Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

sanjayppc Baghban is a scene to scene copy of the tamil movie " Varavu nalla Uravu" directed by actor-director Visu.The Hindi film titles do not even acknowledge this. Disgraceful.The tamil version was far more realistic. Here, U have amit & hema wearing designer clothes & living in a posh bungalow & then to say that they go bankrupt is a little too much.But for Hindi audiences, even beggars have to look neat. Realism & Hindi cinema do not go together & this film is no exception.Do not waste time watching this film.As for amitabh bachchan, pls retire maan.

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.

bmurthy There have been several movies with the exact same theme, some of which I enumerate belowSchool Master (1958) - a masterpiece in Kannada by B.R.Panthulu School Master (1959) - remade by Panthulu himself in Hindi Zindagi (1976) - Starring Sanjeev Kumar and Mala SinhaI believe there is at least one version each in Telugu (late 50s or 60s), Tamil (60s) and Malayalam (70s?).It would be a worthwhile exercise to see the changing social context depending on when this story has been filmed. IMO, the 1958 version is a must-see.

shivakumarvishwa I watched this movie last night on Sahara Filmy.2 words just watch it.Direction is fantastic.Script is excellent.It tells about Raj and Pooja who are an elderly couple.They have 5 kids.One of them is adopted.Years later all of them are married.But they only see there parents at occasions only.Then one day the children's ask to come with them.The parents see that they are not caring for them.Story is powerful.Amitabhs performance is marvelous,Hema performance is absolutely magnificent.Divya acted good.The 4 men which played there sons where wasted but they looked very handsome.Salman is hardly there and within a blink he is gone.Mahima is also hardly there.Costumes are brilliant.Cinematography is excellent.Chereography is great.Dialogs are great.Sets are great too.The movie is a work of art,with the emphasis on art.Hema and Amitabhs chemistry is excellent.Songs are great too.London is shoot beautifully here.In my opinion this should have won the best movie award.The performances are award winning.Instant classic not to be missed