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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Biwi Aur Makan<br />
|image =<br />
|caption = <br />
|director = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]<br />
|screenplay = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]<br>[[Sachin Bhowmick]]<br />
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes<br />
| label1= Dialogue by<br />
| data1 = [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]]<br />
}}<br />
|story = Sailesh Dey<br />
|cinematography = T. B. Seetharam<br />
|editing = Das Dhaimade<br />
|based_on = Sailesh Dey's Bengali play Joymakali Boarding<br />
|producer = [[Hemant Kumar]]<br />
|starring = [[Biswajit Chatterjee]]<br />[[Kalpana Mohan]]<br />[[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]<br />
|music = Hemant Kumar<br />
|studio = United Producers<br />
|released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966}}<br />
|runtime =<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
|budget =<br />
|gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Biwi Aur Makan''''' ({{translation|Wife and home}}) is a 1966 Hindi film written and directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]. It is a remake of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'' (1964), which itself is an adaptation of Sailesh Dey's play of the same name.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&dq=joymakali+boarding&pg=PA1972 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=10 July 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135943257 |via=Google Books}}</ref> The film stars [[Biswajit Chatterjee|Biswajit]], [[Kalpana Mohan]], Kesto Mukherjee and [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] in lead roles with music composed by [[Hemant Kumar]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrp20LBmKc Biwi Aur Makan (1966).] YouTube.</ref><ref>[https://madhulikaliddle.com/2016/02/07/biwi-aur-makaan-1966/ Biwi aur Makaan (1966).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701222840/https://madhulikaliddle.com/2016/02/07/biwi-aur-makaan-1966/ |date=1 July 2017 }} Dusted Off.</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Biswajit Chatterjee]] as Arun<br />
* [[Kalpana Mohan]]<br />
* [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as Pandey<br />
* [[Shabnam]] as Leela<br />
* [[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Kisan<br />
* Badri Prasad<br />
* [[Bipin Gupta]]<br />
* Ashish Kumar as Shekhar<br />
* Padma Khanna<br />
* [[Brahm Bhardwaj]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music of the film was composed by [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Gulzar]].{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}<br />
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* "Khul Sim Sim Khullam Khulla" by [[Manna Dey]], [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]] and Bhela Gupta<br />
* "Jane Kahan Dekha Hai" by [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
* "Aa Tha Jab Janam Liya Tha" by Manna Dey<br />
* "Aise Danton Mein Ungli Dabao Nahin" by [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
* "Dabe Labon Se Kabhi Jo Koi Salam Le" by Asha Bhosle and [[Lata Mangeshkar]] <br />
* "Sawan Mein Barkha Sataye" by Hemant Kumar<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0244430}}<br />
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|Makan}}<br />
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{{Joymakali Boarding|state=collapsed}}{{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}<br />
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[[Category:1966 Hindi-language films]]<br />
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[[Category:1960s buddy comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s romantic comedy-drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Joymakali Boarding by Sadan Sarkar]]<br />
[[Category:1966 films]]<br />
[[Category:Fiction about society]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]]<br />
[[Category:Cross-dressing in Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian buddy comedy films]]<br />
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