Heyy Babyy

Infobox_Film
name = Heyy Babyy |

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caption = Movie poster for "Heyy Babyy"
imdb_id = 0806088
country = flagicon|India India
writer = Sajid Khan
starring = Akshay Kumar,
Fardeen Khan,
Ritesh Deshmukh
Vidya Balan
Boman Irani
director = Sajid Khan
producer = Sajid Nadiadwala
distributor = Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment (theatrical)
Eros Labs (DVD and Blu-Ray)
released = August 24, 2007
language = Hindi
music = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
budget =| 41 crores runtime =
website = http://heyybabyy.erosentertainment.com/

"Heyy Babyy" is a Hindi film starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani. It is the first full-length feature film directed by Sajid Khan. It released on August 24, 2007.

Plot

Three bachelors, Arush (Akshay Kumar), Tanmay (Ritesh Deshmukh) and Ali; Al (Fardeen Khan) are enjoying life in Australia, Sydney by flirting, talking togirls every night, never having a serious relationship.

But, one morning they find a dimply, happy, joyous baby girl at their doorstepwith a note saying "You rascals! Scoundrels! Take care of your daughter!".Arush, Tanmay and Al are however shocked to see where this little bundle of joy had come from, smiling hopefully at them...

After a while, they decide to look for the baby's biological mother, so they can find out who the biological father is among them three.So, they make a list of all the girls they had been with the previous year,and ask them if they had a baby together, but instead the three getthrashed and beaten by all the girls when they ask them...

After disastrous results of finding the baby's mother, later on that night,the baby keeps crying all night, preventing the three to sleep.The next day, incidents take place, because the three have not been able to have enough sleep, the previous night; due to the baby girl.

Tanmay and Arush lose their jobs, and Al loses 30,000 dollars on a cricket match whilst gambling.Later on, the three tell each other what had happened with them, and badmouth the baby, by calling her jinxed and hold her responsible for everything...So they leave her at the doors of the church, that night and they go toa Christmas Eve party afterwards.But then it began to rain very heavily, so they rush back to the church to see if the baby was still there in the rain, worried.When they reach there, they find the baby in the dark, unconscious and not breathing.

So they take her to the hospital quickly, and the doctor tells them that,her lungs are filled with water and she might not be able to survive the night. The three feel guilty and blame themselves for leaving the baby alone in the night in the first place.So they stay the whole night at the hospital, while Al prays for herat the temple all night as well. The next morning, on Christmas Day the doctortells them that a miracle has happened and the baby girl has survived.The three go to meet her and vow to always protect her and love her.

Soon the three, are transformed from hot dudes to caring fathers andname the baby girl "Angel" (fairy in Hindi).Then, later on Arush finds out that Angel is his daughter from a previous relationship with a girl named Eesha.

Eesha was told that she had given birth to a dead baby boy.But then found out that Arush has their daughter, so she goes to get Angel back from her to seek revenge from him and takes her away from him, whileTanmay and Al are on dates.When they come back, Arush tells them about Eesha and how she took Angel away from him earlier. Tanmay and Al start to miss Angel including Arush especially learning that Angel was his daughter...

Then Arush bumps into Eesha one day and tells her, he loves her still.But Eesha doesn't believe him and tells him that she is going toanother country with Angel, later on...Arush tells Tanmay and Al what happened, and the three of them are all heartbroken...They still have a ray of hope, though, to get Angel back and even go to the airport that they she and her mother are leaving on. There Eesha gets back with Arush and Angel. Angel says her first word....... "da da"(daddy,which arush,tanmay and al were getting angel to say instead of daddy...)

Cast

* Akshay Kumar ... Arush
* Fardeen Khan ... Ali "Al"
* Ritesh Deshmukh ... Tanmay aka Eddy Teddy
* Vidya Balan ... Isha
* Boman Irani ... Bharat;Special appearances by:
* Shahrukh Khan ... Raj Malothra
* Sindhura Gadde
* Anupam Kher ... Raj Malothra's Dad
* Amisha Patel
* Koena Mitra
* Dia Mirza
* Shamita Shetty
* Neha Dhupia
* Malaika Arora
* Amrita Arora
* Amrita Rao
* Tara Sharma
* Minissha Lamba
* Riya Sen
* Sophie Chaudhary
* Masumi Makhija
* Celina Jaitley
* Aarti Chhabria
* Hrishita Bhatt
* Payal Rohatgi
* Kim Sharma

Production

Some shooting took place in Australiacite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Shooting in Australia|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/01/11/8627/index.html| accessdate=17 January | accessyear=2007] and in Filmistan Studios in Mumbaicite web | title=bollyvista.com| work=The biggest teaser in Bollywood|url=http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/32/7511| accessdate=6 May| accessyear=2007]

An Australian features in a promotional video which was not to be in the film. The girl band from Sydney are called "Australian Divas"cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Australian girl Band to sizzle in Hey Baby|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/02/26/8985/index.html| accessdate=6 May|accessyear=2007]

This will be the first Hindi movie to be released on Blu-ray disc. [ [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/heyy-babyy-first-bollywood-film-in-blu-ray-format/61019-11.html Heyy Babyy first Bollywood film in Blu Ray format ] ]

Music

Infobox Album | Name = Heyy Babyy
Type = Album
Artist = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

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Released =

July 15, 2007 (India)
Recorded =
Genre = Feature film soundtrack
Length =
Label =

T-Series
Producer = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Reviews =
Last album = "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom"
(2007)
This album = "Heyy Babyy"
(2007)
Next album = ""
(2007)

The music is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The song listing is as follows.

Reception

Reviews

The film opened to positive reviews, though many criticized the slow pace of the film in the second half. Taran Adarsh gave the film 4 out of 5 stars saying the film "is an entertainer that has something for everyone". He also praised the performances of the lead stars.cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Heyy Babyy reviews one|url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12661/index.html| accessdate=29 August|accessyear=2007] Critic, Aparajita Ghosh gave the film 3 out 5 stars saying "Heyy Babyy packs in enough masala and emotion to keep you entertained throughout its running time". [cite web|title=apunkachoice.com| work=Heyy Babyy reviews|url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070824-4.html|accessdate=29 August|accessyear=2007] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India stated "Sajid Khan's debut is one movie you can go and watch and leave your brains behind. Go laugh aloud!" [http://www.aol.in/bollywood/story/2007082409269019000001/index.html]

Box Office

"Heyy Babyy" opened to packed houses in over 650 cinemas in India The opening was at 90%+ and continued to do well in the days following.cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Heyy Babyy opens huge|url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/boxoffice_update/index.html| accessdate=29 August|accessyear=2007] It has done a gross of Rs. 66 crores in India, $1.4 million in USA and £763k in UK [cite web | title=ibosnetwork.com |url=http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Heyy+Babyy]

Overseas, the film opened to a huge response and has taken the second biggest opening in the UK after "" (2007).cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Heyy Babyy overseas report|url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html| accessdate=29 August|accessyear=2007] "Heyy Babyy" debuted at number 10 and made £289,761 at a screen average of £4,765.cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Heyy Babyy overseas report|url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html| accessdate=29 August|accessyear=2007]

References

External links

* [http://ondemand.erosentertainment.com/product/online-movies-info.asp?ID=S218&Title=Heyy_Babyy&mainpg=Movie&secpg=View_All 'Heyy Babyy'] at Eros Entertainment
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