Baghban Movie Review * Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Mahima Chaudhary, Yash Pathak, Suman Ranganathan, Aman Verma and Paresh Rawal

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Baghban - Love’s Labour Lost!

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Credits
Producer/s:	B.R. Chopra
Director:	Ravi Chopra
Cast:	Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Mahima Chaudhary, Yash Pathak, Suman Ranganathan, Aman Verma and Paresh Rawal
Music:	Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics:	Sameer

‘Baghban’ is Amitabh and Hema Malini’s love story. So a delight for all Amitabh and Hema fans! Need we add that the young, hip-hop generation had better stay away from this one!

‘Baghban’ is about the sacrifices that parents make in order to give their children a good life, only to be spurned by them in their old age. There is a feeling of déjà vu while watching the film. You have seen it all in a few old films. It is the story of Raj Malhotra [Amitabh Bachchan], his wife Pooja [Hema Malini] and their four sons [Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Sahil Chadda, Nasir]. Just like a gardener, Raj Malhotra is the 'baghban' (gardener) who plants a sapling and sees it blossoming into a tree, in the hope that he would be able to bask in its shade when he grows old. But equations change when Raj retires from his bank job. None of the four sons are ready to take their parents' responsibility. Instead they work out a strategy: The father would live with the eldest [Aman], the mother with the second son [Samir]. And after six months, they would move in with the third and fourth sons [Sahil, Nasir]. So Raj and Pooja, who love each other dearly, are separated in their old age. (We wonder why they have to go through this! Raj even refuses a two-year extension by the bank manager, as he would rather spend his post retirement days with his lovely wife). Raj and Pooja even sing a sad romantic number, 'Main Yahan Tu Wahan', to each other over a payphone, which makes the audience laugh, moreso considering we’re made to believe that Raj doesn’t have the money.

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