--- title: 'Heyy Babyy 2 Is Confirmed, but Its Original Cast Is Still a Mystery' type: 'blog post' section: 'Industry' format: 'Editorial feature' standfirst: 'Sajid Nadiadwala has announced the sequel as part of a three-film Australia deal. Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Riteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan and director Sajid Khan have not been confirmed to return.' author: 'CinePixo' published: '2026-09-05' updated: '2026-09-05' about_people: - 'Riteish Deshmukh' - 'Sajid Nadiadwala' - 'Akshay Kumar' tags: - 'Heyy Babyy 2 cast' - 'Akshay Kumar Heyy Babyy sequel' - 'Sajid Nadiadwala Australia film deal' - 'Vidya Balan Riteish Deshmukh Fardeen Khan sequel' - 'Heyy Babyy 2 release date' - 'Sajid Khan directing Heyy Babyy 2' sources: - 'https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/bollywood/heyy-babyy-2-movie-announced-dusmrisa' - 'https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/heyy-babyy-2-announced-after-19-years/story' - 'https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/news/2026/Sep/04/hey-babyy-2-announced-sajid-nadiadwala-signs-a-3-film-deal-with-nsw' - 'https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/heyy-babyy-2-announced-but-will-akshay-kumar-and-riteish-deshmukh-return-heres-what-we-know/ar-AA2bxNnG' - 'https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/heyy-babyy-2-confirmed-akshay-kumar-vidya-balan-film-to-get-a-sequel-almost-2-decades-later-know-all-about-it-101788435995636.html' - 'https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/heyy-babyy-2-confirmed-sajid-nadiadwala-brings-akshay-kumar-film-back-after-19-years' - 'https://www.moneycontrol.com/entertainment/sajid-nadiadwala-announces-three-film-australia-deal-with-with-heyy-babyy-2-among-upcoming-projects-article-14022066.html' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/blog/heyy-babyy-2-is-confirmed-but-its-original-cast-is-still-a-mystery' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Heyy Babyy 2 Is Confirmed, but Its Original Cast Is Still a Mystery *Sajid Nadiadwala has announced the sequel as part of a three-film Australia deal. Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Riteish Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan and director Sajid Khan have not been confirmed to return.* By CinePixo, 2026-09-05 · Industry Sajid Nadiadwala has confirmed **Heyy Babyy 2**, nearly 19 years after the 2007 comedy brought Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan together. The announcement came on September 3, 2026, during a meeting with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns at Nadiadwala’s Mumbai office. The sequel will be shot in Australia as part of a three-film agreement involving Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Sydney-based TEMPLE. For anyone who remembers the original’s particular mix of broad comedy, baby-powered chaos and four very different stars, the real news is also the giant blank space around the film: nobody from the returning cast has been announced. ## Sajid Nadiadwala’s Australia deal brings the franchise back According to **Cinema Express**, *Heyy Babyy 2* is one of three upcoming productions covered by the Australia deal. The original film was also shot there, making the location a deliberate link between the two films rather than a random production choice. Nadiadwala recalled the earlier shoot in a statement, describing Australia as film-friendly and praising the support given to his crew. Premier Minns called the deal a vote of confidence in New South Wales’ screen industry. He said the productions would employ local crews and creatives while introducing the state to audiences in India, as reported by **NewsBytes** and **Hindustan Times**. That is the firm shape of the announcement: a producer, a country, three films and one confirmed sequel title. There is no release date yet. ![Akshay Kumar historian](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/b19a834a-1cdb-4b7a-8023-c17003257a6d.webp) *Photo: Iamnazmussakib · [CC0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akshay_Kumar_Historian.jpg)* ## The original cast is not attached — including Akshay Kumar The biggest unanswered question is whether the four leads will reunite. *Heyy Babyy* starred Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan, with Sajid Khan directing. **Hindustan Times**, **Outlook India** and **Mathrubhumi English** all report that Nadiadwala has not confirmed the return of the original cast or director. That uncertainty matters because the 2007 film’s appeal depended on its group dynamic. Kumar played the swaggering centre of the bachelor trio, while Deshmukh and Khan supplied the other two corners of the friendship. Balan’s presence gave the story a different emotional temperature. Remove those specific combinations and the title may remain, but the identity of the comedy could change completely. For now, it would be wrong to call this an Akshay Kumar comeback vehicle. The announcement confirms a sequel, not a contract with Kumar or anyone else from the first film. ![Sajid Nadiadwala](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/4d8792ba-fab5-434b-9e7a-0158ca4dc32b.webp) ![Rajinikanth with Shankar and Akshay kumar at the 2.0 Trailer Launch](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/1eb1e72e-7c18-4143-8c42-06a54048d308.webp) *Photos: Abrarnakhuda · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38220668); Dani Charles Silverscreen Media Inc. (https://silverscreen.in) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_with_Shankar_and_Akshay_kumar_at_the_2.0_Trailer_Launch.jpg)* ## A grown-up baby sequel is the obvious idea — and only a fan theory The original story followed three bachelors who were forced to care for a baby girl left on their doorstep. That setup has encouraged plenty of speculation about how a second film could move forward after nearly two decades. Mathrubhumi English reports that one fan pitch imagines the child, now an adult, getting married and pulling the three men back into her life. Other online jokes suggest the former bachelors could return as grandparents instead. Those ideas have not come from Nadiadwala, and no plot has been announced. There is also a practical complication. The child performer from the original has grown up in public view, which has prompted discussion about how a future film might handle an adult version of the character. That conversation remains speculation, not a production detail. ![Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar and Siddharth Malhotra promote film brothers in jaipur.](https://pokemon-dive.us-lax-4.linodeobjects.com/cinepixo/posts/2026/09/e14cafac-7715-4aa4-8228-32ffd3aed9cb.webp) *Photo: Sureshsharmaptv63 · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akshay_Kumar_and_Siddharth_Malhotra_with_suresh_sharma.JPG)* ## Why the sequel announcement feels bigger than the title *Heyy Babyy* opened to packed houses in 2007 despite mixed reviews, according to **Hindustan Times**. Its return arrives alongside a wider wave of sequels to mid-2000s Hindi films, a trend that has already prompted debate in the discussion around this announcement. **Mathrubhumi English** notes that some viewers are asking why studios keep reviving that period’s comedies instead of newer films with stronger affection attached to them. The timing also creates a strange tension. A 19-year gap gives a sequel room to acknowledge changed lives, older stars and a different audience. It also removes the easy option of pretending nothing has happened. The men cannot simply be reset as the same carefree bachelors without the film inviting questions about age, memory and what the baby meant to them in the first place. Nadiadwala has supplied the one detail that can be confirmed: *Heyy Babyy* is coming back to Australia. Everything audiences most want to know — the cast, the director, the story and the release plan — is still waiting for an announcement. ## How this piece was made **Format:** Editorial feature ## In this piece - [Riteish Deshmukh](https://cinepixo.com/people/riteish-deshmukh) - [Sajid Nadiadwala](https://cinepixo.com/people/sajid-nadiadwala) - [Akshay Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/akshay-kumar) ## Sources - https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/bollywood/heyy-babyy-2-movie-announced-dusmrisa - https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/entertainment/heyy-babyy-2-announced-after-19-years/story - https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/news/2026/Sep/04/hey-babyy-2-announced-sajid-nadiadwala-signs-a-3-film-deal-with-nsw - https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/heyy-babyy-2-announced-but-will-akshay-kumar-and-riteish-deshmukh-return-heres-what-we-know/ar-AA2bxNnG - https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/heyy-babyy-2-confirmed-akshay-kumar-vidya-balan-film-to-get-a-sequel-almost-2-decades-later-know-all-about-it-101788435995636.html - https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/heyy-babyy-2-confirmed-sajid-nadiadwala-brings-akshay-kumar-film-back-after-19-years - https://www.moneycontrol.com/entertainment/sajid-nadiadwala-announces-three-film-australia-deal-with-with-heyy-babyy-2-among-upcoming-projects-article-14022066.html Every factual claim above is drawn from these. 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