Baby Do Die Do review: This Huma Qureshi assassin drama gives away its secrets too soon; trades suspense for quirks
Baby Do Die DoDirector: Nachiket Samant Cast: Huma Qureshi, Sikander Kher, Chunky Panday, Rachit Singh, Seema PahwaRating: ★★.5 One Friday, two Hindi films about female assassins. One arrives with the muscle of the YRF SpyVerse and a passport full of international locations. The other doesn’t bother with the fireworks, choosing instead to keep its mission grounded. We are talking about the latter in this review. Baby Do Die Do review: Huma Qureshi’s still from the movie. The premise Directed by Nachiket Samant, (whose Single Salma also released this year with Huma Qureshi in the lead), Baby Do Die Do follows Baby Karmarkar (the film’s title is a literal English translation of her name). She’s a woman shaped by childhood trauma into a contract killer. After her twin sister’s murder, she is brought up by Papa (Chunky Panday), who trains her as an assassin and puts her to work for Zafar (Sikandar Kher). Her unsuspecting neighbour Siddhu (Rachit Singh) falls in love with her, but once their paths converge, the story heads down a route that’s …
