Baby Movie Review : A pathos-laden love story that'll leave you with mixed feelings

Story: Anand (Anand Deverakonda) and Vaishnavi (Vaishnavi Chaitanya) have been together since they were in school.

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A new boy (Viraj Ashwin) and a new lifestyle change it all for these lovers.

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Review: Director Sai Rajesh shows a love story in Baby, the likes of which haven’t been seen in Telugu cinema for a while now.

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The film is a mishmash of ideas, some of which are good, some problematic,

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some of which not fully actualised and some which are shown so subtly, you wonder if your takeaway from it is right.

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Vaishnavi (Vaishnavi Chaitanya) is a bubbly young girl who only has eyes for Anand (Anand Deverakonda).

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It doesn’t matter why she loves him when her eyes sparkle at the very sight of him.

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Anand soon reciprocates the feeling; he even takes her consent for it.

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