B-10 | Friday, March 13, 2020 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com ‘Baaghi 3’: The Same Old Tiger Stunts & Dance Tricks “Baaghi 3”; Cast: Tiger For Tiger, his last two releases Khetarpal, Tasha Bhambra and Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh, Shrad- very much set the template. The Madhur Sharma). dha Kapoor, Ankita Lokhande, “Student Of The Year” brand of The mayhem that unfolds is Jameel Khoury, Jaideep Ahlawat, soppy dish won’t do, while the neither logical nor imaginatively Vijay Varma; Direction: Ahmed “War” variety of sexed-up ma- executed, as Ronnie goes about Khan; Rating: Two and half star chismo is guaranteed to have snarling, frowning and mauling (* * and 1/2 stars) them hungering for more. at anything and everything that “Baaghi 3” is billed as a ‘spiri- comes in his way. The rampage The “Baaghi” ilms are basi- tual sequel’ -- which is to say the looks dated -- it seems to bear the cally all about creating enough ilm draws on the formula that hangover of a zillion action ilms situations to let (a preferably worked for the earlier “Baaghi” of the past decades. It is also ab- shirtless) Tiger Shroff lex - biilms without retaining any con- surd, you realise, as Ronnie virtu- ceps, bash up baddies and show nection with those prequels in A scene from the ilm ‘Baaghi 3’ ally takes on an entire nation sin- off some cool dance moves. It’s terms of characters or story. The glehandedly to save his brother. worked over two ilms, and that is only thing common across the and he must go out of his way to the more dashing of the two has Of course, there are the twists. good enough an excuse to bank- three ilms so far is that Tigerthe rescue. In the irst ilm, it was been protective about Vikram But somehow these seem inad- roll a new sequel. Shroff’s protagonist is called his lover in Bangkok. In the sec- since they were young. In a turn equate in setting up a thriller quo- “Baaghi 3” is all about cash- Ronnie, besides of course the fact ond, he was out saving his little of events Vikram, a cop, is sent tient. All other characters apart ing in on a ready fan base that is that any resemblance that Ron- daughter in Goa. This time it is to Syria where, he soon realises, from Ronni e, including Riteish still game to relish a readymade nie has consecutively borne with the turn for some brotherly bond. it was a trap. Who should then be Deshmukh’s Vikram and ‘hero- formula. Over three ilms, the Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo is With a bigger budget to splurge, Syria-bound but Ronnie... ine’ Shraddha Kapoor, are neces- franchise has only grown bigger strictly intentional. the bandwagon moves to Syria. An overdone package of action sary props. and more lavish with the trade- The “Baaghi” ilms basically Producer Sajid Nadiadwala’s unfolds through a screenplay that “Baaghi 3” tries working as an mark extravaganza that cocktails have the same plot. Someone story casts Tiger and Riteish is barely there but has inexplica- old-school action fest and falters. mayhem, melodrama, mush and close to Ronnie ends up in a situ- Deshmukh as brothers, who share bly needed multiple brains to be The ilm was never meant to be music in that order. ation of distress in an alien land, a deep bond of affection. Ronnie, readied (Farhad Samji, Sparsh original fare. A ‘Speechless’ Amitabh Additi Joins Cast Kratika Urges Parents To Let Of ‘Anupama’ Girls Follow Their Dreams Poses With His Vintage Car MUMBAI: Actress Additi MUMBAI: Popular television Gupta has joined the cast of actress Kratika Sengar says that the upcoming TV show “Anu- every girl should get the opportu- pamaa”, which also stars Rupali nity to follow their dream. Ganguly and Sudhanshu Pandey. “It’s an absolute honour to re- “Anupamaa” is the oficial ceive the award and I’m truly Hindi remake of the Bengali humbled for being able to inspire show “Sreemoyee”. other women. I myself have been The show revolves around An- inspired by quite a few strong upamaa, a homemaker. Her life women growing up. includes an endless amount of “And to the young parents to- demands and to-dos. Anupamaa day, I would like to request you, fulils all the requests lovingly to please allow your girls to study and happily out of the love she and follow their dreams so that has for her family. tomorrow they can aspire to in- MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Big B took to his blog and “I play the part of Kavya, an spire others.” Bachchan shared a photograph shared the story behind the car. outgoing, chic woman. Anu- The actress is known for her of himself posing with his latest “Quite obviously there is a sto- pamaa is a lovable person who performances in shows like possession -- a new lemon co- ry behind the tale .. and it shall does everything for her family,” “Jhansi Ki Rani”, “Punarvivah”, loured vintage car. be in narration when the talking said Additi. “On the other hand, “Service Wali Bahu” and “Kasam An ecstatic Big B looked posed stops and the stars listen open, Kavya showcases a dynamic, Tere Pyaar Ki” to name a few. with his Ford. empty handed for across .. a tale bold personality. On the profes- The thespian described the of the early 1950’s .. told in the sional front, I work with Vanraj experience as speechless and deepest of sleep inducement,” he and our relationship has differ- Playing Role Of Uniformed tweeted: “There are times when wrote on his blog. ent layers to it. It was quite dif- you are speechless .. I am now .. On the work front, Amitabh icult for me to get into the skin Men Changed Me: Amit been trying to express, but noth- will next be seen in “Brahmas- of Kavya’s character. The entire ing comes out ... a story of times tra”. He will also be seen “Gulabo team has been very helpful while MUMBAI: Actor Amit Sadh gone by .. a gesture beyond time.” Sitabo”, “Chehre” and “Jhund”. explaining my role,” she added. loves to portray the roles of men in uniform. After playing a po- liceman in “Breath”, he will now Mira Paints Shahid’s Initials On Neck be seen essaying the role of Ma- MUMBAI: Actor Shahid Ka- jor Tango, who spearheaded the poor’ s wife Mira Rajput Kapoor Uri surgical strike, in another seems to be lost in the colours of digital show called “Avrodh”. love on Holi as she painted the “Playing these men has initials of her husband’s name on changed my personality. My re- her neck. spect for these heroes has grown Taking to her Instagram han- by multifold. dle, Mira posted a photograph “There is a duality in this pro- in which she is seen having Sha- fession, they protect their people, hid’s initials painted in red on her but may not be able to protect neck. their loved ones. Essaying such -- that has become my mantra,” “Love life in technicolour,” roles has done a great deal in Amit said she captioned the image. Mira making me more perceptive. I Amit is also part of “Operation teamed up her Holi look with Mira and Shahid tied the knot dren, daughter Misha and son guess, I’ve also started internal- Parindey”, which is a web show. oversized sunglasses. in 2015. The couple has two chil- Zain. ising more. Feel more, show less Commercial Films Dying: Rohit NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty making our universe. We were scared that says commercial ilms are dying as many if ‘Simmba’ goes wrong then the brand of people are scared to delve into that space. ‘Singham’ will go wrong. It was risky but Rohit has interwoven the world of we took it and here we are... The audience “Singham”, “Simmba” and his upcoming created the universe.” ilm “Sooryavanshi” - creating his own In “Sooryavanshi”, actor Akshay Ku- “cop universe”. mar will be seen as ATS oficer Veer Asked how tricky was it to create the Sooryavanshi on a lookout for terrorists universe, Rohit told IANS: “It just hap- planning a deadly strike in Mumbai. Ajay pened. You have to take risk and create Devgn and Ranveer Singh will also re- something new. prise their roles of Singham and Simmba “Commercial ilms are dying. There to help Akshay bust the terror plot. Ac- are very few ilmmakers who are mak- tress Katrina Kaif will be seen as Veer ing commercial ilms. Many people are Sooryavanshi’s wife while Jackie Shroff scared to make commercial ilms... We plays the antagonist. need to bring something new every time “Sooryavanshi” also features Gulshan when you make a commercial ilm,” he Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Niharica added. Looking back, the director con- Raizada, Sikandar Kher and Nikitin tinued: “When we did ‘Simmba’, we had Dheer. The ilm is produced by Rohit this thought that let’s bring ‘Singham’ and Shetty, Karan Johar and Cape of Good ‘Sooryavanshi’ in it and create a start of Films, and will release on March 24..