Sasura Bada Paisawala

Sasura Bada Paisawala
Directed byAjay Sinha
Written byVinay Bihari (song lyrics)
Produced bySudhakar Pandey
StarringManoj Tiwari
Rani Chatterjee
Music byLal Sinha
Distributed byBalaji Cinevision Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBhojpuri
Budget₹35−40 lakh[1][2]
Box office₹4.5−9 crore[1][2]

Sasura Bada Paisawala (transl. "My father-in-law, the rich guy")[3] is a 2003 Indian Bhojpuri-language romance-drama film directed by Ajay Sinha, starring Manoj Tiwari and Rani Chatterjee.[4][5] The film, released in 2003, cost about ₹30 lakhs to make,[6] and was the highest grossing Bhojpuri film at that time.[7][8][9][1]

As of June 2022, the film is still the highest-grossing Bhojpuri film of history.[10]

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