''Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi'' is a 1979
Bollywood
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comedy film
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directed by Rajat Rakshit. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Nan Hendthi Maduve'' (2003).
Plot
When he experiences chest pains, hopeless hypochondriac Bhagwant checks into the hospital for a checkup and overhears his doctor discussing the diagnosis of a terminally ill patient with an associate. Assuming he is the one scheduled to die, he asks his friend to help him find a new husband for his wife Priya so he'll know she won't be alone once he's gone. He locates Priya's old college beau Fernandes. Meanwhile, Priya mistakes her husband's machinations for an attempt to cover up an extramarital affair and throws him out of the house.
Cast
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Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema.
Career
Palekar studied fine arts at the Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, and commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he ...
... Bhagwant Kumar Bhartendu
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Ranjeeta Kaur
Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur (born 22 September 1956) is an Indian actress. She was trained at FTII. She has appeared in around 47 films. She has portrayed a variety of characters and her films include: ''Laila Majnu'' (1976), ''Ankhiyon Ke Jharok ...
... Priya B. Bhartendu
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Ashok Saraf
Ashok Saraf (Hindii pronunciation: ™ÊƒoËk səɾaËf born 4 June 1947) is an Indian film and stage actor and comedian. He has appeared in many Marathi language films and stage plays in lead roles and in Hindi language films and TV serials in ...
... Advocate Venkat Vyas
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Datta Bhat
Dattatray Ramachandra Bhat popularly known as Datta Bhat was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi.
Stage career
Bhat acted in the role of Natsamrat in noted Marathi playwright Kusumagraj’s iconic & milestone Marathi play "N ...
... Doctor Bhat
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C. S. Dubey
Chandrashekhar Dubey (4 September 1924 – 28 September 1993) commonly referred to as C. S. Dubey was an Indian actor and radio personality. He was born in Kannod and appeared in over 150 Hindi films as a character actor starting in 1950s, wit ...
... Banwari
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Nilu Phule
Nilu Phule (Marathi pronunciation: iÉuË pÊ°uleË 4 April 1930 - 13 July 2009) was an Indian actor known for his roles in Marathi movies and Marathi theatre. Nilu Phule acted in around 250 Marathi and Hindi movies during his film career. He ...
... Fernandes
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Raju Shrestha
Fahim Ajani or Raju Shrestha, initially credited as Master Raju or Master Rajoo, is an Indian film and television actor, who started his film career as a child actor, in the 1970s.
Raju has acted in films like Gulzar's '' Parichay'', Hrishikes ...
... Bhagwant and Priya's Son
Music
References
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1979 films
Films scored by Usha Khanna
1970s Hindi-language films
1979 comedy films
Films about Indian weddings
Hindi films remade in other languages
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