Oh! Baby Movie Review: Samantha, Nandinini reddy Drives the show to a wholesome Entertainer!

Story/Premise 

A 70-year-old woman,Baby, turns into her 24-year-old self after being photographed in a studio. Baby’s family think she ran away from the home , but Baby (Samantha) joins them as tenant of Chanti ( RP ). What Chaos this incurs forms rest of the plot.

Review

Oh! Baby is the official remake of a Korean drama, Miss Granny, and this follows the life of Bebakka aka Savitri (Lakshmi), who transforms miraculously into a 24-year-old woman after she steps into a photo studio. In her second life, so to speak, Bebakka, who now calls her Swathi (Samantha), fulfils her dreams and comes to terms with what’s important for her to live a happy life. Her diction, body language and performance are effortless while she switches between Old lady diction vs young.

First half has some genuine laughs. There was an attempt to make this film a musical by introducing a rock / music band concept in 2nd half but it didn’t work due to lackluster songs.Sentimental scenes in second half have partially worked. In the end, Oh! Baby finds plenty of solid ground to talk about issues that we don’t often see in mainstream films and Nandini Reddy deserves a pat on her back for the sensitivity that she brought into the film. It makes the viewers see the world around through the eyes of the protagonist. In one  scene Samantha is talking about how she wants to live another day just to feel what it’s like to be looked at by someone who’s in love with her.  Maybe that’s what Oh! Baby is really about. The way you look at people you love and how they perceive it.

Music by Mickey J Mayer is disappointing except Changu Bhala song. Production values are good. Rajendra Prasad , Rao Ramesh , Lakshmi all seasoned artists performed well. Mainly Lakshmi.

Verdict

Nandini Reddy turns the whole film into a therapeutic experience with Samantha in the driver’s seat. Oh! Baby is the kind of film that leaves you with a grateful feeling for all the things you have in your life and miss those which you didn’t quite pay attention to. ‘ Oh Baby ‘ is a mixed bag film which may leave family audience satisfactorly.