Good ole’ Tiger Shroff, Bollywood’s virtuoso of aerial spinning kicks and impeccable dance skills, and face of the ever-fun “Baaghi” franchise, is back to his rebellious roots as heroic Ronny in “Baaghi 4”. This Baaghi 4 review finds the film trading the goofy, “Fast & Furious” levels of excess seen in “Baaghi 3” for a far more aggressive brand of action that recalls Indonesian-style bloodletting. The result is a remarkable return to form for the series, one that allows Tiger to step into a radically different yet no less engaging version of Ronny, defined by a much darker backstory, grimmer motivations, and a mission that pushes both the character and the franchise into their most intense territory yet.
Trailer
Cast
Tiger Shroff leads “Baaghi 4” as the franchise’s new variation on its archetypal protagonist rebel Ronny, with Sanjay Dutt portraying the movie’s ruthless, bloodthirsty antagonist Chacko. Harnaaz Sandhu appears in the dual role of Ronny’s girlfriend Alisha and Chacko’s old flame Avantika, while Sonam Bajwa appears as Olivia, and Shreyas Talpade portrays Ronny’s brother Jeethendar “Jeetu” Pratap Singh. Upendra Limaye also portrays the determined and goofily zealous local police Inspector, with Saurabh Sachdeva also appearing as Chacko’s brother and gangster associate Paulo.
Ronny served with honor in India’s Navy.
Ronny will not rest until he has located his missing love Alisha.
Plot
Ranveer “Ronny” Pratap Singh is a man whose reality seems to be crumbling before his very eyes. Following a motorcycle accident after his discharge from India’s Navy, Ronny has been in the care of his brother Jeetu, and continues to long to reconnect with his lost love Alisha whom he met and fell in love with during his Naval service. Unfortunately, all traces of Alisha have suddenly vanished from Ronny’s home, including every photograph he recalls taking with her, with Jeetu and everyone in Ronny’s life denying that any woman named Alisha was ever part of Ronny’s life. Suspecting that he is the subject of a terrible case of gaslighting, Ronny digs deep to discover the truth, and soon comes to realize what has become of Alisha and the sinister plot to keep the two of them apart.
Ronny is a master of machete combat!
Ronny rallies his strength to rescue Alisha.
Action
Tiger Plays Against His Image In “Baaghi 4” To Great Effect
Tiger Shroff’s youth, affable charm has carried him well in the previous “Baaghi” movies and the likes of “War” and “Ganapath”, which makes his performance in “Baaghi 4” as against type as it gets. With a hardened demeanor and scruffy, overgrown beard (one frequently coated with his and others blood – more on that in a moment), Tiger’s portrayal of his newest iteration of Ronny is a chiseled, scarred, Bollywood Wolverine. Even with the requisite Bollywood song and dance numbers and Tiger’s impeccable dance skills, Ronny’s got no mandate for such festivities, and certainly no inclination towards the decorum they demand.
Ronny prepares for some hatchet combat.
Ronny summons all his strength for the final showdown!
“Baaghi 4” Shows Tiger’s Potential For Versatility
Ronny’s lovelorn tale isn’t all doom and gloom, though, with Tiger bringing a combination of heartfelt sorrow and undaunted determination in his quest to find his lost love Alisha. The gaslighting plot that Ronny experiences is a little overly labyrinthine in how thorough its put together, but it also gives Tiger a chance to show more range as a leading man, beaten down by memories of a romance everyone tells him is a figment of his imagination, but driven to fight past them in the knowledge that his love is real.
“Baaghi 4” Brings Some Of “The Night Comes For Us” Flair To The “Baaghi” Anthology Template
The romance and the action of “Baaghi 4” also reflect each other in a major way, that being in the harshness of what Ronny experiences and what he must unleash to win the day. The first three “Baaghi” movies certainly didn’t pull any punches, the gimmick of “Baaghi 4” is clearly “Blood, and lots of it”. Like no other Bollywood actioner in recent memory, “Baaghi 4” is of from the Timo Tjahjanto school of action with the precision, power, and grace worthy of Hong Kong’s best combined with the bodily harm of the slasher movie variety.
Layered within that is the underworld gangster tale that combined with the sheer goriness of it all really shapes up “Baaghi 4” into a Bollywood-style equivalent of “The Night Comes For Us” or “The Shadow Strays” with a dash of “Logan”-style grit. For those fans of “Baaghi” who yearned for the day when Ronny would truly take the gloves off, “Baaghi 4” lets that genie out of the bottle.
Ronny knows he’s being lied to about the whereaboutsof Alisha.
Buckle Up, Bollywood Action Fans – “Baaghi 4” Is A Wild Blast!
With the upfront warning to the squeamish of the level of unhinged bloodshed involved, “Baaghi 4” is a masterclass of the kind of Bollywood martial arts action that Tiger Shroff is a master of. With that said, it’s nearly an hour into the movie before its first proper fight scene kicks in, with the story largely devoted to Ronny’s flashback’s to his life with Alisha and his efforts to uncover what happened to her as the movie’s focal point. The action finally kicks in with a doozy of a brawl in Ronny’s old home where he battles literally dozens of masked henchmen single-handedly with machetes, rebar, and his fists as he unearths a vital clue to the situation. As a singular action sequence, the first martial arts battle of “Baaghi 4” rates among the best of Tiger Shroff’s career.
Chacko is a ruthless crime boss.
Ronny’s determination and pain tolerance are equally electrifying!
While “Baaghi 4” includes several high-octane fights enhanced by Bollywood speed-ramping and stylistic finesse, the final third fully delivers on the promise of its first major set piece, offering essentially three battles for the price of one. The climactic showdown embraces a degree of superhuman absurdity, from Ronny shrugging off massive electrical jolts to biting a rebar in half before impaling an opponent, yet these moments fit the film’s gleefully excessive tone. What follows is a relentless action run that moves Ronny from a torture chamber to a beachside smackdown and finally to a literal shotgun wedding, where his love for Alisha and hatred for Chacko collide in a storm of spinning kicks and machete slashes. To the delight of longtime fans, the iconic “Get Ready to Fight” anthem erupts at peak intensity, amplifying the chaos, spectacle, and emotional payoff of the franchise’s most explosive.
Summary
“Baaghi 4” is everything that makes the “Baaghi” franchise, Bollywood action, and Tiger Shroff himself such a joy – insane, balletic, over-the-top martial arts action thrown into a blender with spectacular song and dance numbers, a tale of unbreakable romance, and Tiger’s always phenomenally endearing persona and physicality. Even with those mainstay elements of the series, “Baaghi 4” takes a sharp turn in a much darker story and far more intense action than the series has ever seen, which might ultimately make it a bit of a love it or hate it entry in the tale of different rebels named Ronny always with a cause, but the novelty of that shift makes it truly the most unique chapter of the “Baaghi” franchise, and the most visceral Tiger Shroff action movie yet, “Baaghi 4” demonstrating that Tiger, like Ronny, is always ready to fight!
Ronny and Alisha are two star crossed lovers.
Ronny channels the might of Samson!
Trivia
Principal photography took place from November 18th, 2024 to July 9th, 2025.
Allan Amin, Steven Ho, and Craig Macrae served as action directors for “Baaghi 4”.
Allan Amin previously worked with Tiger’s fellow Bollywood action star Vidyut Jammwal as action director on 2019’s “Commando 3”.
Steven Ho appeared as Liu Kang’s brother Chan in 1995’s “Mortal Kombat”. His work in stunts and fight choreography includes “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze”, “Blade”, “The Last Samurai”, “Extreme Heist”, and 2011’s The Green Hornet”,
Craig Macrae also served as fight choreography on Tiger’s 2019 action hit “War”. His other work in stunts and fight choreography includes the martial arts Western series “Warrior”, “Jawan”, “War 2”, “Pathaan”, “Commado 2”, and “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
Favoruite Quotes:
“What you call torture is my warm-up.” – Ronny, as he breaks free of the chains Chacko’s henchmen have put him in.
Baaghi 4 – Movie Poster
Film rating – 8.5/10
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