Biwi No.1

Biwi No.1
DVD cover
Directed by	David Dhawan
Produced by	Vashu Bhagnani
Story by	Kamal Hassan Crazy Mohan
Starring	Anil Kapoor Salman Khan Karisma Kapoor Sushmita Sen Tabu
Music by	Anu Malik
Release dates	28 May 1999
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹36 crore or US$5.4 million in 2016)[1]
Box office	₹2.3 billion (US$34 million)[2]

Biwi No.1 is a 1999 Bollywood comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It stars Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Anil Kapoor and Tabu. Saif Ali Khan has a special appearance. It is remake of the 1995 Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi. The plot has inspired the 2005 comedy hit Kannada movie Rama Shama Bhama starring Kamal Hassan, Ramesh Aravind, Urvashi and Daisy Bopanna.^[3] Biwi No.1 was also another title added to the No. 1 (film series), for which Karisma Kapoor had already starred in two films previously.

Plot

Prem (Salman Khan) is a man who is married to Pooja (Karishma Kapoor) with two kids. He gets involved in a roaring affair with an aspiring model, Rupali (Sushmita Sen). He prefers her to his wife because Rupali is modern and wears fashionable clothes. On Karva Chauth, Pooja discovers him at Rupali's house and asks him to choose between his mistress and her. He moves in with Rupali.

Pooja, meanwhile, with the help of Prem's friend Lakhan (Anil Kapoor) has a make-over. She becomes a modern woman who does many modeling assignments. Pooja sends her mother-in-law and children to live with her husband and Rupali. They trouble Rupali and convince Prem that Rupali keeps them hungry and wants to poison and kill them.

In the end, Prem realises that Rupali only came to him since he gave her material things while his wife stuck with him through thick and thin. Rupali realises her mistake and gets back together with her ex-boyfriend, Deepak (Saif Ali Khan). In a twist, Lakhan makes Rupali his sister and is hugging her when his wife Lovely (Tabu) walks upon the scene and misunderstands them. She leaves the house crying and drives away in a car, which their son has tampered with and has disabled the brakes. Lakhan chases after and makes up with her. The show ends with Lakhan saying she is his "Biwi no. 1."

Cast

• Anil Kapoor as Lakhan
• Salman Khan as Prem
• Karishma Kapoor as Pooja
• Sushmita Sen as Rupali
• Tabu as Lovely
• Himani Shivpuri as Prem's Mom
• Saif Ali Khan as Deepak (Guest appearance)
• Amitabh Bachchan (Guest appearance)
• Master Shahrukh as Prem and Pooja's son

Reception

The movie response was good in parts of India, and considered a Semi-Hit,^[4] because business effected due to Cricket World Cup 1999. The collections were close to 50% in all centers. Biwi No.1 was the second highest-grossing film of Bollywood that year after Hum Saath Saath Hain. It became an average grosser of 1999 as the most acclaimed movie of the year was Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. It ranks 460th in the List of Top 500 Bollywood movies adjusted for inflation.

Awards

• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Sushmita Sen
• Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor – Anil Kapoor
• Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress – Sushmita Sen

Nominations

• Filmfare Award for Best Film – David Dhawan
• Filmfare Award for Best Director – David Dhawan
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Karishma Kapoor
• Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role – Anil Kapoor
• Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role – Salman Khan
• Filmfare Award for Best Music – Anu Malik
• Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male – Salman Khan

Music

The Biwi No.1 soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik and the lyrics were by Dev Kohli, Sameer, and Sukhvinder. The song Chunari Chunari became a major hit after the release in 1999.

References

External links

• Biwi No.1 at the Internet Movie Database
• Biwi No. 1 on Gomolo.in