silvan-desouza The film was written 40 years before and had to star Dilip Kumar but then it got shelved and finally the film is made in 2003 with Amitabh(the most happening oldie) and Hema who reunite 20 years after Nastik. The film has a bunch of TV and small actors like Aman Verma, Suman Ragnathan, Sameer Soni, the talented Divya Dutta.etc and Salman and Mahima in guest roles.The film should've been made in 1970s it would suit at that time but looks outdated in 2003 but yet it worked with it's target audience and started a trend followed by several other makers. The reason for AB and Hema to separate looks far from real, also the youth are all painted black. Also the Salman track is straight out of a storybook. The emotional scenes are well handled though, and the end does seem novel and doesn't go the AVTAR, SWARG way.Amitabh's speech is amazing towards the endDirection by Ravi Chopra is good Music is good, Chali Chali, Main Yahaan are superbly sung by Amitabh while the rest are okayAmitabh Bachchan is superb in his role which only a veteran could play, he played an opposite role in K3G here he was on the receiving end and is superb. Hema Malini is amazing too in her role Sameer Soni is okay, Aman Verma is good in his role though he looks too young to play RImi's father, Suman Ragnathan is okay, Divya Dutta is as usual, Naseer is okay Paresh Rawal and Lillete Dubey are lovable, Salman Khan has a cameo and is okay however his role is too sugarcoated, Mahima is adequate Sharat Saxena, Avtar Gill, Asrani are as usual, Rimii Sen is okay but gets hardly any scope.

koelsinha-2011 As one's parents get older their habits get formed and many times members of the younger generation (myself included) get angry at them and I felt how important it is to overlook the immediate state of your parents, and instead to reflect on how they have toiled in bringing you up. Another question that arose in my mind after watching the movie was whether parents have children so that they have someone to take care of them or do they have children without any ulterior motive. After having discussions with my Mom (in relation to this movie) I realized that, yes, everyone does have expectations, but that's not the reason that they work so hard to build a child's future. In fact, as a child, we have expectations from our parents through our dependence on them, so why should we accuse them of wrongdoing when we have similar expectations. It is human to want to be loved, and that's the least we can do for our parents. Well, after reading this lengthy philosophical discussion you can see how thought-provoking this movie is. Let me get back to the movie. After a long time I have enjoyed watching Amitabh Bachchan, and Hema Malini's performance was so subtle and yet she gave a powerful performance. There is one scene in particular, where she tells Amitabh to have his medicine (right before they get separated) and one moment she has her eyes shut and the next moment her eyes are filled with tears.

john_simension Two days ago I got a chance to watch this movie on Cable (TV-Asia). I have been very disturbed since then. The movie "Baghban" has been very successful in portraying only one side of the real life. It is highly partial towards parents. Have you ever thought of other side (kids)?? There are few parents in this world who just give birth to their kids but don't give right parental care. I am a victim of that. Why do you (parents) want to have 5 kids in your life if you are merely making only Rs 2000 per month? I was made to work on streets along with my siblings. I have no idea how I managed to reach IIT from there. It has been a long time since then but still I don't believe. Now I am a research scientist here in USA. I have provided all the necessities to my parents along with care by my two brothers who stay along with them. They could not provide basic things to us when we were kids. I find this movie very resentful. Its very partial. It has hurt my sentiments very deeply. I strongly urge the producer/director of this movie to look at the Indian society in other point of view also and make another movie. I can be reached at [email protected]

Samad Baksh (Baksh1234) I loved this film to shreds when i first watched it not just because of the pairing of Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini which is truly great but also because how the storyline says a lot for our generation and how we see our elders. I can't believe the on screen chemistry that both actors have still exists between each other even though they haven't made a film together for many years now. The songs are also worthy of a mention 'chali chali' and 'main yahaan tu kahaan' are in my opinion the best songs of the soundtrack and are expertly placed in the film itself which in itself is worthy of due acclaim as many films these days have songs which have no indication of the overall storyline. I have also got to mention salman's acting in this film as it was great and also made me shed a tear or so when i watched it in all honesty i haven't seen him act that well since maine pyaar kiya. It truly does say something this film and that is you may love your family a whole lot but you never know if you'll ever get that love back and you can only count on others who ain't necessarily family to give love to you and to those around you.