Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Baghban (2003 film)" in English language version.
The story of grown-up children feeling burdened by ageing parents has been told innumerable times since Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and its more influential Japanese remake in Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953). Dozens of Indian films, most famously Baghban (2003), have milked the theme of elder abuse for maximum melodramatic effect.
Make Way for Tomorrow, directed by Leo McCarey, has inspired at least two other films, Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953) and Baghban (Ravi Chopra, 2003).