Agneepath

Plot synopsis:
The story opens in the island village of Mandwa. A school teacher, Dinanath Chauhan (Chetan Pandit); highly respected by the villagers tries to dissuade them from giving away their lands on lease to Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt), the son of the village head who plans to start a drug mafia. Knowing this, Kancha decides to get rid of the school teacher. He ambushes and murders a young girl inside the school, framing Chauhan for the murder. With the support of the villagers, Kancha then kills Chauhan by hanging him to death from a tree which is witnessed by young Vijay Chauhan (Arish Bhiwandiwala), the son of the teacher. Vijay Chauhan along with his pregnant mother Suhasini Chauhan (Zarina Wahab) leave the village. Destitute, they find shelter in the city of Mumbai but Vijay harbours intentions to go back to Mandwa and kill Kancha. While in Mumbai, Vijay's mother delivers a baby girl named Shiksha. Vijay is attracted to Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor), a local girl-trafficker and importantly an enemy of Kancha and wants to get into his company. He earns his favour and joins his gang. Meanwhile, his mother along with his baby sister leave Vijay's side as he resorts to violence.A grown-up Vijay (Hrithik Roshan) now works for Rauf Lala and finds himself as his trusted wing-man. Once inspector and now commissioner, Gaitonde (Om Puri) acts as a silent guardian for Vijay and tries to eliminate crime in Mumbai. During the time when Rauf's influence over the drug business in Mumbai is falling, Kancha decides to grow his influence as a drug lord in the city and sends his aid, Shantaram (Ravi Jhankal) over to Mumbai for the process. Vijay with the help of the commissioner disrupts this plan and is lauded by Lala. He further gains the trust of Lala by taking a bullet shot which was aimed for Lala's son, Mazhar (Rajesh Tandon); but is later revealed as a conspiracy involving Vijay and Shantaram to eliminate Mazhar.After murdering both Mazhar and Shantaram, Vijay brings Mazhar's corpse to Lala, who falls sick and is admitted into a hospital. In the meantime, Vijay takes over Lala's empire and stops all the crimes committed by Lala's gang. He is then contacted by Kancha and offers to go to Mandwa for a business agreement. While in Mandwa, Vijay tries to strike a deal with Kancha to hand over the drug business in Mumbai over to Kancha and in return taking Mandwa. Though Kancha initially suspects this deal, he later agrees on the condition that Gaitonde must be killed.Meanwhile back in Mumbai, Lala regains health and finds out the truth behind Mazhar's death. He gets hold of Vijay's sister Shiksha (Kanika Tiwari) and tries to sell her off. Vijay is notified of this by Kancha and he flees back to Mumbai and kills Lala. Soon after, Kancha sends a man to assassinate Gaitonde. This man identifies Vijay to be the son of the teacher killed by Kancha and reports this to Kancha. However, while he tries to assassinate Gaitonde, he is killed by Vijay. Vijay, meanwhile marries his love interest Kaali Gawde (Priyanka Chopra), who is killed right after during a shooting spree by Kancha's men.Vijay leaves for Mandwa to avenge the death of his father and his wife and after an intense battle with Kancha, kills him by hanging him from the same tree in which his father was hanged. However, Vijay succumbs to his injuries and breaths his last in the hands of his mother, who forgives him of his sins.

Tags: revenge, murder, violence, romantic

Review:
The old Agneepath completely belonged to AB and the new one has HR written all over it...Hrithik is at his Bloody Best..The movie doesn't belong to Sanjay or Priyanka or anybody..It completely rests on HR's muscular Shoulders which he has carried with ease...This is clearly (one of) Hrithik's best performances ever where 'one of' is optional and can be removed depending on the audience ...I should not take the credit away from Rishi Kapoor as he was outstanding too.....Sanjay Dutt looked menacing but was let down by weak dialogues..
Agneepath!!!!" When Hrithik shouts this in the end the audience is left awestruck with a burst of emotions.Comparing this to the original will be unjustified as both the movies have their own appeal....but certainly the Hrithik version can give you full value for your money if you are a fan of Bollywood/Hrithik.With each movie he does, Hrithik evolves as a better actor and he has a huge fan base which can be seen by the enthusiasm of fans in movie screens throughout the country.Both Sanjay Dutt and Rishi Kapoor did a marvelous job of portraying the bad(read evil) guys.
Priyanka Chopra as Kali was really impressive and sometimes very funny also.The story-line is nothing very new, the evil villain kills father and then the son avenges his death, but no matter how many times this plot is used you cannot get bored if the movie is as well made as Agneepath.As it is produced by Karan Johar, there is no shortage of emotions and colorful cinematography in the movie, and this time the action sequences are also very impressive.The music was good and the background score was fantastic and in tone with the plot of the movie.
I usually don't prefer to watch remake of bollywood classics from past after my bad experience with ram gopal verma's AAG n many more which are more than cliché' ..disaster.....but Agneepath stand tall.Basic theme being the same...story of a child avenging his fathers death but chinematography ,sets, scenes and musics defines and take to a new level.
A fascinating tale of moral redemption.Images so powerful they linger in the mind hours after they've left the screen.And the eyes, always the eyes  the eyes of Evil, the eyes of Truth.A young man (Hrithik Roshan) must tread the dark and difficult 'path through fire' -- lit., 'agneepath' -- of challenge and personal sacrifice to avenge his family against the crimelord (Sanjay Dutt) who brutally murdered his father, dishonoured his family, and corrupted their whole community.If the classic 1990 "Agneepath" pioneered one of the strongest stories ever in film (and was way ahead of its time, for Hindi cinema), this 2012 "Agneepath" preserves the most effective elements of that brilliant original story and revamps what needed help.
His scenes with Mr Roshan were particularly good.Even Katrina Kaif's jaw-dropping item number, "Chikni Chameli", may prove classic: who would have thought one could do THAT with a booze bottle!Special credit is due the highest standards of craft professionalism that distinguish this 2012 "Agneepath", notably these departments: Cinematography (exceptional lighting and shot selection, especially with the principal actors) – Kiran Deohans and Ravi K Chandran; Sound and Sound Editing (variety and scope, silent private moments to mass public festivals, all perfectly managed) – Stephen Gomes; and Stunts/Fight Choreography (so many action scenes, but each distinct and cumulatively building to the truly epic climax) – Abbas Ali Moghul..
Agneepath (2012), however, will be remembered for Sanjay Datt as Kancha Cheena and Rishi Kapoor as Rauf Lala.First half of movie, is racy,compelling and entertaining equally, thanks to brilliantly shot sequences, tight screenplay, heart-throbbing background score and power packed performances.
I don't know if you have noticed this but Bollywood seems fascinated with the idea of Ganesh songs or others running parallel with murder and melodrama scenes.Apart from Kancha, everyone's performance has taken the movie a notch higher and fortunately there are no stupid-yet-intentional-because-audience-loves-it additions.
Agneepath is the template of how to make an Indian action movie.Hrithik Roshan should consider being an action hero,because this is what action looks like in it's most raw form.The action scenes blow you away,the emotions are perfect.I gave this a 9/10,which is the highest I've ever given a Hrithik Roshan movie.This surpasses the original in so many ways.Sanjay Dutt is the badass and Rishi Kapoor can give Ranbir Kapoor the run for his money even in his late years.I would give bonus points to Karan Malhotra for topping the original in almost every sense.Hat's Off..
Hrithik Roshan portrays the angry young man which somehow remembered me of Amitabh Bachchan in his early days.His attitude,style and the way he takes vengeance is awesomely displayed.Rishi Kapoor was fabulous both when he displayed his anger and his politeness.Sanjay Dutt!!!!......wow!!!..just wow!!!...No one could have played the role of Kancha Cheena better than him.His dialogues,the bald-headed look was scary sometimes which made it even better.Priyanka Chopra was used well and she did complete justice to her role.
I saw this movie first day first show and to my surprise it was the one of best movie I have witness ever in my life.Everything was great direction was Osam the acting by Hrithik,Sanjay,Rishi and not to forget om Puri was mind blowing.Seriously telling I dint expected it to be such a classic but hats off its worth the Filmfare award the only bad point about the movie was the acting and unnecessary role of Priyanka Chopra and lack of good songs except Chikni Chameli.Go guys and gals its a truly amazing movie and witness the finest acting by these guys ill any day give it a 10 on 10.So I hope you will go and watch this fantastic movie..
so if we compare this movie to the old one the story line remains the same and let me also discuss about the performances and technical fields.The story is same it may not appeal much for some audience as it is the story which appeared 20 yrs back and has many sentimental scenes which makes the movie slow at some areas,,but still the script is good enough.Hrithick has done a wonderful job showing both action and sentiment at very Right spots and sanju baba is awesome,,both have acted to their best but my credits go to hrithick.priyanka is OK types,legend rishi kapoor with no flaws and the chameli katrina will lift your spirits upThe best thing i can say about this movie is the background score which rises your adrenaline whenever you hear it and screenplay is good..
Directed and co-written by Karan Malhotra, the film takes its time to develop the lead character of Vijay Deenanath Chauhan (Hrithik Roshan) that makes us ally to his cause of revenge, even if it means having to support him in a life of crime to rise up amongst the ranks, to gain power in whatever means possible to be of an equal to his mortal enemy Kancha (Sanjay Dutt), while at the same time battling his softer emotions that deal with love and acceptance from a mother (Zarina Wahab) hell bent against her son's chosen path to destruction.And what makes Vijay so mad stems from the framing and public persecution of his dad Master Deenanath Chauhan (Chetan Pandit), a well respected school teacher and community leader in the village of Mandwa where landlords exploit the poor, who got enticed by Kancha's promise of leasing their land to built factories and create jobs.
Now staying alive with only one sole objective in mind, Vijay chances upon Mumbai's underworld led by Rauf Lala the drug lord and woman trafficker (Rishi Kapoor in an excellent support role) and plots to align with the bad hats to gain a reputation before getting back at Kancha.
Karan Malhotra's Agneepath—starring Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt— is not a remake of Mukul Anand's cult 1990 movie of the same name.
Roshan steals the show as the new angry young man, and does it without trying to emulate even an ounce of Amitabh Bachchan's Vijay in the original.The other standout performance is of course Dutt, who glides effortlessly into the role of the wicked Kancha.
Such is the magnitude of the intimidating aura that Dutt builds around his character, that Kancha could well become the next Mogambo of Bollywood.Rishi Kapoor is the surprise package in the movie as the despicable human and drug trafficker, Rauf Lala.
Go watch this movie for the classic battle between good and evil—the battle between Hrithik Roshan's white and Sanjay Dutt's black..
Same old story line, clichés and hero wins villain in the end Climax is utterly disgusting.From my perspective, only reasons, to watch the movie, are Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor) and Kancha (Sanjay Dutt), both done a great job in their roles and held the movie together to an extent.
Though the movie is said to be The remake of Agneepath 1990.Vijay Dinanath Chauhan (Hrithik Roshan) has no fire like Amitabh Bachhan characterized Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in 1990's.Also Vijay's reality is revealed too much earlier in the remake which makes Kancha (Sanjay Dutt) aware and suspense is all over.
It was rare to see trailer like this in Hindi film industry where trailers burdened with random visuals.The film starts in the year 1977 at small village 'Mandwa' near Mumbai, which gradually introduces each character and eventually the big masculine demon 'Kancha' played by Sanjay Dutt, Is this Sanjay Dutt's best performance till date?
Story drags here and there without any explanation, director cum writer cum person who shares same name with his producer (Karan Johar) defined those things which are small portion of the film, but he never defined it (may be he was very happy to sign Katrina for 'chikni chameli') why Vijay out of the blue, after 15 years makes move to get control over Mumbai and goes to see Mandwa so that Kancha can torture him?
2. Although the plot, names and dialogs reminds you of the original...like mandwa, vijay, master etc are kept as it is but even after that KANCHA , RAUF LALA & VIJAY played by sanjay , rishi kapoor and HR are fresh in their own way and leaves you speechless in the end.Rishi kapoor , sanjay dutt and hritik have done justice to there roles and fear to kancha , sympathy with vijay and doubt for lala' intentions is what u feel constantly as the movie goes on and on.This is among the most sensible remakes ever made in cinema and a milestone in superstar hritik's bright carrier ..
Hrithik has done full justice to his role and not to mention his physique adds a new dimension to the character,sanjay dutt with his powerful dialogs keeps the audience interested at all times and his menacing look is well supported by his acting, rishi kapoor's character is an additional flavor to the melodrama.The movie cannot be compared to original one as this one has an altogether different ambiance,the director has taken this one at a different level.Though the songs apart from chikni chameli could not leave a mark,But i would say its shear entertainment and you definitely get full value for your money..
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.
According to me, this is the best remake ever produced in India.The screenplay and dialogues are written very intelligently to make it a different experience from the original one which makes it more original.The expressions of Hrithik Roshan once again proved that he is one of the best in business.Rishi Kapoor is brilliant with Om puri justifying the given character.Sanjay Dutt is OK but has managed to produced one of the most horrifying villain ever.Priyanka is good and charming.
CONCLUSION : All in all a must watch movie who don't want to miss the great action packed and fully entertaining experience of 'Agneepath'with some very good performances..
Aanand.neither its a proper remake of the cult classic.it tries to be different in its own way and falls flat.the only good thing about this film is Rishi Kapoor.he is playing a never before role of his life-plain bad guy.this Agneepath is more of a Subhash Ghaish melodrama but w'out any depth.it just cant connect even though it tries everything!!!very loud and damn lazy.Sanjay Dutt looks scary but acts silly,Hritik is big time mistake as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan,this Vijay is so poor,keep crying like a baby all the time,Priyanka hams as Kaali Kawde.its close to be called as Karan Johar production's AAG.the business is too good so far but i will suggest you to watch the old one one more time than waste your time and money on this one..
So characterization of Hrithik is not as solid as of BIG B.Two person who ignited the screen were Rauf Lala and Kancha played by Rishi Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt.
Speaking of characters, can anyone fit Vijay Dinanath Chauhan other than Amitabh Bachchan in the whole of bollywood, probably not but yes, Hrithik Roshan does deliver a good performance.
The movie is well shot with good cinematography and some strong performances by Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt and not to forget Rishi Kapoor.
Vijay Dinanath Chauhan" When Agneepath released in 1990, this dialogue did not have a baritone feel to it.So the makers decided to re- dub the whole movie in which Amitabh Bachchan was asked to speak in a husky, baritone voice which would add a spark to his character.Though it did not work on the audience those days, over the years his role in Agneepath gained a cult status.Fetching him a National award for his performance was just the beginning.Post the success of Don(The chase begins again) in 2006, there was a new formula which Bollywood thought was up for grabs.It was about mixing the age-old superhit formula with a contemporary feel.Movies like Karzzz, Umrao Jaan and Sholay(unforgettable) tanked at the Box Office proving that even making good remakes was not child s play.Cut to 2012, it takes one of most successful production houses, a producer who has a penchant for every aspect of Cinema, an actor who s recent past has been horrendous and a debutant director to resurrect a movie which had failed to get the cash registers filling during its time but nevertheless it had 2 of its actors (Big B and Mithun) winning National Awards!Lets start the dissection now!
One the whole concept of revenge remains the same but the surroundings change.Addition of Rishi Kapoor's character of Rauf Lala is a masterstroke.Besides that the whole look and feel of the movie is contemporary which makes it even more engaging.One of the most important high points of the movie is the screen play.Each and every scene is carefully written and handled quite astutely.Be it the setting of Mandva village or streets of Bombay dock; looks very realistic.Even music unlike the previous Agneepath is quite compelling, specially the background score of the movie.
Coming down to the performances.Hrithik as Vijay is top notch.After duds like Guzaarish and Kites, he is back where he belongs to!Best part of his act is that he never tries to emulate Big B's Vijay.He plays himself into the role so gloriously that after sometime I gave up comparing the two acts.Priyanka is competent in a very "I am also there in the movie" kind of role.Rishi Kapoor is in form yet again.You just cannot imagine that he is the same actor who played sober roles like ones in Daamini, Deewana , Sagar or even Bobby.As a negative character he gets into the skin of the character, watch out for the scene where meets Kaancha.Om Puri gets little scope as Commissioner Gaitonde.Now comes the biggest and brightest performance which is THE show stealer.Sanjay Dutt as Kaancha is simply amazing.Perhaps you can call him as scariest villain ever(After Gabbar Singh of course).He simply sets the screen ablaze every time he is on it.Be it him reciting verses from Bhagwad Geeta, killing Master Dinanath Chauhan or even the climax; Dutt Saab you simply rock!!Please avoid Rascals and Chatur Singh Two Star and do more of these kind of roles.
Would give it 4.5 on 5 stars.Be it the story, performances or even direction by debutante Karan Malhotra is superb.Of course it also carries the asli masala in form of Chikni Chameli where Katrina sizzles which results in loads of wolf whistles all around.I would say Agneepath is one of best remakes to come out of Bollywood after Don(2006).Watch to know other side of actors you have never seen before, be it vengeful Hrithik, cunning Rishi Kapoor or baddie bad Sanjay Dutt!
Director has tweaked a story little bit by adding new characters like Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor) and this is the best part of the film.
They were quite a few things that should have been edited for instance the length of the film, the love story between Vijay and kaali should have also been edited a bit more as it slowed the movie down.Direction Karan Malhotra has done justice to the remake as a first time director he used all the right ingredients to make a brilliant movie of his vision of Agneepath, the way he changed the track of the story a little to suit todays generation so they could enjoy a lot more was quite clever, I think we will be seeing a lot of more of Karan Malhotra in the coming future Overall Agneepath is a complete package of action, drama and vendetta, when you it watch you will feel as if you are back in the 90's, 1 tip I must give is watch this as not a remake but a tribute to the original Agneepath, and don't try to compare both character as their is no comparison between the two.
To start with the acting of the Leads in the movies Hrithik Roshan A.K.A Vijay Dinanath Chauhan did a magnificent job; Sanjay Dutt A.K.A Kaancha has given a breakthrough performance; Rishi Kapoor A.K.A Rauf Lala has portrayed excellence in his acting; Priyanka Chopra A.K.A Kali did a very decent job.Coming to the Plot of the movie it's the same old "Good winning over Evil" but with the amazing vision of the director Mr. Karan Malhotra the experience was breathtaking.