A pre-release event is being organised for Samantha Akkineni’s much-awaited film Oh! Baby at the JRC Convention Centre in Hyderabad today.
The film’s director BV Nandini Reddy and Samantha shared the event’s poster on Twitter yesterday. It will also be attended by actors Venkatesh Daggubati and Rana Daggubati, and the event will stream live on NTV and TV9.
Join us ❤️ #OhBabyPreRelease celebrations tomorrow ?
at JRC convention centre ?@nandureddy4u | @IamNagashaurya | @SureshProdns | @peoplemediafcy | @gurufilms1 | @kross_pictures | @MickeyJMeyer | @RIP_apart | @tejasajja123 | @adityamusic #OhBabyOnJuly5 pic.twitter.com/9YjJxxbdBL— Baby Akkineni (@Samanthaprabhu2) June 28, 2019
The trailer of the film released recently, garnering more than 2 million views in a day.
The story is a feel-good comedy about a 70-year-old woman, played by Lakshmi, who finds herself in the body of a woman in her 20s (Samantha), and has an adventurous journey reliving her youth.
The trailer promises a fun ride. Rao Ramesh, Naga Shaurya and Snigdha play important roles. Adivi Sesh has a cameo as the protagonist’s husband who dies at a young age.
The film is an official remake of Miss Granny, a South Korean comedy directed by Hwang Dong-Hyuk. It has been in production since November last year. The title initially also came with the tagline Yentha Sakkagunnave, inspired by the popular song from Samantha’s Rangasthalam.
Music is composed by Mickey J Meyer, cinematography is by Richard Prasad and editing by Junaid Siddiqui. The film releases on July 5.
A Tamil version will also release simultaneously. Samantha’s voice for the Tamil film has been dubbed by Chinmayi. This is her first dubbing project in Tamil after the ban by the Dubbing Union headed by Radha Ravi was lifted by a court in Chennai recently.
?? Framed .. ?innocent .. can’t wait for your reaction to the trailer .. with love .. team Baby .. trailer releasing on the 20th at 10am #OhBabyOnJuly5 pic.twitter.com/hK7H6NsBtI
— Baby Akkineni (@Samanthaprabhu2) June 19, 2019
Director Nandini Reddy and Samantha are back together for this film after Jabardasth, which released in 2013. Samanatha has said in interviews that for Oh! Baby they wanted a strong women crew. Lakshmi Bhupala is the dialogue writer for the film, Sunita Tati is the producer under the banner of People’s Media Productions along with Suresh Productions, executive production is by Divya, production design is by Jayashree and marketing by Niharika.
Samantha had a great year in cinema in 2018 with the release of Super Deluxe and Majili. She currently has the Telugu remake of 96 and Manmadhudu 2 under production.
