Baaghi 3

Baaghi 3

Baaghi 3 is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ahmed Khan. Produced by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Fox Star Studios, it is a spiritual sequel to Baaghi 2 (2018) and the third film in the Baaghi film series. Baaghi 3 stars Tiger Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor.[4][5] A remake of the 2012 Tamil-language film Vettai[6], the film follows Ronnie, a young man who protects his timid brother Vikram from bullies. He convinces Vikram to join the police force and works with him to take down criminals without exposing himself. When Vikram receives nationwide praise, he is sent for a mission to Syria where Ronnie sees him getting beaten up and kidnapped over a video call. This prompts him to head to Syria and rescue Vikram.

The film co-stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Vijay Varma, Jameel Khoury and Ankita Lokhande. Disha Patani, who played the female lead in the previous film, makes a special appearance in the song "Do You Love Me".[7] The action sequences were choreographed by Ram Chella, Lakshman Chella, and Kecha Khampadkee.[8] Principal photography of the film began on 12 September 2019 in Mumbai.[9][10] The makers wanted to shoot in Syria but the producers Fox Star Studios declined due to safety issues, due to which sets resembling the Syrian topography were built in Serbia.[11]

Baaghi 3 was theatrically released in India on 6 March 2020, receiving mixed reviews; the action sequences were praised while the writing was criticized.[12] Despite a strong performance in its opening week, the film's collections were affected by the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic as the theatres were shut down. There were plans for a re-release once the outbreak would end, but the makers instead decided to release it on digital platforms.[13][14] Nevertheless, it became the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2020.

Plot

Ranveer "Ronnie" Chaturvedi is a young man who lives with his elder brother Vikram. Protective towards him since childhood, especially after their father's death, Ronnie is offered a job in the police force, but refuses due to his violent track record and instead convinces Vikram to take on the job. A timid and reluctant Vikram becomes a cop, and on his joining day sees a violent incident that introduces him to a goon named IPL. When a hostage situation arises, Vikram is assigned the job and is terrified to face the criminals, but Ronnie reassures him of safety and accompanies him to the spot where they together battle the goons. Ronnie fights them off and helps Vikram rescue the hostages but doesn't take the credit. This process is repeated, and which each case, Vikram starts getting popular among the public and his department. IPL decides to get Ronnie kidnapped in order to scare Vikram, but the table turn on IPL when Ronnie overpowers his henchmen and beats them up, following which they're captured by Vikram. In the meanwhile, Ronnie and Siya fall for each other and decide get their respective siblings Vikram and Ruchi married to each other. One day, Vikram is assigned by the government to go for a routine paperwork in Syria. Ruchi tells Vikram she's pregnant and that she would await his return. Upon arriving in Syria, Vikram chats with Ronnie over video call and tells him someone picked his pocket. Soon, there's a knock on the door and some men attack Vikram, kidnapping him as Ronnie watches helplessly.

Hiding the truth from Ruchi, Ronnie and Siya arrive in Syria where the police refuse to help them. They then meet Akhtar Lahori, a man who helps them track Vikram and his captors, leading them to a pickpocket after Ronnie recalls Vikram telling him his pocket was picked. Finding Vikram's wallet, they go to his hotel while the cops start looking for the trio. At his room, Ronnie finds a damaged phone and escapes with Siya and Lahori before the cops can catch them. The trio soon finds the attacker, resulting in a chase. The exhausted attacker agrees to help him before being hit by a truck and dying. Siya retrieves the attacker's phone from his wallet and texts IPL to meet at a hotel. Abu Jalal Gaza, the mastermind, also arrives at the hotel to avenge his brother, the attacker's death. He informs IPL has been texted by the killer instead, and IPL escapes as the cops arrive. However, the main cop sides with Ronnie and captures IPL while Abu escapes in disguise. Fearing betrayal from IPL since he's been arrested, Abu orders his men to take him down. Ronnie and team cleverly stage a series of events that lead to Abu's henchmen believing they've been betrayed by IPL. They attack him, and upon being rescued by Ronnie, IPL decides to help him and the cops. Soon, Vikram's friend Asif is made to carry a bomb inside a building in exchange for his family's safety. Siya arrives and stops Asif while the cops free his family. Ronnie, on the other hand, single-handedly battles Abu's army before going to rescue Vikram and the hostages. IPL sacrifices himself by saving a hostage from being killed by a landmine and instead lets it detonate once Lahori reluctantly leaves with the hostages and Abu's henchmen arrive. Abu agrees to free everyone but captures Siya instead who is then locked along with Vikram. Ronnie starts fighting Abu's henchmen, but as Vikram starts getting enraged to see Ronnie being hit, he stops fighting back. Ronnie is stabbed and nearly killed, transforming Vikram who jumps out of the cell and brutally fights off everyone and impales Abu on steel rods. Vikram and Siya try to revive Ronnie but think he's dead, and as Abu emerges to attack them from behind, Ronnie gets up and kills him.

Returning to India, Vikram is honored for his bravery while Ronnie imagines their father, a cop, saluting and hugging him for keeping his promise.

Cast

Tiger Shroff as Ranveer "Ronnie" Chaturvedi

Riteish Deshmukh as Vikram Charan Chaturvedi

Shraddha Kapoor as Siya Nandan

Ankita Lokhande as Ruchi Nandan

Jameel Khoury as Abu Jalal Gaza, the chief of ISIS

Jaideep Ahlawat as IPL

Vijay Varma as Akhtar Lahori

Jackie Shroff as Inspector Charan Chaturvedi

Satish Kaushik as Police Commissioner BMC

Virendra Saxena as Kailash Tripathi

Ivan Kostadinov as Zaidi

Manav Gohil as Asif

Sunit Morarjee as Inspector Sharad Kute

Shriswara Dubey as Hafeeza

Amit Sharma as Bajwa

Danish Bhatt as Bilal

Shaurya Bharadwaj as Chacha Ji

Disha Patani in a special appearance in the song "Do You Love Me"[7]

Production

The film was announced on 19 December 2018 with Tiger Shroff by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment on their Twitter account by releasing a teaser poster.[16] On 12 February 2019 Shraddha Kapoor was signed to play lead opposite Tiger Shroff.[17] In June it was announced that Riteish Deshmukh has joined the cast of the film. [18] In August 2019, it was announced that shooting of the film will take place in Morocco, Egypt, Serbia and Turkey.[19]

The first schedule of filming began on 12 September in Mumbai and wrapped in early-October 2019.[20][21]

Promotion and release

On 6 February 2020 official trailer of the film was launched by Fox Star Studios.[22]

It was theatrically released in India on 6 March 2020.