The trio of director Neeraj Pandey and the actors Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher had impressed me a lot with their last movie together "Special 26". So a lot of expectations were riding on this movie, "Baby" when they again got together. Though I felt Baby to be a bit tedious and boring during the initial stages and mind you, Baby is not of the same class as "A Wednesday" belonged to, but the solid performances of the star cast (Anupam Kher, Kay Kay Menon, Danny Denzongpa), especially the restrained acting of Akshay Kumar almost made up for the lapses. Baby would definitely be counted as one of his best performances of his career. Not only was he impressive with his swift action moves in the movie but he was also perfect with his composed and restrained performance, he wasn't the usual larger than life hero that we usually see in Bollywood movies, rather he played the character of a tough cop with great panache which looked very real and felt life-like.
Add to that an engaging and riveting plot, so the movie surely succeeds in holding one's attention till the very end.
The story revolves around a special secret team formed by Danny Denzongpa to thwart terror activities and is led by Akshay Kumar who plays the character of Ajay Singh Rajput, a secret agent. The group comprised of specially trained paramilitary officers with no official records. Since the special unit was still in its infant stage, so they name the group as BABY. Its mission is simple - to derail every evil plan that was being hatched against India and it had been succeeding at that too.
However the continuity of their team rested on the success of their last mission, whether the team would be able to execute the most daring secret operation of capturing Maulana Mohammed Rahman alive at Istanbul and bring him back to india for interrogation. Because he was the mastermind behind all terror attacks directed at India and was forever searching for an opportune moment to strike a terrorist attack in some indian city.
Well, speaking of performances, the lead actor Akshay Kumar has put his best foot forward with a brilliant performance, but even the supporting cast does a commendable act, what with Danny as the chief of the special team displays tremendous versatility. Anupam Kher too delivers an endearing act and keeps coming up with subtle humour every now and then. Tapsee Pannu too does a fine job and delivers a griping fight sequence opposite Sushant Singh (he only has a minuscule role) with tremendous ease. Sadly for an actor of his calibre, the character of Kay Kay Menon could have been written better with more life in it. Yet he manages to perform very nicely even in the minutest role that he got to perform in.
Thus brilliant acting performances, sleek action, superb screenplay, a gripping narrative and a razor-sharp storyline and editing makes Baby a must watch movie.
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