Baaghi 3

2020 film directed by Ahmed Khan

  • 6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) (India)
Running time
143 minutes[1]CountryIndiaLanguageHindiBudget₹80 crore[2]Box office₹137.05 crore[3]

Baaghi 3 (transl. Rebel 3) is a 2020 Indian action thriller film directed by Ahmed Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Based on the Tamil film Vettai (2013),[4] the film is the third installment of the Baaghi film series featuring Tiger Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles.[5][6]

Principal photography began on 12 September 2019 in Mumbai.[7][8] The makers wanted to shoot in Syria, but Fox Star Studios declined due to safety issues, where sets resembling the Syrian topography were built in Serbia.[9] The action sequences were handled by Ram-Lakshman and Kecha Khamphakdee.[10]

Baaghi 3 was theatrically released on 6 March 2020 to negative reviews from critics who praised action sequences and cinematography but criticised its script, lack of logic and direction. Despite the collections being affected due to COVID-19 pandemic, the film became the second highest grossing Hindi film of 2020 earning ₹137.05 crore (US$17 million) worldwide gross.[3] There were plans for a re-release once the outbreak would end, but the makers instead decided to instantly premiere it on Disney+ Hotstar.[11][12]

Plot

Ranveer "Ronnie" Charan Chaturvedi and his elder brother Vikram Charan Chaturvedi live a happy life in Agra. Ronnie has been protective towards Vikram since childhood, especially after the death of their father Charan Chaturvedi. Ronnie is offered a job in the IPS, but refuses as he has FIR cases registered against him for saving Vikram in trouble. Ronnie convinces Vikram to take on the job. Though timid and reluctant, Vikram becomes an IPS officer and rises to fame in his job by having Ronnie secretly punish suspects and save victims for him. Ronnie later falls in love with Siya and they get Vikram and Siya's sister Ruchi married to each other.

One day, Vikram is assigned to leave for Damascus, Syria for routine paperwork. Upon arriving, Vikram chats with Ronnie over a video call, but is suddenly attacked and kidnapped by henchmen sent by Abu Jalal Gaza, a notorious terrorist. Ronnie and Siya travel to Syria, where the local police refuses to help them. They meet Akhtar Lahori, who helps them track Vikram and his captors. They head to Vikram's hotel, while the cops start looking for the trio. In Vikram's room, Ronnie finds Vikram's damaged phone and escapes with Siya and Akhtar before the cops can catch them. The trio finds the attacker, who is revealed to be Abu Jalal's brother.

A chase ensues in which the exhausted attacker agrees to help before being killed by a truck. Siya retrieves the attacker's phone and texts a goon IPL alias Inder Paheli Lamba to meet at a hotel. Abu Jalal Gaza arrives to avenge his brother's deathbdeath. A cop supports Ronnie and captures IPL, while Abu Jalal escapes. Fearing betrayal from IPL since he is been arrested, Abu Jalal orders his men to kill him. Ronnie and the cops cleverly stage a series of events that lead to Abu Jalal's men believing they have been betrayed by IPL. Upon being rescued by Ronnie from Abu Jalal's men, IPL decides to help him. Ronnie battles Abu Jalal's army before going to rescue Vikram and the hostages.

IPL sacrifices himself and Abu agrees to free everyone, but captures Siya. Ronnie fights Abu Jalal's men, but as Vikram starts getting enraged to see Ronnie getting brutally thrashed, Ronnie stops fighting and is stabbed, causing a transformation in Vikram, who jumps out of the cell and brutally fights off everyone, finally impaling Abu Jalal on steel rods. Vikram and Siya try to revive Ronnie. When Abu emerges to attack them from behind, Ronnie wakes and kills him. Ronnie, Siya and Vikram return to Agra and Vikram is honoured for his bravery.

Cast

Production

The film was announced on 19 December 2018 with Tiger Shroff by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment on their X account by releasing a teaser poster.[14] On 12 February 2019, Shraddha Kapoor was signed to play the female lead.[15] It was announced that Riteish Deshmukh has joined the cast of the film.[16] The shooting of the film took place in Morocco, Egypt, Serbia and Turkey.[17]

Principal photography began on 12 September 2019 in Mumbai and wrapped on 30 January 2020.[18][19]

Release

The film was theatrically released in India on 6 March 2020.

Home media

The digital rights of the film were sold to Disney+ Hotstar.

Reception

Box office

Baaghi 3 earned ₹17.50 crore net at the domestic box office on the opening day, which was the highest opening day collection for 2020 Bollywood film so far.[20]

As of 15 March 2020[update], with a gross of ₹111.15 crore in India and ₹25.9 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of ₹137.05 crore and became the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2020.[3][21]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 0% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.6/10.[22]

Baaghi 3 received highly negative reviews from critics and audiences. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film three stars out of five, praising the performances, action sequences and cinematography while criticizing the writing and Khan's direction.[23] The Times of India gave the film two and a half stars out of five, with praise for the action sequences but criticism for the shaky camerawork, CGI and the writing.[24] Rajeev Masand from News18 gave the film two stars out of five criticizing the direction, logicless action sequences and the plot and described the film as a "bloated mess."[25]

Soundtrack

Baaghi 3
Soundtrack album by
Released14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)[26]
Recorded2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length21:12
LanguageHindi
LabelT-Series
ProducerMeghdeep Bose, Tanishk Bagchi, Sourav Roy, Aditya Dev and Sparsh Aggrawal
External audio
audio icon Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

A. R. Rahman was initially approached to compose all the songs and background score, but Rahman declined citing that the film was too grim.[27] The film's music was then composed by multiple composers with Vishal–Shekhar, Tanishk Bagchi, Sachet–Parampara, Rochak Kohli and Pranaay Rijia doing the songs and Julius Packiam doing the score. The lyrics for songs were written by Panchhi Jalonvi, Indeevar, Tanishk Bagchi, Shabbir Ahmed, Gurpreet Saini, Gautam G. Sharma and Ginny Diwan.

The song "Dus Bahane 2.0" is a recreation of "Dus Bahane" from the film Dus by Vishal–Shekhar. This was the first time that the duo recreated one of their song.[28][29][30][31] The music video for the song was shot in Mumbai, Rajasthan and Serbia.[32]

The song "Bhankas" was a remake of the song "Ek Aankh Marun To" from the 1984 film Tohfa, was originally composed by Bappi Lahiri, with lyrics by Indeevar and sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle, and was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi.[33]

The song "Do You Love Me" is a recreation of British record producer TroiBoy's song, voiced by Nikhita Gandhi and written and composed by Bagchi.[13]

The song "Tujhe Rab Mana" is partly inspired by the iconic song "Tera Jaisa Yaar Kahan", sung by Kishore Kumar for the 1981 film Yaarana.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Dus Bahane 2.0"Panchhi JalonviVishal–ShekharVishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, KK, Shaan, Tulsi Kumar3:21
2."Bhankas"Shabbir AhmedTanishk Bagchi, Bappi LahiriBappi Lahiri, Dev Negi, Jonita Gandhi2:38
3."Do You Love Me"Tanishk Bagchi, Rene BendaliTanishk Bagchi, Rene BendaliNikhita Gandhi2:42
4."Get Ready To Fight -Reloaded"Ginny DiwanPranaay RijiaPranaay Rijia, Siddharth Basrur2:51
5."Faaslon Mein"Shabbir AhmedSachet–ParamparaSachet Tandon4:41
6."Tujhe Rab Mana"Gautam G Sharma, Gurpreet SainiRochak KohliShaan4:59
Total length:21:12

References

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