Baaghi (2016 film)
Baaghi ( Rebel) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. A remake of the 2004 Telugu film "Varsham", with a climax inspired by the 2011 Indonesian film "The Raid: Redemption", the film stars Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles and Sudheer Babu in his Hindi debut, with Sunil Grover in a supporting role. "Baaghi" was released worldwide on 29 April 2016. Made on a budget of , the film earned over worldwide. Later on, it spawned two spiritual sequels , "Baaghi 2" (2018) and "Baaghi 3" (2020), thus becoming the first installment in the "Baaghi" film series. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was praising the action sequences and performance's of the cast. Plot. 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. Sia's father, P.P. 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. Khurana then suggests to Dasanna that Sia's ex-boyfriend, Ranveer "Ronny" Singh (Tiger Shroff), is the only perfect choice left for the job. 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. A flashback shows Ronny and Sia meeting on a train. Raghav, too, sees Sia at the following railway station and starts to like her. He tells his men to get information about her. Ronny  visits the martial arts school of a certain Kailash Shetty a.k.a. Guruswamy, who is actually Raghav's father, in Kollam, Kerala; in a letter to Guruswamy, Ronny's father Samarjit Singh (Arun Bali), who happens to be his ex-batchmate from the army, explains that Ronny is a rebel and asks him to make Ronnie a good human being. Ronny and Sia fall in love, and Sia gives him a ring she got from P.P., asking him to always keep it. Raghav asks for Sia's hand from Khurana, and Khurana is lost by greed when he sees how much  money Raghav offers for Sia. He agrees to hand Sia over to Raghav, but when he sees that Ronny has Sia's ring, he realizes she is in love with Ronny. He informs Raghav, who decides to kill Ronny. Guruswamy overhears Raghav's words about killing Ronny and refuses to let him do so; Raghav, feeling humiliated, poisons and kills him to get him out of the way. Ronny beats up Raghav's men when they manhandle Subbu, who Ronnie is close to, only for Raghav to get him arrested later on after he is seen mourning for Guruswamy, who  he had begun seeing as a father-figure. Khurana then creates a misunderstanding between Sia and Ronny to separate them, which works, and the two part ways. Back in the present, Ronny reaches Bangkok and visits Raghav's fight club, beating the most potent fighter there to get Raghav's attention. The next day, Ronny breaks into the house of Raghav's right-hand man, Biju, and holds Biju's wife at gunpoint, forcing him to reveal Sia's location. Finding out she was at the local hospital, Ronny saves Sia and escapes with her under both of them being  disguised as a doctor and nurse. The two stop at an island on their way back to India, where Sia discovers her father's deceit when she sees that Ronny is still wearing her ring. The couple reconciles, but Raghav and his men attack them. Biju shoots Ronny, who falls off a cliff. Raghav takes Sia back to his place, but Sia realizes that Ronny is alive, with Raghav being alerted to his invasive presence moments later. It turns out that Biju had used blank bullets in his gun, sparing him as Ronny had spared his wife's life earlier . Biju claims he spared Ronny as he believed him to be right, but Raghav slits his throat. Ronny storms Raghav's building and single-handedly fights off all of the killers and swordsmen in Raghav's employ. He reaches Raghav, who initially overpowers him, but when Raghav reveals that he was the one who murdered Guruswamy, Ronny becomes enraged and uses Guruswamy's signature moves to kill Raghav. Now happily together with Sia, he becomes the new teacher in Guruswamy's school, where a statue of Guruswamy now stands. Production. Shroff trained and took up stunt classes for the film . Sajid Nadiadwala hired a special team of 50 people to keep Shroff's look under wraps. The makers did not want his look to be revealed because of his role in the film being distinct from his role in "Heropanti". Telugu actor Sudheer Babu was signed to play a negative role, making his Bollywood debut. Shooting for "Baaghi" started on 27 May 2015. The shooting of the film completed on 21 February 2016. The film was extensively shot in India and Thailand. Soma Kerala Palace, Kochi was shown in the movie as the KARMA Institute (school of Guruswamy). Song Sab  Tera was shot in the exotic Poda Island. Soundtrack. The music of the film was composed by Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari, Manj Musik and Pranaay Rijia, while the score was composed by Julius Packiam. The song lyrics were written by Kumaar, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Raftaar, Sabbir Khan and Rahul B. Seth. The first song of the film, "Sab Tera" was released on 18 March 2016, which was sung by Shraddha Kapoor and Armaan Malik. The second song of the film titled as "Let's Talk About Love", which was sung by Raftaar and Neha Kakkar was  released on 25 March 2016. The album was released on 29 March 2016, which includes 6 songs. Box office. Released on a Friday, the film netted 119.4 million, 11.13 crore, and 155.1 million respectively on its first three days, bringing in a total of 38.58 crore net on its opening weekend and meeting its 37 crore production cost. By its seventh day, the film had netted 59.72 crore. "Baaghi"s daily collection peaked at 15.51 crore net on day three and began to decline thereafter, losing 79% of business by the end of the second week. The movie ultimately grossed 106.03  crore from India and 19.89 crore overseas, for a total worldwide gross estimate of 125.92 crore, (almost 126 crores worldwide), one of the highest-grossing films of Shroff's career. Critical reception. The film received mixed reviews from critics. The Times of India gave the film 2.5 out of 5 writing "Baaghi blooms only during the fights but by the time the clock ticks towards the climax, you are exhausted. How much can you hoot for broken necks and crushed bones? You could try finding thrill in Tiger’s kicks but the film has nothing more to offer." India Glitz  also gave the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "Baaghi' has rebellious action with bland reasons attached to it due to which it will cater only to those who love good action films and the single screen audience. The multiplex and family audience might not like the gore action with mindless drama attached to it."Film Companion gave the film 2 out of 5 while writing "Baaghi will best serve people who are interested in moves rather than movies." Hindustan Times gave the film 2 out of 5 and wrote "In short, The Karate Kid enters Bloodsport and appears  in a hurry to become Ong-Bak without losing the essential Bollywood qualities. Baaghi shines only in patches." The Indian Express gave the film 2 out of 5 writing "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. 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." Sequel. On 1 May 2017, Shroff posted the first look poster of the sequel "Baaghi 2" on his Twitter account. Nadiadwala collaborated with Fox Star Studios following the dissolution of UTV Motion Pictures and the film was released under Fox Star Studios and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Directed by Ahmed Khan, the film was released worldwide on 30 March 2018. A third installment was also announced under the title of "Baaghi 3", with Nadiadwala the producer, Khan the director, and Shroff in the lead role.