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In an interview, director Kalees revealed that Thalapathy Vijay was impressed by Baby John and highly appreciated Varun Dhawan’s performance. Baby John is an adaptation of the 2016 Tamil film in which Vijay played the lead role.

Actor Thalapathy Vijay was impressed by the trailer of Baby John. According to director Kalees, Vijay praised the film’s unique presentation. The Varun Dhawan-starrer Baby John is an adaptation of Atlee’s 2016 Tamil film Theri, which originally featured Thalapathy Vijay in the lead role.

Kalees revealed that Vijay was deeply impressed by Varun’s performance and the energy he brought to the film. While talking to India Today Digital, Kalees said, “Atlee introduced me to Vijay sir because he has worked with him, and I was kind of new to him. He was warm during the meeting.

Later, we showed him the trailer, and he was very impressed. He had such kind words to say about it—it really made my day. Vijay sir also appreciated Varun’s work and the way we have presented him.”

“We could have easily shown Varun in Manali or any other state, but those locations have already been overexposed to audiences. We wanted to bring a new element, so Varun’s character is set in Kerala. We have explored Kerala like never before in Baby John,” he added.

Having said that, Kalees was asked if he is planning to bring the Tamil actor for a cameo in Baby John, the director responded, “Aha! No, here we have Salman Khan’s larger-than-life cameo, which will surely make the audience happy. Having said that, we would have loved to get him too, but he was already busy with his political career at the time.”

Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan had praised the film’s trailer and lauded the efforts of the entire team. He highlighted the performances of the star-studded cast, including Varun Dhawan, Jackie Shroff, Keerthy Suresh, and Wamiqa Gabbi.

“What an exciting trailer. Well done, really looking forward to seeing the film….@kalees_dir your #BabyJohn is everything like u. Energetic and full of action. @Atlee_dir go forth and conquer now as a producer. Love u. @Varun_dvn I am so happy to see u like this, all tough. @bindasbhidu deadly u look Jaggu da… @keerthyofficial #WamiqaGabbi all the best….A complete package, wishing goodness to the whole team (sic),” he wrote on X.

Set for release on December 25, the film stars Keerthy Suresh, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Jackie Shroff in key roles. Baby John is produced by Atlee and his wife, Priya Atlee.