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{{short description|1999 film by David Dhawan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Biwi No.1
| image = Biwi No.1 poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[David Dhawan]]
| producer = [[Vashu Bhagnani]]
| writer = [[Kamal Haasan]]
| story = [[Balu Mahendra]]
| narrator =
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Sathi Leelavathi (1995 film)|Sathi Leelavathi]]''|[[Balu Mahendra]]}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Anil Kapoor]]|[[Karisma Kapoor]]|[[Salman Khan]]|[[Sushmita Sen]]|[[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]}}
| music = [[Anu Malik]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[Tips Industries]]
| distributor = [[Tips Industries]]<br>[[Star India]]
| released = {{Film date|1999|05|28|df=y}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|12 crore}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/budget.php?year=1999|title=Highest Budget Movies 1999|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|52.80 crore}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=991|title=Biwi No.1 – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
}}

'''''Biwi No.1''''' ({{translation|Wife No. 1}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[David Dhawan]] and produced by [[Vashu Bhagnani]], being a remake of the 1995 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Sathi Leelavathi (1995 film)|Sathi Leelavathi]]''. It stars [[Karisma Kapoor]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Sushmita Sen]], [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] along with [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Rajeev Verma]] and [[Guddi Maruti]] in special appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19990612&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=See 'Biwi' for stars and Salman's antics |last=Vijiyan |first=K.N. |date=12 June 1999 |work=[[The New Straits Times]] |page=24}}</ref>

Made on a total budget of {{INR}} 9 crore, ''Biwi No. 1'' premiered theatrically worldwide on 28 May 1999 and was the [[List of Bollywood films of 1999|third highest-grossing film of the year]] with a global collection of {{INR}} 52.80 crore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/budget.php?year=1999|title=Highest Budget Movies 1999|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> At the [[45th Filmfare Awards]], the film received 7 nominations; Sen won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in the film.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=991|title=Biwi No.1 – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>

The distribution rights of the movie were sold to [[Star India]] .

==Plot==
Prem Mehra is married to the loving yet traditional Pooja Makhija, and they have 2 children. Rupali Walia arrives at Prem's office to give interview for role of a model. They are attracted to each other, ultimately fall in love and begin a romantic relationship. Rupali is much preferable to Prem due to her modern lifestyle and fashionable choices as compared to Pooja. Pooja learns about them and asks Prem to choose between Rupali or his family.

He chooses and moves in with Rupali, leaving his family behind with Pooja. With the help of Prem's friend Lakhan Khurana, she has a make-over turning modern and taking on modeling assignments. Pooja sends her mother-in-law Lakshmi and children to live with Prem and Rupali. They intentionally trouble Rupali and tell Prem that she keeps them hungry and wants to poison and kill them.

Ultimately the relationship between Prem and Rupali breaks down. Prem realizes she only came to him since he gave her material things, while Pooja stuck with him via thick and thin. Rupali gets back with her ex-boyfriend Deepak. Lakhan befriends her, calling her his sister. While hugging her, his wife Lovely sees them and misunderstands. She leaves, but Lakhan chases after and they make up as she realises the truth. He says to Lovely that she is his "Biwi no. 1."

== Cast ==
* [[Salman Khan]] as Prem Mehra
* [[Karisma Kapoor]] as Pooja Mehra, Prem's wife
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Dr. Lakhan Khurana, Prem's best friend
* [[Sushmita Sen]] as Rupali Walia, Prem's mistress
* [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] as Lovely Khurana, Lakhan's wife
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as Sushila Devi Mehra, Prem's mother
* Master Varun as Bunty "Billu" Khurana, Lakhan's son
* Baby Karishma as Pinky Mehra, Prem's daughter
* Master Shahrukh as Krishna "Rinku" Mehra, Prem's son
* [[Saif Ali Khan]] as Deepak Singhania, Rupali's boyfriend
* [[Rajeev Verma]] as Harish Khanna, Pooja's father
* Kannu Gill as Meenakshi Khanna, Pooja's mother
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Himself ([[Special appearance]])

==Production==
[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] was signed for Tabu's role but later opted out.
[[Sanjay Dutt]] was signed for the film, but was later replaced by [[Anil Kapoor]].
[[Manisha Koirala]] was offered the role of Pooja, but she rejected it for unknown reasons and was subsequently replaced by [[Karisma Kapoor|Karishma Kapoor]]. Filming took place in areas of Florida such as [[Miami]], [[Fort Lauderdale]], and [[West Palm Beach]]. Second part of filming took place in [[Delhi]] and [[Mumbai]] compound areas.

==Reception==
The movie response was good in parts of India, and was considered a super-hit,<ref name="auto"/> though its business was affected by the 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]]'', which also starred [[Salman Khan]], [[Karishma Kapoor]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Himani Shivpuri]], and [[Rajeev Verma]]. It ranks 53rd in the [[List of highest-grossing Bollywood films#Adjusted for inflation|List of Top 500 Bollywood movies]] after adjusting inflation its worldwide gross reaches {{INR}} 52.80crores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/all_time_rank.php?fm=1|title=All Time Rank|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Awards
! Category
! Recipients and Nominees
! Results
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Sushmita Sen]]
| rowspan="1" {{won}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| [[Vashu Bhagnani]]
| rowspan="6" {{nom}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[David Dhawan]]
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Karisma Kapoor]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]]
| [[Anil Kapoor]]
|-
| [[Salman Khan]]
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
| [[Anu Malik]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]]
| [[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]]
| [[Anil Kapoor]]
| rowspan="2" {{won}}
|-
| [[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Sushmita Sen]]
|-
| [[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Karisma Kapoor]]
| rowspan="1" {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Screen Weekly Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actress
| [[Sushmita Sen]]
| rowspan="1" {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Screen Awards]]
| [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Anil Kapoor]]
| rowspan="2" {{won}}
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sushmita Sen]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="1" {{won}}
|-
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Male|Best Actor]]
| [[Salman Khan]]
| rowspan="1" {{nom}}
|}

==Music==

The ''Biwi No.1'' soundtrack was composed by [[Anu Malik]] except for "Hai Hai Mirchi" which was composed by [[Sukhwinder Singh]]. The lyrics were written by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]], [[Dev Kohli]] (only "Biwi No. 1"), and [[Sukhwinder Singh]] (only "Mehboob Mere" & "Hai Hai Mirchi"). The songs "Chunnari Chunnari" and "Ishq Sona Hai" became major hits after their release in 1999. The track "Aan Milo Ya Milne Se" did not feature in the movie.

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Chunnari Chunnari
| extra1 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| length1 = 05:36
|
| title2 = Biwi No.1
| extra2 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima Shrestha]]
| length2 = 07:19
|
| title3 = Jungle Hai
| extra3 = [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Hema Sardesai]]
| length3 = 06:13
|
| title4 = Ishq Sona Hai
| extra4 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Hema Sardesai]]
| length4 = 06:17
|
| title5 = Hai Hai Mirchi
| extra5 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length5 = 05:37
|
| title6 = Mehboob Mere
| extra6 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length6 = 05:04
|
| title7 = Mujhe Maaf Karna
| extra7 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Anmol Malik]], [[Aditya Narayan]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length7 = 07:28
|
| title8 = Aan Milo Ya Milne Se
| extra8 = [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Udit Narayan]]
| length8 = 07:47
|
| total_length = 51:31
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0207341}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090627045245/http://www.gomolo.in/Movie/Movie.aspx?mid=7548 ''Biwi No. 1'' on Gomolo.in]

{{David Dhawan}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by David Dhawan]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films distributed by Yash Raj Films]]
[[Category:1999 comedy films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language comedy films]]

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