Movie review: Baba  

This movie gives a close view of how humans get dragged into the world and remain oblivious to their inner nature. This also movie affirms the legend of "Babaji" and his lineage of spiritual gurus. 

Baba (Rajni) is born in a normal family due to blessings of spiritual gurus. He roams on the streets and spends most of his time eating meat and drinking liquor. He does not believe at all in God. His family is devotees of Babaji. Baba demands respect as he is not afraid of anyone and fights for many right causes. 

But Baba displays knowledge of rare scriptures and gets lost in deep thoughts sometimes. As he is disturbed and faces dangers, one seemingly "mad" man takes him to show his destiny. He comes to face to face with Babaji and his disciplines in Himalayas. He gets a mantra and he can try it 7 times to achieve miracles. 

He comes to back normal life and cannot believe this experience. He imagine his spiritual experience to be a delusion. 

He tests the mantra for very silly reasons. Despite the minor miracles, he and his friends are not convinced. 

He further tests it 2 more times on somewhat better causes. As he gets convinced that the mantra is real, he becomes popular and now people want to misuse the mantra for very selfish purposes. But Baba is still unselfish in heart and uses the mantra for genuine purposes. 

This movie has lot of political over tones. But the spiritual message is very strong. Babaji has taken a normal life because of his strong desires for eating meat and drinking liquor. It basically conveys the message that strong desires force us to take human life. 

The legend of Babaji was brought forth again in this movie. If you have read Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahamsa Yogananda, you will understand this very easily. 

Spiritual lessons of this movie:

Even when we encounter genuine spiritual experiences, we remain skeptical. It takes lot of time before we gain complete faith. 

Miracles do happen if you trust in God

When Baba asks Babaji for a solution for all the problems in the world, the solution is simple: 

Do ones duty.
Help others when possible.

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