Baby Do Die Do

Baby Do Die Do Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Huma Qureshi, Chunky Panday, Sikandar Kher, Seema Pahwa, Rachit Singh, Vidya Malvade, Arun Kushwah, Himanshu Malik

Director: Nachiket Samant

What’s Good: A very simple storytelling that keeps you glued to the suspense with its linear progression!

What’s Bad: Nothing Much, only that the film never turns into a wow thriller!

Loo Break: Strictly in the interval!

Watch or Not?: Yes, for Huma Qureshi’s stunning act and a brilliant climax!

Language: Hindi

Available On: Theatrical release

Runtime: 2 hours 5 Minutes

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What do you expect from a film that stars a serial contract killer? Too much bloodshed? Brilliant action sequences? A female lead in a Catwoman kind of costume, looking like a diva? But Baby Karmarkar and her world are none of this! Then why does she impress? Only because of one reason – the honesty and the simplicity in its storytelling win, and it wins big time! When a film opens with rain-soaked Mumbai and a brutal murder of a young girl, you expect the drama and the tension tenfold! But Baby Do Die Do eases the tension and begins like any other day in Mumbai. It impresses with its storytelling, big time, because it never grows in ambition! It is grounded and well-brewed!

In one of the acts, Baby Karmarkar tells the audience, “Saare apne log ek ek karke mar chuke. Koi bacha hi nahi hai bachaane ko!” Then, who is Baby fighting for? Why is she fighting? How did she turn into this cold-blooded shooter? Why is she killing people without any fear, and why does she not fear the police despite bumping into the police right after a murder? Every answer is unveiled in this short, crisp, and brilliantly structured film!

Baby Do Die Do Movie Review: Script Analysis

The film opens with Baby’s introduction as a cold-blooded serial killer. Baby Karmarkar (Huma Qureshi) lives a dual life. To the world, she is a deaf-and-mute woman trying to live her life as a woman working with a property dealer. She calls her boss (Chunky Pandey) – Papa, who runs a contract killing business under this property dealing business. Baby eliminates targets without any question. She swears by her Umbrella, which is a smartly done weapon – a sleek gun that is one of the smartest weapons!

Baby Karmarka’s world is dark, but this world isn’t built out of greed. It stems from deep-rooted trauma – the brutal murder of her sister twenty years ago. As Baby unexpectedly begins to crave a normal life after a man called Siddhu (Rachit Singh) proposes marriage to her, things take a wild turn in her life. Baby needs to choose. And the screenplay gives her that choice while she announces, “Silent love story aur violent lifestyle mein se ek ku chunne ka time aa gaya hai!” Does she quit? How did she take revenge for her sister’s murder? All this gets turned into a brilliant screenplay, Nachiket Samanth, Gaurav Joshi, and Jasmeet K Reen – Parveez Sheikh.

Baby Do Die Do Movie Review: Star Performance

Huma Qureshi delivers what can easily be called the performance of her life. Being stripped of dialogue is the ultimate test for an actor, and Huma aces it by letting her acting do all the lifting! Whether she is channeling cold, calculated violence while holding an umbrella or displaying a vulnerable, soft-hearted side, her performance talks despite her going mute in the film

Huma is backed by an exceptionally brilliant ensemble cast. Chunky Panday in serious roles is always a revelation, and Sikandar Kher as the antagonist wins the climax. Rachit Singh’s performance as the husband anchors the film’s emotional strength, and Seema Pahwa is an absolute delight, anchoring her scenes with effortless authority as the police officer! Saqib Saleem‘s cameo looks unnecessary, while Himanshu Malik’s and Vidya Malvade’s tracks deviate from the story a bit, making it sloppy!