Bagheera

<p>In 2023, Bagheera is a psychopath who murders multiple girls by disguising himself in different 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 begins to make her love him and disguises himself with another name. Bagheera brings them to a house located in , 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 discovering that the owner of the diary is Bagheera. In 1999, Murali, Prabhu and Pakru were friends in , who always watched on TV. Prabhu considered himself as and Murali as . After Prabhu’s mother’s death, Murali’s parents adopt Prabhu as their son. Murali’s father, Ganesan, has a statue factory. Prabhu had a girlfriend, whom he affectionately referred to as Rabbit. While playing with Rabbit, Prabhu sees Swapna with a boy; she pepper sprays Prabhu, blinding him. Due to her father’s transfer, Rabbit has to leave the 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 goes to 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. In the present, Bagheera/Prabhu tries to kill Ramya and ties her to the . Ramya soon starts to divert him by talking to Murali’s soul, explaining that she does not know Ranjith and does not cheat on anyone. Prabhu calls Ranjith, who says he stalked her, but she did not accept his love, which is why he complained in the app. Prabhu soon learns that Ramya is none other than Rabbit. He gets arrested and receives minimum punishment due to mental illness. Twenty-five years later, in 2048, 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 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 kills Reshma by slashing her throat, thus avenging his friend Murali’s death. The title of the film and the names of a few characters were inspired by the TV series . In this film, Prabhu is referred to as , and his friend Murali is referred to as ; also, Pakru is referred to as the bear. Production began before the . The film’s production was halted due to the pandemic, but it resumed after the government granted permission. Filming ended by December 2021. The music was composed by Ganesan S, in his film debut. A remix version of “Pattukottai Ammalu” song from (1982) is used in the climax. The film was released theatrically on 3 March 2023. The film began streaming on from 31 March 2023. received mixed reviews from critics. Prashanth Vallavan of 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.” Gopinath Rajendran of wrote “What comes as probably the only silver lining is Prabhu Deva for whom offers ample scope to perform”. Logesh Balachandran of gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote ” might have worked if it had been released decades ago, but even then, it’s absurd to propagate these kinds of ideas”. A critic from gave 1.5/5 stars.</p>