BABY reviews and Boxoffice thread - Page 8

Kamaal R Khan-KRK @kamaalrkhan
Show is over n #Baby is not a thriller but a BAAP of all thrillers. Salute to Neeraj Pandey for making such a perfect film.

Thanks guys, she is a chill person in such matters but you never know. It would be more embarrassing cz I am the one dragging her to it so just making sure

Even though the votes are less than 100, the movie has 9.8 rating on Imdb. Happy for Akshay and Neeraj, hard-work seems to have been appreciated! Hope it collects enough moolah.

slow start for the film around 25% on the morning show

Baby Movie Review

BABY IS BOLLYWOOD AND AKSHAY'S
MOST GROWN-UP THRILLER!

Critic's rating: 4/5

STORY: India faces multiple terror threats - can 'Baby' battle the big bad guys?

REVIEW: A top-secret counter- espionage team 'Baby' is born after
26/11. Its officers, led by Ajay Singh
(Akshay), have no official records or responsibilities - except to thwart terror attacks. If caught, the government maintains 'plausible deniability' about them. But meanwhile, the trial-basis unit battles threats from Pakistan, within India and multiple global locations. Can 'Baby' bite the bad guys hard enough?

Baby is Bollywood's most grown-up action drama yet. Its scale is lavish, zipping between India, Nepal, Turkey and the Middle East, and its performances excellent. Akshay Kumar is terrific as Ajay whose core of steel you can almost feel. Akshay presents top-rung action - you practically hear opponents' bones breaking under his stabbing kicks. But you hear Ajay's mind ticking too as he foils plots, plans hustles and thinks of excuses before his wife Anjali (Madhurima Tuli). Akshay is at his best, deadly serious in combat, wryly engaging with straight-faced humour, pleasantly asking a suspect, "Kharonch kyun aayegi...?" before interrogation.

Other performances sustain Baby -
Danny Denzongpa is superb as Feroz, unit chief whose love for nation and team often escape his quiet bureaucratic suits. Tapsee Pannu has and dazzling little role while Rana Daggubati provides muscle to the lean, mean team. Anupam Kher as sour- tongued strategist Shuklaji delivers with tart aplomb while Kay Kay exudes menace through unnerving, unblinking eyes.

You feel menace too when the magnificently acted Maulana Rahman (Rasheed Naz) makes devilish speeches, evoking terrorist Hafiz Saeed. Baby features multiple vibrant roles, including Hasan Noman as a smooth investigator, Murali Sharma as a minister's pompous-ass PA and Sushant Singh who faces a "Rod. Aur gel." during an understandably quick interrogation.

Balancing characters, conspiracies and cities, director Neeraj Pandey admirably keeps Baby rich, yet tight, researched, non-sentimental and steely-eyed. Neeraj's craft has grown - he's taken trademark touches from films like Special 26 and A Wednesday, setting them here on a grand scale, with a breath-taking climax. The cinematography - desert dunes in nothing but shaded moonlight - is elegant while dialogues are robust. One of Baby's crew tells Ajay, "Tension kya lena? Ulta, aapke rehte, mazaa aata hai."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Baby/movie-review/45975156.cms

Girish Johar @girishjohar
#Baby has take an average start at the BO, roughly around 40% pan India in early shows...its getting FABULOUS reports, so will pick up !!!!

Why such low opening? Didnt they promote it properly on TV etc? Just hope it picks up. It seems like a fantastic movie from reviews and I want it to do very well esp for Akki and Neeraj.

Originally posted by: -enchanted-

Why such low opening? Didnt they promote it properly on TV etc? Just hope it picks up. It seems like a fantastic movie from reviews and I want it to do very well esp for Akki and Neeraj.

no songs , very less promotions .. Akki's strong zone single screens got effected by it a lot.

visiting after ages on Bolly Forum...

just saw Baby ... it was total Paisa vasool movie.

Neeraj really made a gud movie,,,
Akki has always been the quintessential action hero and in this too he excels. The plot and dialogue are clear & nicely showed in movie. from first start till end make you thriler.

I do feel, the content overpowers this film. its religious connection. What I loved most about the film was its quality to hook you.

anupam kher second half intro makes movie bit more funny & excited. his dialogs are bit double meaning 😆

Thankfully, this movie doesn't have any songs,except for one which plays during the end credits, and very few distractions from the main plot.
This is one of those rare Bollywood movies that skips the melodrama, and for that alone


HAPPY FOR AKKI .. HIS BEST WORK