Heyy Babyy Hindi Movie
On face value, Heyy Babyy has all it takes- a potentially hilarious and touching story, a great cast of comic actors- Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani and- well, as for Fardeen he does manage a goofy role quite decently. Of course, there is also a gorgeous Vidya Balan, who adds to the big-budget razzle-dazzle, which includes an item song with some 20 odd sirens, plus a smashing guest appearance by SRK, who of course is on a high after Chak De India.
And yeah, there are also two- ahem- extra 'y's in the title for good (numerological) measure.
This isn't exactly Sajid Khan's first directorial assignment- few would remember that he also directed the superbly made opening story of the RGV dud Darna Zaroori Hai starring Manoj Pahwa- which was unarguably the best thing about the film. Sajid Khan, who I admittedly never really liked as a TV comedian- showed great potential as a director.
Heyy Babyy, which is obviously totally Sajid's baby(y) doesn't quite live up to the promise. The only thing that really shines in this disappointingly mediocre film is the amazingly cute baby, who actually displays a wider expressive range than all the other actors.
The slapstick humor is neither particularly intelligent nor funny and before you know it, the director is laying on the melodrama nice and thick- making too obvious an attempt to pull at your heartstrings- which he doesn't quite succeed at, too.
The plot- needless to say- is a total no-brainer, and has more loopholes than logic, wouldn't have mattered if only the film had some charm. But the magic is clearly missing in this hopelessly infantile film.
The three lead male actors- Akshay, Riteish and Fardeen- hysterically ham it for the first half of the film. They somewhat improve afterwards, but never really come into their own. Akshay is his usual Casanova self (in a role that he can now probably do in his sleep) but doesn't really manage his typically zany comic timing in the first half, though he does elicit some chuckles before getting horribly weepy in the second half.
Ritesh and Fardeen are also just about alright, though fairly likeable in their oh-so-familiar sidekick parts. Vidya Balan is made all 'glam' with make-up, peroxide et all but is surprisingly bereft of her usual charm, which usually never fails to make me go weak in the knees. Oh, well...
Heyy Babyy isn't a bad film at all- but then that's not saying much is it? Heyy Sajid, buck up!
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