Discuss in groups, plays or films with a strong message of social reform that you have watched.

Group A : Have you seen Amitabh’s ‘Bagaban’

(Ram, Hari and Geeta)

Group B : Who hasn’t ? Oh! Amitabh at his best.

(Rittu, Manish and Gopi)

Group A : Well, Amitabh is superb. But I am talking of the powerful message that the film gives to the viewers.

Group A : Certainly. The film highlights the sacrifices done by the parents to bring up their children.

Group B : And how conveniently do the children forget those pains and sacrifices ? Group A : The father does everything to make his children happy and comfortable. Group B : And then comes the retirement. The sons and daughters-in-law seek their own pounds of flesh. They expect money.

Group A : They understand no human feelings. They prove thankless. So inhuman that they force their parents to be separated.

Group B : Poetic justice is done in the end. Erring sons and daughters-in-law suffer shame and humiliation. The wheel turns the full circle.

Group A : Powerful social message is conveyed through a sterling performance by Amitabh. Hema is also quite good.

Group B : All said and done, it is a good film based on familial problems and relations.