Baabul
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| Directed by | Ravi Chopra |
| Produced by | B. R. Chopra |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, John Abraham, Om Puri |
| Music by | Aadesh Shrivastava |
| Distributed by | B. R. Films |
| Release date(s) | December 8, 2006 |
| Language | Hindi/Telugu |
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Baabul (Hindi: बाबुल) is a 2006 Bollywood film, directed by Ravi Chopra. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, John Abraham and Om Puri.
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[edit] Synopsis
Balraj Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is a rich businessman, happy and content with his world. He and his wife Shobhna (Hema Malini) have a son Avinash (Salman Khan). After many years of studying abroad, Avinash announces that he is returning home. Soon, Malvika "Milli" Talwar (Rani Mukerji) enters his life. Love blossoms between them and they get married and are soon blessed with a son, Ansh. However tradegy strikes the family when Avinash is killed in an accident. The loss is too much for Milli and she slowly falls into depression.
Balraj seeks to bring happiness back into Milli's life and he gets into contact with Rajat (John Abraham). Rajat was Milli's friend and he secretly loved her but never told her. Balraj asks Rajat to marry Milli but he faces opposition from his traditional elder brother Balwant (Om Puri). Balwant is totally opposed to the marriage but after some talking from Balraj he agrees. Rajat and Milli get married.
[edit] Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan ... Balraj Kapoor
- Hema Malini ... Shobhna Kapoor
- Salman Khan ... Avinash Kapoor
- Rani Mukerji ... Malvika Talwar-Kapoor (Milli)
- John Abraham ... Rajat Verma
- Om Puri ... Balwant Kapoor
- Sarika .... Pushpa (Widowed sister-in-law of Balwant and Balraj)
- Aman Verma ... Shobhna's brother
- Parmeet Sethi .... Balwant's son
- Sharat Saxena .... Malvika's father
- Smita Jaykar .... Malvika's mother
- Rajpal Yadav .... Servant
[edit] Music
The film has eleven songs composed by Aadesh Shrivastava:
- Keh Raha Hai - Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam
- Come On Come On - Amitabh Bachchan, Sonu Nigam, Vishal, Aadesh Shrivastava & Ranjit Barot
- Har Manzar - Kunal Ganjawala
- Baawri Piya Ki - Sonu Nigam
- Bebasi Dard Ka Aalam - Kunal Ganjawala
- Gaa Re Mann - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sudesh Bhosle, Kailash Kher
- Kehta Hai Baabul - Jagjit Singh
- Baabul Bidaai Song - Richa Sharma
- Har Manzar (Remix) - Kunal Ganjawala
- Come On Come On(Remix) - Amitabh Bachchan, Sonu Nigam, Vishal, Aadesh Shrivastava & Ranjit Barot
- Vaada Raha - Sonu Nigam
[edit] Crew
- Director: Ravi Chopra
- Screenplay: Suresh Nair
- Story: Dr. Achala Nagar
- Dialogue: Ravi Chopra
- Producer: B. R. Chopra|
- Music: Aadesh Shrivastava
- Cinematography: Barun Mukherjee
- Editor: Godfrey Gonsalves
- Art Direction: Keshto Mandal
- Choreography: Farah Khan, Remo D’Souza, Vaibhavi Merchant, Rajeev Surti
- Lyrics: Sameer
- Action: Mahendra Verma
- Costume Designs:
- Gabbana Akhbar- Amitabh Bachchan
- Neeta Lulla- Hema Malini
- Alvira Khan- Salman Khan
- Sabyasachi Mukherjee- Rani Mukerji
- Narendra Kumar Ahmed- John Abraham
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[edit] Response
[edit] Box office
Baabul opened really well in Mumbai with a decent response of 75%. However the rest country saw an average opening. The small centres opened to poor response and overall the film was a flop in India[1]. However it did well overseas entering the 8th position on the UK charts in its first week.[2]
[edit] Reviews
Reviews have been generally mixed. The first reviews of the film were positive [3], [4], but it has generally gathered some sharp criticism along the way. Film critic Samrat Sharma calls the first half "irrelevant in most parts", and also "hollow and undeveloped"[5]. Reviewer Baradwaj Rangan was even more scathing when he said that, "the casting of the leads and the high-gloss setting of their lives just do not make the subsequent events convincing."[6]
[edit] Trivia
- Rani Mukerji's role was initially offered to Kajol. Preity Zinta was also considered.
- Salman Khan will be singing a song for the film. [7]
- The movie's music release was launched keeping the theme of a fashion show. Each star had a different designer. There were five top designers working for the film.
- The movie celebrates B. R. Chopra's 50 years in cinema.
- Rani Mukerji's last name in the movie is "Talwar", the same last name she had in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).
- Om Puri plays Amitabh Bachchan's older brother. In reality Om Puri is eight years younger than Bachchan.
- This movie was dubbed in Telugu as Premabhishekam.
- Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is a fan of the film.
[edit] External links
- Baabul at the Internet Movie Database
