Bagheera (film)

Bagheera[lower-alpha 1] is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language psychological romantic thriller film directed by Adhik Ravichandran and produced by R. V. Bharathan. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Srikanth, Amyra Dastur, Gayathrie, Janani, Remya Nambeesan, Sanchita Shetty, Sakshi Agarwal, Sai Kumar, Nassar and Pragathi.[4][5]

Bagheera
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdhik Ravichandran
Written byAdhik Ravichandran
Produced byR. V. Bharathan
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byRuben
Music byGanesan S.
Production
company
Bharathan Pictures
Release date
  • 3 March 2023 (2023-03-03)[1]
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Bagheera was released theatrically on 3 March 2023 to negative reviews from critics and became a box office bomb.

Plot

In 2023, Bagheera is a psychopath who finishes multiple girls by disguising himself in various disguises. Inspector Sai Kumar is assigned to investigate one of Bagheera's victims, where the cops find the dead bodies turned into statues. Ramya is a psychology student who conducts a case study on Bagheera. One of the twin brothers tries to commit suicide, but the other one saves him and suggests the app named Bagheera, which reveals that if a girl cheats on their man, he can file a complaint through the app and Bagheera will kill the girl. Bagheera receives a complaint about Ramya cheating on his boyfriend Ranjith, where he started to make her love him and disguises himself with another name. Bagheera brings them to a house located in Sri Lanka, where he killed those girls and made them statues. Bagheera also brings Ramya to the same house. A blind man finds a diary written in Braille, where he reads it and hands the diary over to the cops after finding that the owner of the diary is Bagheera.

1999: Murali, Prabhu and Pakru are friends in Coimbatore, who always watch The Jungle Book on TV. Prabhu considers himself as Bagheera and Murali as Mowgli. After Prabhu's mother's death, Murali's parents adopts Prabhu as their own son. Murali's father Ganesan has a statue factory. Prabhu has a girlfriend, whom he affectionately refers to as Rabbit. While playing with Rabbit, Prabhu sees Swapna with a boy, where she sprays on Prabhu's eyes and Prabhu loses his eyesight. Rabbit also leaves the city due to her father getting transferred to another city. Murali is now running the statue factory, where he marries Reshma. Bagheera gets his eyesight after Murali's mother donates her eyes to him. Concurrently, Prabhu learns that Murali committed suicide because Reshma was cheating him. Prabhu goes to kill her, but she escapes with her boyfriend Rohit. Prabhu is now a mental asylum, where Ganesan brings him out. With no knowledge about Reshma, Prabhu considers the girls cheating on their boyfriends as Reshma and begins his crusade to finish them.

2023: Bagheera/Prabhu tries to kill Ramya and ties her to the statue-making machine. Ramya soon starts to divert him by talking to Murali's soul, where she tells that she doesn't know Ranjith and did not cheat anyone. Bagheera/Prabhu calls Ranjith, who tells that he stalked her, but she did not accept his love which was why he complained in the app. Bagheera/Prabhu soon learns that Ramya is none other than Rabbit. Bagheera/Prabhu gets arrested and receives minimum punishment due to mental illness. Twenty five years later, Bagheera/Prabhu and Ramya are the parents of a son named Murali. Prabhu learns that Murali is in love with a girl and tells him to call her parents in order to solve the issue between the lovers. The girl brings her mother who is none other than Reshma. Prabhu tells his son to leave them for a chat. Prabhu secretly gets a knife and finishes Reshma by slashing her throat, thus avenging Murali's death.

Cast

Production

The production of the film was started before the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The film's production was halted due to the pandemic, but it resumed after the government granted permission.[10]

Music
Bagheera
Soundtrack album by
Ganesan S
Released28 February 2023[11]
Recorded2020–2021
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length14:39
LanguageTamil
LabelThink Music
ProducerGanesan S
Singles from Bagheera
  1. "Psycho Raja"
    Released: 6 May 2021[12]

The music of the film is composed by Ganesan S.[13][14]

A remix version of Pattukottai Ammalu Song from Ranga (1982) is used in the climax.[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Psycho Raja"Pa. VijayG.V. Prakash Kumar, Mangli, Suchithra Balasubramanian, Bharath Narayan3:41
2."Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"Adhik Ravichandran, RokeshThaman S, Ganesan S3:40
3."Bagheera In Love"Ganesan SDaisey Yensone3:57
4."Uyir Uyiraai"Pa. VijayGanesan S, Vivek3:21
Total length:14:39

Release

Theatrical

The film was released theatrically on 3 March 2023.[16]

Home media

The satellite and digital rights were sold to Sun TV Network.[17]

Reception

Bagheera received negative reviews from critics.

Critical response

Studioflicks gave 2.8/5 stars and wrote "Bagheera is a tailor-made treat for the teens, and few scenes have the magic, but fails to be a wholesome entertainer."[18] Ashwin Ram of Moviecrow rated 2.5/5 stars and wrote "What could have been a gripping youthful thriller is watered down to be an average flick due to overstuffing things. A focused single track with limited and powerful characterizations alongside the same flashback would have been neater."[19] Prashanth Vallavan of Cinema Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "While there are moments in Bagheera that massively benefit from such lighthearted treatment, there are sections of the film that are too deliberately filled with logical loopholes and careless writing."[15]

Gopinath Rajendran of The Hindu wrote "What comes as probably the only silver lining is Prabhu Deva for whom Bagheera offers ample scope to perform"[20] Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Bagheera might have worked if it had been released decades ago, but even then, it's absurd to propagate these kinds of ideas".[21] A critic from Dinamalar gave 1.5/5 stars.[22]

Notes
  1. The title of the film and the names of a few characters were inspired by the TV series The Jungle Book.[2] In this film, Prabhu is referred to as Bagheera, and his friend Murali is referred to as Mowgli; also, Pakru is referred to as Baloo the bear.[3]

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