Varun Dhawan’s ‘Baby John’, a remake of Vijay’s Tamil film ‘Theri’, was one of the most anticipated films before release but it met a fate it did not wish for. The Kalees directorial failed terribly at the box office and neither the critics nor public had anything good to say about it.
Going by the schedule ‘Baby John’ is now available on rent on Prime Video, six weeks post theatrical release and after two more weeks, that is around 19th February, it will be available to stream for free for the platform subscribers.
But the question here is, is anyone really interested in watching it anymore. With negative word of mouth travelling fast, ‘Baby John’ lost any chance it had in theatres and the hype went down almost instantly.
People already had their doubts since it was a remake and it was reaffirmed after the disaster ‘Baby John’ turned out to be. It has been long since moviegoers have been strongly vocal about all that’s wrong with poorly executed remakes. More so in today’s time of OTTs when access to content from across languages and regions is so convenient. The situation is worse when frame to frame copies are made without any thinking. Is there really a lack of original ideas and concepts or is it all about raking in a fortune?
Also, in case of ‘Baby John’ the issue wasn’t just limited to remake factor. Many believed it had also to do with Varun Dhawan who post ‘Bhediya’ (2022) has had a difficult time professionally. Even after over a decade in the industry, he still struggles to prove his acting prowess. And therefore people had their obvious doubts about his performance matching up to Vijay’s, which it apparently did not at any level.
So let’s ask once again, are you willing to watch ‘Baby John’ on OTT, maybe just to know what went wrong? (Obviously not on rent but when it streams without rent!)
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