In Varun Dhawan’s film Baby John, Rajpal Yadav is the winner with his dialogue - ‘’comedy is a serious business.’’ Dhawan’s Christmas release is here. It’s the last film of the year, wrapping up 2024 with action, drama and romance, but unfortunately, this is a genre that I saw on a repeat this year at the movies. Never mind! The actioner arrives 20 days after the release of Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule, whose fever has not yet faded away. While both films are quite different, they land on the same page somewhere. So, it is what it is. Coming from the house of Atlee and directed by Kalees, , Baby John is an adaptation of the 2016 Tamil blockbuster Theri starring superstar Vijay.
In Indian cinema, playing a police officer is often seen as a dream of male actors. However, not every role suits everyone, and that’s what I felt while watching Dhawan in and as Baby John.
Wasting no time, the plot introduces us to John (Dhawan) and his sweet life with his daughter Khushi (Zara Zyanna) in a small town in south India. While we enjoy their sweet and carefree life, soon the reason behind their shift to the town is revealed and the man who is pretending to be John is actually Satya Verma, a determined police officer, who in the world’s eyes is dead. How? To know this, watch the movie. The story goes six years back, introducing Satya as a young and charming police officer, who is dedicated to his job and apart from this, he’s a loving son, who has found his love in Meera (Keerthy Suresh).
How he ends up setting a rivalry with the known figure of Mumbai and gangster, Nana (Jackie Shroff) makes the rest of the story. While adapted from Vijay’s Theri, the movie felt like a redo of so many other films, especially Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan.
The similarities were striking, from the set to the dance sequences and screenplay.
Nevertheless, the film begins on an adorable note, showcasing dhoti-clad John living in a picturesque south Indian city with his daughter. However, this pleasant start gave way to chaotic, mind-numbing actions and exhausting things that the nearly three-hour film was filled with. (Agencies)
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