Sajid Nadiadwala launched his next production after ‘Jaan-e-mann’ titled ‘Hey Baby’ starring Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh Vidya Balan & Boman Irani with a test shoot in Madh Island in true Hollywood style. This is a first time that a test shoot is done in Bollywood, only to ensure that the comfort level of the director Sajid Khan with the crew and the baby. Sajid Khan's much talked about directorial debut venture ‘Hey Baby’ is not a comedy film as one would expect the maverick Sajid to make, but is a light hearted romantic drama about human relationships.

The test shoot which is a Hollywood concept is being done by the banner and the money spent in producing a quality project. It only goes to show the intent and commitment level of the banner. Says Sajid Khan, “Sajid Nadiadwala is producing the film for me and the budget is Rs 400 million (Rs 40 crore). Shooting with stars is quite easy in comparison with shooting with a Baby and so we are spending almost Rs 47 million on the visual effects by using a new technology called Motion Capture. There is a difference in Motion control and MOTION CAPTURE. This is generally done on a 3D animated CGI (computer graphic imaging) but for the first time ever in the history of world cinema, we are doing this on an actual person. Nick Nickolai from Sydney who has earlier worked on movies like ‘The Matrix’, ‘Babe’ and ‘Power Rangers’ - the movie will be working on my film.”

So even if the baby is moody or cries when the baby has to laugh whilst shooting, due to this technology the baby will be showed smiling through the computer special effects which is simulataneously done behind the scene whilst the shooting takes place so that the shoot is not disrupted.

“By using this technology I can shoot with a baby even if the baby is sad or crying and later morph a smiling face on the baby's original face. So as a filmmaker, it makes it convenient for me to shoot,” he explains

Sajid has already conducted two test shoots for the film and will be conducting one more in New Zealand . The approximate budget of one test shoot is Rs 800,000/

However, the exorbitant spends do not end here. “I had told Nadiadwala that I want to shoot in an Udaipur fort with 200 - 300 junior artists. Instead he has given me a Rs 30 million set, 1000 junior artists and 50 elephants, four helicopters, a big stage and a coliseum,” elaborates Sajid

He also added “Nadiadwala banner believes in the immense creative abilities of its Creative people involved in the projects and back it completely with no interference. It understand the business of filmmaking the best. His essence is to deliver quality products, so that the people are entertained and get their value for their money.”