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This movie may fall in the genre of 'comedy' but it is just an insult to women. I'll tell you why:

1.Raveena (the wife) is infertile and so the father-in-law wants his son (Anil) to MARRY another girl! (Why can't they just adopt?) However Anil, being the "hero" has lied to Raveena that he is the one who can't conceive.

2.Anil marries another woman (Rambha) and later on Rambha is brought in their house as a MAID. Oh and she has also given her and Anil's child to Raveena.

3.Anil FLIRTS/has physical relations with both the women at the same time.

4.Raveena suspects something going on between Anil and Rambha but isn't sure. She talks badly to Rambha but the others (Anil and his father) scold Raveena for that! Because a wife should be absolutely okay with her husband flirting/hugging/kissing with another woman.

5.At the end, Raveena finds out the truth that Rambha is Anil's wife and the son is theirs (Anil and Rambha's). She shouts at them. The father- in-law then tells her that SHE is the one who can't conceive not Anil. This makes her REALIZE... I don't know what. At the end both the women live happily with Anil.

So this movie basically states that if a woman is infertile then her husband can marry another woman and she shouldn't complain. Since Raveena is infertile so she has no right to complain/feel bad when her husband remarries. Raveena is expected to treat the other woman as a sister (which she does by the way, at the end).

This is beyond pathetic. I am not a prude or something but I don't find the above things remotely funny. And I am pretty sure marrying another person while you are already married is a punishable offense (at least in this particular country where the crappy movie takes place).

David Dhawan is one director who has made many films on Bigamy, just after SAAJAN CHALE SASURAL he returned 2 years later with GHARWALI BAHARWALI(1998) The film had Anil Kapoor who worked with him previously in ANDAZ, DEEWANA MASTANA, LOAFER The film was a flop however The film actually tries to mix melodrama and comedy which always DD did in 1990s but this time however things work against The Nepal scenes are sort of amateurish, Rambha forced to marry a goat is unbelievable but the entire Gharwali Baharwali track is entertaining at times but fails comparing it to SJS. The film also reminds us of JUDAAI which released a year before though that was a serious film.

Direction is decent in parts Music is decent

Anil Kapoor is as always fantastic though the role is hardly challenging, Rambha is okay while Raveena does well Kader Khan is as usual, Satish Kaushik is decent rest are okay