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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Being out of the loop I did not know about this movie until now. I do not know what the general reaction to this movie was, can only hope it was a super flop. The point of the movie seems to be that widow remarriage is a good thing. Agreed. But this movement had started more than a century ago and I don't think exists in the upper classes in urban Mumbai (which is where the movie is based). So, the movie should have been set where this is still an issue (like the movie WATER). OK now let's allow the movie some artistic license. So, what is it that we learn from this movie? We learn that women have the right to a happy and fulfilling life even if their husbands are dead. And how are they to have this life - by getting themselves another HUSBAND!!! And that too she should not fight for her rights and demand such a thing but hope that her patriarchal father-in-law has the goodness of heart to ALLOW her to remarry. Really, is the concept of women's rights, women's own identity so alien to Bollywood? AAKHIR KYON. This was a commercial movie made in Bollywood more than 30 YEARS ago and even that talked about the importance and necessity of a woman having her own identity. Seriously, does Bollywood suffer from Collective Amnesia? I can only end with AAKHIR KYON?

This movie has a lack of excitement and energy and brings us to the brink of boredom during the first 1 hour 45 minutes, after this initial part the rest of the movie is very well composed and the actors have done well to lift up the movie in this period. Initial part of the movie shows the inexperience of the director to keep audience interested. If the movie be edited so that the initial 1 hour 45 minutes be compressed to 30 to 40 minutes the movie would be a treat to see.Anyway the movie is all about widow marriage. Where Balraj Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) tries to get happiness into his daughter-in-law Malvika Talwar's(Rani Mukherjee) life who is sad and depressed due the dead of her husband and Balraj Kapoor's son Avinash Kapoor(Salman Khan) by getting her to marry Rajat(John Abraham). This is objected by Balraj's wife and brother played by Hema Malini and Om puri.

I think this movie is very good...For people who like family movies & believe in the "PARAMPARA" things (specially the oldies)....then just watch this film....... John's acting in this film was OK, though i don't think he is suited for these kind of emotional films....he looks better in films like Dhoom..... Salman was good but he had a small role...only till the interval....Rani & Amitabh were very good as usual....& hema malini was OKThe film was stretched till the interval & after the interval everything goes at a fast pace....but overall, I think the film was very good.....The dialogues were OK in the starting but in the end they were quite powerful...especially the 1 pushpa (the widow) says....I THINK U SHOULD GO & WATCH THE FILM......

I just came back from watching 'Baabul' and I really liked it. 'Baabul' deals with a widow's rehabilitation. It begins with Avinash Kapoor's return to India after his studies in the U.S. He has an extraordinary relationship with his parents especially with his father Balraj who is more than a normal father but his best friend. Although they are wealthy and lead a quite modern life on the surface, traditions are given lots of weight by Balraj's brother. Shortly after his return Avinash meets Malvika. She is a painter and quite passionate. They fall in love. Rajat, a singer and Millie's childhood friend, has more than just friend-like feelings for her but he does not express them, especially not after Millie tells him how much she has fallen in love for Avi. Millie and Avi marry and are blessed with a son, Ansh. As it is already written in the plot outline, destiny strikes hard and the wonderful world of the couple, their little son and Avinash's parents collapses when Avi dies in an accident. While Balraj and his wife derive a little bit of comfort from Ansh and his love, Millie falls in a state of depression. Now, Balraj decides to give her life a new meaning especially because he does not regard her as a daughter-in-law but more as his own daughter. He does not want her to live her whole life in solitude and despair - what the society claims her to do - but bring colours back into it. He is even ready to defy traditions and old values just to see Millie find her smile again. But on his way to do so he has to cope with his elder brother and even his wife. The first half of the movie is filled with a lot of 'masti' and light entertainment in form of song and dance sequences and Millie and Avis' love. In the second half a lot of tissues must be used. The dialogs throughout the movie are really great and well-written, so is the climax. As for the main characters Balraj and Millie, both, Rani and Amitabh do a fantastic job and play their roles with persuasion. Amitabh is in his best form and Rani adds another outstanding performance to her already impressive list of excellent-played characters. Although the movie has its flaws and won't be appreciated by everyone - just like any other movie -, who cares as long as it is entertaining. 'Baabul' has it all: Fun, love, dance, happy and sad moments as well as very good performances from the whole cast but fantastic ones from Amitabh and Rani. A piece of great entertainment for families. Go and watch it!