---
title: 'Bhabhi (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franz Osten'
released: '1938-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'British Raj'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bhabhi-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029911/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bhabhi (1938)

1938 · Drama · British Raj


## Synopsis

Bhabhi (Sister-in-Law) is a 1938 social family drama Hindi film directed by Franz Osten. The film was based on a Bengali novel written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay called "Bisher Dhoan". Bandyopadhyay was a famous Bengali novelist and short story writer also known as the creator of the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. The cinematographers were Wirsching and Pareenja. Dialogues and lyrics by J. S. Casshyap. V. H. Desai, the comedian, got his "big break" in Bhabhi when he joined Bombay Talkies. He became popular as the nervous father of the heroine Renuka Devi. S. N. Tripathi started his acting with a small role in the film. The film had the new found Renuka Devi in the lead.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franz Osten](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-osten)
- **Screenplay:** [Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharadindu-bandyopadhyay)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Saraswati Devi](https://cinepixo.com/people/saraswati-devi)

## Cast

- [Paidi Jairaj](https://cinepixo.com/people/paidi-jairaj)

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