Phew! The complete disregard to people’s perception towards her, the wisdom of the years and the burden of a difficult life are portrayed beautifully by Samantha as one would expect.
She is the foundation for everything Samantha does afterwards, as a young Baby. She is around for possibly just the first half hour in the film and drags the audience in. She is adorable, annoying and plain pitiful in just the right amounts.
The movie opens with Lakshmi playing Baby and man! There is no doubt everyone who watches will see their own bumbling fussy grandmother in her. Her shenanigans and what it leads to is the rest of the movie, until the happy ending. Then begin the adventures of Baby as Swati (Samantha). It’s now her chance to live the life she missed out. She walks into a photo studio to get a picture of herself clicked, so there’s a good one to remember her from when she dies.Īnd a little bit of supernatural turns her into a 24-year-old. She finds herself unwelcome in her house for some unforeseen reasons and wanders off. The mood of the film is brilliantly set by the visuals which are cranked by Richard Prasad and the technician pulls off a great job.As the trailer already shows, this film is about old Baby (Lakshmi), who was widowed young and pregnant and for whom her son and later grandchildren had become everything since. Oh Baby has quite a few emotional episodes and these needed a touching background score and Mickey J Meyer does his job more than brilliantly. Performances by Sunaina, Urvasi, Hemanth, Pragathi and other supporting artists only amplify the film as a whole and make it a delight to watch. Teja Sajja playing Baby akka's grandson is perfect and his comeback is a successful attempt. Rao Ramesh proves yet again why he is the most reliable actor in Telugu film industry and his performance will stand out in Oh Baby. Rajendra Prasad is the best friend we all would want to have when we enter our 60s and the reason we say that is because of the conviction with which the four-decade old artist essays the role.
Samantha builds on this foundation and makes it a full circle, leaving you raving about it. Veteran artist Lakshmi is a delight to watch in her role as Baby akka which actually is the foundation for the arc of the role. And Samantha Akkineni displayed the same each time she was on screen. The character requires an actor to be mentally 70 and physically 24 and needs a pinacle of maturity.
Samantha Akkineni is outstanding in her role and delivers the performance of a life time. Also Read - Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya's Autonagar Surya filmmaker defends the couple's decision to split says, 'Rather than making one’s life a hell.' What's hot How life turns upside down for Baby akka and how she handles all the weird situations after this is the core story of Oh Baby. At this juncture, Baby akka ends up turning into a 24-year old woman. And in the process, Baby lands in a flee market where she decides to get a photo clicked so that she looks beautiful in her last picture before she dies. This results in Baby akka being forced to leave the house without informing anyone. Baby akka's daughter-in-law misunderstands her affection as domination which creates ripples in their family. Baby runs the cafe with her childhood friend Chanti, essayed by Rajendra Prasad, who knows everything about her life. Also Read - Did you know Samantha Ruth Prabhu was supposed to make her Bollywood debut in 2013 with THIS Aditya Roy Kapur starrer?īaby akka, played by Lakshmi, is a 70-year old woman who takes care of her family and loves them to bits, literally, besides running her own business, a cafe in a college where her son Shekhar, played by Ramesh, works as a professor. And if you have already watched the original, you still need to watch Oh Baby for Samantha Akkineni. Oh Baby, as we know, is an adaptation of the Korean film Miss Granny, a fact which is known to many by now. What could probably be the connection between their lives? How are Samantha's and Lakshmi's characters related? This is where director Nandini Reddy brought in all her expertise to the table to mash this up. There's veteran artist Lakshmi narrating her life story and parallely, Samantha too is talking about similar things happening in her life. Before we look at what director Nandini Reddy has to offer in Oh Baby, let's quickly talk about the trailer of the film which almost reveals the entire story of the film.