Baaghi (2016 film)
Baaghi (transl. 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. It features Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, with Sudheer Babu and Sunil Grover in supporting roles. The film is a remake of 2004 Telugu film Varsham,[2] and is also reported that it is based on 2011 Indonesian film The Raid: Redemption. [3][4]
| Baaghi | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sabbir Khan |
| Produced by | Sajid Nadiadwala |
| Written by | Sanjeev Datta |
| Based on | Varsham |
| Starring | Tiger Shroff Shraddha Kapoor Sunil Grover Sudheer Babu |
| Music by | Score: Julius Packiam Songs: Meet Bros Amaal Mallik Ankit Tiwari Manj Musik Pranaay Rijia |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by | Manan Sagar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹37 crore[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹126.96 crore[1] |
The film was released worldwide on 29 April 2016. Made on a budget of ₹37 crore (US$5.2 million), Baaghi has earned over ₹127 crore (US$18 million) worldwide. The film has grossed 100 crores in India and worldwide.[5] It is the first installment to the Baaghi film series adding by two spiritual sequels, Baaghi 2 (2018) and Baaghi 3 (2020).
Plot
The film starts with martial arts champion Raghav Shetty (Sudheer Babu) kidnapping Sia Khurana (Shraddha Kapoor) from her film's set in Hyderabad and taking her to Bangkok. Sia's father P.P. Khurana (Sunil Grover) goes to government offices and the police for help but no one is ready to assist them since Raghav is an influential man. Khurana then turns to Sia's ex-boyfriend, Ranveer ‘Ronny’ Pratap Singh (Tiger Shroff).
In a flashback, Ronny and Sia meet on a train. Raghav sees Sia at the train station and starts to like her. He tells his men to get information about her. Ronny visits the martial arts school of a certain Guruswamy in Kerala. In a letter to Guruswamy, Ronny's father explains that Ronny is a Baaghi (rebel), and asks him to make Ronny a good human being. Ronny and Sia fall in love, and Sia gives him a ring she got from her father, asking him to always keep it. Raghav asks for Sia's hand from Khurana, and Khurana is so 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 realises she is in love with Ronny. He informs Raghav, who decides to kill Ronny.
Ronny beats up Raghav's men when they manhandle Subbu, a mute little boy Ronny is close to, only for Raghav to get him arrested later on. Guruswamy tries to persuade Raghav, his son, to stop pursuing Sia, but Raghav poisons and kills him to get him out of the way. Ronny is heartbroken to hear of Guruswamy's death, since he had seen him as a father figure. Khurana then creates a misunderstanding between Sia and Ronny to separate them, which works and the two part ways.
In the present, Ronny reaches Bangkok and visits Raghav's fight club, beating the strongest fighter there to get Raghav's attention. The next day, Ronny breaks into the house of Raghav's right-hand man, Biju, and threatens Biju's wife at gunpoint, forcing him to reveal Sia's location. Finding out she was at the 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. It is then revealed that Ronny is alive. It turns out that Biju had used blank bullets in his gun, sparing him as Ronny had spared his wife's life earlier. Raghav kills Biju when Biju says that he believes Ronny to be right.
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. In the end, Ronny, now happily together with Sia, becomes the new teacher in Guruswamy's school, where a statue of Guruswamy now stands.
Cast
- Tiger Shroff as Ranveer "Ronnie" Pratap Singh
- Shraddha Kapoor as Sia Khurana
- Few lines as Mona Ghosh Shetty
- Sudheer Babu as Raghav Shetty
- Voice over by Viraj Adhav
- Sourav Chakraborty as Biju
- Shifuji Shourya Bhardwaj As Guruswami
- Sunil Grover as P. P. Khurana (Sia's father)
- Sumit Gulati as Sukhi
- Jagdish Kansara as Lawyer
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Film Producer Dasanna
- Buddya Sunari Magar as Refree
- Sanjay Mishra as Harry
- Prashant Singh as Gopi
- Ron Smoorenburg as Fight Club Fighter - Jack
- Chivpatrick Tang as Yong
- Kazu Patrick Tang as Yong
- Jason Tham as Kim
- Aryan Prajapati as Subbu
Production
Shroff trained and took up stunt classes for the film.[6][7] 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.[8] Telugu actor Sudheer Babu was signed to play a negative role, making his Bollywood debut. Shooting for Baaghi started on 27 May 2015.[9][10] 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.[11]
Soundtrack
| Baaghi | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 29 March 2016 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 25:42 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | T-Series |
| Producer | Sajid Nadiadwala |
| Singles from Baaghi | |
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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.[12] The album was released on 29 March 2016, which includes 6 songs.[13]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Agar Tu Hota" | Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay | Ankit Tiwari | Ankit Tiwari | 5:28 |
| 2. | "Cham Cham" | Kumaar | Meet Bros | Meet Bros, Monali Thakur | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Girl I Need You" | Kumaar | Meet Bros | Meet Bros, Arijit Singh, Roach Killa, Khushboo Grewal | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Let's Talk About Love" | Raftaar, Sabbir Khan | Manj Musik | Raftaar, Neha Kakkar | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Sab Tera" | Sanjeev Chaturvedi | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik, Shraddha Kapoor | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Get Ready To Fight" | Rahul B. Seth, Sabbir Khan | Pranaay Rijia | Benny Dayal, Siddharth Basrur | 3:24 |
| Total length: | 25:42 | ||||
Box office
Released on a Friday, the film netted ₹11.94 crore, ₹11.13 crore, and ₹15.51 crore respectively[14] 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 globally, for a total gross estimate of ₹125.92 crore, one of the highest-grossing films of Shroff's career.[15][14]
Sequel
On 1 May 2017, Tiger Shroff posted the first look poster of the sequel Baaghi 2 on his Twitter account.[16] The producer of the film, Sajid Nadiadwala, collaborated with Fox Star Studios and the film was released under Fox Star Studios and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film is 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.[17]
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