Key Highlights
- ‘Baby Girl’ directed by Arun Varma, centres on this infant and the lives that become unexpectedly intertwined with hers following an incident in a hospital.
- Arun Varma is definitely not a stranger to thrillers, given that his debut work was the Suresh Gopi-Biju Menon-starrer ‘Garudan’ and with ‘Baby Girl’, he strengthens his forte, this time with a more solid script by the popular duo Bobby-Sanjay, who have marked their return to Mollywood after a gap of three years, post ‘Innale Vare’ directed by Jis Joy.
- In some ways, ‘Baby Girl,’ which stars Nivin Pauly and Lijomol in lead roles, draws noticeable parallels with Bobby and Sanjay’s earlier blockbuster, ‘Traffic’—in terms of style, pacing, and the familiar presence of police officers constantly racing against time in the bustling streets, desperately trying to solve a pressing crisis.
- However, despite these similarities, ‘Baby Girl’ carves its own path, with Bobby and Sanjay presenting a fresh and distinct narrative.
- One of Bobby and Sanjay’s undeniable strengths lies in their ability to weave emotional, deeply resonant stories, whether it was in their earlier scripts ‘Ayyaluum Nyanum Thammil’ or even ‘Uyare.’ In Baby Girl as well, Bobby and Sanjay succeed in creating some (not too many) powerful moments between the central characters, even as they—along with director Arun Varma—attempt to shape a narrative dense with suspense.
