Saleem Siblings Production and Pune 04 Picture LLP’s Baby Do Die Do (A) is a crime comedy thriller. It follows the enigmatic Baby Karmarkar (KarMarKar), India’s first desi hitwoman. Set against the backdrop of Bombay’s underbelly, the film blends crime, mystery, action and dark humour.
Baby Karmarkar (Huma Khan) is a deaf-mute assassin. Her twin sister had been murdered when they were kids. Even after growing up, Baby is unable to forget her sister. The grown-up Baby is a contract killer. She is taken care of by P.M. Jain (Chunkey Panday). Actually, Jain takes killing contracts, which are then executed by Baby. Police inspector Anjum Khan (Seema Pahwa) gets an inkling that Baby is the murderer when builder Mickey Morjhani (Himanshu Malik) is killed one day. Another builder, Bunty Bhambani (Nishad Vaidya), is also killed. But around the same time, Baby’s foster father, P.M. Jain, goes missing. Meanwhile, Baby has married a Sardar. There comes a time when builder Zafar Katkar wants to kill Baby. And Mickey Morjhani’s wife, Manju Morjhani (Vidya Malavade), bribes police officer Anjum Khan to get builder Zafar Katkar arrested because he had got her husband, Mickey Morjhani, murdered. What happens thereafter? Who has killed whom? Where is P.M. Jain? What happens to Zafar Katkar? What happens to Baby Karmarkar? Does her husband get to know that she is a contract killer? If yes, does he accept her, the contract killings notwithstanding?
Parveez Shaikh and Jasmeet K. Reen’s story is not just childish but also confused. Murders happen at the drop of a hat and there’s not much justification for them. Although the police are alert, killers go scot-free, making the viewers wonder what is happening. The screenplay, written by Nachiket Samant and Gaurav Sharma, is not very engaging. Some portions of the drama are quite interesting, but many parts don’t engage or entertain the audience as much as they should’ve. The fact that Zafar Katkar had murdered Baby’s sister is known to the audience much before Baby learns about it — and this seems to be a weak link as far as the screenplay is concerned. Although the film is a crime thriller, there aren’t moments when the viewers are on the edge of their seats. Even the comedy portions are not funny. Dialogues, by Nachiket Samant and Gaurav Sharma, are alright.
Huma Qureshi is average in the role of Baby. Sikander Kher performs ably as Zafar Katkar. Chunkey Panday has his moments as P.M. Jain. Seema Pahwa makes her mark as police inspector Anjum Khan. Vidya Malavade lends ordinary support as Manju Morjhani. Himanshu Malik is okay as Mickey Morjhani. Rachit Singh passes muster as Baby’s husband, Siddhu. Marudhar Shekhawat is alright as Manu. Rupesh Bane makes his presence felt as Faizu. Arun Khushwah is below the mark as Lucky. Kailash Waghmare is adequate as Vitiligo More. Mangal Kenkre leaves a fine impression as Baby’s mother. Ashish Warang is confident as constable Tawde. Pradeep Kabra makes a mark as bodyguard Maruti. Karan Dave is alright as Goli. Nishad Vaidya is so-so as builder Bunty Bhambani. Krishna Kumar Jaiswal (as Sallu), Gavin Chubby Methalaka (as Johny Laundrywala), Juber Mohammad Shaikh (as Golden), Samaira Vijay (as young Baby), Shanaya Vijay (as young Didi), Kunal Wamanrao Rathod (as constable Rao), Tushar Tengale (as Topi) and the others do as desired.
Nachiket Samant’s direction is ordinary and will appeal to only a few. His narration fails to involve the viewers in a way that they’d consider themselves to be a part of the proceedings. Music (by Arjun Iyer) is so-so. Lyrics (W.B. Sam, Arjun Iyer, Niket Pandey, Kartik Chaudhry) are good. Adil Shaikh and Remo D’Souza’s choreography is alright. Arjun Iyer’s background music is nothing to shout about. Tojo Xavier’s cinematography is of a fairly nice standard. Vikram Dahiya’s action and stunt scenes should’ve been more thrilling. Tariq Umar Khan and Nadiri Tariq Khan’s production designing is average. Nikhil Parihar and Ashish Tripathi’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Baby Do Die Do neither has the thrill to excite the audience nor the humour to entertain them. Hence it will remain a non-starter.
Released on 2-7-’26 at PVR Lower Parel (daily 2 shows) and some cinemas and on 3-7-’26 at Metro Inox (daily 3 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Cinepolis India. Publicity: ordinary. Opening: dull. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.