Dream_Woman Well all i can say that I really enjoyed this film it was very unique and different compared to other Indian films that i have watched in the past,i mean most Indian films nowadays have the same sort of storyline, a man meets woman, they fall in love, a sleazy item number to make the movie sell and the happy couple get married, LoL but there was something different about this film that made me go and watch it in the cinema and i am very glad that i did go and see this movie.Basically what the story is about Sallu meets rani's character, fall in love, have a child and get married. Sallu parents are played by Big B who's role in this movie was just fantastic and the beautiful Hema Malini who i have admired and watched her films since i was a child. Om Puri was also very good in this film too. Sallu And Rani get married and have a child and then sadly he dies in a car crash, i mean when i saw the scene i was pretty shocked, it was really well directed. So Rani is alone with the child and she and her in laws find it hard to come to terms with his death.Rani had a best friend whom she has known since she was a child played by John Abraham, he too gave a great preforms in the film and was well suited for his role. Now John has been in love with Rani since he was a child and never told her how he felt, Big B decides that the best thing for everyone is to get Rani and John married, he was the right bloke for her and loved her dearly.Rani does not approve at first and them comes round and the last half and hour of the film would be the best part of the movie in my opinion, all of Big B's family are against the Marrige taken place and they try to stop it, apparently in India women should or are not allowed to get married if there first husband has passed away, i mean why???? and i completely disagree with this , it is totally wrong and immoral, i mean a woman is allowed to live ain't' she? if i was in that situation i would marry again for the sake of my child and my own happiness. So Big B gives this wonderful speech and Om Puri agrees for the couple to be married, so John and Ran do get married in the end and live happily ever after.The songs were mind blowing in the film also, and the Saree's were really lovely too. I really think that you all should go and watch this great family film and take your parents with you too.

daniel schut I found Baabul a B-category movie with an A-list-casting. The story, about a young girl being widowed, and the challenges she faces to try and get married again, is really an interesting idea, even though I am not sure whether it still is a common social problem amongst Hindustanis.There's two reasons which make the movie quite bad: Salman Khan and Screenplay/Dialogue.I don't know what people see in Salman Khan, but by the gods, this man CAN NOT act. He sounds like he is a half-German, half-Indian class B actor who is dubbing himself over in real-time. His post-modern interpretation of Romantic Love reminds me more of freshly laid asphalt then of anything else. Why do people still hire him? Were they out of money after Amitabh, Malini and Rani signed up?I found him so irritating that I could not suppress a small 'yay' when he gets run over by a car, halfway through the movie. "Great" I thought, "now let's get on with the people who CAN act and make it a good movie".The second reason: at about three quarters of the movie, I suddenly realized something: if at this, or at any point in the movie, any of the characters would suddenly be played by another actor, it probably wouldn't change any of the dialogue, screenplay or anything else. If Rani would have been replaced in every other scene by let's say Kajol, Priyanka Chopra and an anonymous street vendor from Kolkata, the movie would go on. Now, that may seem an interesting achievement, but it isn't: it shows that many of the people involved just did not care about the actors, the plot and the movie. Screenplay and dialogue should be made to fit the actors: this is what makes chemistry and empathy possible. This just felt like the producers and director thought of this movie as 'another day at the office'. This comes out during the climax: at the point where even hard and sturdy men like me should break down and cry: "oh yes, that's so true, how can humans be so cruel?", you just don't feel anything.The reason why I don't give the movie lower then a six, is that: well, at least the movie is tolerable. The camera-work is quite nice, the idea is quite nice, and the songs are not that bad. So, if you must see it, buy it on DVD and watch it at home when you have nothing else to do.

diligentdrool_14 Baabul is a excellent movie. Peoeple are being biased and comparing it with Baghban Agreed Baghbanwas a great film but that is a league apart. Baabul is one of the best movies of the year. One of the finest performances of Amitabh Bachchan. He makes u cry many a time and for everyone who like to see with "Less style and more substance" unlike most movies of today, so see Baabul. Amitabh and Rani have done it again after Black. Big B and Hema look stunning together and they have created the Baghban effect (though Hema is relagated to the end of the frame almost all the time. Big B carries the film on his shoulders effortlessly. Very good film-Recommended.

dreamy6480 I just came back from watching 'Baabul' and I really liked it. 'Baabul' deals with a widow's rehabilitation. It begins with Avinash Kapoor's return to India after his studies in the U.S. He has an extraordinary relationship with his parents especially with his father Balraj who is more than a normal father but his best friend. Although they are wealthy and lead a quite modern life on the surface, traditions are given lots of weight by Balraj's brother. Shortly after his return Avinash meets Malvika. She is a painter and quite passionate. They fall in love. Rajat, a singer and Millie's childhood friend, has more than just friend-like feelings for her but he does not express them, especially not after Millie tells him how much she has fallen in love for Avi. Millie and Avi marry and are blessed with a son, Ansh. As it is already written in the plot outline, destiny strikes hard and the wonderful world of the couple, their little son and Avinash's parents collapses when Avi dies in an accident. While Balraj and his wife derive a little bit of comfort from Ansh and his love, Millie falls in a state of depression. Now, Balraj decides to give her life a new meaning especially because he does not regard her as a daughter-in-law but more as his own daughter. He does not want her to live her whole life in solitude and despair - what the society claims her to do - but bring colours back into it. He is even ready to defy traditions and old values just to see Millie find her smile again. But on his way to do so he has to cope with his elder brother and even his wife. The first half of the movie is filled with a lot of 'masti' and light entertainment in form of song and dance sequences and Millie and Avis' love. In the second half a lot of tissues must be used. The dialogs throughout the movie are really great and well-written, so is the climax. As for the main characters Balraj and Millie, both, Rani and Amitabh do a fantastic job and play their roles with persuasion. Amitabh is in his best form and Rani adds another outstanding performance to her already impressive list of excellent-played characters. Although the movie has its flaws and won't be appreciated by everyone - just like any other movie -, who cares as long as it is entertaining. 'Baabul' has it all: Fun, love, dance, happy and sad moments as well as very good performances from the whole cast but fantastic ones from Amitabh and Rani. A piece of great entertainment for families. Go and watch it!