I saw the original Agneepath movie just a day before watching the new one and wondered to myself whether I had done a mistake by watching one of Amitabh Bacchan's most superlative roles. I thought to myself, may be Hritik won't be able to match the intensity with which AB carried the role in the original flick.
Cut to.. In the theatre, munching ammunition loaded, the head rests back with an expectation of a good movie experience. From scene one, the new Agneepath spells drama, emotion and intensity. A rather miffed Vijay is controlled by his father after getting into a fight with his friend over a prize money they won in the locally held Dahi Handi. Vijay walks away in a fit of rage understandably because his father had stopped him from fighting for his right. Knowing that his son needs some consolation, the father comes up to little Vijay and recites a poem to him. Hours after watching the movie, that poem is so well recited that it is still echoing in my mind. Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath! If the filmmaker were a snake charmer, the snake (me - audience) had been charmed enough to be kissed right away.
In what category do I put this movie in? Is it a Masala movie? Well, though there are hints of it being one, I'd say no. Agneepath keeps you on your toes with its screenplay and doesn't fail to amaze you with the sheer grandness of its sets.(Please do not jump on me and say, dude, haven't you seen LOTR or Avatar. Which world do you live in?!? But, hey, come on, let us not get cynical here). An intrinsic hook of the movie is certainly a sense of relating with the character of Vijay. Like all of us, Vijay is out there with a goal, fighting it out against the world and 'duniyadari'. That extra connect makes the movie even more engaging. Music - Not my taste, apart from the Ganesh Chaturthi song. The final scene is highly dramatic and reminds me of World Wrestling Entertainment when Stone Cold Steve Austin used to whack the shit out of the Undertaker besides being thrashed by steel chairs and sledge hammers. But, as a regular hindi movie watcher I am trained to bear with such things. The characters are larger than life and everybody has done a good job at acting. So, all in all, Agneepath is certainly a one-time-watch, worth its own share of appreciation. And as with any remake, comparing it to the original just kills the purpose of watching the remake.
Cut to.. In the theatre, munching ammunition loaded, the head rests back with an expectation of a good movie experience. From scene one, the new Agneepath spells drama, emotion and intensity. A rather miffed Vijay is controlled by his father after getting into a fight with his friend over a prize money they won in the locally held Dahi Handi. Vijay walks away in a fit of rage understandably because his father had stopped him from fighting for his right. Knowing that his son needs some consolation, the father comes up to little Vijay and recites a poem to him. Hours after watching the movie, that poem is so well recited that it is still echoing in my mind. Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath! If the filmmaker were a snake charmer, the snake (me - audience) had been charmed enough to be kissed right away.
In what category do I put this movie in? Is it a Masala movie? Well, though there are hints of it being one, I'd say no. Agneepath keeps you on your toes with its screenplay and doesn't fail to amaze you with the sheer grandness of its sets.(Please do not jump on me and say, dude, haven't you seen LOTR or Avatar. Which world do you live in?!? But, hey, come on, let us not get cynical here). An intrinsic hook of the movie is certainly a sense of relating with the character of Vijay. Like all of us, Vijay is out there with a goal, fighting it out against the world and 'duniyadari'. That extra connect makes the movie even more engaging. Music - Not my taste, apart from the Ganesh Chaturthi song. The final scene is highly dramatic and reminds me of World Wrestling Entertainment when Stone Cold Steve Austin used to whack the shit out of the Undertaker besides being thrashed by steel chairs and sledge hammers. But, as a regular hindi movie watcher I am trained to bear with such things. The characters are larger than life and everybody has done a good job at acting. So, all in all, Agneepath is certainly a one-time-watch, worth its own share of appreciation. And as with any remake, comparing it to the original just kills the purpose of watching the remake.
