Baby Girl
Drama Thriller Malayalam
It was a special day in hospital attendant Sanal’s life: his wife, who had been working abroad for many years was finally coming home to be with him and their child, who she had missed dearly. Now their little family would be complete.
| Cast: | Nivin Pauly, Lijomol Jose, Sangeeth Prathap, Abhimanyu Thilakan, Azees Nedumangad, Aswath Lal, Aditi Ravi, Nisha Sarangh, Nandhu, Ranjini George, Alphy Panjikaran |
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| Director: | Arun Raj Varma |
| Writer: | Bobby, Sanjay |
| Editor: | Shyjith Kumaran |
| Camera: | Faiz Siddik |
All Guild Reviews of "Baby Girl"
Nivin Pauly's Film Has Promising Core, but Convenience Takes Over
Baby Girl, directed by Arun Varma and starring Nivin Pauly, Lijomil Jose, Sangeeth Prathap, and Abhimanyu Shammi Thilakan, is an emotional thriller about the kidnapping of a three-day-old baby. The film struggles to balance drama and thriller elements, ultimately failing to do justice to either genre.
A few minutes into Nivin Pauly’s Baby Girl, we are taken into a hospital where the doctors have called Code Pink. Those who are familiar with medical dramas like Dr House or Grey’s Anatomy would be instantly hooked, as Code Pink means a baby is missing. In director Arun Varma’s Baby Girl, a three-day-old baby girl goes missing. Sanal Mathews (Nivin Pauly) is an attender who is in the thick of things here. At its core, Baby Girl shows immense promise to be an emotional thriller. But, Baby Girl takes a different route and struggles to find a balance between being a drama and a thriller.
Nivin Pauly-Lijomol Jose Starrer Fails to Work Due to Dated Approach
With the story of a newborn’s disappearance from a hospital losing momentum by the halfway mark, the rest of the film plods along with the aid of the emotional drama and a few convenient contrivance.
Fifteen years ago, Malayalam cinema was not in the pink of health when the screenwriting duo of Bobby-Sanjay came up with Traffic, which would give a new sense of direction for the industry. In 2026, when the same duo returns with Baby Girl, after a mix of memorable and forgettable films in the intervening years, they borrow some of the elements from their most successful film yet. But then, times have changed and the tastes of the audience too have evolved, and things that worked back in the day might not work now, which is what unfortunately happens with Baby Girl’
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