Baby John Movie (2024) – Release Date, Cast, Story, Trailer, Poster, Budget, Collection, Review

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About Baby John Movie

Baby John is a Hindi action thriller film directed by Kalees. It serves as a remake of Atlee’s 2016 Tamil film Theri. The film stars Varun Dhawan, alongside Keerthy Suresh (in her Hindi debut), Wamiqa Gabbi, Zara Zyanna, and Jackie Shroff.

Two months after the release of Theri (2016), it was reported that the film would be remade in Hindi with Rohit Shetty directing the venture and Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar as the frontrunners to play the leads. However, Shetty denied the plans of remaking the film.

On 19 March, Varun Dhawan and Atlee were publicly announced next project, tentatively titled as VD18. The official title Baby John was announced on 5 February 2024.

Janhvi Kapoor was reported to play the lead actress role, pairing opposite Varun for the second time after Bawaal (2023). However, Keerthy Suresh was later confirmed to have replaced Kapoor, thereby marking her Hindi film debut.

Principal photography commenced with an inaugural puja ceremony on 9 August 2023. The first schedule was commenced the following day in Mumbai. Borivali, Bandra, and Dharavi were the areas.

By 2 April, Dhawan in his Instagram account, revealed that he had completed 70 days of filming his portions. A song featuring Dhawan and Suresh (“Nain Mataka”) was filmed at specially constructed sets erected at Film City, Mumbai. Filming wrapped on 24 April, coinciding Dhawan’s birthday.

It received mixed to negative reviews from audiences and critics and was a box-office disaster.

Baby John Cast & Characters

• Varun Dhawan as DCP Satya Verma IPS / John D’Silva / Agent Baby John
• Keerthy Suresh as Dr. Meera Verma, Satya’s wife
• Wamiqa Gabbi as Tara / Adhira Verman IPS, Khushi’s teacher and a spy
• Jackie Shroff as Babbar Sher / Nanaji
• Rajpal Yadav as Head Constable Ram Sevak / Jackie
• Zara Zyanna as Khushi Verma, Satya and Meera’s daughter
• Sheeba Chaddha as Madhvi Verma, Satya’s mother
• Zakir Hussain as Inspector Baldev Patil
• Prakash Belawadi as DGP Yashraj Mukherjee IPS
• Armaan Khera as Ashwin, Nanaji’s son
• Shrikant Yadav as Bhima Rane, Nanaji’s younger brother
• Besant Ravi as Vettu Murugan
• B. S. Avinash as Samba
• Resh Lamba as Vishnu
• Sadanand Patil as Kaali Prasad
• Snigddha Suman as Amba
• Kaali Venkat as Amba’s father
• Sonalli Sharmisshtha as Amba’s mother
• Omkar Das Manikpuri as Badrinath
• Jaideep Ahlawat as Srikanth
• Anoop Puri as Meera’s father
• Geeta Tyagi as Meera’s aunt
• Reenaye Tejani as Meera’s cousin
• Mushtaq Khan as Principal
• Jaffer Sadiq as Boss
• Naresh Gosain as Finance Minister
• Arjai as Inspector
• Vikram Singh as SI
• Sahidur Rahaman as SP Amanpreet Singh IPS
• Kanchan Pagare as Corona
• Ajay Madhok as the bride’s father
• Sanya Malhotra as Satya’s prospective bride (special appearance)
• Salman Khan as Agent Bhaijaan (cameo appearance)

Baby John Storyline

Baby John, a former police officer, fakes his death and goes into hiding to bring up his daughter in a safe environment, but trouble ensues when their life gets threatened by Baby John’s past enemies and Baby John must face his past to protect his daughter.

Baby John Movie Release Date

Baby John was released worldwide on 25 December 2024, coinciding with the occasion of Christmas Day. It was initially scheduled to be released on 31 May 2024 in theatres, but was postponed due to unfinished post-production work.

The digital streaming rights of the film were acquired by Amazon Prime Video. It began streaming on the platform from 19 February 2025.

Baby John – Where to Watch and Stream

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Baby John Movie Budget

Baby John is made on a budget of ₹180 crore, produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Murad Khetani, Atlee, and Priya Atlee under the banner of Jio Studios, Cine1 Studios, Vipin Agnihotri Films, and A for Apple Studios.

Baby John Movie Box Office Collection

Baby John is estimated to have collected ₹11.25 to ₹13.5 crore nett on its opening day at the domestic box office. It concluded its run with a worldwide gross estimated to be ₹56.49–59 crore.

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