# Talk:Baghban (2003 film)

This film was an unofficial adaptation of the 1937 American film Make Way for Tomorrow.  and Inspired by the Movie 1983 Hindi movie Avtaar and was remade in Kannada as Ee Bandhana in 2007.
The film was critically acclaimed, especially for the on-screen chemistry between Bachchan and Malini who came together 20 years after Nastik (1983). Their performances in the film were highly lauded.
According to film expert Rajesh Subramanian, B. R. Chopra had planned to make this movie in the mid-eighties, with Dilip Kumar and Raakhee .
Mohnish Behl was offered Aman Verma's role; he did not accept it because he did not want to be portrayed as the father of a 15-year-old girl. Juhi Chawla was selected for the role of Salman Khan's wife but could not accept because of her pregnancy. Shah Rukh Khan was offered the role played by Salman Khan. Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini were paired opposite each other 20 years after Nastik in 1983.
Aamir Khan and Saif Ali Khan were also offered Salman Khan's role in the film.
Amitabh Bachchan sang three songs himself.
Baghban was the last unofficial partnership between the legendary Salim–Javed screenwriter duo, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. Amitabh Bachchan requested that Javed Akhtar write his final speech in the movie. Salman Khan, requested his father Salim Khan to write his speech in the movie. Neither Salim Khan nor Javed Akhtar were credited.
Ravi Chopra, the director of the film, denied that this was a remake of the Rajesh Khanna-Shabana Azmi starrer Avtaar. He said that the plot of that film was about a father seeking revenge on his children while this film just focused on the bond between an old couple. He also commented that just because this film is based on family relations they are comparing it to Avtaar & Amrit. He said that just because a story revolves around the same relationship it doesn't make it alike as films can explore different aspects of that same relationship.

  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicholas Michael Halim (talk • contribs) 09:47, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
@Nicholas Michael Halim: Why exactly was this para removed (including the remake/adaptation bit)? Gotitbro (talk) 16:00, 5 October 2021 (UTC)