Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi

Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (translation: This Is Being Street–Smart) is a 1988 Indian Marathi-language comedy buddy film directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Kiran Shantaram under the production banner of V. Shantaram Productions. Widely regarded as one of the greatest comedy films in Marathi cinema industry, it stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Laxmikant Berde, Siddharth Ray, Ashwini Bhave, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Priya Arun, Nivedita Joshi, Nayantara, Viju Khote, and Sudhir Joshi.

The film follows the core plot from the 1966 Hindi film Biwi Aur Makan directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee which was an adaptation of Sailesh Dey's Bengali play Joymakali Boarding. It was remade as Olu Saar Bari Olu (2003) in Kannada, Paying Guests (2009) in Hindi, Mr & Mrs 420 (2014) in Punjabi and Jio Pagla (2017) in Bengali. The film was also an inspiration for the 1991 Telugu film Chitram Bhalare Vichitram which was remade in Kannada as Bombat Hendthi (1992) and in Tamil as Aanazhagan (1995).

Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi achieved cult status in Marathi cinema due to its overwhelming reception.