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 and Fahad Karim helped directing the movie . It released on August 24, 2007. Its really similar to the American film Three Men and a baby.
Production
Some shooting took place in Australia and in Filmistan Studios in Mumbai.
An Australian features in a promotional video which was not to be in the film. The girl band from Sydney are called Australian Divas
This will be the first Hindi movie to be released on Blu-ray disc.
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. 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. 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!”
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. It has done a gross of Rs. 66 crores in India, $1.4 million in USA and £763k in UK
Overseas, the film opened to a huge response and has taken the second biggest opening in the UK after Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007). Heyy Babyy debuted at number 10 and made £289,761 at a screen average of £4,765.
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
- Anupam Kher … Malhotra
- Sindhura Gadde
- Amisha Patel
- Koena Mitra
