Movie: Baby
Rating: 2.75/5
Cast: Anand Deverakonda, Vaishnavi Chaitanya, Viraj Ashwin, Nagababu
Director: Sai Rajesh
Produced By: SKN
Release Date: 14th July 2023
Story: Anand (Anand Deverakonda) and Vaishnavi (Vaishnavi Chaitanya) are schoolmates. While Vaishnavi loves Anand silently, gradually he realizes sincerity in her love, and he too falls for her, After that, Anand fails to pass the 10th class while Vaishnavi moves on to further studies. Things take a turn when Vaishnavi joins an engineering college. How does college life affect the bond between the love pair? Who is Viraj (Viraj Ashwin) and what change does he bring to the love story of Anand and Vaishnavi? Answers to all these questions form the rest of the story.
Analysis: Director Sai Rajesh was very much successful in getting the required craze for his film, Baby, with aggressive promotions and a super hit album was also one of the reasons for the audiences being interested in this movie. Now coming to the film, the narrative starts on an emotional note and then moves back to the past of the lead pair. The introduction of both the characters and them falling in love was shown beautifully. After that, the pace moves a bit slow when the college scenes start and when it looks like the film is getting dragged, the interval episode brings the right momentum. An emotional sequence followed by a bit of a shocking interval bang raises the expectations towards the second half.
The director was aware of this generation ‘s mindset and designed the characters/dialogues according to them. Though some dialogues come good in this process, a few looked like they went a bit too far. In the Second half, the situations between the lead pair get more problematic. The change in the character of Viraj sustains the interest level as well. However, the problematic situation which the heroine goes through looks too convenient. Which is why when she is trapped in a situation in which she can never come back, the audience cannot feel for her. The last 30 minutes of the film are handled in a pretentious mode rather than going for the clear route. The climax is also designed in a hard – hitting way, but a more stress on all the lead characters’ writing could have made it more effective.
Performances: Anand Deverakonda was natural and was able to bring out the innocence in his character. Vaishnavi Chaitanya was too good and performed very well in emotional scenes. Viraj Ashwin has a nice character, he used it to the fullest. Nagababu has limited screen space, but he had some worth mentioning dialogues.
Plus Points:
- Performances
- Dialogues in important scenes
- Music
Minus Points:
- Slow Pace
- Few unnecessary cuss words/dialogues
- Convenient writing at places
Verdict:
Overall, Baby the movie is not a regular coming of age romance. Some needless dialogues and false emotions act against the director’s intention, but the performances, scenes between the lead pair and soulful music work well for the film.
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