The film comes off as old wine, in a not very new bottle, which we have to sip for over 2.5 hours.

Luthria is extremely self-aware in keeping things old-fashioned and devoid of logic. But that doesn't make the film retro cool, it just makes it terribly worn out and jaded.

The story is strictly bare-bones, a glaring fact that is sought to be disguised through the means of gratuitous chase scenes and meaningless banter.

Perhaps the best moment is a competent cameo by Virat Kohli. Unfortunately, the advertisement he appears in isn't part of Baadshaho. To be fair, the long interval did bolster the pace of the film.