Baby

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Neeraj Pandey directs. Sudeep Chatterjee behind the camera. M.M. Keeravaani scores. Shree Narayan Singh cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, Turkish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
• 2Released 11 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Turkish.
• 4Part of the "Baby Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 5217+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
• 6Directed by Neeraj Pandey, shot by Sudeep Chatterjee. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 7Original score by M.M. Keeravaani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 8Editor Shree Narayan Singh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 9Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher and Kay Kay Menon carry the top of the cast.
• 10Marketing tagline: "History is made by those who give a damn".
• 11IMDB entry: tt3848892 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Sudeep Chatterjee

Original score

M.M. Keeravaani

Editing

Shree Narayan Singh

Production design

Sandeep Sharad Ravade

Costume design

Falguni Thakore

Makeup / hair

Rahul Kothavale

VFX supervisor

Viral Thakkar

Sound

Debasish Mishra

Stunt coordinator

Cyril Raffaelli

Runtime

160 min · 2h 40m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

HI

IMDB

Baby (2015) ↗

IMDB rating

7.9/10 · 61,330 votes

MPAA

Not Rated

Part of

Baby Collection

This collection contains films, "Baby" and "Naam Shabana". Part of a Spy-Thriller Franchise.

• 
  Baby

  2015 · this one
• 
  Naam Shabana

  2017

Also by

Neeraj Pandey

• 
  Special Ops

  2020 · ★ 8.2
• 
  Special Ops 1.5 The Himmat Story

  2021 · ★ 8.2
• 
  Special 26

  2013 · ★ 7.3
• 
  M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

  2016 · ★ 7.3
• 
  Bandon Mein Tha Dum!

  2022 · ★ 7.2
• 
  A Wednesday!

  2008 · ★ 7.0

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Exclusive: 'BABY' Official Trailer | Akshay Kumar | T-Series

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Shreyance Parakh2017-05-04
  ★ 6/10

  Good intentions, average execution Though I'm an admirer of Neeraj Pandey's work, Baby was not among the same league as Special 26 and 'A Wednesday', which was a class apart. Most Indian audiences would like this movie a lot but for me it was a case of an average movie that could've been a great one. There were a lot of loop holes(not particularly plot holes) and it could have been cut short by about 10-15 minutes. Some dialogs seemed as if they've been included just to please the audiences like Akshay's wife saying more than once "Marna mat"(Don't die). In fact she was one of the only miscast of the movie. Started 'not liking' her from her very first scene. First half felt like somewhat dragging, but the second half must've infused interest in the majority. The movie had its pros too, first of which was the star-cast and the acting. Akshay Kumar was great, which he always is in these kind of roles, and everyone supported hi beautifully, be it the fight sequence from Tapsee Pannu, or the supporting roles of Anupam Kher and Rana Daggubati. Danny Dengzongpa seems to be in the second innings of his career and I'd love for him to play an elongated part in this one. Other good things about this movie were that it seemed good on the technical front and the research behind it bore fruits like the rest of the director's works. Finally, Rasheed Naz must be the perfect person to play 'Maulana Mohammed Rahman'. I personally liked D-Day, which was based on the similar story-line, a lot better than Baby though the majority might differ. Hence I won't say to stay away from this one, instead go for it and decide for yourself.

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Production companies

Who made it

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  T-Series

  IN

• 

  Cape of Good Films

  IN

• CR

  Crouching Tiger Motion Pictures

  IN

• FR

  Friday Filmworks

  IN

Key crew

• Production ControllerAshraf Vohra
• Digital Intermediate ColoristAshirwad Hadkar
• Visual Effects SupervisorViral Thakkar
• Public RelationsParag Desai
• Production DesignSandeep Sharad Ravade
• PublicistRahul Nanda
• Steadicam OperatorDevendra Dash
• PublicistHimanshu Nanda
• Digital Intermediate ProducerMehruz Siganporia
• Assistant DirectorShubhagat Chowdhury
• Playback SingerRamya Behra
• Line ProducerRavi Sarin
• Casting DirectorVicky Sidana
• Stunt CoordinatorCyril Raffaelli
• Line ProducerTarlok Singh
• Line ProducerIlhan Kizilkaya
• Line ProducerManan Sampat
• Legal ServicesVinay Sarangi
• Still PhotographerChandan Kachhawa
• Stunt CoordinatorAbbas Ali Moghul
• Costume DesignFalguni Thakore
• Playback SingerPapon
• Playback SingerApeksha Dandekar
• First Assistant DirectorRizvi Naved

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• espionage
• elite unit
• terrorism
• commando

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2015-01-23

Also known as

International titles

• बेबीBabyIN
• BabyGB