2024-07-28 21:10:00
‘Baghban’ is considered one of the important films of Hema Malini’s career. In the film, she played the role of the mother of four sons and Amitabh Bachchan’s wife. The audience also liked the pairing of Hema Malini and Amitabh Bachchan. But Hema Malini had almost rejected this film. Hema was not happy to hear about her role in this film. Hema Malini revealed this in an interview, and told that her mother persuaded her to do this film. In an interview given to Bharti S Pradhan, Hema Malini told that she did ‘Baghban’ on the insistence of her mother, otherwise she had almost rejected it. She said, ‘Before the muhurat of ‘Baghban’, BR Chopra met me and said that he wanted me to play the role perfectly as he wanted. He told me the story and I think it was his blessing, due to which the film performed well. Till date people talk about that film.’
Salim-Javed did not have faith in Hema Malini’s talent, wanted to replace her with this heroine in ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’
Hema Malini agreed after hearing this from her mother
Hema Malini further said, ‘I remember when I was listening to the story from Ravi Chopra, my mother was sitting with me. After she left, I said, ‘He is asking me to play the role of the mother of four such grown-up boys. How can I do all this?’ My mother said no, no. You will definitely have to do it. The story is good.’
‘Baghban’ earned 41 crores rupees, this was the story
The story of ‘Baghban’ was about a couple who have been married for 40 years. The twist comes when Amitabh Bachchan’s character retires in the film and he calls his four sons and asks who will support him and his wife now. Apart from Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini, Aman Verma, Sameer Soni, Sahil Chaddha and Nasir Khan were seen in the film. Released in the year 2003, the budget of this film was Rs 10 crore and it collected Rs 41 crore.