Bhabhi (1991) User Reviews

A cliché melodrama

[mirabid29 · 2/10 · 23 September 2012]

1. it's a typical Hindi movie of the early 90's; however it can also be considered as a film of the 80's because of its treatment with script and its story.

2. It's a cliché story of a family drama where daughter-in-law got tortured by her mother-in-law and some other family members. Naturally, Govinda as a hero played his part to establish justice and most importantly a happy ending.

3. This was most probably one of the last kinds of movies where story circled around the torment of the daughter-in-law at her husband's house. Its a cliché story, with a lot of melodrama. One can watch this movie at his TV on Zee Chenema (sometimes they telecast it) if he has absolutely nothing to do.

Bhanupriya's best performance

[nadkarnisumeet · 6/10 · 31 August 2020]

Bhabhi review :

Bhabhi was a well made family drama in 80s mould. Bhanupriya was great in the titular role. Anand (Andy) Balraaj played her evil husband while Gulshan Grover was the villain eyeing her with his 'jawaani ke jhatke' catchphrase. Govinda played the devar with Juhi Chawla as his love interest.

Govinda-Juhi's 'Chandi ki cycle sone ki seat' song became popular. So did 'Aaja na zara haath bata naa' number.

Bhanupriya made a brief Bollywood career in 80s appearing mostly in Jeetendra films like Khudgarz (1987), Insaf Ki Pukar (1987) and Tamacha (1988). At that time, film magazines touted her to be a Sridevi rival..

In Bhabhi, she got a meaty role and overshadowed Juhi Chawla completely. Infact, Juhi was just there for the songs.

I saw this film at Plaza cinema, Dadar in its matinee show. The film didnt do that well commercially but makes for a one time family viewing.

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.