Baby Review – Innocent, touching and heartbreaking

Anand Deverakonda teamed up with director Sai Rajesh for the film Baby, which was released today. The film features Vaishnavi Chaitanya as the leading lady, and Viraj Ashwin in a key role. The trailer of the film was released recently, and gained a massive response from the audience, increasing the expectations on the film, which has been released today. Let’s see how the film has turned out to be.

Story:

Anand and Vaishnavi are in love since class 10, and everything seems fine until Vaishnavi gets into a top college in the city. There, she befriends rich people and meets Viraj, a rich guy, who falls in love with Vaishnavi. One night, Anand and Vaishnavi get into a huge fight with each other, which changes their lives forever. What is this fight, how does it change their lives and what happens in the end forms the rest of the story.

On-Screen Performances:

Anand Deverakonda has improved tremendously as an actor and brings out every emotion of his character quite well. He is good in emotional scenes and strikes all the right chords. The pain and heartbreak that he exhibits during the pre-climax portion of the film is touching and makes everyone feel for him.

Vaishnavi Chaitanya gives a spectacular performance. She lives her character, and perfectly displays the various emotions and phases of her character. The kind of depth she brings to her character and her actions is especially impressive. She has a substantial role in the film, with the entire story revolving around her, and she doesn’t disappoint a bit.

Viraj Ashwin is good in his character and does well with what he is given. He looks quite good too, and while his performance is good, he could have been slightly better in emotional scenes.

The supporting cast of the movie is also good, but Nagendra Babu and Viva Harsha could have been utilized much better, as it looks like they’ve been underutilized.

Off-Screen Talents:

Director Sai Rajesh has come up with a very heart-touching story, which is heartbreaking at the same time. It is a story that is very much contemporary and has elements that are very close to the ones that we see or hear of in real life. He has come up with a highly entertaining and relatable first half, and ended the first half with a banger of an interval, upping the ante for the second half. While the second half of the film starts off fine, the pacing of the second half is all over the place, with many scenes dragging out unnecessarily. Viraj Ashwin’s character arc is not properly sketched and is abandoned abruptly, with no proper closure. The climax of the film, while extremely painful and emotional, may not resonate with all, and is something that the audiences may not be able to take, which is in contrast to the remaining film, which managed to entertain the audience until then. Apart from that, the director should have taken more care when it came to the direction he took regarding the story in the second half, as it feels all over the place and unnecessarily stretched.

The background score and music by Vijai Bulganin are extremely good, and perfectly assist the story telling process. Because of the background score, which is exceptional, certain scenes provide a lot more depth, and are much more enjoyable. The cinematography is good as well.

The production values are rich, but the editing could have been slightly better, especially with the pacing of the second half.

Plus Points:

• Lead cast performances
• Background score and music
• Relatable story and characters

Minus Points:

• Lag in second half
• Climax

Verdict: Baby tells a story that is very close to real life, which makes it worthwhile and highly relatable. However, it’s lagging second half is a minus point. Nevertheless, it is a movie that can be watched once.

Telguubulletin.com Rating: 2.75/5