Baabul (2006 film)

Baabul
Directed by Ravi Chopra
Produced by B. R. Chopra
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Salman Khan
John Abraham
Rani Mukerji
Hema Malini
Om Puri
Sharat Saxena
Aman Verma
Music by Aadesh Shrivastav
Cinematography Barun Mukherjee
Distributed by B. R. Films
Release date
 8 December 2006
Running time
 169 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Baabul (Hindi: बाबुल, Urdu: بابُل, English: Father's affection to daughter) is a 2006 Bollywood drama film, directed by Ravi Chopra. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, John Abraham, Hema Malini and Rani Mukerji. The movie was dubbed in Telugu as Premabhishekam. The movie celebrates B. R. Chopra's 50 years in cinema. The movie was praised for the bond shown between Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, though it was declared a flop at the box office due to its poor commercial performance.[1]

Synopsis

Balraj Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is a rich businessman, happy and content with his world. He and his wife Shobhna (Hema Malini) live happily together and they wait for their only son Avinash a.k.a. 'Avi' (Salman Khan) to return from his studies in the United States. After an absence of 7 years, Avinash comes back to India. He reunites with his parents at the airport and races home. Back home, Avi joins his father's business.

One day they decide to go golfing and Balraj accidentally hits the ball which ruins a painting. The young woman painting the picture, Malvika a.k.a. 'Millie' (Rani Mukerji) gets furious with Balraj and leaves. Later on, Avi runs into Millie on the golf course, and they start to talk. Millie tells him that a stupid old man ruined her painting and points out that it was Balraj; but she doesn't know that the 'old man' is Avi's father and he doesn't tell her. They start to hang out together while slowly falling in love with each other.

When Millie comes home, she is visited by her childhood friend Rajat (John Abraham). She tells him that she loves someone, which devastates him because he is also in love with her. One day, Millie goes to Avi's office to drop off a painting and finds out that Balraj is Avi's father. When Avi shows up, she leaves the office crying. He chases after her and says that the only reason he lied to her was because he loves her. She doesn't accept his apology right then, but when Balraj apologizes to her for ruining her painting, she forgives them both.

Avi asks Millie to get dressed up for a party at his house. When she arrives, there is no one except Avi. He proposes to her and she accepts. The whole family visits Millie's house to discuss marriage and everyone agrees, except Rajat. He tells Avi that he will let Avi marry Millie if only he promises to always keep her happy and never let her get sad. Avi and Millie get married and soon they are expecting a child. Millie's birth-pains begin while she is in yoga class. Avi rushes her to the hospital where they are blessed with a healthy baby boy. They name the child Ansh.

Ansh grows up to be a sweet and intelligent boy. The family throws a birthday bash for him on his birthday. They wait for Avi to get back home from work, but he never turns up. He meets with a road accident and dies; Millie is devastated.

Balraj seeks to bring happiness back into his widowed daughter-in-law's life. He gets into contact with Rajat. He learns that Rajat still loves Millie. Balraj asks Rajat to marry Millie. However, there is stiff opposition from Shobhna (Avi's mother) and Balraj's conservative older brother Balwant (Om Puri). Shobhna fears losing her grandson Ansh, while Balwant takes the traditional Indian view that a widow with a child should devote herself to raising her child and think of nothing else, and that a woman marrying twice is committing a mortal sin. However, Balraj stands firm and convinces everyone. In the end, Rajat and Millie get married, and everything is well. Avinash comes in as a spirit and blesses his dad with happiness.

Cast

Production

Kajol was the initial choice for the lead role but things couldn't worked out. Amrish Puri was signed for his brother Om Puri's role but after his death Om Puri played the character. Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Ajay Devgan and Hrithik Roshan were all offered John Abraham's role but all declined siting date issues.

Music

The music is composed by Aadesh Shrivastava. The soundtrack has 11 songs. The soundtrack was one of the most successful soundtrack of 2006.

SongSinger(s)Other notes
Gaa Re MannKavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Kailash Kher & Sudesh BhosleFilmed on Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, and Hema Malini
Come On Come OnAmitabh Bachchan, Sonu Nigam, Vishal Dadlani, Aadesh Shrivastava & Ranjit BarotFilmed on Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Hema Malini
Har ManzarKunal GanjawalaFilmed on John Abraham and Amitabh Bachchan
Baawri Piya KiSonu NigamFilmed on Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji
Bebasi Dard Ka AlamKunal GanjawalaFilmed on John Abraham, Rani Mukerji, and Amitabh Bachchan
Keh Raha HaiSonu Nigam and Shreya GhoshalFilmed on Salman Khan and Rani Mukerjii
Kehta Hai BaabulJagjit SinghFilmed on Amitabh Bachchan
Baabul Bidaai SongRicha SharmaOriginally a 15-minute song was Bollywood's longest track, film used 2-3 min. version.[2]
Har Manzar (Remix)(DJ Suketu - Arranged by Aks)Kunal Ganjawala
Come On Come On(Remix)(DJ Suketu - Arranged by Aks)Amitabh Bachchan, Sonu Nigam, Vishal Dadlani, Aadesh Shrivastava & Ranjit Barot
Vaada RahaSonu NigamFilmed on Rani Mukherjee

Crew

Response

Box office

Baabul opened in Mumbai with occupancy of about 75%, considered remarkably low for a film starring Salman Khan, even if only in a special appearance, and occupancy went downhill very quickly, presumably due to unfavorable word-of-mouth. In the rest of the country, even the opening was dismal and it never picked up. Eventually, the film was declared a flop.[3] The small centres opened to poor response and overall the film did not do quite well in India but was an above average grosser.[4] However it did great business overseas, entering at the 8th position on the UK charts in its first week.[5] It was a big hit in the overseas market.[6]

Reviews

Reviews have been generally mixed. Film critic Samrat Sharma for instance put it best when he wrote: "It's a film made for the more traditional generation or social class, and even so, while may not be terribly effective, it is sufficiently well-crafted..."[7]

Awards

Nominated

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Box office: Hits and misses of this week". Rediff.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Subhash K. Jha, (5 December 2006). "Richa Sharma sings Bollywood's longest track". Bollywood Hungama.
  3. ↑ "Box office: Hits and misses this week". Rediff.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Archived 23 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Baabul review: Baabul (Hindi) Movie Review". Fullhyderabad.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
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