Media Magick

TigerShroff is to Bollywood what Vin Diesel and Rock Dwayne Johnson are for Hollywood. Tiger is an action hero who breathes most difficult stunts with utmost natural ease and comfort as if anyone is drinking water or taking a walk in the garden. Baaghi3 is the 3rd installment from the makers of Baaghi, and one thing that is consistent is the fact that the film is for those who love action films with loads of high voltage drama.

The kid from Mr. India (1987), Ahmed Khan who started his directorial debut with Lakeer has always kept one thing in his films, and that is multi-starrer cast. Baaghi 3, just like Baaghi 2 is loaded with a range of pivotal characters donned by prominent actors like Jackie Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh, Jaideep Ahlawat, Satish Kaushik and Vijay Varma. They have all done their part well, keeping the plot and universe of the movie in focus. Special mention for Jameel Khoury the main antagonist of the film; he is amazing.

Films like Baaghi 3 doesn’t have much to offer in terms of performance, reality, common sense or similar things – these films are like 70’s and 80’s Bollywood cinema where one man stands against the cartels or hundreds of goons, still practiced shamelessly in films like John Wick series, Transporter or others. So, if you enjoy such films then you will love Baaghi 3 else you will have hard time breathing 15 minutes in to the film. Baaghi 3 is hugely inspired from not only Vittai (in fact a total rip off). Madhavan’s part is played by Riteish Deshmukh, Nassar’s part by Satish Kaushik and Arya’s part by Tiger. Even multiple scenes are copied from Vittai.

There isn’t much to talk about performance in Baaghi 3 but Riteish Deshmukh’s performance in the climax is brilliant. Stunts wise, Tiger is unmatched. ShraddhaKapoor is a total waste, as does nothing to engage audience – she’s more of a prop. If you are a sucker for headless, action filled, and unrealistic dialogues then go watch the film, you’ll love it. Else skip!

Baaghi 2 was a better than this one.

Rating: 2/5*