Raju Chadha, Rahul Mittra Films and Jar Pictures’ Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3 (A) is a sequel to Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013) which itself was a sequel to Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster (2011). The third part is also a story of love, lust, sex, deceit, betrayal, extra-marital affairs, power and politics.
Aditya Pratap Singh (Jimmy Shergill) is still in jail while his first wife, Madhavi (Mahie Gill), and second wife, Ranjana (Soha Ali Khan), live together in their palatial home. Madhavi is as scheming and manipulative as she was. Busy on the political front, she is keen that her husband – ‘Saheb’ for her – does not get bail and towards this, she does all under her command to ensure that he stays in jail even if that means having new charges framed against him. However, Saheb tries his best to get bail. And one day, he returns home after being released on bail.
By then, the scheming Madhavi has tried to kill Ranjana but the latter has survived although she is now critical. Madhavi is scared about her evil actions and her extra-marital affairs being exposed in front of Saheb. She, therefore, extends Saheb an olive branch but he refuses. In a moment of passion, Saheb gets physical with Madhavi and soon, it turns out that Madhavi is pregnant with Saheb’s child. Since Saheb is very keen on an heir, he mends his relationship with Madhavi.
However, Madhavi is not in a mood to give up her position of power and she continues with her evil machinations. She meets Uday Singh (Sanjay Dutt) when she is on a holiday in London and develops a soft corner for him. Like Saheb, Uday Singh also belongs to a royal family. In London, Uday runs a popular pub. One day, Uday is deported to India. He leaves his wife and daughter in London and happily comes back to India to be with his mistress, Suhani (Chitrangda Singh), who is a nautch girl. Uday’s father (Kabir Bedi) and younger brother, Vijay (Deepak Tijori), hate Uday because of the disrepute he has brought to the family name. Why, the two even try to have Uday killed but when he survives the attempt on his life by murdering the stooge sent to kill him, his own father has him arrested for having committed a murder.
Madhavi comes to Uday’s rescue and has him released on bail. Meanwhile, Saheb files a petition in court against the abandonment of privy purses to royals, and seeks support from other royals. Uday’s father does not support Saheb’s petition.
Madhavi now asks Uday to kill her own husband. Uday decides to play a dangerous game with Aditya because of which, Uday tells Madhavi, Aditya would kill himself. To prod Saheb on to play the game with Uday, she tells Saheb that she would save him so that Uday would die. Armed with the knowledge of Madhavi’s game plan, Saheb has Uday’s father supporting him in the petition just so that Saheb would murder Uday.
What happens finally? Does Uday kill Saheb? Or does Saheb kill Uday? Or are both saved? Or do both die? Or does someone else kill Saheb? Or does somebody else murder Uday? Whom does Madhavi support?
Tigmanshu Dhulia and Sanjay Chouhan have written a half-baked story and in writing the story, they have made a patently incorrect assumption – that all who would come to watch the third part, have not only seen parts one and two but also remember the details about the first two parts. This assumption is, of course, quite ridiculous because it is not as if the first two parts were huge blockbusters which were seen by millions. Even otherwise, the story offers not much novelty as it moves on the same pattern as the earlier parts. The duo’s screenplay is also oft-repeated. Besides, because no effort has been made to establish characters or re-establish the relationship between old characters, the screenplay looks patchy. Actually, the screenplay in the first half is a bit confusing even otherwise. Since the viewers are unable to connect emotionally with any character, the drama fails to involve them. The second half is a bit more dramatic but again, the thrill element is not what it ought to be. Yes, the intrigue value is exciting but that’s not enough. Tigmanshu Dhulia and Sanjay Chouhan’s dialogues are excellent at places and good otherwise.
Sanjay Dutt does a fairly good job as Uday Singh. He does not look very good though. Jimmy Shergill is quite nice as ‘Saheb’ Aditya Pratap Singh. Mahie Gill does a splendid job as Madhavi. She looks every inch the seductress she plays. Chitrangda Singh gets limited scope but she looks bewitching as Suhani and acts decently. Kabir Bedi (as Uday’s father), Deepak Tijori (as Uday’s brother, Vijay), Nafisa Ali (as Uday’s mother), Soha Ali Khan (as Ranjana, in a special appearance), Zakir Hussain (as Ranjana’s father), Deepraj Rana (as Kanhaiya), Rahul Mittra, Kanika Dang (as Badi Rani) and the rest lend good support.
Tigmanshu Dhulia’s direction is just about alright. His narrative style is not of the kind that would have the audience hooked completely. Music (Rana Mazumder, Aanjan Bhattacharya and Siddharth Pandit) is fairly nice. The ‘Jugni’ song is the best. Lyrics (Sandeep Nath, Revant Shergill, Kausar Munir and Kumaar) are appropriate. Song picturisations are alright. Dharma Vish’s background music is impactful. Amlendu Chaudhary’s cinematography is nice. Nishant Khan’s action and stunts are okay. Dhananjoy Mondal’s production designing is alright. Pravin Angre’s editing is fairly crisp.
On the whole, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3 is a dull fare and will flop at the box-office.