Baaghi
Director: Sabir Khan
Writers: Sanjeev Dutta
Stars: Shraddha Kapoor, Tiger Shroff, Sudheer Babu Posani,
Runtime: 133 mins
Strength: Action, Soundtrack
Weakness: Story, Acting
Rating: 2/5
Plot: A troubled young man falls for a girl, who is kidnapped by his rival, now must find a way to save her.
Review: The story revolves around Ronny, a student at the Kalaripayattu Royal Academy for martial arts in Kerala, who falls in love with a girl, Siya, whom he met at a train while travelling. The girl is kidnapped by local goons lead by Ronny's admired superior at the academy, claiming to be in love with Siya.
Baaghi wanders through a messy maze of a story. Abductions are among the most common elements to creating drama in a storyline in Bollywood and Baaghi is no exception. However, the director fails to provide clarity while telling the story. The acting overall has been ordinary and the portrayals of leads do not offer anything new. The locations chosen for the movie are Kerala and Bangkok; the rain-drenched backgrounds and sky-scrapers in foreign soil turn out to be a mismatch with the storyline.
The movie sticks to its honest portrayal in the trailer which is mostly about action than anything else. The only redeeming aspect of the movie is the action sequences performed by Tiger Shroff. The scenes were extremely well choreographed; from roundhouse kicks to punches, they were all completely mesmerizing and entertaining. The thorough hard work that has been put in the movie to perfect combat techniques and gymnastics is evident.
Baaghi provides a somewhat enjoyable first half, but starts crumbling from the very start of the second half. Lack of proper clarity in story coupled with unappealing acting makes Baaghi a very typical love story, but with uncannily good action sequences.
Reviewed by Syed Ahnaf Sadeed
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