Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao

2001 film by Harry Baweja

  • 29 June 2001 (2001-06-29)
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Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (translation:Save me from my wife) is a 2001 Indian film directed by Harry Baweja. It stars Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah.

Cast

  • Rekha as Kamini Mathur
  • Naseeruddin Shah as Anand Mathur
  • Arshad Warsi as Rocky
  • Suman Ranganathan as Anuradha
  • Suresh Chatwal as Vakharia
  • Mukul Dev as Monty
  • Mushtaq Khan as Natwarlal
  • Tiku Talsania as Malkani
  • Priyanka Trivedi as Sonia Malkani

Production

Rekha was to portray an obese woman and used padding for her role.[1] Some of her scenes had Reshma Pathan as her body double.[2] 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".[3]

This film is a remake of the 1986 American comedy Ruthless People starring Danny DeVito and Bette Midler, but had a different climax.[4] It also marked the first time Shah and Arshad Warsi appeared in the same film and the last film produced by Prakash Mehra.[5][6]

Songs

  1. "Nach Meri Jaan Nach Nach" - Hema Sardesai, Sukhwinder Singh
  2. "Tere Ishq Ka Jadu" - Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula
  3. "Kahoji Tumse Acha Kaun Hai" - Sonu Nigam, Anaida
  4. "Diwane Yu Hi Nahi Aa Gaye" - Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh
  5. "Zara Thehro" - Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film a one-star rating out of a maximum five while calling it an "absolute letdown".[7] India Today described it as a "B-grade slapstick".[8]

According to the Indian film trade website Box Office India, the film was made on an estimated budget of ₹4 crore (US$480,000) but had a worldwide gross of ₹73.34 lakh (US$88,000), thus earning the label "disaster".[9]

References

  1. ^ Taliculam, Sharmila (16 March 2000). "'Today there is a lot of finesse, but no soul'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ^ Farook, Farhana (30 July 2019). "Reshma Pathan on life as a stuntwoman in Bollywood". Filmfare. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ Avijit, Anshul (9 April 2001). "Rekha returns in a comic role after twenty years". India Today. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ^ Taliculam, Sharmila (19 June 2000). "Waiting for Rekha". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ Sinha, Seema (9 February 2017). "Arshad Warsi on Jolly LLB 2: 'With a bigger star like Akshay, the film is looking larger than life'". Firstpost. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Maker of angry young man dies". The Telegraph. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ Adarsh, Taran (28 June 2001). "Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Amend Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960: Hollywood actor Steven Seagal". India Today. 6 August 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao". Box Office India. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

External links

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Films directed by Harry Baweja
  • Trinetra (1991)
  • Dilwale (1994)
  • Imtihaan (1995)
  • Diljale (1996)
  • Deewane (2000)
  • Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001)
  • Karz: The Burden of Truth (2002)
  • Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003)
  • Main Aisa Hi Hoon (2005)
  • Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera (2006)
  • Love Story 2050 (2008)
  • Chaar Sahibzaade (2014)
  • Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur (2016)


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