Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi

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Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi
Directed by Rajat Rakshit
Starring
Music by Usha Khanna
Release date
1979
Country India
Language Hindi

Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi is a 1979 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rajat Rakshit. The film was remade in Kannada as Nan Hendthi Maduve (2003).

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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

Music

SongSinger
"Mujhse Shaam Suhani Poochhe Prem Kahani" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Zindagi Kaise Kategi Aap Se Rehkar Judaa" Lata Mangeshkar
"Shyam Ki Baahon Mein Radhika Khele" Usha Khanna
"Ram Dulari Maike Gayi" Suresh Wadkar

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