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Movie Name: Baida
Directed by: Puneet Sharma
Starring: Sudhanshu Rai, Manisha Rai, Shobhit Sujay, Sourabh Raaj Jain, Hiten Tejwani, Tarun Khanna, Siddharth Banerjee, Deepak Wadhwa, Akhlaq Ahmad Azad, Pradeep Kabra
Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Release Date: 21 March, 2025
Language: Hindi
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Baida: Movie Overview
Baida is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language sci-fi supernatural thriller film directed by Puneet Sharma and written by Sudhanshu Rai. The cast of the film starring Sudhanshu Rai includes Manisha Rai, Shobhit Sujay, Sourabh Raaj Jain, Hiten Tejwani and Tarun Khanna in pivotal roles, along with Akhlaq Ahmad Azad and Pradeep Kabra. The film is releasing theatrically in 21 March 2025.
The film, described as a sci-fi thriller set in India’s Hindi heartland, was primarily filmed in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, and includes elements of the local Bhojpuri dialect and culture. Local artisans and sculptors were involved in the art department to ensure cultural authenticity. Additional scenes were shot in Delhi. The story follows an assassin and his interactions with various characters and situations.
Movie Trailer:
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Baida presents a dark world where a force named ‘Pishaach’ defies human realms, joined by a sinister entity that signals death. The protagonist, a former spy, becomes entangled in a dangerous struggle, vowing to break free. The film combines supernatural elements with science fiction, creating a unique narrative.
The story is based on a popular work by Sudhanshu Rai, and Puneet Sharma, known for Chintaa Mani, directs the film.
At the trailer launch, Sudhanshu Rai described BAIDA as a story-driven film with an immersive world and distinct characters. He said, “Baida is a film where the plot and the story rules the roost. The world of Baida has an intriguing, mysterious environment and distinct characters that will leave an imprint on your mind. The turbulent expedition of Rambabu through the unknown will be a cinematic journey never undertaken on the big screen before.
The film’s cast also includes Hiten Tejwani, Manisha Rai, Sourabh Raaj Jain, and others. BAIDA is being released by Panorama Studios.
Movie Review:
Bad acting, subpar VFX, and an absent plot sink this vanity project that may be harmful to viewers’ health
Sudhanshu Rai’s vanity projects fails to be either scary or cutting edge, annoying the viewer with its inefficacy.
Ah, the good old days of childhood. Make-believe worlds, imaginary characters- all of us have done that at some point in life. It’s cute as a child. It’s bad news as adults. Baida is being touted as a ‘sci-fi-supernatural-thriller’. My one-line review? It’s none of those three.
Directed by Puneet Sharma, this film has been co-produced and written by Sudhanshu Rai, who also casts himself as the lead. It feels like a vanity project. Every frame of the film features him. It wouldn’t have been a problem if he had the screen presence or acted well enough to hook the viewers. But he makes us feel nothing about the situation on screen. That one expression remains fixed.
The story revolves around a man trapped in a time loop due to an encounter with a pishaach (played by Sourabh Raaj Jain) in a forest. How he escapes is expected to be the plot here.
Merely throwing around words like ‘pishaach’ ‘time’ ‘space’ ‘dimension’ isn’t enough to craft a convincing thriller. The story starts off randomly, goes haywire, and ultimately has an abrupt ending. There’s no thought put into convincing us about an effective backstory.
How the film flounders
The direction feels very amateur, bordering on a film school project. A film like this needed viewers to be on the edge of their seats, anticipating what happens next. But the plot development is a joke here.
The subpar VFX also doesn’t help. Usually, even that helps bad horror films. But the Photoshop-level editing here leaves a lot to be desired.
After a point, the exasperation at the boredom gives way to laughter. I am pretty sure that wasn’t a reaction the makers expected. But the film is irreparably damaged around the interval, and laughing at the ridiculousness of it all is all that one can do.
In the acting department, Sudhanshu needs to take up some acting classes asap. Sourabh Raaj Jain is the antagonist, and is as menacing as a duck.
Tarun Khanna is cast as a scientist-like figure and treated in the film as comic relief. (I hope I got this right. I couldn’t comprehend beyond a point because I was chuckling). Overall, Baida is a badly crafted film. It never manages to take off.
