Baton Baton Mein

Baton Baton Mein

1979 · 113 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Basu Chatterjee

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Amol Palekar Tony Braganza
Tina Munim Nancy Perreira
Pearl Padamsee Rosie Perreira (Nancy's mom)
David Abraham Cheulkar Uncle Tom
Asrani Francis Fernandes
Leela Mishra Philomena Aunty
Tun Tun Imaginary Nancy's mom
Arvind Deshpande Mr. Braganza
Piloo J. Wadia Mrs. Braganza
Shobhini Singh Maria (Tom's wife)
Uday Chandra Henry
Ranjit Chowdhry Sabhi Perreira

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