Baghban is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Ravi Chopra, co-written and produced by B. R. Chopra. It tells the story of an elderly couple, Raj (Amitabh Bachchan) and Pooja (Hema Malini), who have been hitched for 40 a long time. After Raj resigns, they rejoin with their four children (Aman Verma, Samir Soni, Saahil Chadha, and Nasir Khan) to examine who will bolster them. None of the children need to take care of both guardians, causing Raj and Pooja to live separately.

Baghban was conceived by maker and co-writer B. R. Chopra during his 1960s trip over Europe, when he gone by a retirement domestic and was propelled by the householders' story. It was propelled by a Marathi motion picture "Tu Tithe Mi" by Smita Talwalkar. In one of the meet it was told that, extraordinary screening was set for Mr. Bachchan for the Marathi motion picture Tu Tithe Mi, afterward the motion picture was changed in Hindi as Baghban. In spite of the fact that the screenplay was wrapped up in 1973, Chopra did not start generation for decades since he was active with other ventures. After he resuscitated it, vital photography started in July 2002 in Film City with cinematographer Barun Mukherjee. Amid post-production, it was altered by Shailendra Doke, Godfrey Gonsalves, and Shashi Mane. Baghban's soundtrack was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava and Uttam Singh, with verses by Sameer.

The film debuted at the Leeds Universal Film Celebration on 2 October 2003, and was discharged around the world the taking after day. With a generation fetched of ₹100 million (US$1.2 million), the film was a commercial victory; gaining ₹431.1 million (US$5.2 million) at the box office, Baghban was the year's fifth-highest-grossing Indian film. It gotten blended audits from pundits; Bachchan and Malini's exhibitions were lauded, but the film's storyline and the chemistry between the lead on-screen characters were scrutinized. They gotten the Screen Grant for Jodi No. 1, be that as it may, and Bachchan and Malini were assigned for Best Performing artist and Best On-screen character at the 49th Filmfare Grants. Over the a long time by means of airing on tv channels, it has picked up faction status.

Plot
Raj and his spouse, Pooja, have been hitched for 40 a long time and have four children: Ajay, Sanjay, Rohit, and Karan. They too have an received child, Alok, who falls in adore with Arpita. Raj gives the stranded Alok with cash and instruction, raising him as his possess child. Presently effective, Alok worships Raj since of his offer assistance. Raj resigns and cannot back himself; he and Pooja choose to take off their domestic. They need to live with their children, who are unwilling. The children choose to part their guardians up; each lives with one of the boys for the following six months. They think that their guardians will deny the offer and stay in their domestic. In any case, Raj and Pooja reluctantly acknowledge the offer.

They persevere partition and destitute treatment by their children. Raj remains to begin with with Sanjay, and at that point with Rohit; Pooja remains to begin with with Ajay, and at that point with Karan. Whereas he is living with Sanjay, the as it were warmth Raj gets is from his grandson Rahul. Disheartened by the way he has been treated by his children, Raj composes almost how he satisfied his children's dreams and his treatment in return; he too composes almost his cherish for his spouse, and the torment their partition has caused. Raj's composing in the long run gets to be a novel. Pooja is mishandled by Ajay, her daughter-in-law Kiran, and her granddaughter Payal. Payal, be that as it may, apologizes when Pooja spares her from being assaulted by her boyfriend and showers Pooja with love.

Changing trains after six months, Pooja and Raj spend time together in Vijaynagar. They experience Alok, who brings them to his domestic and cares for them distant way better than how their children had treated them in their homes. Raj learns that his compositions have been distributed as Baghban, named after Hemant (a café proprietor whom he gotten to know amid his remain with Sanjay). He moreover become a close acquaintence with two youngsters named Kapil and Nilli who had gone by the café regularly. The novel is effective, giving Raj the cash he needs to back himself and Pooja. Knowing that their guardians are winning more than them due to the dispatch victory of the novel, the four children arrange to go to their book ceremony occasion for absolution. Everybody goes but Rahul and Payal since of the torment their grandparents went through and that the four children are as it were going there fair for their cash not pardoning. Their children inquire their guardians to excuse them, going to a book ceremony with their spouses. Raj and Pooja deny to pardon the four children, in any case, and repudiate them for the torment they have caused. Raj and Pooja are at that point drawn nearer by both Rahul and Payal and embrace them joyfully with Alok and Arpita smiling.

Cast
The cast is listed below:

Amitabh Bachchan as Raj Malhotra
Hema Malini as Pooja Malhotra, Raj's wife
Salman Khan as Alok Malhotra in a special appearance, Raj and Pooja's Adopted Son
Mahima Chaudhry as Arpita Malhotra in a special appearance, Alok's wife
Aman Verma as Ajay Malhotra; Raj and Pooja's eldest son
Samir Soni as Sanjay Malhotra; Raj and Pooja's second son
Saahil Chadha as Rohit Malhotra; Raj and Pooja's third son
Nasir Khan as Karan Malhotra; Raj and Pooja's forth son
Suman Ranganathan as Kiran Malhotra, Ajay's wife
Divya Dutta as Reena Malhotra, Sanjay's wife
Arzoo Govitrikar as Priya Malhotra, Rohit's wife
Rimi Sen as Payal Malhotra, Ajay and Kiran's Daughter; Raj and Pooja's granddaughter
Yash Pathak as Rahul Malhotra, Sanjay and Veena's Son; Raj and Pooja's grandson
Paresh Rawal as Hemant Patel; Shanti's husband and Raj's friend
Lillete Dubey as Shanti Patel; Hemant's wife and Raj's friend
Mohan Joshi as Khuber Desai; Hotel owner
Sharat Saxena as Ram Avtaar; Raj's elder brother
Anang Desai as Mr. Verma; Kapil's father and Raj's book publisher
Avtar Gill as Rawat; ICICI Bank Manager
Asrani as Bedi; Employee of ICICI Bank; Rawat and Raj's friend
Gajendra Chauhan as Car Salesman
Nakul Vaid as Kapil Verma; Mr. Verma's son and Nilli's boyfriend
Sanjeeda Sheikh as Nilli; Kapil's girlfriend