Agneepath - Wogma Readers Reviews

@meetu : "About being in 0.001% people liking a film, it's cool. not everyone has to like what i like and vice versa"
I hope you don't mean to say that u loath movies like RDB,Lagaan,Munnabhai,TZP,Deewar,Sholay,Zanjeer,Mr.India etc while you consider Ra.One,Mela,Veer,Yuvraaj,Khuda Gawah,RGV Ki Aag etc to be classics ;) :P

"Lala indeed induced more fear than the four cartoons from the 1990 film, put together"....lol so true. But there were some moments in the 1990 Agneepath that were pure magic! The intro scene of Amitabh,the scene with his mother when he visits her place for dinner,the scene where he goes to the goons hideout to rescue his sister and roars "Dekho,Socho..ye ladka chingaari!!" and the climax where he's reciting the Agneepath poem. The problem with the older one was that it was over the top and certain aspects of the movie were completely illogical and senseless. Add to that the caricatures of Neelam and Mithun to make matters worse. The new Agneepath is a lot more polished and refined film while retaining the magic of the 70's and 80's revenge sagas(Deewaar anyone?). Hrithik's restrained yet brilliant as VDC while Dutt tries a bit too hard appearing a bit fake in the process(a far cry from his menacing KhalNayak and Vaastav versions)Gimme Danny as Kancha anyday. Rishi and Chikni Chameli are undoubtedly the USP.Could never imagine baby faced Rishi pulling off something like this. Time for his son to try something similar i guess!!

If it's made for entertainment purpose then i give it thumbs down , if it's for social injustice or moral aspects i might give it a two thumbs .Bascially if movies contains both of the ingredient it makes a good match . I didn't had any expectation as the 1990 film is my favorite but now that it's has been rated by one of the critics who seems very genuine and fair to me, i won't go to PVR maybe a dvdrip will work.

I mean the original Agneepath had "shades" of Deewar. For instance the story of a righteous man being wronged by an evil society and his son taking the wrong path to seek revenge(against his mother's wishes). The strained mother-son relationship in both the films is quite similar. The only thing missing in Agneepath was the brother angle(which too was tried to some extent courtesy Mithun's character,a very unsuccessful and needless character that). Sholay too is a revenge saga but that's a completely different type. And no i don't agree that all revenge dramas end up being similar. Think about something like Ghajini for a while. There's no resemblance to the likes of Deewar/Agneepath. Revenge stories like Sholay,Deewar/Agneepath and Ghajini are chalk and cheese.

And btw,another revenge story almost identical to Deewar that immediately comes to my mind is Baazigar(except for a few more twists). A son seeking revenge for his father's death,becoming a criminal/murderer/gangster in the process and ending up dying in his mother's arms is a theme we bollywood buffs would never have enough of :D

You mean you actually read and analyze each and every text so carefully! :-O Ur one hell of a patient lady :D

haven't watched the movie ...but in case if the movie can inititae such a long discussion .. and that too surprisingly not about 'chikni chameli' ... then i should go and watch it soon .....

Agneepath can be divided into 3 parts. Part 1 and 3 revolves around Hritik and his hometwon Manda and part 2 has a Mumbai flavor in it. The story is being held together by Rishi Kapoor who has worked amazingly in this film. I have never seen Rishi Kapoor doing such kind of villanious role but I must say he was superb. Hritik was nice and he has done all that he could do. Sanjay Dutt gave pure justice to his character. The role of Priyanka Chopra was a little weak but overall the movie is nice.