Bagheera

Vedanth aspires to be a superhero and jumps from a building, fracturing his leg. His mother assures him that the one who wears a cape is not the only superhero by giving his cop father as an example. Vedanth decides to become a cop like his father. Years later, he has achieved his dream and gets his posting in Mangaluru. Vedanth being a strict and honest police officer, raids the criminals in his jurisdiction and tries to clean up the city. However, he is soon stopped by his superior which shatters his dream to serve his best as a cop. The atrocities don't stop, forcing Vedanth to don a mask and mete out vigilante justice as Bagheera. What happens when he is pitted against a ruthless villain Rana, forms rest of the story.

Narrated in 7 chapters, Bagheera is an ambitious vigilante action film whose story is written by Prashanth Neel. On paper it definitely sounds good but it is the lackluster screenplay by Dr. Suri that undermines the story. The first half is quite below average with back to back outdated scenes involving Vedanth the cop. The film works only when Bagheera enters and that too when he is in action. Dr. Suri failed to take advantage of a origin story and the token supporting cast get too many generic scenes. The action blocks do stand out and it is indeed good to not show Bagheera as invincible. The half baked love story doesn't contribute much.

It is the second half where it focuses more on Bagheera going after the main baddie and parallely, CBI starts the hunt for Bagheera. This intriguing plot is again underwhelmingly executed and though, Vedanth prepping himself as Bagheera with gadgets and stuff is a cool idea, the way the director presents it instantly loses it's impact. I get it, superhero/vigilante films are not to be taken too seriously but the unlikely team Vedanth forms is laughable. The other negative is the two songs that are forgettable. This leaves Bagheera with the action blocks and an ambitious climax fight on a freight train. The vfx is good with few obvious glitches. The vision of Bagheera should have been truly backed with good writing, which sadly doesn't happen. I am going with a lenient rating for the attempt but the film offers nothing memorable.