Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao

Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao
Directed by	Harry Baweja
Written by	Harry Baweja Anees Bazmee
Screenplay by	Anees Bazmee
Story by	Harry Baweja
Produced by	Prakash Mehra
Starring	Rekha Naseeruddin Shah Arshad Warsi
Cinematography	Damodar Naidu
Edited by	Kuldeep Mehan
Music by	Rajesh Roshan
Release date	29 June 2001 (2001-06-29)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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.

Plot

Anand, a middle-class sybarite marries an obese middle-aged Kamini Mathur, the sole daughter of a rich father. When her father dies, she gets all his property shocking Anand. Then he start his affair with Anuradha, another sybarite, whom he tries to please with gifts which he manages to get by various tricks.

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
• Dinesh Hingoo as Mr. Ghotala
• Shakti Kapoor (cameo)

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$470,000) but had a worldwide gross of ₹73.34 lakh (US$86,000), 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. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

External links

• Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao at IMDb