I have seen Baaghi (with Tiger Shroff) 4 times. And not due to any kind of fondness. I travel frequently to Baroda and during this one particular period Baaghi was a regular feature on the
bus which I would board. And apparently Baaghi is a favourite with the audience.
One of the earliest scenes is the
one where Tiger Shroff...sorry I can't call him that...it is too embarrassing. Lets
just call him hero. So the scene is where hero meets Shraddha Kapoor. And she
can talk with the rain. And she gets all orgasmic when it rains. Which after
some time is pointed out by hero too. He asks her if she has no other work besides
getting wet.
Shraddha Kapoor is beautiful. But that doesn’t make me not want to
punch her. She is like a human bubble wrap. Perennially bubbly. And watching
her makes me want to do just what i would do with a bubble wrap.
Sunil Grover plays her dad. If there
was ever an Oscar for the worst casting them it would go to him. No, I am
wrong. It would go to the cast of Jaani Dushman (the newer one).
Then Shraddha Kapoor loses her
shit when it starts to rain. And 'chham chham chham' befalls. The villain sees
her dancing and instantly wants to strangle her because she is flirting with
the rain. But someone stops him in the neck of time and he goes away with his
goons.
Hero reaches the martial arts guru’s
ashram. He for some reason is standing in this pose in front of his students
(one of whom is the TVF guy). Now this pose, for starters,...what could
possibly be its utility in a fight? I for one can think of many ways to floor
him if he is standing in that vulnerable position in front of me. or is he just
trying to show off in front of the TVF guy that he can really stretch it when
needed? Or maybe fart and convey how deadly it is at the same time?
Equally baffling is this pose.
It
is hero’s introductory scene. As cool as it looks, it is equally impossible. I have
no doubts on hero’s martial abilities. But this is the same guy who underwent a
harrowing experience while preparing for Baaghi 2. He had a haircut! Below is
the link for more proof.
After seeing the video all I
wanted to ask him was, ‘bhai tuje bolte huye sharam bhi nai aai?’.
Anyways, hero gives Guru a letter
from his father, whose voiceover from the letter says that by the time Guru finds
the letter he would be dead as he is very sick. And hero stands there giving
zero fucks, and throwing random kicks at the students for no rhyme and reason. Which
hints at some sort of learning disability in him as he fails to comprehend the
number 68 which also happens to be Guru’s age.
Then we are introduced to this
mute kid, who completely destroys our empathy towards him by constantly using ‘ya
ya’ to answer anything.
Then a lot of crap happens in
between. Finally hero reaches Bangkok to rescue Shraddha Kapoor. And then Raid
Redemption happens for the next half hour. Hero kills many fighters including
this guy.
Seriously, the guy on that hair. The best line in the movie is
reserved for this guy. As hero breaks his arm he looks into the camera and says
“china ka maal zyada chalta nai”. And we complain that the Chinese are hostile
towards Indians.
And the movie ends. There couldn’t
be a bigger homage to raid redemption than Baaghi. Just like we paid homage to
matrix in Awara Pagal Deewana!
Oh and this sucks....
Note: all pics and links sourced from the internet
