---
title: 'Bawarchi (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hrishikesh Mukherjee'
released: '1972-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bawarchi-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068257/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bawarchi (1972)

1972 · Drama · India

Original title: बावर्ची

## Synopsis

Bawarchi is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in India on 18th August 1972, the film stars an ensemble cast of Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bhaduri, Asrani, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, A.K. Hangal, Asrani Durga Khote, Manisha, Kali Banerjee, Usha Kiran and Raju Shrestha. The film was ranked the eight highest-grossing film of the year 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In Bawarchi, I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in 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."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrishikesh-mukherjee)
- **Screenplay:** [Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrishikesh-mukherjee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Madan Mohan](https://cinepixo.com/people/madan-mohan)
- **Producer:** [Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/hrishikesh-mukherjee)

## Cast

- [Govardhan Asrani](https://cinepixo.com/people/govardhan-asrani)
- [Jaya Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaya-bachchan)
- [Rajesh Khanna](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajesh-khanna)

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