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Bawarchi
Why this pick
Like Khubsoorat, this is a warm, gently comic family-household story where a cheerful outsider loosens entrenched routines and brings affection back into everyday life.
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MOVIE1980 2h 6m IND
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Middle aged Nirmala Gupta (Dina Pathak), wife of Dwaraka Prasad Gupta (Ashok Kumar (actor)) and mother of four, is a disciplinarian and runs her household by rules. Everyone, including her husband follow her rules though they don't always approve of her ways. She even selects wives for her sons herself, and now selects Anju for her second son.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ashok Kumar
Dwarka Prasad Gupta
Dina Pathak
Nirmala Gupta
Rekha
Manju Dayal