Baabul (2006 film)

Balraj Kapoor (Amitabh Bachchan) is a rich businessman, happy and content with his world. He and his wife Shobhna (Hema Malini) live happily together and they wait for their only son Avinash a.k.a. 'Avi' (Salman Khan) to return from his studies in the United States. After an absence of 7 years, Avinash comes back to India. He reunites with his parents at the airport and races home. Back home, Avinash joins his father's business.

One day they decide to go golfing and Balraj accidentally hits the ball which ruins a painting. The young woman painting the picture, Malvika a.k.a. 'Millie' (Rani Mukherji) gets furious with Balraj and leaves. Later on, Avinash runs into Millie on the golf course, and they start to talk. Millie tells him that a stupid old man ruined her painting and points out that it was Balraj, but she does not know that the 'old man' is Avinash’s father and he does not tell her. They start to hang out together while slowly falling in love with each other.

When Millie comes home, she is visited by her childhood friend Rajat (John Abraham). She tells him that she loves someone, which devastates him because he is also in love with her. One day, Millie goes to Avi's office to drop off a painting and finds out that Balraj is Avinash’s father. When Avinash shows up, she leaves the office crying. He chases after her and says that the only reason he lied to her was that he loves her. She does not accept his apology right then, but when Balraj apologizes to her for ruining her painting, she forgives them both.

Avinash asks Millie to get dressed up for a party at his house. When she arrives, there is no one except Avinash. He proposes to her and she accepts. The whole family visits Millie's house to discuss marriage and everyone agrees, except Rajat. He tells Avinash that he will let Avinash marry Millie if only he promises to always keep her happy and never let her get sad. Avinash and Millie get married and soon they are expecting a child. Millie's birth-pains begin while she is in yoga class. Avinash rushes her to the hospital where they are blessed with a healthy baby boy. They name the child Ansh.

Ansh grows up to be a sweet and intelligent boy. The family throws a birthday bash for him on his birthday. They wait for Avinash to get back home from a business trip to London, but he never turns up; he is killed in a road accident, leaving Millie devastated.

Balraj seeks to bring happiness back into his widowed daughter-in-law's life. He gets into contact with Rajat in London and informs him of Avinash’s death and Millie’s condition. He learns that Rajat still loves Millie. Balraj asks Rajat to marry Millie. Rajat meets Ansh and bonds very well with him, thus forming a friendship However, there is stiff opposition from Shobhna (Avinash’s mother) and Balraj's conservative older brother Balwant (Om Puri). Shobhna fears to lose her grandson Ansh, while Balwant takes the traditional Indian view that a widow with a child should devote herself to raising her child and think of nothing else and that a woman marrying twice is committing a mortal sin. However, Balraj stands firm and convinces everyone. In the end, Rajat and Millie get married, and everything is well. Avinash comes in as a spirit and blesses his dad with happiness.

• Amitabh Bachchan as Balraj Kapoor, a rich businessman who shares a strong bond with his son Avinash. After Avinash dies, he is willing to seek happiness in his daughter-in-law Millie’s life once again by getting her married to Rajat.
• Salman Khan as Avinash Kapoor, he is Balraj and Shobhna’s only son who shares a strong bond with his father referring him as “Buddy”. He joins his father’s business firm and becomes a businessman as well. He is the husband of Millie and the father of Ansh. He dies in a car accident causing Millie to fall through depression.
• John Abraham as Rajat Verma, he is Millie’s childhood friend who is also in love with her. After Avinash’s death, he is sought out by Balraj to bring happiness into Millie’s life again and marry her.
• Rani Mukherji as Malvika "Milli" Kapoor (nee Talwar), an aspiring artist who becomes Avinash’s wife and is the mother of their son Ansh. She goes into a deep depression after Avinash dies and misses him very much.
• Hema Malini as Shobhna Kapoor, Balraj’s wife, Avinash’s mother, Millie’s mother-in-law, and Ansh’s grandmother.
• Om Puri as Balwant Kapoor, Balraj’s older brother who is strictly bound by old ways of marriage and is very religious. In the end he realizes his folly and gives his consent to Millie and Rajat's marriage.
• Sarika as Pushpa Kapoor, Balraj and Balwant's widowed younger sister-in-law who has always been looked down upon by Balwant for being a widow.
• Aman Verma as Shobhna's brother
• Parmeet Sethi as Khushi Kapoor, Balwant's son
• Sharat Saxena as J Talwar, Malvika's father
• Smita Jaykar as Suman Talwar, Malvika's mother
• Rajpal Yadav as Paanchi, the Kapoor Household servant and chauffeur
• Shriya Saran (Cameo)
• Vaishnavi Mahant

The music is composed by Aadesh Shrivastava. The soundtrack has 11 songs. The soundtrack was one of the most successful soundtracks of 2006.

Nominated

• 52nd Filmfare Awards: Best Supporting Actor – John Abraham

• Babul

• Baabul at IMDb