Baadshaho: An insipid thriller

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Ileana D’Cruz, Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Vidyut Jammwal, Sanjay Mishra, Sharad Kelkar, Sunny Leone

Rated: 4/10

A thriller without thrill is a killer without business. Baadshaho comes in this “insipid drama” category despite being star-botoxed with Ajay Devgn trying to make his presence felt with brooding eyes and deadpan dialogues.

Ileana D’ Cruz as the scheming Maharani Geetanjali being hounded into an emergency-crowded jail amid the sand-dunes of interior Rajasthan tries hard to create moments in the film but goes down fighting the inanity alongside Devgn and his yaar dost like the much tattooed Emraan Hashmi and the always arresting Sanjay Mishra.

The presence of a Sanjay Gandhi like figure named “Sanjeev” heckling the maharani and using the Army to settle personal scores makes the film even more frivolous despite its high production qualities.

Vidyut Jammwal as the Army commando is a tuxedo washout, much like the plot and the storyline which centres round a road trip punctuated by events, betrayal and a whole lot of camaraderie between Devgn and his cahoots.

See it if you have nothing better to do, better still avoid even if you have nothing better to do.

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 3 September, 2017