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{{Short description|2007 film by Sajid Khan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Heyy Babyy
| image = Heyybabyyposter.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]
| producer = [[Sajid Nadiadwala]]
| writer = '''Story:'''<br>Sajid Khan<br />'''Dialogues:'''<br>[[Milap Zaveri]]
| screenplay = [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]<br>[[Milap Zaveri]]<br>Renuka Kunzru
| starring = [[Akshay Kumar]]<br />[[Fardeen Khan]]<br />[[Riteish Deshmukh]]<br />[[Vidya Balan]]<br />[[Boman Irani]]<br />Juanna Sanghvi
| narrator = [[Akshay Kumar]]
| music = [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
| cinematography = Himman Dhamija
| editing = Rameshwar S. Bhagat
| studio = [[Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. | website=Wayback Machine | url=http://www.ashtavinayakindia.com/films/previous_release_fd.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829012446/http://www.ashtavinayakindia.com/films/previous_release_fd.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 August 2015 | access-date=2025-01-17 }}</ref><br>[[Eros International]]
| released = {{Film date|2007|08|24|df=y}}
| runtime = 144 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}36 crore
| gross = {{INR}}83 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=246|title=Heyy Babyy – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
}}

'''''Heyy Babyy''''' is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy film]] produced by [[Sajid Nadiadwala]] and directed by [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]. It stars [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Fardeen Khan]], [[Riteish Deshmukh]], [[Vidya Balan]], Juanna Sanghvi and [[Boman Irani]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Heyy Babyy Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Heyy Babyy by Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/heyy-babyy/movie-review/2309133.cms|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Heyy Babyy (2007)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008653_hey_baby|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

The core storyline of this film is loosely based on the Malayalam film ''[[Thoovalsparsham]]'' (1990) which is an adaptation of the American film ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]'' (1987), in turn based on the French film ''[[Three Men and a Cradle]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/25/movies/film-3-men-and-cradle.html |title=FILM: '3 MEN AND CRADLE' |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 April 1986 |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{Long plot|date=August 2024}}
Aarush Mehra lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]], with roommates Tanmay Joglekar and Ali Haider. Aarush starts working for a popular dance club, while Tanmay entertains children as Eddy Teddy and Ali takes care of their apartment. He mostly watches cricket on the television and places bets on the matches. 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 one of them is her father. The three men go to all the women they dated and slept with, but none claim the baby as theirs, and they break up with them. The men try to take care of the baby, but she becomes a huge pain and annoys them. So they drop her off at a house near a church and leave her there by herself. Then they all set off for a Christmas party, but they are all thinking of the baby. A big rainstorm occurs, and the baby develops pneumonia after being left in the rain. The three men rush the baby to the hospital, realizing how much they love her, and regret their decisions. She recovers, and the three become changed men. They love her, pamper her, grow an attachment towards her, and even apologize to all the women they used. They named her Angel due to the miracle that she survived.

One morning, a woman named Isha Sahni comes to take Angel back, claiming the baby to be her daughter. The guys are shocked as Aarush tells them about his past life. One year ago, Aarush traveled to [[Delhi]] to attend his cousin Arjun's wedding. There, he met Isha, who also resides in Australia. He put up a facade of being a guy with traditional Indian values, won her over, and they spent the night together and had sex. Shortly after, Isha caught him in a compromising situation with Devika Sharma, Isha's friend, so the couple split up. It wasn’t Aarush’s fault, as Devika forced herself on top of him to have sex. Aarush returned to Sydney and forgot about the incident. Their history together indicates that Aarush is truly Angel’s father.

The guys find it very difficult to live without Angel. Aarush ends up challenging Isha to marry someone faithful within seven days who will accept Angel as a daughter. If she's unsuccessful, she will have to give Angel back to him. They sign a contract to finalize the deal. The men worry that they might lose the bet since Isha is beautiful and wealthy. Aarush plans with Tanmay, Ali, and Bharat, who is Isha's father, to keep Angel with him.

His first attempt involves Ali posing as a botany professor named Parimal Tripathi (inspired by [[Dharmendra]]'s character from [[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]) who speaks very pure [[Hindi]]. Bharat is impressed by Parimal for this, and Angel recognizes him as well. They manage to get through a few days of the week until one day Isha asks him about marriage. After Isha says this, Ali talks to Aarush and Tanmay, who tell him to go to Disneyland, where Ali gets Bharat attacked. He is stopped from further efforts by Tanmay in the 'Eddy Teddy' costume. Bharat decides that Tanmay is the right man for Isha. Tanmay, Aarush, and Ali make plans to stop Isha from marrying someone else and tell the truth to Angel about their plans to convince her mother. As the contract is about to terminate, Isha somehow manages to find out the truth that she has been cheated by her father, Tanmay, Ali, and most of all, Aarush.

Isha goes with Angel on her private jet to go somewhere very far because she has lost the deal. As she is about to leave, she is stopped by some cops because Ali and Tanmay called them. As they are arguing, Aarush turns up showing Isha the contract and tearing it up, indicating that Isha now has every right over Angel. But before the three men leave heartbroken, Aarush says that a child needs a mother the most, but it also needs a father. Just as they are about to leave, Angel says her first word, "Dada," indicating she has developed an attachment to the men as well, but Isha takes her away in the airplane.

The three men are depressed as they assume that they may never see Angel again until they are surprised to see her on their doorstep. Isha finally realises that Angel needs her father too, and the film ends with their marriage taking place and Angel's [[Photo shoot|photoshoot]]. During the wedding, Bharat's girlfriend crashes the wedding, and Isha thinks that Aarush is married. The three men get confused and don’t know who she is, and she questions Bharat about their relationship, and the three men howl together and take a picture with Angel. The film ends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nadiadwalagrandson.com/movies/heyy-babyy|title=Heyy Babyy|last=superadmin|date=2017-01-10|website=Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment|language=en|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/24heyy.htm|title=A really annoying Babyy|website=Rediff.com|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Akshay Kumar]] as Aarush Mehra
*[[Fardeen Khan]] as Ali "Al" Haider/Professor Parimal Tripathi
*[[Riteish Deshmukh]] as Tanmay Joglekar/Eddy Teddy
*[[Vidya Balan]] as Isha Sahni Mehra
*[[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Raj Malhotra - Guest appearance in the song "Mast Kalandar”
*[[Anupam Kher]] as Dharamvir Malhotra - Guest appearance in the song "Mast Kalandar”
*[[Boman Irani]] as Bharat Sahni
*[[Kim Sharma]] as Bharat's girlfriend and to be wife-Guest Appearance
*[[Aarti Chabria]] as Arush’s ex-girlfriend
*[[Payal Rohatgi]] as Tanmay's ex-girlfriend
*[[Hrishitaa Bhatt]] as Ali's ex-girlfriend
*[[Sindhura Gadde]] as Devika Sharma
*[[Chirag Vohra]] as Arjun
*[[Muskaan Mihani]] as Arjun's bride
*[[Anupam Sharma]] as the doctor
*[[Jennifer Mayani]] the supermarket girl
*[[Vrajesh Hirjee]] as Ajay Shah, bridegroom of Devika Sharma
*[[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] as Advocate Gautam Shah
*Juanna Sanghvi as Angel Mehra, Aarush and Isha’s daughter
}}
'''Guest appearance in title song''' (in order of appearance)
{{Cast listing|
* [[Malaika Arora]]
* [[Celina Jaitly]]
* [[Minissha Lamba]]
* [[Amrita Rao]]
* [[Tara Sharma]]
* [[Neha Dhupia]]
* [[Dia Mirza]]
* [[Ameesha Patel]]
* [[Sophie Choudry]]
* [[Masumeh Makhija]]
* [[Koena Mitra]]
* [[Riya Sen]]
* [[Amrita Arora]]
* [[Shamita Shetty]]
}}

==Production==
Filming began on Jan 26 2007 and ended on May 2007 . Most of the shooting took place in Australia<ref name="Australia">{{cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Shooting in Australia|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/01/11/8627/index.html| access-date=17 January 2007}}</ref> while some in [[Filmistan Studio]] in [[Mumbai]]. An Australian features in a promotional video which was not to be in the film. The girl band from Sydney are called the Girlband.<ref name="band">{{cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Australian girl Band to sizzle in Hey Baby| url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/02/26/8985/index.html| access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Heyy Babyy
| type = Album
| artist = [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">17 July 2007 (India)</div>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]</div>[[Zee Music Company]]
| producer = [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
| prev_title = [[Johnny Gaddaar]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Taare Zameen Par]]
| next_year = 2007
}}
The film's music is composed by [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]] with lyrics penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]].

{{tracklist
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Heyy Babyy
| extra1 = [[Neeraj Shridhar]], Pervez Quadri, [[Raman Mahadevan]]
| length1 = 4:39
| title2 = Dholna
| extra2 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length2 = 4:01
| title3 = Mast Kalandar
| extra3 = [[Rehan Khan]], [[Master Saleem]], Shankar Mahadevan
| length3 = 5:48
| title4 = Heyy Babyy
| extra4 = [[Akbar Sami]], [[Girlband (Australian band)|Girlband]]
| length4 = 4:03
| title5 = Jaane Bhi De
| extra5 = Shankar Mahadevan, [[Loy Mendonsa]]
| length5 = 3:56
| title6 = Meri Duniya Tu Hi Re
| extra6 = Sonu Nigam, [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], Shankar Mahadevan
| length6 = 5:49
| title7 = Dholna
| note7 = Love Is in the Air Remix
| extra7 = Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
| length7 = 4:22
| title8 = Heyy Babyy
| note8 = The Big 'O' Remix
| extra8 = Neeraj Shridhar, Pervez Quadri, Raman Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
| length8 = 5:28
| title9 = Jaane Bhi De
| note9 = Hiphop Hiccup Remix
| extra9 = Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
| length9 = 4:16
|
| total_length = 42:22
}}

===Reception===
The album received favourable 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."<ref name=bh>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/12661/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013142621/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/12661/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2008 |title=Heyy Babyy : Music Review by Joginder Tuteja |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> [[Sukanya Verma]] of ''[[Rediff]]'' described the album as "a peppy soundtrack".<ref name=rediff>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/24heyy.htm |title=Heyy Babyy music is peppy |work=Rediff.com |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref>

The album made its debut at No. 6 in the charts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/07/30/2896/index.html |title=Top Ten albums of the week |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=30 July 2007 |access-date=1 July 2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> later climbed up to the top 5 and remained consistent in the middle of the charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/10/01/3082/index.html |title=Top Ten albums of the week |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=1 October 2007 |access-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521013130/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/10/01/3082/index.html |archive-date=21 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> According to the Indian trade website ''[[Box Office India]]'', with around 12,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's tenth highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624132928/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-date=24 June 2010|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Reviews===
[[Taran Adarsh]] of [[IndiaFM]] gave the film four out of five stars saying it "is an entertainer that has something for everyone". He praised the performances of the lead stars.<ref name="review">{{cite web | title=indiafm.com| work=Heyy Babyy reviews one |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12661/index.html| access-date=29 August 2007}}</ref>

Conversely, Raha Sen of [[Rediff.com]] gave the film a negative review, writing, "Sajid, dude, make a [[Borat]]-style film with Kishan Jhuthani. Or try horror shorts like in [[Darna Zaroori Hai]]. This moronic film is less than you're capable of. Far less."<ref>{{cite web |last=Sen |first=Raja |date=24 August 2007 |title=A really annoying Babyy |url=https://rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/24heyy.htm |website=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=26 August 2025}}</ref>

===Box office===
''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.<ref name="domestic">{{cite web|title=indiafm.com |work=Heyy Babyy opens huge |url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/boxoffice_update/index.html |access-date=29 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824035354/http://www.indiafm.com/trade/boxoffice_update/index.html |archive-date=24 August 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It grossed {{INRConvert|500|m}} in India, $1.4 million in the US and £763,000 in the UK and was declared a "super-hit".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/heyy_babyy |title=Boxoffice |access-date=19 February 2014 |archive-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225042057/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/heyy_babyy |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It was a hit abroad, opening to a favorable response and taking the second biggest Hindi film opening in the UK after ''[[Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love]]'' (2007).<ref name="overseas">{{cite web|title=indiafm.com |work=Heyy Babyy overseas report |url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html |access-date=29 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624184323/http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''Heyy Babyy'' debuted at number 10 and made £289,761 at a screen average of £4,765.<ref name="overseas"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0806088|Heyy Babyy}}

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