Good Show Baby!

After the fiasco of Indian super-heroes and secret agents in overhyped movies like Bang Bang and Happy New Year, the success of which frankly speaks very poorly of the tastes of the Indian movie-goer, comes a convincing action thriller from the Akshay Kumar stable. Baby (Hindi) is a covert outfit pulled together post the 2008 December Mumbai attacks – its objective is covert ops, its identity a closely held secret, its mission always under a cloak of plausible deniability. Spanning across Istanbul, Nepal and Saudi Arabia, Baby pulls it off – not slick, but somewhat stodgy and believable, with believable characters. Nicely done guys

15/20

Uncharted Waters

..And every instinct in me tells me to warn you – don’t watch Blue (Hindi). The plot is non-existent. The players are bland and stereotypical. Words cannot describe Katrina Kaif’s lack of emoting ability. Akshay Kumar’s need to acknowledge that he is growing old. Sanjay Dutt’s insult to an action movie by landing up with a devil-may-care resplendent paunch. The fact is – the movie is spectacular. The diving scenes are as good as any (only minor shades of difference from a full blown Hollywood diving movie like Out of The Blue). This is allegedly one of the most expensive Bollywood movies ever produced, it is surely one of the most spectacular. And it is great to see that Indians look at home in what is an out-and-out adventure sport in an international location. Do not miss this movie – the visual spectacle (the Bollywood stars being at home in the water, not the marine life) is quite extraordinary

13.5/20