Baang Movie Review: Of guns and innocence, Baang is a thorough entertainer

Plot: Three innocent boys accidentally land amid gangsters. To get out, they have to race against time and perform a near-impossible task

Review: Three friends Aarav (Rithvik Muralidhar), Sunil (Sunil Gujjar) and Bhushan (Naatya Ranga) end up on the wrong side of gangsters Daddy (Raghu Dixit) and his daughter (Leona). While the three look for an escape, they are handed a mammoth task. Do they manage to smartly evade the task? Or, will they be pushed towards daddy’s guns for harsher punishment forms? This goes on to form the crux of the story.

Kannada film industry is undergoing an experimental phase and this film, too, falls under the same category. The movie, armed with dark humour that works in its favour and impressive performances by both seasoned actors and newbies, works on several levels. The movie is both engaging and entertaining. While the first half takes off well with quirky comedy and action sequences, the second half could have been a bit more challenging, especially the cat-and-mouse chase sequences. That said, the first half also has a few sequences that sound repetitive making us wonder how it passed through the edit table. The second half could have been a bit more thrilling to push the audience to the edge of their seats to give a thrilling entertainer experience. However, for a newcomer, director Sree Ganesh Parashuram has done a good job.

Rithvik Muralidhar, Sunil Gujjar and Naatya Ranga manage to get audiences’ sympathy with their natural acting, especially when they are caught in daddy’s claws. Raghu Dixit has rightly swapped his guitars for guns! Shanvi brings out the actor and performer in her to play Leona. The surprise element, however, is Shraya Rao; also actor Jahangir’s climax sequence is definitely worth mentioning.

Baang makes for a decent entertainer if you have the heart to forgive the minor mistakes of the newbies.