A wife should be like this) is a 1988[1] Bollywood film, directed and written by J. K. Bihari and starring Rekha, Farooq Sheikh and Bindu.

She has the full support and understanding of her father-in-law, Kailash, who treats her like a daughter, and her young brother-in-law Vicky, who gets vocal in his protest of atrocities meted out to Shalu by his tyrannical mother.

After endless incidents of humiliation and personal attacks, Shalu decides to hit back in her style and her true identity is revealed towards the climax.

She shocks everyone with her diction and articulate speech in sharp contrast to her village belle identity.

Mehra and Kailash had connived to get Shalu married to Suraj and teach Kamla a lesson in humility and humanity.