He tells his men to get information about her. Raghav, too, sees Sia at the following railway station and starts to like her.
Initially hesitant, Ronny agrees to do so, since he needs money to treat Subbu, a mute young boy who is being treated for his vocal chords.Ī flashback shows Ronny and Sia meeting on a train. Khurana then suggests to Dasanna that Sia's ex-boyfriend, Ranveer "Ronny" Singh ( Tiger Shroff), is the only perfect choice left for the job. Khurana ( Sunil Grover), along with the producer Dasanna, goes to government offices and the police for help, but no one is ready to assist them since Raghav is an influential man and there is no extradition treaty between India and Thailand in existence.
I enjoyed the first half, and yawned through the much-too-long-drawn second.The film starts with martial arts champion and dreaded gangster Raghav Shetty ( Sudheer Babu) force-abducting Sia Khurana ( Shraddha Kapoor) from her film's set in Hyderabad and taking her to Bangkok. Why does a film with a new hero, who can reveal a beautifully muscled chest, and do such jaw-dropping stunts, not go for broke and create freshness all around? She isn’t dragged by the hair like the leading lady of ‘Heropanti’, Tiger’s debut (also directed by Sabbir Khan) but does everything else – simper, smile, and squeal in the villain’s den.Īlso read: Grateful that my songs have become huge hits: Shraddha Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor is slender and pretty and executes both the ‘chham chham’ in the rain as well as some roundhouse kicks and punches well enough, but is fashioned like a Bollywood heroine belonging to the potboilers of the 70s and 80s. Watch: What Tiger Shroff has to say about rumoured girlfriend Disha Patani A couple of comedians show up and bumble around annoyingly, slowing the pace.
See Pics: Baaghi Special Screening: Tiger Shroff, Riteish, GeneliaĪll stabs at a stale plot are abandoned, as staler formula takes over: the good guy clashes with the bad guy over the ‘bubbly’ girl who dances, wetly, in the rain ( she loves ‘baarish’, see?), is saddled with a father who is more joker than responsible dad (played by TV comic Sunil Grover), and a mum and grandma who hover uselessly in the background. He has an army of goons, all of whom are pointed at Ronny, and let loose. The bad guy, played by Telugu star Sudheer Babu, is also a martial arts champion, and has an eye on Sia (Shradhha), the girl that Ronny likes.
The action moves from picturesque Kerala to seamy Bangkok, where the film’s borrowings (apparently it is based on an Indonesian actioner, as well as a Telugu film) starts weighing heavily upon it. Watch: Tiger Shroff Shows Off His Martial Arts Skills The process of transformation– from aimless ‘baaghi’ to a rebel with a cause– is familiar from many similar films, but there’s enough to keep us engaged through the interactions with a ramrod straight `guru’, who puts the young fellow through his paces. Ronny (Tiger Shroff) shows up at a ‘kalari’ (a Kerala martial arts school which teaches the ancient art of ‘kalaripayattu’) in order to hone his rough edges. When he is ‘acting’, he is still clearly a novice.Īlso read: Baaghi becomes 3rd highest opener of 2016īut he makes up for that lack by being likeable, even when he is being forced to act like a rebel just so he can justify the film’s title, in the first half of the film. Whenever we see Tiger doing something that involves his hands, legs, torso, head, all moving in perfect sync, scything up, slashing down, revolving on the balls of his feet, we are watching: it is a pleasure to see this young actor move, no jerk, all flow.