Agneepath (2012)

Absolutely Fantastic

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I watched this film 4 times in the first 2 weeks of it being released and was absolutely amazed each time. Then I was quick to snap it up on DVD. Sanjay Dutt proves to be as amazing as ever in his villainous role and Hrithik Roshan, once again, shows us how good an actor he is, especially because the character of Vijay Chauhan is a contrast to the characters he normally plays. Priyanka Chopra has an equally fantastic role, though it was a slightly diminished role compared to the role she would normally have.The soundtrack is equally amazing with great songs, in specific Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin and O Saiyyan.Definitely best film of 2012 and I'm still waiting to see one as good.

Quite frankly this is the best Hindi movie that I have seen in a long long time. I could relate to the story an the emotion in every frame from start to finish. Hrithik has outdone himself this time and I would say this is possibly his best ever acting performance to date. Everyone, please do go and watch this EPIC of a movie and trust me you will find yourself totally engrossed in a loving son's terrific and honest journey to avenge his innocent father's brutal public murder.The moral of this Legend is: There may be huge, warm and shady trees all around Don't even as the shade of a single leaf Walk on the Path of Fire, Walk on the Path of FireYou will not stop, You will not turn, You will not halt Take this oath, take this oath, take this oath The Oath of Fire, the Oath of Fire, the Oath of FireThis is a great situation Man Walks Tears, Sweat and Blood They swathe Him, they swathe Him Walk on the Path of Fire, Walk on the Path of FireLt. Harivansh Rai Bachchan

I was a big fan of the original Agneepath so i decided to watch this even though i can't stand most Bollywood movies. The movie is very colourful, and as it started i thought i might enjoy it, but then came Sunjay Dutt. I saw the back of his bald head and thought "please, no, not this guy, please don't let it be him" but it was him. I hate Sanjay Dutt, whom from now on i will be referring to as Sunday Jutt because it's easier to swype and i don't respect him as an actor. I gave him a chance, and to be fair his character is written as one dimensional as can be, a sort of super villain. The director I think forgot he was supposed to be making gangster flick and instead thought he was directing some kind of Greek myth, the music blaring out right from the get go as if we all know of the legend of Vijay Chohan and recognise him as a gangster super star, when in fact he never does anything to deserve the moniker and music. The lead actor is very handsome but didn't have even a quarter of the charisma of Amitabh, I don't really think i ever empathised with him, his delivery was flat un-stylish and un-amusing, I certainly didn't want to be him, he was too damn boring. The only actor who was worth watching was Rishi Kapoor who i was admiring a quarter of the through the film before i when recognised him. The female characters are there... That's about it, they have 'standard' parts which you sort of have to bite your lip and get through because they kinda drag. I'm surprised they actually called this film Agneepath. Why recreate a film and then change the story line so much. It's essentially a different film that has some similarities but hardly worthy of being called a remake. it suffers from glorifying every word spoken by any of the main characters such that everything is supposed to be epic, there is no down time, no Krishnan Ayer Yum Ye to ground things, not even a great sound track like the original had. By the end it becomes a tedious crawl, i was having flashbacks of the eighties and nineties, of the "Dishahn Dishahn" punching sounds and the dying hero in his mothers arms. At one point near the end i thought the film might have a message, a couple of times there's a line spoken about a weaker man not being able to forgive a stronger man till he can beat him. I thought maybe Vijay might let Sunday Jutt go, but no, apparently Vijay did well not to listen to his wise father, he took nothing on board and got a lot of Cross dressers killed, still, as long as he looked a bit cool along the way eh? That's all that really matters.

A Remake is the easiest way of making your way into the history of cinema, which also gives you a readymade script to start working upon instantly. But after watching this recent version of one of the most stylish and cult movies of Indian Cinema (which got this status in the later years after being a flop initially), it can easily be said that Karan Malhotra's Agneepath is not at all a remake of Mukul S. Anand's classic in a true manner. It takes too many liberties, makes too many deletions and adds too many insertions showing the over-confidence of its makers. Many important characters of the original (like of Mithun, Madhavi, Tinnu Anand, Goga Kapoor and more) are taken off completely and many new are added, out of which only one works in a fine way, thankfully. But due to these hugely heavy manipulations, the real impact of the original gets lost and is visible only in parts. Mukul's Vijay was a powerful Don, who also happened to be the Messiah for the poor, loved by everyone due to his good deeds & human principles. But I honestly couldn't understand this new Vijay and his ideals which are all confusing. At one end Karan's Vijay is doing many charity works and running his own vans for the cause. But on the other hand he has no objections on the trading of innocent minor girls being done by his Boss and is very keen in dealing in Drugs too which in reality is the key factor responsible for ruining our society. Now what kind of ideology was that remains out of my understanding completely. Secondly as per the theme, Mandwa (the village) is Vijay's dream, so he will never like to ruin Mandwa or its innocent people, working under the rule of Kancha. But contradicting this basic fact of the theme, Vijay in the climax, bombs the whole Mandwa in this new version of agneepath, visibly killing so many harmless people living in their miserable conditions. Now here the most interesting point is that in the original its Kancha who bombs the whole Mandwa with a remote control. So here we have a different Vijay for the current generation who is less powerful, more cunning and a little confused too moving towards his mission of getting 'Mandwa' back for her mother. Coming back to this latest version (as an individual project), without comparing it with the original, the film has its own merits and is watchable too with a few avoidable glitches.In short, Dharma Productions new Agneepath is a well crafted, polished product which can be termed brilliant as far as production value, cinematography and action is concerned. So technically it's a winner in one way but fails miserably when it comes to characterizations except the one called Rauf Lala.In fact the present version is more a Rauf Lala and Kancha's Agneepath than Vijay Dinanath Chauhan's. Therefore, its not Hrithik Roshan but Rishi Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt, who successfully leave their solid mark in the end, against the general expectations. The film starts off in a great style and impresses hugely in its first 30 minutes till the young boy grows up into Hrithik Roshan. The whole film does have a grand look with magnificent colourful backdrops enhancing the overall impact of the people performing on the screen. The sole winner of the film remains Rishi Kapoor as Rauf Lala, who shocks you with his well defined role done with convincing perfection. Following him is Sanjay Dutt as Kancha who is able to spell terror on the screen with his deadly looks and body. But at the same time his character keeps hanging between a wicked don and a psycho maniac. Hrithik Roshan as Vijay becomes the victim of a confusion that what he has to do in order to differ from that Big Image of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan already there in the viewers minds. As a result, he ends up doing nothing extraordinary, playing it in his own simplistic style without any special gimmick or mannerism. And that's the reason why the villains become the winner in this new AGNEEPATH. In the supporting cast, Priyanka Chopra is just there to be the leading lady in the credits and nothing else. Zarina Wahab is great in her limited scenes and Om Puri keeps struggling with his weak role. The rest of the cast performs well contributing to the overall feel of the film but no once stands out. Like the original, the remake also doesn't get any good songs except "Chikni Chameli" which again is a rehashed version of a Marathi track. Katrina Kaif works hard on his fast body movements in the song but fails to give the required face expressions essentially needed in such kind of raunchy track. Apart from the item number Ajay- Atul deliver a powerful Ganpati song having a pumping rhythm and energy. But they actually excel in their Background Score which is great supporting its various sequences perfectly.In all the new age Agneepath misses the bulls eye mainly due to its second half which goes beyond the required length becoming exhaustive. Moreover the original meaning of the word "Agneepath" (The path of Fire) is no-where visible in this remake whereas in the original it was a visual Agneepath on the screen for Amitabh to walk on in order to kill Kancha. In the end, I would only like to say that Karan Malhotra and Karan Johar's re-hashed AGNEEPATH is no doubt a well executed film in technical terms but talking about the content, its really not a film about Vijay Dinanath Chauhan we had seen in the past. It's a remake just for the name-sake which actually leaves every single character of the Original, pure and untouched. So you can surely watch it but for Rauf Lala alone and not for Vijay Dinanath Chauhan.