Baby John Review: Varun Dhawan gets painted in the colors of South, know how is the film 'Baby John'

Varun Dhawan's 'Baby John' is a remake of Vijay Thalapathy and Samantha's 'Theri'. I had seen this Tamil film released in the year 2016. After watching Akshay Kumar's 'Sarfira', one is scared of watching Hindi remakes of Tamil films and the reason for the fear is that these films are 'frame to frame' similar. If compared to 'Theri', Varun Dhawan's 'Baby John' is about 50 percent different from Vijay Thalapathy's film. If you like films of Tamil directors like Shankar, Atlee, then you will like 'Baby John'. Because 'Baby John' is a South style masala film made with Bollywood actors.

Story
Baby John (Varun Dhawan) has lost a lot in his life. Leaving behind the past of Mumbai, he has started his new life in Kerala. His family consists of his daughter, a friend Jackie (Rajpal Yadav) and Tiger (dog). The 'star' DCP Satya Verma, who once used to beat up goons with his stick, is now living a life of obscurity. What is the reason for this? You will have to watch the film to know this.

Director Kalij has presented Varun Dhawan in an interesting way in the film 'Baby John'. We have seen Varun doing romance and comedy most of the time. Everyone likes his 'naughty' style seen in the 'Swami' type look. But with 'Baby John' and 'Citadel', Varun is trying to prove that he can also become an action hero. Varun has done complete justice to his character in 'Baby John'. But it will be interesting to see how much the Hindi audience will be able to digest his rowdy style. After watching the film, it may also seem that Varun is overacting, but Varun is only doing what the director has made him do. The same thing happened with Shahrukh Khan's 'Jawaan', which is happening with Varun after watching this film.

Many people did not like the way Atlee presented Shahrukh Khan. Kalij is his disciple and in 'Baby John' he has made a remake of his Guru's film. Obviously, he has also tried to present Varun on the big screen like Tamil superstars Vijay Thalapathi, Ajith.

Direction

'Baby John' may have been directed by Kalij, but after watching it, one remembers Atlee. All the high points in the film have been changed. But for the first 20 minutes, the film resembles Theri 'frame to frame'. This could have been changed. When the beginning itself seems like a copy of the film, then the entire excitement can end. Similarly, no matter how much we say, but this is the era of people who judge a book by its cover.

There is nothing new in the story of 'Baby John'. But still Kaleej spends a lot of time telling a familiar story. A few fights to show the hero's masculinity and his pure heart and then flashy songs to show his romantic side, amazing dialogues and talking about many social issues like rape, woman trafficking, exploitation of poor children to impress the audience. Tamil film directors Shankar and Atlee have already tried all this in their films. Now Kaleej has also done the same. But the equation is spoiled when it comes to the climax. The climax is very predictable, the film does not end on the high note on which it should have ended. More than the climax, Salman Khan who comes at the end of the film wins hearts.

Acting
Varun Dhawan has made a predictable film interesting with his acting. While watching the film, many times it may seem that why is Varun crying like this, this is happening too much. But the film does not bore and the credit for this has to be given to Varun Dhawan. Watching Varun doing South style action is a different experience. But he has that madness which is required for South style films. Even though the journey from a chocolate boy to a mass hero is not that easy. But Varun Dhawan has started on this path. The father-daughter chemistry between him and Zara (onscreen daughter Khushi) in 'Baby John' also wins hearts.

The character that Vamika is playing in this film is completely different from Vijay Thalapathy's film. But why did Keerthy Suresh choose this film for her Bollywood debut? This is a big question. Keerthy, who won the National Award for a film like 'Mahanati', could have made her Bollywood debut with any other film if she wanted. Her character in this film is similar to Samantha's character. No changes have been made in that character. Keerthy is excellent in terms of acting. But the question why is she debuting with this film still remains. Rajpal Yadav is going to be seen doing action in this film. There are a lot of whistles for his dialogue 'Comedy is serious business'. After Singham, Jackie Shroff is playing a negative role in 'Baby John'. Both his look and character are scary.

Watch it or not

After 'Pushpa 2', our expectation from action scenes has increased. But in 'Baby John', you will get to see good action scenes. The hero kills and gets killed too. There is violence in the film, but behind it there is a fear of violence.

There is logic and emotions too, which justify this violence. However, should such films get UA certificate? This can be a topic of discussion, because there was a time when for UA certificate, if there is a scene of acid throwing in the film, then the reaction of the actress after throwing it was also suggested to be trimmed after a few seconds, but the same censor board is issuing UA certificates to films with violence very easily. Even if there is logic in the action of the film, but what is the logic behind the censor board giving UA to such films? This has not been revealed yet.

The film has been released under the banner of Cine 1 Studios along with Jio Studios and A for Apple. It has a great combination of emotions, action, music and laughter. Besides, it is Christmas, if you have already seen Pushpa 2, then you can go to the theater and watch Baby John. If you are a fan of Varun Dhawan or Tamil films, then you will enjoy it a lot. And anyway, Varun Dhawan himself has said that many people like me have come, but I have come for the first time, so it is important to go to the theatre to welcome me.