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A quality tearjerker; Bollywood vue cinema.


Byline: By Manish Gajjar

BAABUL (PG)

VERDICT: *****

Director: Ravi Chopra

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan “Bachchan” redirects here. For other uses, see Bachchan (disambiguation).

Amitabh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) (/əmitaːbʱ bətʃtʃən/ 
, Hema Malini, Salman Khan (pictured), Rani ra·ni also ra·nee  
n. pl. ra·nis also ra·nees
1. The wife of a rajah.

2. A princess or queen in India or the East Indies.
 Mukherjee, John Abraham, Om Puri.

Story: Balraj is a modern businessman whose family and traditional values are of utmost importance. Fully supported by his loving wife, Shobhna, they have a son called Avinash.

Finishing his studies abroad, Avinash returns home to his parents. This is the happiest period in all of their lives. When Avinash meets Millie their subsequent marriage produces a child named Ansh.

Rajat has been Millie's childhood friend and he's happy seeing Avinash and Millie together. So, he decides to emigrate to Europe to pursue his musical career.

A major twist then leads to someone planning marriage - but not to the approval of others.

Any good?: Adapting traditional Indian values to modern day society, Baabul tackles the issue of remarriage Re`mar´riage   

n. 1. A second or repeated marriage.

Noun 1. remarriage - the act of marrying again
 with great sensitivity and efficiency.

Grieving creates emotional scenes which will tug at your heartstrings and bring tears to your eyes.

Baabul belongs to Amitabh and Rani Mukerji.

Versatile Rani depicts a wide range of emotions in Millie while veteran star Amitabh shows continuous resilience to help others to cope with adversity.

See this if you liked: Bhagban - made by the same director and starring the same couple, Hema and Amitabh.

NOW SHOWING AT VUE See HP-VUE.

VUE - Visual User Environment: a desktop manager for Unix from Hewlett-Packard.
, STAR CITY

Dhoom 2: Three characters join forces to track down a hi-tech criminal aided by his mistress who have set their sights on Mumbai in this action-packed thriller. *****

Vivah: The sanctity of marital bonding during the delicate phase before marriage is explored in this family drama. *****

Umrao Jaan: A musical love story of a courtesan cour·te·san  
n.
A woman prostitute, especially one whose clients are members of a royal court or men of high social standing.



[French courtisane, from Old French, from Old Italian cortigiana
 trained to captivate men of wealth and taste in this 1981 remake. *****

Manish Gajjar is the Bollywood consultant for VUE Cinemas at Star City - the No 1 choice for Hindi movies in the West Midlands. For tickets call the booking line 08712 240 240 or visit http://www.myvue.com to win an Adlabs' goodie bag in the Baabul film competition.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Dec 15, 2006
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