Baton Baton Mein

Baton Baton Mein

113 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 13, 1979

Rosie Perreira is an overly anxious widow, living with her guitar-obsessed son, Sabhi, and a lovely daughter, Nancy, who she would like to get married to a wealthy young man. Her helpful neighbor, Tom, introduces a young eligible Tony Braganza to Nancy in the 9:10 AM Western Railway local train from Bandra to Churchgate. Tom also asks Nancy to introduce Tony to Rosie, which she does. Rosie is initially apprehensive about him as he only drawing a mere Rs.300/ compared to Nancy's Rs.700/-, but soon changes her mind when she finds out that after his probationary period he will draw a monthly pay of Rs.1000/-. Nancy and Tom are permitted to meet and both eventually fall in love. While Nancy wants to follow her mother's directions and get married, Tony is hesitant, and this is what costs him Nancy's love, as she starts to feel that he will not come through with the marriage. And soon Rosie starts looking elsewhere for a son-in-law, while Tony is still reluctant to make any commitments.

Baton Baton Mein

113 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 13, 1979

Baton Baton Mein
Rosie Perreira is an overly anxious widow, living with her guitar-obsessed son, Sabhi, and a lovely daughter, Nancy, who she would like to get married to a wealthy young man. Her helpful neighbor, Tom, introduces a young eligible Tony Braganza to Nancy in the 9:10 AM Western Railway local train from Bandra to Churchgate. Tom also asks Nancy to introduce Tony to Rosie, which she does. Rosie is initially apprehensive about him as he only drawing a mere Rs.300/ compared to Nancy's Rs.700/-, but soon changes her mind when she finds out that after his probationary period he will draw a monthly pay of Rs.1000/-. Nancy and Tom are permitted to meet and both eventually fall in love. While Nancy wants to follow her mother's directions and get married, Tony is hesitant, and this is what costs him Nancy's love, as she starts to feel that he will not come through with the marriage. And soon Rosie starts looking elsewhere for a son-in-law, while Tony is still reluctant to make any commitments.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Cineye Films
Original title Baton Baton Mein
Directors Basu Chatterjee
Writers

Cast

Amol Palekar

as Tony Braganza

Tina Munim

as Nancy Perreira

Pearl Padamsee

as Rosie Perreira (Nancy's mom)

David Abraham Cheulkar

as Uncle Tom

Asrani

as Francis Fernandes

Leela Mishra

as Philomena Aunty

Tun Tun

as Imaginary Nancy's mom

Arvind Deshpande

as Mr. Braganza

Piloo J. Wadia

as Mrs. Braganza

Shobhini Singh

as Maria (Tom's wife)

Uday Chandra

as Henry

Ranjit Chowdhry

as Sabhi Perreira