Strong and Moving!

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Good concept, poorly executed.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Family dramas like this one were all the rage in the 80's/early 90's so on paper Beta would have felt like more of the same. Beta however is heads and shoulders above other movies of it's kind thanks to the cast.Aruna Irani deserves a very special mention, she was superb in a negative role and in my opinion this is her best performance. Madhuri is also tremendous, the scenes between her and Aruna Irani are electric. Anil Kapoor does well too in the male lead but in my opinion he is overshadowed by the two women. Among the supporting actors the late Lakmikant Berde deserves a special mention as he is hilarious in this movie whilst Anupum Kher does well in a negative role. The songs are simply excellent, particularly Dhak dhak karne laga and Koyal se teri boli.Yes the ending is a tad bit too melodramatic and unrealistic but that's what the audiences went for at the time. Indra Kumar has made some pretty enjoyable movies like Dil, Ishq, Mann and Masti but Beta is without a doubt my favourite from himHe did very recently try to make another melodrama Super Naani but the movie was a total washout. I seriously believe that these days nobody would go for movies like Beta, they were most definitely a product of their time in the nicest way possible. I revisited it only a few days ago after having not seen it in at least two decades and it was just as good as I remembered. So on a closing note I would just like to say that Beta is without a doubt one of the best Anil Kapoor- Madhuri collaborations.

I saw this movie after 25 year of the released. thus is old classic bollywood movie. with decant drama,song,dance.with average direction. this movie is about mother and her son. Anil kapoor has no mother . so his father marry to another women . his step mom his very bad she want only his property. hole movie is about this. what happen when madhuri comes. you can watch. good: this movie has good drama . good story . some good song also such as dhak dhak karane laga .you can enjoy heroin hot body in this song. bad: bad thing is length of this movie.this movie is very long length almost 3 hr . I got boar by watching such long movie. Final: this is classy entertains movie. can be watch with family. and also free available on you tube.

Some of the comments I couldn't disagree more. Yes the comedy was dodgy, but in which Hindi movie in that era has the comedy not been dodgy?! 9/10 Hindi movies are far-fetched and this is why we watch them. Beta could have been better written, but as it is, it isn't written badly. Acting from Anil and Madhuri is A-class, as well as Aruna Irani and Anupam Kher. Without the class side actors, this movie would have been nothing. One of my best Anil movies of all time..!Indra Kumar's other movies I really enjoyed was Raja and Ishq, I disliked the others. Mann had potential but still really disappointing from a creative maker like Mr Kumar.

Clearly one of Madhuri's better performances. The film could have been treated better by the director though. Watch the film if you are a fan of Madhuri.