Baaghi Hindi Movie Review

Two hunks take their battle for the desired trophy from the backyard of Kerala to the streets of Thailand. The trophy is a lass who takes to rains like fish Zeenat Aman and Mandakini take to water. This much muscle about nothing is a weary tale of time rejected formulae laid bare of love triangles and the conflict between the good guy and the bad guy. The treatment is clichéd, the story old. The actors are just stars and the script predictable. What remains is the locales and the names of the characters and such minor nitty gritties that may be of partial interest. So instead of the Alps we have the backyard of Kerala and the picturesque backdrop makes for some good viewing. Add to this the sculpted hero and the charming heroine and the decent looking villain, the love triangle is pleasing on the eye if poor on the emotional and intelligent quotients.
Ronny (Tiger Shroff) is the rebel without a cause. He gets on this train where he runs into the gal without a cause Sia (Shradha Kapoor) who loves to dance in the rains and the rain Gods are ever obliging. Whenever the story telling takes a nap the choreographer and the rain Gods arrive. Resultantly be a short stop at a railway station of the breezy top of a light house, the tow have to meet and the rain Gods are on overworking mode. While Sia plays high a mighty even the not so intelligent Ronny knows for sure that the chemistry is working and the smooch time is just one rain away. Also in the picture is bad guy Raghav Shetty (Sudheer Babu) the son of the local martial arts teacher Guruswamy (Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj). Guruswamy takes Ronny under his tutelage and makes the going tough.
Soon the battle lines are divided and Raghav Shetty does not hesitate to poison his dad when he objects to a forced marriage. On the other hand we have Sia’s Dad PP Khurana (Sunil Grover) an ambitious film maker who does not want to loose the goose that lays the golden egg. However when Sia is kidnapped and taken to Bangkok, Ronny is left with no choice but follow and take his action skill sets abroad.
While the pre interval narration has some story line on how the lovers meet or how they have to cope up with the other surrounding challenges, the entire the later part of the film is left to the stunt man. The chase scenes are getting too long boring predictable and yawnful. Perhaps when it began in Darr it brought in a sense of novelty. No longer. The bad guy seems to have a parallel army of his own in Bangkok but not the kings men can keep Humpty Dumpty away from one another. The entire second half is dedicated unabashedly to fights thrills races, destruction and blood. Shradha too gets a few chances to show case her fighting skill sets. Watching Pappa’s old films have helped!! Sudheer Babu as the villain comes up with a very polished performance and stays away from the usual sneers and abusive style. Tiger like Dad Jackie is star material. He sure can dance with great ease and style. In the acting department though he is a chip of the old block. A whole generation of actors seem to believe that tear away your shirt and if you can reveal a stunning well packed torso than you have arrived as an actor. Tiger is one from the school.

Rating : 1.5

+ Binod Pradhan’s cinematography
– Old story in old bottle.

L. Ravichander