# Baby (2015 Hindi film)
**Baby** (बेबी) is a 2015 Indian espionage action thriller film written and directed by [Neeraj Pandey](https://www.edgepedia.org/neeraj-pandey), starring [Akshay Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/akshay-kumar) as an officer of a covert Indian counterterrorism unit codenamed Baby. The cast also includes [Danny Denzongpa](https://www.edgepedia.org/danny-denzongpa), Anupam Kher, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon, Madhurima Tuli, and the Pakistani actors Rasheed Naz and Mikaal Zulfikar.[1](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=c3bPPe5Xzp0) It was released in India on 23 January 2015 with a runtime of 159 minutes and a UA age rating.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby) The film was Pandey's second collaboration with Akshay Kumar after *Special 26* (2013).[3](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2015/Jan/25/great-baby-youre-bang-on-709404.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director and writer | Neeraj Pandey, his third film after *A Wednesday* and *Special 26*[3](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2015/Jan/25/great-baby-youre-bang-on-709404.html) |
| Lead cast | Akshay Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Anupam Kher, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon, Madhurima Tuli, Rasheed Naz[1](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=c3bPPe5Xzp0) |
| Release | 23 January 2015 (India), Hindi, 159 minutes, UA certificate[2](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby) |
| Censorship in India | UA certificate with three minor verbal cuts of abusive words; otherwise intact[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/baby-gets-an-all-clear-from-the-censor-board/) |
| Ban in Pakistan | Banned by Pakistan's censor board in January 2015 despite featuring Pakistani actors[5](https://www.dawn.com/news/1159354) |
| Critical scores | Filmi Score 73 from 6 critic reviews; Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer 75% from 3 reviews; IMDb 7.9/10 from about 64,000 users[6](https://filmi.ai/film/baby-2015/) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) |
| Streaming (India) | Amazon Prime Video, including an ad-supported tier, and free with ads on JioHotstar[2](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and plot
The film follows a nascent elite team of the Indian intelligence system that works to detect and eliminate terrorists and their plots; officer Ajay leads the team to destroy one potentially lethal scheme in its biggest operation yet.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby) The unit is codenamed Baby because of its small size and new status.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) Feroze Ali Khan (Danny Denzongpa) heads the special operations wing, and early in the film he tells a senior minister that the government ought to win the confidence of the Muslim community in India, arguing that Pakistan takes advantage of the community's sense of alienation.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015)
The action moves across several countries. India, Nepal, and Saudi Arabia make up the theater of action in one critic's account, with sequences in [Kathmandu](https://www.edgepedia.org/kathmandu), Istanbul, and a desert escape in [Abu Dhabi](https://www.edgepedia.org/abu-dhabi).[8](https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/baby) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) In the Nepal segment, agent Priya Suryavanshi ([Taapsee Pannu](https://www.edgepedia.org/taapsee-pannu)) poses as Ajay's wife and subdues a terrorist financier in their hotel room.[8](https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/baby) The antagonist side includes the terrorist Bilal (Kay Kay Menon) and the rabble-rousing mullah Maulana Mohammad Saeed Rahman (Rasheed Naz).[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) • [8](https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/baby)
## Production and censorship
Pandey made *Baby* as his third film, returning to the subject of terrorism after *A Wednesday* (2008) and working with Akshay Kumar for the second time after *Special 26* (2013).[3](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2015/Jan/25/great-baby-youre-bang-on-709404.html) The producers listed by Rotten Tomatoes include [Bhushan Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/bhushan-kumar), Aruna Bhatia, Shital Bhatia, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Ajay Kapoor, Shivaji Dasgupta, and Karan Shah, with production companies including Crouching Tiger Motion Pictures, Cape of Good Films, Friday Filmworks, and T-Series.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015)
Despite its treatment of international terrorism, the film received a UA certificate from the Indian censor board with only three minor verbal cuts, in which abusive cusswords were deleted; director Pandey said the UA rating would allow children to view the film under parental guidance.[4](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/baby-gets-an-all-clear-from-the-censor-board/)
## Ban in Pakistan
Pakistan's censor board banned the film in January 2015, a decision its team said shocked them.[5](https://www.dawn.com/news/1159354) Producer Bhushan Kumar confirmed the ban and argued the film had been misunderstood: "we are not talking about a country, we are only talking about terrorism."[5](https://www.dawn.com/news/1159354) [Anupam Kher](https://www.edgepedia.org/anupam-kher), who plays an undercover agent, similarly framed the film as anti-terrorism rather than anti-Pakistan, and noted the irony that it was banned despite featuring the Pakistani actors Mikaal Zulfikar and Rasheed Naz.[5](https://www.dawn.com/news/1159354) Akshay Kumar and Pandey had also said before release that the narrative, based on real-life instances of terrorism, was careful not to target any specific country.[9](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/akshay-kumar-we-do-not-believe-in-bashing-any-country/articleshow/45899059.cms)
## Critical reception
Indian critics were divided. The aggregate Filmi Score stands at 73 from 6 critic reviews, with the Times of India, Hindustan Times, and Filmfare each at 4 out of 5, while Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2 out of 5, calling the film as simplistic as its title.[6](https://filmi.ai/film/baby-2015/) On Rotten Tomatoes the Tomatometer is 75% from 3 reviews.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters called it "a fast-paced, smartly written and well-acted film that never wavers from its subject," and Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in wrote that Pandey orchestrates "an engaging and agreeably preposterous version" of Hollywood films such as *Munich*, *[Body of Lies](https://www.edgepedia.org/body-of-lies-film)*, *Argo*, and *Zero Dark Thirty*.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) Anna M.M. Vetticad gave it 1 out of 5, writing that it makes Indian spies look like asses.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) The New Indian Express praised the crisp writing, the humor, and Taapsee Pannu's Nepal-segment action, while noting the film tips its hat to works such as *Munich* and *Argo* and includes a throwaway mention of Mossad.[3](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2015/Jan/25/great-baby-youre-bang-on-709404.html) Open magazine criticized the film for what it saw as stereotyping of Muslims despite well-executed sequences.[8](https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/baby)
Audience measures have been stronger than the critic aggregate: IMDb lists 7.9/10 from about 64,000 users, and [Google Play](https://www.edgepedia.org/google-play) shows 4.5 stars from about 1,450 reviews.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby) • [1](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=c3bPPe5Xzp0) IMDb also records 2 wins and 10 nominations overall, including a Film Award nomination at the IBNLive Movie Awards.[10](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3848892/awards/)
## Home media and streaming
In India the film currently streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and free with ads on JioHotstar; it is also available for rent or purchase on Apple TV internationally.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015) Rotten Tomatoes lists a streaming release date of 16 December 2015.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015)
## References
1. [Baby (2015), Google Play Movies](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=c3bPPe5Xzp0)
2. [Baby streaming: where to watch movie online?, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/movie/baby)
3. [Great Baby, You're Bang On, The New Indian Express (25 January 2015)](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2015/Jan/25/great-baby-youre-bang-on-709404.html)
4. [Baby gets an all-clear from the censor board, Bollywood Hungama (23 January 2015)](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/baby-gets-an-all-clear-from-the-censor-board/)
5. ['Baby is an anti-terror film, not anti-Pakistan', Dawn (25 January 2015)](https://www.dawn.com/news/1159354)
6. [Baby (Hindi, 2015) review, filmi.ai](https://filmi.ai/film/baby-2015/)
7. [Baby (2015), Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_2015)
8. [Baby, Open magazine (28 January 2015)](https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/baby)
9. [Akshay Kumar: We do not believe in bashing any country, Times of India (16 January 2015)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/akshay-kumar-we-do-not-believe-in-bashing-any-country/articleshow/45899059.cms)
10. [Baby (2015) - Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3848892/awards/)
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