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Oh Baby Movie Review: Neither Brilliant Nor Lacklustre; A Perfect Weekend Popcorn Entertainer
Akkineni Samantha is on a career high even without featuring in glamourous roles alongside top stars of the industry. She seems to have matured with age, which is evident in her script selection. Being directed by the very talented Nandini Reddy, Oh Baby has hit screens amidst much expectations and decent hype.
Story
Savitri (Lakshmi) is a widow who lives with her family. An affectionate and caring granny, Savitri faces the wrath of her daughter-in-law for being excessively loving and caring towards the former's grandchildren. This creates quite a fuss at home, which invokes some sort of tussle between Savitri and her daughter-in-law.
All these bitter incidents lead Savitri to leave home in utter disappointment but she returns as a young 24-year-old 'Baby' in the form of Samantha. How does she transform herself into Young Baby? What does she do in her new avatar? Will Savitri's daughter-in-law eventually realize her MIL's love towards her children? All these forms the rest of the plot.
Positives
Samantha's
Terrific
Performance
Few
Comical
Sequences
Production
Values
Performances
by
Lakshmi,
Rao
Ramesh
&
Rajendra
Prasad
Negatives
Flat
Second
Half
Disappointing
Music
Incomprehensive
Storyline
Performances
Samantha is definitely on a roll with back-to-back laudable performances. After Majili, she manages to get one more movie with a meaty role and a dynamic introduction sequence. Her transformation between characters (that of a 70-year old woman to a 24-year old girl) and managing either accents, dictions and body language are impeccable.
Yesteryear actor Lakshmi is already a proven legend and hence, less said the better. She is a perfect fit to her role while seasoned actors like Rao Ramesh and Rajendra Prasad have rendered performances, which could have just been the requirement of the director.
Technical Aspects
A female director in the industry is not often seen or heard of but, Nandini Reddy can get credit for being among very few directors in this category. Despite being an official remake of Miss Granny, a Korean drama, Nandini has stitched the movie suiting the nativity of the Telugu audience. But this process seems to have consumed the initial 30 minutes of the movie which can be a bit boring.
Her
writing
in
the
first-half
impresses
the
audience
along
with
tickling
the
funny
bone;
the
same
effect
doesn't
get
stretched
to
the
second
half
as
the
execution
is
pretty
mundane
with
an
average
ending.
Production
values
are
good
and
cinematography
is
impressive
as
well.
Songs
and
music
by
Mickey
J
Meyer
is
a
letdown
as
no
songs
except
one
impresses
the
audience.
Final Verdict
Oh Baby has its entertaining and engaging elements in bits and pieces. It is neither outstanding (As what was felt while watching trailers/promos) nor a disappointment.
