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11 reviews
44
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Summary
Baby John (2024, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 44 from 11 critic reviews, is rated 16+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 16+), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
John's peaceful life with daughter Khushi is disrupted by a sex-trafficking gang. Revealing his past as DCP Satya, he seeks revenge for his family's murder, saving minor girls and punishing the criminals, before starting anew.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Kalees · written by Kalees & Sumit Arora · music S. Thaman
KaleesWriter · Director
Sumit AroraWriter
S. ThamanMusic
Kiran KoushikCinematography
Antony L. RubenEditing
Varun DhawanLead
Keerthy Suresh
Wamiqa Gabbi
Rajpal Yadav
Sheeba Chaddha
Jackie Shroff
Salman Khan
Sanya Malhotra
Khushi Bhardwaj
Resh Lamba
Kaali Venkat
Zakir Hussain
Full crew
SoundTapas Nayak
Production designT. Muthuraj · Chackochen Pallattu
CostumeSheetal Sharma
ChoreographyShobi Paulraj
LyricsIrshad Kamil
ActionStunt Silva · Anal Arasu · Yannick Ben · Sunil Rodrigues · Kaloian Vodenicharov · Manohar Verma
MakeupPreetisheel Singh
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Summary
John's peaceful life with daughter Khushi is disrupted by a sex-trafficking gang. Revealing his past as DCP Satya, he seeks revenge for his family's murder, saving minor girls and punishing the criminals, before starting anew.
Baby John (2024, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 44 from 11 critic reviews, is rated 16+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A 16+), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
11 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 11 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 25 Dec 2024
3.3/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 90
66
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 25 Dec 2024
3.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 72
70
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 25 Dec 2024
2.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 60
50
Rishabh Suri · 25 Dec 2024
Rishabh Suri finds Baby John a choppy, soulless remake for its first 40 minutes but says it turns watchable post-interval on Varun Dhawan's… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 25 Dec 2024
Anmol Jamwal concludes Baby John falls well short of the mass-entertainer high he hoped for, praising Thaman's score, action choreography and… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Shreshtha Chaudhury · 25 Dec 2024
Baby John Movie Review: Not Even Varun Dhawan’s Honest Effort And Salman Bhai’s Swag Worthy Cameo Can Save The Shoddy Execution & Lack Of Connect Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 32
40
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 25 Dec 2024
Unni dismisses Baby John as a hollow, over-loud remake that drains all the energy of Theri, criticising the music, Keerthy Suresh's flat character… Watch it there →
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28
YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 26 Dec 2024
Aswanth Kok pans Baby John as an unwatchable, trashy remake unworthy of the name Theri, savaging Varun Dhawan's miscasting, the garish action and… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
12
L. Ravichander · 27 Dec 2024
Deccan Chronicle reads Baby John as a relentless, purposeless celebration of brutality with no redeeming performance, calling the villain writing… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
12
Shubhra Gupta · 25 Dec 2024
Baby John movie review: Bloated and incoherent, Varun Dhawan film among the worst of 2024 Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 6
20
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 11 readings; 6 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Baby John?
Baby John is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Baby John?
Baby John has a Filmi Score of 44 (Mixed), the mean of 11 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 6 (The Indian Express) to 90 (Suraj Kumar). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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