BAAGHI 3
Baaghi 3 is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ahmed Khan. Produced by Nadiadwala Grandson
Entertainment and Fox Star Studios, it is a spiritual sequel to Baaghi 2 (2018) and
the third film in the Baaghi film series. Baaghi 3 stars Tiger Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor. A remake of
the 2012 Tamil-language film Vettai, the film
follows Ronnie, a young man who protects his timid brother Vikram from bullies.
He convinces Vikram to join the police force and works with him to take down
criminals without exposing himself. When Vikram receives nationwide praise, he
is sent for a mission to Syria where Ronnie sees him getting beaten up and
kidnapped over a video call. This prompts him to head to Syria and rescue
Vikram.
PLOT
Ranveer
"Ronnie" Chaturvedi is a young man who lives with his elder brother
Vikram. Protective towards him since childhood, especially after their father's
death, Ronnie is offered a job in the police force, but refuses due to his
violent track record and instead convinces Vikram to take on the job. A timid
and reluctant Vikram becomes a cop, and on his joining day sees a violent
incident that introduces him to a goon named IPL. When a hostage situation
arises, Vikram is assigned the job and is terrified to face the criminals, but
Ronnie reassures him of safety and accompanies him to the spot where they
together battle the goons. Ronnie fights them off and helps Vikram rescue the
hostages but doesn't take the credit. This process is repeated, and which each case,
Vikram starts getting popular among the public and his department. IPL decides
to get Ronnie kidnapped in order to scare Vikram, but the table turn on IPL
when Ronnie overpowers his henchmen and beats them up, following which they're
captured by Vikram. In the meanwhile, Ronnie and Siya fall for each other and
decide get their respective siblings Vikram and Ruchi married to each other.
One day, Vikram is assigned by the government to go for a routine paperwork in
Syria. Ruchi tells Vikram she's pregnant and that she would await his return.
Upon arriving in Syria, Vikram chats with Ronnie over video call and tells him
someone picked his pocket. Soon, there's a knock on the door and some men
attack Vikram, kidnapping him as Ronnie watches helplessly.
Hiding the truth from Ruchi, Ronnie and Siya arrive
in Syria where the police refuse to help them. They then meet Akhtar Lahori, a
man who helps them track Vikram and his captors, leading them to a pickpocket
after Ronnie recalls Vikram telling him his pocket was picked. Finding Vikram's
wallet, they go to his hotel while the cops start looking for the trio. At his
room, Ronnie finds a damaged phone and escapes with Siya and Lahori before the
cops can catch them. The trio soon finds the attacker, resulting in a chase.
The exhausted attacker agrees to help him before being hit by a truck and
dying. Siya retrieves the attacker's phone from his wallet and texts IPL to
meet at a hotel. Abu Jalal Gaza, the mastermind, also arrives at the hotel to
avenge his brother, the attacker's death. He informs IPL has been texted by the
killer instead, and IPL escapes as the cops arrive. However, the main cop sides
with Ronnie and captures IPL while Abu escapes in disguise. Fearing betrayal
from IPL since he's been arrested, Abu orders his men to take him down. Ronnie
and team cleverly stage a series of events that lead to Abu's henchmen
believing they've been betrayed by IPL. They attack him, and upon being rescued
by Ronnie, IPL decides to help him and the cops. Soon, Vikram's friend Asif is
made to carry a bomb inside a building in exchange for his family's safety.
Siya arrives and stops Asif while the cops free his family. Ronnie, on the
other hand, single-handedly battles Abu's army before going to rescue Vikram
and the hostages. IPL sacrifices himself by saving a hostage from being killed
by a landmine and instead lets it detonate once Lahori reluctantly leaves with
the hostages and Abu's henchmen arrive. Abu agrees to free everyone but
captures Siya instead who is then locked along with Vikram. Ronnie starts
fighting Abu's henchmen, but as Vikram starts getting enraged to see Ronnie
being hit, he stops fighting back. Ronnie is stabbed and nearly killed,
transforming Vikram who jumps out of the cell and brutally fights off everyone
and impales Abu on steel rods. Vikram and Siya try to revive Ronnie but think
he's dead, and as Abu emerges to attack them from behind, Ronnie gets up and
kills him.
Returning to India, Vikram is honored for his
bravery while Ronnie imagines their father, a cop, saluting and hugging him for
keeping his promise.
REVIEW
Rippling muscles, six-pack abs and a
chiseled face. Meet Ronnie - the handsome hunk whose only job is to magically
appear from thin air whenever his elder brother Vikram is in trouble. He will bash
up the bad guys to a pulp and go back to minding his own business. But in a
sudden twist, Vikram is kidnapped by a terrorist group called Jaish-e-Lashkar
in Syria and Ronnie sets off on a rescue mission.
Director Ahmed Khan throws in every trick in the book to make
‘Baaghi 3’ an action entertainer with elements that highlight his leading man’s
brute force and deadly machismo. Tiger Shroff, who is clearly one of
Bollywood’s most bankable action stars, packs quite a punch in the high-octane
action scenes (directed by Ram-Laxman and Kecha Khampadkee). His perfect body
and attitude make all the stylized action look real. However, he falls short in
emotional scenes and comedy. Shraddha Kapoor looks beautiful and brings in some
good comic relief in the first half. But her character isn’t very crucial to
the story and hence, she doesn’t have much scope to perform. Riteish Deshmukh
has an important role, but his character suffers from a certain handicap, which
is never explained. On one hand, he needs to be constantly protected by his
younger brother but on the other, he is also recruited as a police officer
despite being so vulnerable. Such inconsistency in his character graph makes it
difficult to relate with him.
In fact, there are quite a few such loose ends in
the story that make it far less convincing.
While the Syrian setting brings in a terrifying feel, most villains are far too caricaturish to be taken seriously, barring the main villain Abu Jalal (Jameel Khoury). He looks the part and his performance is chilling. Among the other actors, Jackie Shroff, Ankita Lokhande and Vijay Varma lend good support. The dialogues by Farhad Samji are laced with low-brow humour, especially in the first half and fairly filmy in the second half. The film’s music is quite average but thankfully, there aren’t too many songs. Disha Patani sizzles in a scintillating item number that adds a dash of glamour to this stylish actioner. While the action design (by Ahmed Khan) is impressive, the same cannot be said for the shaky camerawork and weak CGI.
There are ample acrobatics on display, slo-mo shots, deafening explosions and lethal punches in ‘Baaghi 3’. But none of it can rise beyond a weak script that doesn’t go for the kill. Knock yourself out only if you’re a diehard Tiger Shroff fan.
While the Syrian setting brings in a terrifying feel, most villains are far too caricaturish to be taken seriously, barring the main villain Abu Jalal (Jameel Khoury). He looks the part and his performance is chilling. Among the other actors, Jackie Shroff, Ankita Lokhande and Vijay Varma lend good support. The dialogues by Farhad Samji are laced with low-brow humour, especially in the first half and fairly filmy in the second half. The film’s music is quite average but thankfully, there aren’t too many songs. Disha Patani sizzles in a scintillating item number that adds a dash of glamour to this stylish actioner. While the action design (by Ahmed Khan) is impressive, the same cannot be said for the shaky camerawork and weak CGI.
There are ample acrobatics on display, slo-mo shots, deafening explosions and lethal punches in ‘Baaghi 3’. But none of it can rise beyond a weak script that doesn’t go for the kill. Knock yourself out only if you’re a diehard Tiger Shroff fan.
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