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Bawarchi (1972)

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Family

Runtime : 2H 10M

Director : Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Synopsis

Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu offers to work as a cook, and he is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job and on each of the family members, and soon the squabbles and arguments come to an end. And then the Sharmas find the family jewels and Raghu missing

Actors

Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Raghu
Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan
Krishna
Usha Kiran
Usha Kiran
Shobha
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Shivnath
A.K. Hangal
A.K. Hangal
Ramnath
Durga Khote
Durga Khote
Seeta
Asrani
Asrani
Babbu
Kali Bannerjee
Kali Bannerjee
Kashi
Paintal
Paintal
Guruji
Seema Kapoor
Seema Kapoor
Dancer #2
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Narrator (uncredited)

Crews

Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Director
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha
Writer
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Writer
Madan Mohan
Madan Mohan
Original Music Composer
Romu N. Sippy
Romu N. Sippy
Associate Producer
N.C. Sippy
N.C. Sippy
Producer
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Producer
Jaywant Pathare
Jaywant Pathare
Director of Photography
Das Dhaimade
Das Dhaimade
Editor
Ajit Banerjee
Ajit Banerjee
Art Direction
Kaushik
Kaushik
Sound Recordist

Posters and backgrounds

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