Baghban Movie Trailer 2003
Directed by Ravi Chopra
Produced by B.R. Chopra
Screenplay by Achala Nagar,Satish Bhatnagar,Ram Govind,Shafiq Ansari
Story by B.R. Chopra,Achala Nagar,Satish Bhatnagar,Ram Govind,Shafiq Ansari
Music by Aadesh Shrivastav,Uttam Singh
Cinematography Barun Mukherjee
Editing by Shailendra Doke,Godfrey Gonsalves,Shashi Mane
Distributed by BR Films
Cast
Amitabh Bachchan as Raj Malhotra
Hema Malini as Pooja Malhotra
Aman Verma as Ajay Malhotra (Raj's first son)
Samir Soni as Sanjay Malhotra (Raj's second son)
Saahil Chadha as Rohit Malhotra (Raj's third son)
Nasir Kazi as Karan Malhotra (Raj's fourth son)
Suman Ranganathan as Kiran Malhotra (Ajay's wife)
Rimi Sen as Payal Malhotra (Ajay's daughter)
Divya Dutta as Reena Malhotra (Sanjay's wife)
Master Yash Pathak as Rahul Malhotra (Sanjay's son)
Arzoo Govitrikar as Priya Malhotra (Rohit's wife)
Salman Khan as Alok Raj Malhotra (Raj and Pooja's adopted son)
Mahima Chaudhry as Arpita Raj (Alok's wife)
Paresh Rawal as Hemant Patel
Lilette Dubey as Shanti Patel
Sharat Saxena as Ram Avtaar
Mohan Joshi as Khuber Desai, Hotel Owner
Nakul Vaid as Rahul
Avtar Gill as Rawat, ICICI Bank Manager
Asrani as Bedi
Shashi Kiran as Pritam
Gajendra Chouhan as a Car salesman
Sanjeeda Sheikh as Nilli
Story
The movie tells the story of Raj Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan), his wife Pooja (Hema Malini) and their four sons Ajay (Aman Verma), Sanjay (Samir Soni), Rohit (Saahil Chadda), and Karan (Nasir Khan). Raj and Pooja have provided their children with everything they wanted, often at the cost of Raj and Pooja's own requirements. The Malhotras also have an adopted son Alok (Salman Khan), who is in love with Arpita (Mahima Chaudhry) (both in special appearances). Alok was an orphan and Raj had provided him with money and education, bringing him up as his own son. Now a successful man, Alok worships Raj because of all his help and thinks him as his own father which he never had.
Raj has a flourishing job but, once he retires, he is no longer able to support himself and has to vacate the house he and Pooja have shared for years. They decide to live with their kids to get their love and affection. However, their kids do not want them, as they think looking after their parents will be a hassle. The children decide to split the parents up, each parent going to live with one of the sons for the next 6 months. The story shows how the aged parents endure this separation as well as horrible treatment from their children after all they have sacrificed for them during their lifetime. Saddened by the treatment he has received from his children and their families, Raj writes down all his feelings regarding how he fulfilled all his children's dreams and in return how they treat him, as well as his love for his wife, and how much pain their separation has caused, his writing eventually becoming a novel.
While changing their trains after 6 months, Raj and Pooja spend some time together in Mumbai, when they suddenly meet Alok, who takes them to his home and gives them the importance and care which their real sons did not give them. Raj then finds out that his writing has become a published book named Baghban. This book becomes a big hit, selling the first copies immediately. Raj, as a result, gains the money he needs to support himself and Pooja in their old age. It is now that their four sons come back to their parents, asking for their forgiveness. However, they hold an ulterior motive: to get a hold of their parents' money. Raj is honored for his work, and the four sons attend with their wives. When they ask Raj to forgive them, he refuses and instead disowns them. Not even Pooja will forgive her children for the pain they have put them through.
Raj stays with Pooja in their home, near Alok and Arpita, and enjoy the company of their grandchildren, Rahul and Payal, while disowning their sons and daughters-in-law..
Did you know?
B.R. Chopra got the film's concept in his mind thirty years previously, when he paid a visit to Copenhagen, Denmark. He came across a retirement home, where he met a woman who sorrowfully told him how her own children left her there and hadn't even paid a visit to her since.
Dilip Kumar and Rakhee Gulzar were 'B.R.Chopra''s first choices for the role of Raj and Pooja Malhotra at the time the film was conceptualized. Unfortunately the film had to be shelved for thirty years. At a retrospective of Chopra's films, Kumar said he regretted not being able to do the film.
Mohnish Bahl was offered the role of Ajay Malhotra, but he turned it down as he did not want to be portrayed as the father of a 15-year-old girl.
The first two lines of the song "Main Yahan Tum Wahan" were written by B.R. Chopra.
Juhi Chawla was approached for the role of Arpita Raj, but could not accept because she was pregnant.
Amitabh Bachchan (Raj Malhotra) sang four songs himself.
The T-shirt that Alok Raj (Salman Khan) wears in one scene belonged to Ravi Chopra's son Kapil.
Shah Rukh Khan was originally meant to play Alok Raj.
When Amitabh Bachchan wanted a climax speech, that would leave everyone speechless, he requested writer Javed Akhtar to write the lines for him. Javed obliged to do so. Also, Salman Khan asked his father Salim Khan to write a few lines, before Amitabh's speech. Just minutes before the shoot, Salman called his father and asked him to write the script insisting that he could do so even in half an hour. Flattered by son's compliments Salim wrote the script, which was acceptable to Ravi Chopra.
Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini returned to screen 20 years after Nastik.
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