. Sippy<br>Romu N. Sippy | ||
| distributor = | | distributor = | ||
| released = | | released = 7 July 1972<br>([[India]]) | ||
| runtime = 130 minutes | | runtime = 130 minutes | ||
| country = [[India]] | | country = [[India]] | ||
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| music = Madan Mohan | | music = Madan Mohan | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical comedy drama film directed | '''''Bawarchi''''' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]] musical [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[Khubsoorat|Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] and produced by Mukherjee himself 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]], [[Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], [[Asrani]], [[A. K. Hangal]], [[Durga Khote]], [[Namak Haraam|Manisha]], [[Kali Banerjee]] and [[Usha Kiran]]. The film is a remake of [[Rabi Ghosh]] starrer [[Bengali cinema|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> and was remade in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] as ''Samayalkaaran'' with [[M. K. Muthu]]. The film was remade twice in [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] - first as ''Sakala Kala Vallabha'' starring Shashikumar and second as ''[[No 73, Shanthi Nivasa]]'' starring [[Sudeep]]. The film served as a great inspiration for the 1997 Hindi film ''[[Hero No. 1]]'' and was ranked the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972. | ||
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 | 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. | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||