Widowed Mrs. Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) has brought up three sons with a lot of care and love. Her eldest son Om (Anil Kapoor) is very honest and diligent; her two other sons Jai (Fardeen Khan), and Jagdish (Abhishek Bachchan) also live in the same house. this is their story
Acting
Waheeda Rehman's eyes alone could teach a masterclass in maternal suffering.
Direction
Anupam Kher's directorial debut — actor-turned-director with zero subtlety, maximum earnestness.
Director
Anupam Kher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anupam Kher directed this after decades as an actor, and reportedly cried on set watching Waheeda Rehman perform — which, honestly, same.
This was part of Bollywood's early-2000s obsession with 'family values' cinema, where NRI sons inevitably learned that money can't buy love — usually while dramatically falling to their knees.
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