Ravi Chopra’s BAGHBAN showcased the plight of aged parents neglected by their kids. Up next is yet another emotional family drama BAABUL starring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, John Abraham, Parmeet Sethi, Om Puri, Aman Verma, Rajpal Yadav, Smita Jaykar, Avtar Gill and Gargi Patel.
The introduction goes like this…
He’s the emotional father whose happiest day is when his son steps into his shoes...
He’s the unconventional father who treats his son as a buddy, more than a beta...
He’s the daredevil father who will challenge his son to a car race through busy streets...
He’s the sensitive father who understands that without love there is no life...
He’s the gutsy father who will risk all his relationships to preserve one...
He's the angry father who will overthrow traditions, berate conventions and question superstitions...
He is Baabul! We are talking about Amitabh Bachchan!
Amitabh Bachchan is Balraj Kapoor.
He towers over everybody – in his thoughts, in his wisdom, in his sheer presence! A loving husband, an adoring father and an extraordinary father-in-law, he always puts right before wrong, never mind if he has to stand tradition on its head.
Hema Malini is Shobhana Kapoor.
She loves and is loved by both the men in her life – husband and son. She may laughingly admit that both of them are “a total loss”; but her world revolves around them.
Salman Khan is Avinash Kapoor.
He may lie to win his love, but would die if so much as a tear escapes her eye. He’s charming, loving and good looking. No wonder, knowing him is to love him.
Rani Mukherjee is Malvika Talwar.
She loves to paint. Loves to fight. Loves to love. She knows the difference between friendship and love and is convinced that love and marriage happen once in lifetime.
John Abraham is Rajat.
His love is silent, he expresses all his pent up emotions through his songs. He loses the girl he loves, but is more concerned about her happiness than his own heartbreak.
The story is as follows...
Balraj Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is a rich businessman with progressive modern outlook towards life. For him, family, culture and values are of utmost importance. Shobhna (Hema Malini), his wife is more than just his better half. Together, they dote their only child Avinash (Salman Khan). For Balraj, Avinash is more of a friend than just his son. After spending many years abroad for studies, Avinash returns home to his parents. Their lives light up and there's happiness everywhere.
Avinash then meets the pretty Millie (Rani Mukherjee) who is a painter. They fall in love and get married. They are blessed with a lovely child named Ansh. Rajat (John Abraham) a young musician and the best friend of Millie, had his feelings for Millie but had never revealed it to her. He is now happy for Millie and Avi. He decides to settle in Europe, pursuing his musical career.
Fate plays a cruel game and one day Avinash meets with a fatal accident. Life without Avinash is unbearable for Millie. Meanwhile Balraj and Shobhna try to find the love of Avinash in Ansh. Balraj cannot bear to see Millie's colourless life. He decides to find Rajat and asks him to marry Millie and help him bring back the colours back into her life. But Balwant (Om Puri), Balraj's elder brother settled in rural Punjab with his family and his widowed sister-in-law objects to Balraj's plans. Even Shobhna may not be with him this time.
The film addresses the issue of widow remarriage. Interestingly Amitabh played Rani's father-in-law in KABHIE ALVIDA NAA KEHNA earlier.
BAABUL is slated to release on 8th December.