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* [[Rasheed Naz]] as Maulana Mohammad Saeed Rahman
* [[Rasheed Naz]] as Maulana Mohammad Saeed Rahman
* Kulvinder Singh as Ishan Punia
* Kulvinder Singh as Ishan Punia
* [[Esha Gupta]] Special appearance in song "Beparwah"


== Production ==
== Production ==

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Baby
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNeeraj Pandey
Written byNeeraj Pandey
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byDanny Denzongpa
CinematographySudeep Chatterjee
Edited byShree Narayan Singh
Music bySongs:
M. M. Keeravani
Meet Bros Anjjan
Background Score:
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Production
companies
Distributed byT-Series
Release date
  • January 23, 2015 (2015-01-23) (India)
Running time
159 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹58 crore (US$6.9 million)[2]
Box office₹98 crore (US$12 million) (14 days total)[3]

Baby is a 2015 Indian espionage action thriller film directed by Neeraj Pandey. The film stars Akshay Kumar in the lead role, along with Danny Denzongpa, Anupam Kher, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon, Madhurima Tuli and Rasheed Naz in supporting roles. The film released on January 23, 2015 to positive reviews from critics, praising particularly the direction and Kumar's performance.and going to be 2015 first 100 crore club if all is well. [4]

Plot summary

The story follows members of a fictional secret operation called Baby, a temporary task force headed by Feroz (Denzongpa) whose mission is to protect India from terrorists and whose mandate is coming to a close.

While attempting to rescue a fellow Indian security agent in Turkey, Ajay Rajput (Akshay Kumar) discovers a terrorist plot against a Delhi mall which he and Jai (Daggubati) are able to prevent. In the process they learn that this was only the first in a series of massive attacks that have been planned. Terrorist mastermind Maulana (Naz) , who is causing trouble near the Pakistan-India border, arranges for Bilal (Kay Kay Menon) to escape from prison. A team from Baby is dispatched, but all of the squad members on the mission except Ajay are killed in an explosion. To collect further information from a terrorist logistics planner in Nepal, Ajay and officer Priya (Pannu) travel to Nepal pretending to be husband and wife. Their plan to capture the terrorist Wasim Khan (Sushant Singh) goes wrong and Priya is trapped alone with Khan when he discovers she is spying on him. Ajay arrives to find that Priya has rendered Khan unconscious.

Feroz sends Ajay, Jai and Shukla to their deep asset Ashfaq in Saudi Arabia where Bilal is making his plans. After they kill Bilal and are about to return, they find that Maulana is also at the site. Jai knocks him out and they decide to bring Maulana back to India, sedated, under the pretext that he is a relative they need to get to India for a liver transplant. After the discovery of Bilal's death, the Arab police chief Hani Mohammad (Hasan Noman) first attempts to close the airport to prevent the murderer's escape and the police almost apprehend the Baby agents. However, a short time later when he calls and finds out there are in fact 3 people on the plane headed to India under a medical visa, he smiles and lets them escape.

After Baby's success at bringing Maulana in to the Indian security, Baby is given permanent status.[5]

Cast

Production

Baby was produced under T-Series along with Crouching Tiger, Friday Filmworks and Cape of Good Films.

The filming began on September 4, 2014, in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.[6][7] Many shots have been taken in Gautam Buddha University, at Meditation Hall, Shanti Sarover and Library, at Greater Noida. The second part was shot in Nepal and the team completed their final schedule in Abu Dhabi in October and some part was also shots in Istanbul.

Soundtrack

Untitled

The songs for the film features songs composed by MM Kreem and Meet Bros Anjjan. Lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir.

The film score was composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Beparwah"Manoj MuntashirMeet Bros Anjjan, Apeksha Dandekar5:13
2."Main Tujhse Pyaar Nahin Karta"Manoj MuntashirPapon4:13
3."Beparwah (MBA Swag)"Manoj MuntashirMeet Bros Anjjan, Earl Edgar4:22
4."Main Tujhse Pyaar Nahin Karti"Manoj MuntashirRamya Behara3:50
Total length:17:38

Release and reception

Critical response

Baby was released to critical acclaim .[4]

Subhash K. Jha gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5 and stated "Baby is one helluva roller-coaster ride. Miss it at your own risk."[8] Sarita A Tanwar of Daily News and Analysis gave the movie 4 stars, describing Akshay Kumar's performance in the movie as his career-best.[9] Anuj Kumar of The Hindu summarized the film as "A gripping espionage thriller that eschews drama and jingoism".[10] Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India also gave it 4 stars out of 5 and said, "Akshay Kumar is terrific as Ajay whose core of steel you can almost feel".[1] Hindustan Times gave the movie 4 stars out of 5 too, calling the film "sleek, well-timed and engaging."[11] Yahoo Movies gave the film 4 stars and wrote, "The film deals with a definite conflict, backs it up with a coherent plot trajectory and delivers a compelling resolution."[12] Anupama Chopra gave the film 3.5 stars and stating that the movie will make the viewers forget Akshay's cinematic misdemeanours.[13] Rajeev Masand gave the film 3 stars, hailing its action sequences and performance of the cast.[14] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2 stars. However, Gupta praised Akshay Kumar's performance.[15] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare praised the breathtaking action of the movie and gave it 3 stars.[16] Ritika Handoo of Zee News hailed the movie as an entertaining movie which is a must watch.[17] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the movie two stars calling the movie as politically dodgy in spite of being a smartly-packaged, competently shot espionage thriller.[18] Shubha Shetty-Saha of Mid Day gave the movie 4 stars, calling it a must-watch movie.[19] Mihir Fadnavis of Firstpost didn't give positive reviews to the plot but praised the movie as entertaining and fast-paced.[20] Mayank Shekhar of ABP News gave 3 stars and wrote that the film manages to hold viewers attention.[21] Abhishek Gupta of India TV said the film is "fast-paced and entertaining" and that it "goads by making a point that while America executed their plan to kill the 9/11 mastermind in Abbottabad, here our politicians could just make loud promises " about the 26/11 attacks.[22] Bollywood Hungama praised the "exceptional" cinematography; the "extremely gripping" storyline, which makes appropriate use of the actors; the score, which "instills the necessary emotions"; and Kumar's performance. It concluded, "On the whole, Baby is one of the finest films ever made in the history of Indian cinema" and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.[23] R.M. Vijayakar of The New Indian Express gave 3.5 ratings calling it "that near-perfect textbook espionage thriller we have been dying to see: straight and business-like, fast-paced, without frills, and immaculately detailed to the point of occasional verbosity" [24]

Ban in Pakistan

Baby was banned in Pakistan by the censor boards in Islamabad and Karachi, stating that "it portrays a negative image of Muslims and the negative characters in the film also have Muslim names".[25] Pandey has stated "We have three Pakistani actors in the film. There is no Pakistan bashing and there is no jingoism towards a particular country or religion."[26][27]

Box office

The film started off slowly with 20–25% seating and picked up only in metro areas to about 50%.[28] Bollywood Hungama estimated the opening day at ₹9.3 crore (US$1.1 million).[29] International Business Times said the film had "tremendous growth" over the weekend and that its first weekend total was ₹36.07 crore (US$4.3 million).[30][31] Baby collected ₹98 crore (US$12 million) in two weeks.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b "Baby Movie Review". The Times of India. 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ "'Baby' (Tuesday) 5 Days Collection at Box Office: Akshay Kumar-Starrer Racing Towards ₹100 Cr Mark". International Business TImes.
  3. ^ "Worldwide Collections of Baby". Bollywood Hungama.
  4. ^ a b "'Baby' Movie Review Roundup: A Must Watch Film". International Business Times.
  5. ^ "Baby Movie Review". Times Internet. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Akshay Kumar's 'Baby' team begins 'awesome' shoot". The Indian Express. Indian Express Limited. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. ^ "'Baby' team begins 'awesome' shoot". india.com (Essel Group). 4 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  8. ^ https://in.movies.yahoo.com/news/baby-miss-own-risk-ians-movie-review-rating-102624223.html
  9. ^ "Film Review: 'Baby' is sensible, taut and yet completely mainstream". Daily News and Analysis.
  10. ^ "Baby review: Preventive measures". The Hindu.
  11. ^ "Baby review: New-age patriotism in a gripping thriller". Hindustan Times.
  12. ^ "Yahoo Movies Review: Baby". The Hindu.
  13. ^ "Anupama Chopra's Verdict on Baby". NDTV.
  14. ^ "'Baby' review: The film is a khichdi of influences, uneven film". CNN IBN.
  15. ^ "'Baby' is Akshay Kumar's most credible performance". The Indian Express.
  16. ^ "Movie Review: Baby". Filmfare.
  17. ^ "'Baby' review: Kick out terrorism the Akshay Kumar way!". Zee News.
  18. ^ "Baby Movie Review". NDTV.
  19. ^ "'Baby' - Movie review". Mid Day.
  20. ^ "Baby review: Akshay Kumar's film is fast, entertaining but has a stupid plot". Firstpost. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  21. ^ "MOVIE REVIEW: 'Baby' - Total timepass". ABP News.
  22. ^ "Baby movie review". India TV.
  23. ^ Bollywood Hungama. "Baby".
  24. ^ Vijayakar, R.M. "'Baby' Movie Review: Espionage Thriller is Gritty but Overlong". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  25. ^ "Pakistan bans Akshay Kumar's 'Baby'". The Hindu.
  26. ^ "Cracking the code". The Hindu.
  27. ^ "Awaiting approval: 'Baby' is not an anti-Pakistan film, says Indian director". DAWN.
  28. ^ BOI Staff (24 January 2015). "Baby First Day Business". Box Office India. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  29. ^ "Box Office: Baby becomes Akshay Kumar's 9th Highest Opening Day grosser". Bollywood Hungama.
  30. ^ Box office India"Opening Weekend Box Office Collection: Akshay's 'Baby' Shows Tremendous Growth; Sonam's 'Dolly Ki Doli' Decent". International Business Times.
  31. ^ "Bollywood Top Grossers". Bollywood Hungama.
  32. ^ Box office India "Worldwide Collections of Baby". Bollywood Hungama.
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