Heyy Babyy [2007]

I am a huge fan of Sajid Nadiadwala and to be frank I don't remember ever disliking a film made under his banner. Therefore my expectations from Heyy Babyy were pretty high – I expected a full on entertainer. I was looking forward to the film from the days the promotion began so I was quite disappointed when I never got around to watching it in the cinemas when it released back in August. Thankfully my sister bought the DVD as soon as it released a few weeks ago and we gave it watch this gone weekend.

Heyy Babyy sees the directorial debut of Sajid Khan – someone we all know as a great entertainer, someone so funny and hilarious that you wonder if he's ever serious, so it's no surprise that he decided to start his directorial journey with a comedy! But don't be mistaken because the film does do something a bit more serious. It teaches you without lecturing you, it holds a moral message about something so simple that it's taken for granted and often forgotten – responsibility.

It comes as no surprise that Heyy Babyy excels as a comedy and truly makes you laugh your heart out! It is hilarious. Director Sajid Khan excels. The sensitive way in which the relationship between the three men and Angel is portrayed is so heart-warming and Sajid has truly proved his worth as a filmmaker – he's not just a comedian, not just an entertainer, he is an excellent filmmaker to watch out for.

As always producer Sajid Nadiadwala leaves no stone unturned and has done everything necessary to make Heyy Babyy a quality product. The Australian locales are beautiful and refreshing to say the least. The costumes are lovely and the cinematography compliments the locations/sets.

Initially I was not too impressed with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's work in this soundtrack but watching the film has made me like each and every song. From the title track and 'Dholna' to 'Mast Kalandar', 'Meri Duniya' and 'Jaane Bhi De', each song remarkably fits well into the film. The choreography too deserves to be applauded.

The story is definitely fresh and unique for an Indian movie and the screenplay has been written with excellence, never once are you given a moment to fall bored.

The performances only add further brilliance to the film.

Akshay Kumar proved why he is the unmatchable king of comedy. Being popularly known as the Action 'Khiladi' man of Indian cinema, who would have thought that years down the line he would have featured in some of our best comedies and make us laugh so much? His expressions and dialogue delivery are perfect. Oh his part Heyy Babyy is yet again evidence to prove that he is one of our finest actors!

Fardeen Khan is in superb form and churns out yet another brilliant performance this year after the more restrained performance in Just Married. It makes one wonder why the actor has not achieved much success in the industry, because he definitely has the capabilities of a very fine actor.

Ritesh Deshmukh excels. His expressions are so fantastic and he has definitely been blessed with fantastic comic timing and the most natural flare for comedy.

'Angel' Baby is gorgeous! What else can I say about her? She's already a superstar, God bless her cotton socks.

The interaction and "chemistry" between Akshay, Fardeen, Ritesh and 'Angel' is very special to watch, you really cannot imagine anyone else portraying the roles the three guys have done with such precision.

Vidya Balan attempts a more modern and 'filmi' role compared to her previous attempts and I'm disappointed to say that she is not able to carry it off as well as one would hope or expect. She is far better suited to the more traditional, sweet or serious roles. The 'chic' image doesn't really go too well with her. Not to say she did a bad job – she didn't, she did a good enough job and bought the character to life, but I have higher expectations from her. Perhaps someone like Lara Dutta would have bought that extra something I was searching for to this role.

Boman Irani surprisingly has quite a good role and as always did complete justice. Everyone else was fantastic too. It was hilarious to see the SRK-Anupam portion, but I was a little bit upset with Sajid because I'm not too happy with the whole idea of Simran having left Raj – that kind of killed me inside for a moment….haha!

Overall, balancing comedy and drama with perfection Heyy Babyy proves to be one of the finest films of this year. A novel concept and fantastic performances packaged with beautiful songs, locations and choreography – this is definitely a winner all the way and there's no surprise as to why it achieved such great figures at the box office. After a disappointing run at the Box office with Jaanemann, Sajid Nadiadwala is truly back – and how!

In terms of a numerical rating, I guess I'd give the film an 8 on 10.