Bawarchi(बावर्ची)
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India · 1972
Rated R · 2h 10m
Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bachchan, Usha Kiran, Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
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Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu offers to work as a cook, and he is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job and on each of the family members, and soon the squabbles and arguments come to an end. And then the Sharmas find the family jewels and Raghu missing
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