''Baaghi 3'' () is a 2020 Indian

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directed by Ahmed Khan and produced by

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. The film is the third installment in ''Baaghi'' series and stars

Tiger Shroff Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff (born 2 March 1990) is an Indian actor and martial artist known for his work in the Indian cinema. He is best known for his Baaghi action franchise, ''Heropanti'' (2014) and ''War'' (''2019''). He has featured in Forb ...

Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, comedian, television presenter, writer, director and film producer. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh. He works in Hindi and Marathi cin ...

and

Shraddha Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 March 1987 or 1989Ankita Lokhande Ankita Lokhande Jain (born 19 December 1984) is an Indian actress who debuted in an award-winning role in Balaji Telefilms's daily show ''Pavitra Rishta'' on Zee TV. She was one of the highest paid television actors until she retired in 2018 to ...

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, Jameel Khoury,

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and

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in pivotal roles. The story is based on

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'' (2012). The action sequences were choreographed by Ram-Lakshman and Kecha Khamphakdee.

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of the film began on 12 September 2019 in

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. The makers wanted to shoot in

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but the producers

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declined due to safety issues, due to which sets resembling the Syrian topography were built in

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. ''Baaghi 3'' was theatrically released in India on 6 March 2020. Upon its release, the film received negative reviews from critics and audiences. It was praised for the action sequences and performances of the cast, but received criticism for the writing, direction and CGI. The film's collections were affected by the

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as the theatres were shut down, though still it became a moderate commercial success. There were plans for a re-release once the outbreak would end, but the makers instead decided to release it on digital platforms. It is the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 2020.

Plot

Ranveer "Ronnie" Charan Chaturvedi lives with his elder brother Vikram. Ronnie has been protective towards him since childhood, especially after their father Charan Chaturvedi's death. Ronnie is offered a job in the police force, but refuses because he has 33 cases registered against him all for saving Vikram and convinces him to take on the job. A timid and reluctant Vikram becomes a cop. When a hostage situation arises, Vikram is assigned the job and is terrified to face the criminals, but Ronnie accompanies him, fighting off the goons and helping rescue the hostages. He does not take credit, and this process continues with Vikram getting popular among the public and his department after each case. Ronnie later falls in love with a woman named Siya, and they get their respective siblings Vikram and Ruchi married to each other. One day, Vikram is assigned to go for routine paperwork in

. Upon arriving, Vikram chats with Ronnie over a video call but is suddenly beaten and kidnapped by terrorist Abu Jalal Gaza's men who break into his hotel room, and Ronnie watches helplessly as Vikram begs for Ronnie's help. Ronnie and Siya travel to Syria, where the police refuse to help them. They meet Akhtar Lahori, who helps them track Vikram and his captors. They go 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, resulting in a chase. The exhausted attacker agrees to help before being hit by a truck and dying. Siya retrieves the attacker's phone and texts a goon named IPL (Inder Paheli Lamba) to meet at a hotel. Abu Jalal Gaza, the mastermind, arrives to avenge his brother, the attacker's death. The main cop who supports Ronnie captures IPL while Abu Jalal escapes. Fearing betrayal from IPL since he's been arrested, Abu Jalal orders his men to kill him. Ronnie and the team cleverly stage a series of events that lead to Abu's men believing they've been betrayed by IPL. They attack him, and upon being rescued by Ronnie, IPL decides to help him. Ronnie single-handedly 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 beaten up, Ronnie stops fighting back. He is stabbed and nearly killed, 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, and as Abu emerges to attack them from behind, Ronnie wakes and kills him. Returning to India, Vikram is honoured for his bravery while Ronnie imagines their father, a cop, saluting and hugging him for keeping his promise.

Cast

as Ranveer "Ronnie" Charan Chaturvedi, Vikram's younger brother and Siya's love interest ** Ayaan Zubair as Young Ronnie *

as Inspector Vikram Charan Chaturvedi, Ronnie's elder brother and Ruchi's husband ** Yash Bhojwani as Young Vikram *

as Ruchi Nandan Chaturvedi, Vikram's wife and Siya's elder sister * Jameel Khoury as Abu Jalal Gaza, leader of Jaish-e-Lashkar *

as Inder Paheli Lamba/IPL *

as Akhtar Lahori *

as Inspector Charan Chaturvedi, Ronnie and Vikram's deceased father (

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) *

as Bhoklelal Mupe Chatora, Agra Police Commissioner *

as Head Constable Kailash Tripathi * Ivan Kostadinov as Zaidi Jalal Gaza, Abu Jalal Gaza's brother *

as Asif, Hafeeza's husband * Sunit Morarjee as Inspector Sharad Kute *

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as Hafeeza, Asif's wife *

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as Bajwa, IPL's henchman * ActorsFirdaush as Bittu bhargav, * Danish Bhatt as Bilal Al Khatib * Shaurya Bharadwaj as Vishwaran Chaturvedi *

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in a

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in the song "Do You Love Me"

Production

The film was announced on 19 December 2018 with

Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt Ltd (NGE) is an Indian film production company based in Mumbai. The Nadiadwala family have been in film production since 1955, continuing this legacy Sajid Nadiadwala established the company in 2005. It i ...

on their

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account by releasing a teaser poster. On 12 February 2019

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has joined the cast of the film. In August 2019, it was announced that shooting of the film will take place in

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and

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began on 12 September 2019 in Mumbai and wrapped up on 30 January 2020.

Release

It was theatrically released in India on 6 March 2020.

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. , with a gross of 110.65 crore in India and 24.42 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of 137.05 crore and became the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2020.

Critical response

''Baaghi 3'' received generally negative reviews from critics and audiences.

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of ''

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'' gave the film three stars out of five, praising the performances, action sequences and cinematography while criticizing the writing and Khan's direction. ''

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'' 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.

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from ''

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'' 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."

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

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Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", "Aankh Maarey"(recreated), " Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recreated) and "L ...

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and Pranaay Rijia, with lyrics written by Panchhi Jalonvi,

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, 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 ''

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'' by

. This was the first time that the duo recreated one of their song. The song " Bhankas" was a remake of the song "Ek Aankh Marun To" from the 1984 film ''

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'', was originally composed by

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, with lyrics by

and sung by

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and

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, and was recreated by

. The song "

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" is a recreation of British record producer TroiBoy's song, voiced by

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and written and composed by Bagchi. The song "Tujhe Rab Mana" is partly inspired by the iconic song "Tera Jaisa Yaar Kahan", sung by

for the 1981 film '' Yaarana''.

References

External links

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