# 1000 Babies

1000 Babies is a 2024 Indian, Malayalam-language, crime thriller miniseries directed by Najeem Koya. The series is written by Najeem Koya and Arouz Irfan, with cinematography by Faiz Siddik. The series was released on Disney+ Hotstar on 18 October 2024.

## Plot synopsis

Sarah Ouseph, is suffering from hallucinations probably related to her career as an obstetric head nurse in the past. She's living with her son, Bibin Ouseph in Mundakkayam after retirement. Sarah is very controlling and Bibin is apparently okay with that. Bibin works as a lab technician in a nearby lab and caters to all the needs of Sarah.
On a fateful day, Sarah reveals some disturbing secrets related to her past to Bibin, and struggling to deal with how Sarah changed his destiny, Bibin attacks Sarah and flees with Sarah's diaries. Sarah is admitted to a hospital and requests of the doctor to arrange a meeting with a local CI and a legal advisor. She hands over 2 letters to them, one for the police and one for the magistrate. Soon after, Sarah dies while the police decide not to pursue the crimes done by Sarah as there is no way to deal with the social situation if her secrets are out in public.
However, the truth overwhelms Bibin and he chooses to go and learn more about his original parents. As soon as he learns the child that was swapped with him was treating her parents badly, he decides to make her go away and deviously concocts a plan that leads to her death.
Having all the information of the babies his foster mother swapped, he goes through one by one with the help of like-minded others who share his ideology, with the intention of removing individuals from the face of the planet, especially those who did not live up to the opportunities they got. However, he also starts sending a series of cryptic letters to a friend of his which catches the attention of the Kerala police, and they are on his case, led by Aji Kurien.she is not ishani

## Cast

* Neena Gupta as Sarah Ouseph
** Radha Gomati as Young Sarah Ouseph
* Rahman as CI Aji Kurian
* Sanju Sivram as Bibin Ouseph Alias Naisam Ali Alias Harshan
* Joy Mathew as Magistrate Samuel K. Sam
* Adil Ibrahim as SI Anzari
* Ashwin K Kumar as Sanjeev Krishna Alias SK
* Dain Davis as Suneer
* Shaju Sreedhar as SI Vinod Pankajakshan
* Viviya Santh as Merlin
* Irshad Ali as MLA Pinto Varghese
* Manu M Lal as Devan Kupleri
* Srikant Murali as Hareendran Kupleri
* Radhika Radhakrishnan as Ancy Sanjeev
* James Eliya as Advocate Rajan Varkey
* Dileep Menon as Commissioner/SP Anil Das IPS
* Sreekanth Balachandran as DYSP/CI Nawaz Hussain
* Sirajudheen Nazar as Bibin
* Shalu Rahim as Khalil Gibran
* V. K. Prakash as Mohan Swaminathan
* Uma K.P. as Rekha Mohan
* Dhanesh Anand as SI Vivek Maniyan
* Sivakumar as Bhasi
* Nazlin Saleem as Renuka Mohan
* Adhil Bruno as Izahak Ahammed
* Shanid Rahman as Naveen Pavithran
* Chaithra Praveen as Amrutha Ayyappan
* Vyshakh as Forensic Expert
* Thomas G. Kannampuzha as Dr Sunil
* Vijayakumar Prabhakaran as Sabjaan
* Favour Francis as Murali
* Kannan Nair as Sachi
* Deepa Rani as Thanvi
* Thonakkal Jayachandran as Layikka
* Vineeth as SI Imam Mubarak
* Renu Vineeth as ACP Nithya Muthayya IPS
* Subin as Kalesh
* Akshay Akku as Unni
* Claire C John as Darshana
* Sajitha Sreejith as Rani
* Pugalenthi as Parabrahmam
* Sony as Joshy Thankathanam
* Yahiya Khader as Williams
* Pranayamoorthy as Bibin's Bangalore House Owner

## Episodes

| No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 1 | "Prequel" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 2 | "Sequel" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 3 | "Legacy" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 4 | "First half" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 5 | "Interval" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 6 | "Second half" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |
| 7 | "Anti-climax" | 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) |

## Production

The series began production in May 2023. Earlier it was titled as 1000+ Babies and later changed to the current title. It marked return of Neena Gupta to Malayalam after 32 years hiatus.

## Release

The teaser of the series was released on 23 August 2024. The trailer was released on 9 October 2024 which announced the release date as 18 October 2024. The series released on 18 October 2024 on Disney+ Hotstar.

## Reception

The series received positive responses from critics. Gayathri Krishna of OTTPlay rated the series 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote:"A well-crafted crime thriller that keeps viewers glued to their seats, thanks to the performances". Christy Rosy Sibi of The Week rated the film 3/5 and wrote: "A twisted psychological series driven by plot convenience".