Baby Do Die Do Review: ★★★½☆ (3.5/5)
A deaf and mute assassin, a brutal revenge mission, and a fearless Huma Qureshi make this pulpy Bollywood action drama an entertaining watch. Director Nachiket Samant embraces old-school Bollywood action, delivering a revenge saga that entertains despite its predictable twists.
Rating: ★★★½☆ (3.5/5)
Director: Nachiket Samant
Release: July 3, 2026
Language: Hindi
Cast: Huma Qureshi, Sikandar Kher, Chunky Pandey, Rachit Singh, Seema Pahwa
Let us start with the name. Baby Do Die Do is Baby Karmarkar’s name translated literally into English. Say it aloud — Baby Kar, Mar, Kar — and it becomes a kind of philosophy. Do it, die for it, do it again. Once the film gets going, that philosophy makes complete sense. And so does everything else about this proudly excessive, loudly entertaining, unapologetically old-school Bollywood revenge thriller.
The story follows twin sisters who sneak into a five-star hotel one night out of curiosity, only to witness a murder. Before they can escape, one of them is killed. The surviving sister — Baby, who is deaf and mute — grows up to become one of the city’s most feared contract killers, working her way through targets while quietly hunting the people responsible for her sister’s death. Along the way, she unexpectedly finds love, which forces her to question whether revenge is still worth the life it has cost her.
The premise is familiar. The execution is what makes it work.
Director Nachiket Samant makes a deliberate and confident choice to go in the opposite direction of every other crime thriller releasing around this film. No gritty realism. No Hollywood imitation. Instead, he leans fully into old-school Bollywood excess — gangsters, supari killers, larger-than-life villains, and an umbrella that doubles as a sniper rifle. The film is loud, pulpy, and completely aware of exactly what it is. That self-awareness is its greatest strength.
The biggest twist is predictable well before it arrives for anyone familiar with the genre. But Baby Do Die Do proves, convincingly, that surprise is not the only thing a thriller can offer. When the storytelling is this confident and the execution this committed, you stay entertained regardless.
Huma Qureshi is the reason this film works as well as it does.
Playing a character who cannot speak or hear, she communicates entirely through expressions, body language, lip-reading, and text messages — and she does it with a specificity and emotional intelligence that is genuinely remarkable. Baby never asks for sympathy. She walks into every room as the most dangerous person in it and carries herself accordingly. Huma never lets the disability become a gimmick or a crutch. It is simply part of who this woman is, and who this woman is happens to be extraordinary.
She also went fully without makeup for this role, never flinching from unflattering close-ups or raw emotional moments. It is the kind of committed, vanity-free performance that deserves far more recognition than it will likely receive.
Sikandar Kher as the antagonist is quietly menacing — the kind of villain who disturbs you not through big speeches but through stillness and understated threat. Chunky Pandey is a genuine surprise, playing a stone-faced contract-killing boss entirely against type and pulling it off convincingly. Seema Pahwa as a no-nonsense police officer brings her usual warmth and authority.
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The first half does drag in places, and the emotional bond between the twins needed more screen time to land with the full weight the revenge arc requires. Some plot decisions feel convenient, and a recurring glitch-style camera effect during dramatic scenes is more distracting than stylish.
But the second half tightens everything up. When the revenge plot takes full control, the film finds its rhythm and delivers exactly what it has been building toward.
Women-led action films deserve theatrical confidence. Baby Do Die Do earns it.
Baby Do Die Do is now playing in cinemas.