Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment’s Baaghi 4 (A) is an action thriller and the fourth in the Baaghi franchise. It is the story of a young man who loses his girlfriend in a road accident.
Ronnie (Tiger Shroff) survives a terrible car accident but loses his girlfriend, Alisha (Harnaaz Sandhu), in the same accident. After recovering, he is unable to get over Alisha. But everyone around him tries to convince him that Alisha never existed and that he is hallucinating. Why, another girl, Olivia alias Prathishtha (Sonam Bajwa) also enters his life but that hardly helps him get over Alisha. Ronnie is convinced that someone is behind this angle of hallucination, but doesn’t know who he is. His own brother, Jeetu (Shreyas Talpade), doctor (Mahesh Thakur), Alisha’s friend, Catherine (Sheeba Akashdeep Sabir), are all trying to convince him about the hallucination angle. Why, when a police inspector (Upendra Limaye) gets involved in the drama, even he feels, Ronnie is imagining things about Alisha. What is the truth? And who are Chacko (Sanjay Dutt) and his brother, Paula (Saurabh Sachdeva)?
Sajid Nadiadwala’s story is quite interesting because it has many twists and turns. In the first half, the viewers keep guessing what exactly is going on because, like Ronnie, even they are confused whether Alisha ever existed in his life. Sajid Nadiadwala’s screenplay, with additional screenplay by Rajat Arora, is good in parts. The drama in the pre-interval portion, especially, is engaging. The second half is less engaging but still manages to hold the audience’s attention. However, there is too much violence post-interval, and most of it is gruesome. This will not be easily palatable to the ladies and family audience. For instance, the action in the first wedding sequence of Chacko is extremely gruesome and bloody. Also, the revelation of the suspense about Alisha is not as exciting as it should’ve been. Rajat Arora’s dialogues are very nice, whether they are the light-hearted ones or the more serious ones.
Tiger Shroff does a fine job as Ronnie. Not only does he look very handosme and shine in action scenes and dances but his acting is also impressive. Harnaaz Sandhu makes a fine debut as Alisha. She looks glamorous and acts freely. Sonam Bajwa stands her own in the role of Olivia/Prathishtha. Sanjay Dutt makes his mark as Chacko. Shreyas Talpade is very natural and entertaining as Jeetu. Upendra Limaye is first-rate as the investigating police officer. His acting is extraordinary. Saurabh Sachdeva makes his presence felt as Paulo. Sheeba Akashdeep Sabir leaves a mark as Catherine. Mahesh Thakur is natural as the doctor. Suneet Morarjee is realistic as police inspector Sharad Kute. Sudesh Lahiri entertains a lot in a brief appearance as Pali Pehelwan. Nalneesh Neel lends fine support as Ganjedi. Anuradha (as the Koli woman) evokes laughter. Nikhat Khan (as the lady in the cemetery), Saharsh Kumar Shukla (as the wardboy), Sameer Thakare, Krishna Gurjar, Krishna Kumar, Shwetabh Singh (all four as Paulo’s men), Marcel (as Chacko’s henchman), Faiz Khan (as the sniperman), Melvin Louis (as Peter), Rajen Sanathara (as the pandit) and the rest provide the desired support.
A. Harsha’s direction is good as his narration keeps the audience involved. But he seems to have a hangover of Animal. Music (Agaaz, Josh Brar and Salamat Ali Matoi for Guzaara; Mani Moudgill and Badshah for Bahli Sohni; Payal Dev and Aditya Dev for Akeli Laila; Tanishk Bagchi for Yeh mera husn; Ganesh Waghela, Siddhant Mishra, Suyash-Siddharth, Gourov Dasgupta) is very nice. All the four aforementioned songs are very tuneful. The other songs are also nice. Lyrics (by Jagdeep Warring and Josh Brar for Guzaara; Mani Moudgill and Badshah for Bahli Sohni; Danish Sabri and Paradox for Akeli Laila; Sameer Anjaan for Yeh mera husn; Kumaar, Farhan Memon, Gopi Sidhu, Star Boy Loc) are entertaining. Choreography (by Farah Khan for Bahli Soni; Ganesh Acharya for Akeli Laila; Bosco Leslie Martis for Yeh mera husn; Raju Khan for Tera khayal; and Adil Shaikh for Guzaara) is very eye-pleasing. Sanchit Balhara, Ankit Balhara and Shrey’s background music is impactful. Swamy J. Gowda’s cinematography is excellent. Action and stunt scenes have been choreographed effectively by Venkat, Kecha Khamphakdee, Stunt Siva and Kevin Kumar, but while the violence will be liked by the masses, it will be too gruesome for the liking of the families and ladies viewers. In fact, the excessive violence will keep the family and women audience away from the film. Tanvi Leena Patil’s production designing is of a fine standard. Kiran Gowda and Nitin’s editing is sharp.
On the whole, Baaghi 4 will prove to be an average fare. It will lose out heavily on business as it will not get the patronage of womenfolk and families due to its excessive and gruesome action.
Released on 5-9-’25 at Inox (daily 7 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay thru PEN Marudhar Cine Entertainment. Publicity: good. Opening: so-so. …….Also released all over. Opening ranged from average to fair at places and was below the mark at other places.
