Hema Malini recently revealed that she had initial reservations about playing the role of a mother of four in the 2003 family drama film 'Baghban,' directed by Ravi Chopra. However, the movie which starred Hema alongside Amitabh Bachchan later went on to become beloved across generations.

At the time of being offered the film, Hema was in her early 50s and had taken a break from acting, only appearing in occasional projects such as Kamal Haasan's 2000 Tamil-Hindi bilingual crime film 'Hey Ram. Following Baghban,' Hema starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan once again in Yash Chopra's 2004 blockbuster "Veer-Zaara."