Movie Name: Oh Baby
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Cast: Samantha Akkineni, Lakshmi, Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naga Shaurya, Jagapathi Babu, Teja Sajja, Pragathi, Sunayana, Aneesha Dama, Urvashi, Aishwarya
Dialogues: Lakshmi Bhoopal
Script Supervision: Gopi Mohan
Editing: Junaid Siddiqui
Cinematography: Richard Prasad
Music: Mickey J Meyer
Direction: Nandini Reddy
Rating: 3.5/5
Story Premise: Oh Baby is about a grandmother Savithri, who is fondly called baby. An unhappy soul who resents her life and despises God for being so harsh on her, by fulfilling her desires and giving her such a troublesome life. So, one day, in a mysterious way God gives her a second chance to go back to her youth to enjoy her life. That ensues a humorous and emotional journey of a granny. A granny's life, back into her twenties is worthy watch on big screen.
Story: It is a new kind of subject dealt in Telugu Cinema. The story of Oh Baby is a meaningful conceptual fantasy story wrapped with humour that touches the heartstrings, that could make us value our elders.
Screenplay: Oh Baby moves like a cool breeze making us forget about the time and length until it has to deal with the emotional part of the story. This portion seems a bit exhaustive and preachy but finally it is covered up with a fine conclusion that gives us sense of good feeling while coming out of the theatre.
In one of the sequence, the troubles of baby when she was young, is revealed beautifully in a song. It stands out as a highlight episode of the whole film. Just loved the portion. It is so heartwarming to see Savithri aka Baby being through so much trouble. And Samantha's act is pure gold. We can't help but empathize (and/or sympathize) on her portrayal of Baby. Beautifully executed.
Direction: Oh Baby seems to be the kind of subject that perfectly suits Nandini Reddy's style of making. The humorous portions worked out very well. Probably from her point of view, a woman director's point of view, gave a lot of depth to this female centric subject. We could understand and connect to subtlest women troubles and being moved by their unconditional love as a mother, grandmother to name a few. This view of Nandini Reddy, most probably instinctive, turns out to be the biggest strength for the movie.
The only aspect that's a bit hard to digest is the preachy part (especially for me - a guy who hates films that try to preach explicitly). But, come on, if this is a movie from Nandini Reddy, we must be prepared to expect some preachy dialogues on how to live properly or meaningfully or whatever. But, perhaps, if it is not done on the face through dialogues, it won't look so painful to watch. If it is conveyed through subtext instead through dialogues it could actually look beautiful and perhaps could become a great strength for the whole movie that inherently creates self realisation to the viewer. A big fan of such narratives! Anyways, 'Oh Baby' is easily seems like the finest work of director Nandini Reddy till date. Kudos to her.
Performances: The biggest asset of the movie is undoubtedly Samantha's performance as baby. Most of the times we almost forget that she Samantha, instead she make us believe that it is actually Lakshmi, who played the older baby role. Such is the brilliance in her performance. Lakshmi, the veteran actress is brilliant as usual. We fall in love with their characterizations. We feel as if they are the same person. They remind us of our own grandmothers' or mothers'.
We also witness fine performances from all the lead Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naga Shaurya,
Jagapathi Babu, Teja Sajja, Gayathri, Sunayana, Aneesha Dama, Urvashi, Aishwarya. The young actress Aneesha Dama (Daughter of Rao Ramesh character) is very impressive, though its a small part, couldn't recognize her potential in her earlier movie "Geetha Govindam" though. The whole ensemble cast looks adorable in this adorable story.
Technical Departments: In technical department music by Mickey J Meyer stands out. His composition of songs along with great lyrical value are an asset to the subject that is dealt in the movie.
And dialogues, script, production design, art work, editing and cinematography ably supported the subject.
Highlights:
Samantha's portrayal of baby and her characterization
Earnest and adorable performances from the ensemble cast
Music
An entertaining & adorable Subject
Overall Impact: A clean entertainer that could most enjoyed when watched with the whole family. Kudos to the team.
Rating: 3.5/5
Check the below links for the movie teaser and trailers:
Oh Baby Movie Teaser
Oh Baby Movie Trailer
Thank you for your visit!
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Cast: Samantha Akkineni, Lakshmi, Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naga Shaurya, Jagapathi Babu, Teja Sajja, Pragathi, Sunayana, Aneesha Dama, Urvashi, Aishwarya
Dialogues: Lakshmi Bhoopal
Script Supervision: Gopi Mohan
Editing: Junaid Siddiqui
Cinematography: Richard Prasad
Music: Mickey J Meyer
Direction: Nandini Reddy
Rating: 3.5/5
Story Premise: Oh Baby is about a grandmother Savithri, who is fondly called baby. An unhappy soul who resents her life and despises God for being so harsh on her, by fulfilling her desires and giving her such a troublesome life. So, one day, in a mysterious way God gives her a second chance to go back to her youth to enjoy her life. That ensues a humorous and emotional journey of a granny. A granny's life, back into her twenties is worthy watch on big screen.
Story: It is a new kind of subject dealt in Telugu Cinema. The story of Oh Baby is a meaningful conceptual fantasy story wrapped with humour that touches the heartstrings, that could make us value our elders.
Screenplay: Oh Baby moves like a cool breeze making us forget about the time and length until it has to deal with the emotional part of the story. This portion seems a bit exhaustive and preachy but finally it is covered up with a fine conclusion that gives us sense of good feeling while coming out of the theatre.
In one of the sequence, the troubles of baby when she was young, is revealed beautifully in a song. It stands out as a highlight episode of the whole film. Just loved the portion. It is so heartwarming to see Savithri aka Baby being through so much trouble. And Samantha's act is pure gold. We can't help but empathize (and/or sympathize) on her portrayal of Baby. Beautifully executed.
Direction: Oh Baby seems to be the kind of subject that perfectly suits Nandini Reddy's style of making. The humorous portions worked out very well. Probably from her point of view, a woman director's point of view, gave a lot of depth to this female centric subject. We could understand and connect to subtlest women troubles and being moved by their unconditional love as a mother, grandmother to name a few. This view of Nandini Reddy, most probably instinctive, turns out to be the biggest strength for the movie.
The only aspect that's a bit hard to digest is the preachy part (especially for me - a guy who hates films that try to preach explicitly). But, come on, if this is a movie from Nandini Reddy, we must be prepared to expect some preachy dialogues on how to live properly or meaningfully or whatever. But, perhaps, if it is not done on the face through dialogues, it won't look so painful to watch. If it is conveyed through subtext instead through dialogues it could actually look beautiful and perhaps could become a great strength for the whole movie that inherently creates self realisation to the viewer. A big fan of such narratives! Anyways, 'Oh Baby' is easily seems like the finest work of director Nandini Reddy till date. Kudos to her.
Performances: The biggest asset of the movie is undoubtedly Samantha's performance as baby. Most of the times we almost forget that she Samantha, instead she make us believe that it is actually Lakshmi, who played the older baby role. Such is the brilliance in her performance. Lakshmi, the veteran actress is brilliant as usual. We fall in love with their characterizations. We feel as if they are the same person. They remind us of our own grandmothers' or mothers'.
We also witness fine performances from all the lead Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naga Shaurya,
Jagapathi Babu, Teja Sajja, Gayathri, Sunayana, Aneesha Dama, Urvashi, Aishwarya. The young actress Aneesha Dama (Daughter of Rao Ramesh character) is very impressive, though its a small part, couldn't recognize her potential in her earlier movie "Geetha Govindam" though. The whole ensemble cast looks adorable in this adorable story.
Technical Departments: In technical department music by Mickey J Meyer stands out. His composition of songs along with great lyrical value are an asset to the subject that is dealt in the movie.
And dialogues, script, production design, art work, editing and cinematography ably supported the subject.
Highlights:
Samantha's portrayal of baby and her characterization
Earnest and adorable performances from the ensemble cast
Music
An entertaining & adorable Subject
Overall Impact: A clean entertainer that could most enjoyed when watched with the whole family. Kudos to the team.
Rating: 3.5/5
Check the below links for the movie teaser and trailers:
Oh Baby Movie Teaser
Oh Baby Movie Trailer
Thank you for your visit!
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