Heyy Babyy
File:Heyybabyyposter.jpg Movie poster for Heyy Babyy
Directed by	Sajid Khan
Produced by	Sajid Nadiadwala
Written by	Sajid Khan Milap Zaveri
Starring	Akshay Kumar Vidya Balan Fardeen Khan Ritesh Deshmukh Boman Irani Anupam Kher
Music by	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Cinematography	Himman Dhamija
Editing by	Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Studio	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date(s)	24 August 2007
Running time	146 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	31 crore (US$6.18 million))

Heyy Babyy is a 2007 Hindi comedy 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. It released on 24 August 2007 to a good response and was the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film of 2007. It is a remake of the 1990 malayalam film Thoovalsparsham which itself is inspired from 1987 Hollywood hit film Three Men and a Baby, which is a remake of the 1985 French film Trois hommes et un couffin.

Plot[link]

Arush Mehra (Akshay Kumar) lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in Sydney, Australia with roommates, Tanmay Joglekar (Ritesh Deshmukh), and Ali Haider (Fardeen Khan). He works for a popular dance club, while Tanmay entertains children as 'Eddy Teddy' and Ali takes care of their apartment. All three are womanizers and usually end up sleeping with different women. One day, they find a baby girl outside their door with a note instructing them to take care of her, since she is the daughter of one of them. The three boys go to all the girls they dated and slept with but none of them claim that this baby is theirs.

The boys try to take care of Angel, but she becomes a huge pain, so they drop her off at a church. A huge rainstorm occurs, and the baby develops an illness after being caught in the rain. The three men stay with the baby in the hospital as she recovers, realizing how much they love her. She recovers, and the guys become changed men. They love her, pamper her, and grow a huge attachment towards her. One day, a girl named Isha (Vidya Balan) comes to take Angel back, claiming the baby to be her daughter. The boys are shocked as Arush tells them about his past.

One year ago, Arush traveled to Delhi to attend his cousin Arjun's wedding. There, he met Isha Sahni, who also resides in Australia. He won her over and they spent a night together. Shortly after, Isha caught him in a compromising situation with Devika (Sindhura Gadde), Isha's friend, so the couple split up. Arush returned to Sydney and forgot about the incident.

The boys find it very difficult to live without Angel. Arush ends up challenging Isha to marry someone faithful within seven days who will accept Angel and if she's unsuccessful, she will have to give Angel back to him. They sign a contract to make the deal final. The boys worry that they might lose the bet since Isha is very beautiful and wealthy. Arush makes a plan to win Isha and Angel back with the help of Ali, Tanmay and Isha's father. His attempts fail and Isha decides not to marry him. On the same day, Tanmay/Eddy Teddy meets her at the fair. After seeing his affection towards kids, Isha decides he will be good for Angel and herself.

A few days later, Isha finds out the truth and plans to fly with Angel on her private jet, since she was fooled and has lost the deal. Tanmay and Ali take the contract with them, as well as phoning the police. Just as the police are about to take Angel away from Isha, Arush tears up the contract and allows Isha and Angel to go. While they are parting, Angel says her first word: "Dada".

Arush, Tanmay and Ali are upset until their bell rings the next day. The boys are amazed to find Angel at their doorstep. A few moments later, Isha turns up, telling Arush that it was very hard for them both to forget him. She agrees to marry him and the three are reunited.

Cast[link]

• Akshay Kumar as Arush Mehra
• Fardeen Khan as Ali Haider
• Ritesh Deshmukh as Tanmay aka Eddy Teddy
• Vidya Balan as Isha Sahni
• Boman Irani as Bharat Sahni
• Aarti Chhabria as Ali's ex-girlfriend
• Anupam Kher as Malhotra
• Shahrukh Khan as Raj Malhotra (Special appearance in a song)
• Payal Rohatgi (Special appearance)
• Sindhura Gadde as Devika
• Muskaan Mehani as Isha's friend who is going to get married
• Chirag Vohra as Arjun
• Sherin as Arjun's bride
• Anupam Sharma as the doctor
• Jennifer Mayani the Supermarket Girl

Special appearance in title song (In order of appearance)

• Malaika Arora
• Celina Jaitley
• Minissha Lamba
• Amrita Rao
• Tara Sharma
• Neha Dhupia
• Diya Mirza
• Ameesha Patel
• Sophie Choudry
• Masumeh Makhija
• Koena Mitra
• Riya Sen
• Amrita Arora
• Shamita Shetty

Production[link]

Some shooting took place in Australia^[1] and in Filmistan Studios in Mumbai^[2]

An Australian features in a promotional video which was not to be in the film. The girl band from Sydney are called Australian Divas^[3]

This will be the first Hindi movie to be released on Blu-ray disc.^[4]

Soundtrack[link]

The music is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics are penned by Sameer and Anvita Dutt Guptan.

Reception[link]

The album received favorable reviews from major critics. Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama in his four star review, said that the album is a must buy: "The music score of Heyy Babyy is undoubtedly the best soundtrack of the year so far. Every track is a gem in its own way."^[5] Sukanya Verma of Rediff described the album as "a peppy soundtrack".^[6] The Planet Bollywood review, meanwhile, called it "a fun album" and gave the album 7.5 stars.^[7]

The album made its debut at #6 in the charts,^[8] later climbed up to the top 5 and remained consistent in the middle of the charts.^[9]

Reception[link]

Reviews[link]

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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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!" ^[12]

Box office[link]

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.^[13] It has done a gross of Rs. 50 crores in India, $1.4 million in USA and £763k in UK and was declared a Superhit^[14]

It was hit in 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).^[15] Heyy Babyy debuted at number 10 and made £289,761 at a screen average of £4,765.^[15]

See also[link]

• Trois hommes et un couffin or Three Men and a Cradle, 1985 French original
• Three Men and a Baby, 1987 American remake

References[link]

External links[link]

• Heyy Babyy
• Heyy Babyy at the Internet Movie Database

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