Agneepath 2012 | Movie Review | Hrithik Roshan | Sanjay Dutt | Rishi Kapoor
Agneepath - Movie Review
Agneepath tells the story of Vijay Dinanath Chouhan [Hrithik Roshan] whose sole mission in life is to kill Kaancha [Sanjay Dutt], who once cruelly hanged his father after framing him in a false rape case in his village Mandva. Vijay then was a kid and not as powerful as Kaancha, so he decides to wait until he is ready to get back at him. Fifteen years later, he finally gets his way into Mandva by double crossing Rauf Lala [Rishi Kapoor] who runs a mafia in Mumbai but was just a small time criminal and arch enemy of Kaancha when Vijay joined his forces a decade ago. How Vijay takes his revenge forms rest of the story.
The movie has the same storyline more or less as the original 1990's version with a little bit of character shuffling. Agneepath has it's share of ups & downs. Boredom creeps in when the story of revenge lets the love track between Kaali [Priyanka Chopra] and Vijay hog in the screen space. This makes the movie lengthy and can easily be trimmed by half an hour. The movie is at all time high whenever Kaancha appears on screen and whenever Vijay confronts his enemies.
Karan Malhotra does well in the first half but he looses focus in the second. The revenge takes a back seat, romance, songs and emotions become priority that eats up a lot of run time leading to a hurried climax. The ease with which Vijay kills all of Kancha's henchmen, bombs his territory and reaches the main villain in a blink of an eye makes you think, if this was so easy why the hell he did not do this an hour earlier when he first time came to Mandva to finalise a deal with Kaancha?
Another loop hole is that though the final battle between good vs evil is great to watch but the way a badly wounded [with couple of knife insertions and bad hits] Vijay who appeared weaker than Kaancha in the start [when he wasn't wounded - fit & fine] suddenly gets the power to hit him harder despite his wounds and if that wasn't enough, he picks up the Hulk and throws him down in that state. Well, good had to win over evil - opportunity of cinematic liberty available. Opportunity of cinematic liberty, grabbed by both hands by the director.
Story had enough meat in it but the screenplay had loop holes, dialogues (especially those of Kaancha) were very good. "Tum Kya Laaye The, Tum Kya Leke Jaaoge" being the best.
The movie needs to be edited for atleast half an hour. Chikni Chameli turns out to be a life saver, so does Katrina, once again. Other songs especially Deva Shree Ganesha are good too but need to be edited length wise to decrease run time.
The magic of cinema lies in the fact that the same person which won your hearts with the character of Munnabhai couple of years ago can also create hatred in your hearts for him with the character of Kaancha. That is where a true actor wins. Sanjay Dutt is the man who has risen as the ultimate baddie of recent times with Agneepath. He hasn't got that as much success playing a hero (except Munnabhai) as while playing the Villain in recent times and this character is the most cruel and most gruesome Dutt has ever been on silver screen. He literally looks like a HULK in front of Hrithik Roshan. He is the real hero.
Hrithik has re-invented Vijay Dinanath Chouhan. He plays what he can play and the director gets full marks for not letting the character be influenced from Big B's Vijay. This Vijay shows less of style and more anger, more emotions. The anger in his eyes talks more than him. Though Hrithik gives his best, still Sanjay Dutt takes the cherry on the cake like most villains do. Even, in comparison of the Vijay's, Big B's performance was superior.
Rishi Kapoor, the cute Rishi Kapoor plays a baddie? Though he performs well since he is a seasoned actor still he shouldn't be doing such roles. Its impossible to digest Rishi Kapoor as a baddie just like you could not digest Big B playing the bad guy in RGV ki Aag or Aankhen and getting wacked by a bunch of new heroes. It simply doesn't suit their image though they have acted brilliantly in their respective roles.
Katrina Kaif is more noticable and noteworthy than Priyanka Chopra. Infact, the scenes which feature her consists of some of the most boring scenes despite a decent effort whereas Katrina features in for just an item number and steals all the thunder.
Om Puri is as sincere as he always is. The boy who plays the young Vijay and the girl who plays Vijay's kid sister are fabulous.
Overall, the movie is predictable but entertaining, interesting but too-lengthy with lots of violence and blood-shed. It has its share of merits and demerits still, its worthy enough of one time watch. As far as the business is concerned, thanks to the craze, extended weekend and powerful opening, the movie is set to become a blockbuster.
Ratings - 3.5 / 5
Gurpreet Bhuller, Moviehattan Team
January 26, 2012 | 10:10 PM IST
Agneepath tells the story of Vijay Dinanath Chouhan [Hrithik Roshan] whose sole mission in life is to kill Kaancha [Sanjay Dutt], who once cruelly hanged his father after framing him in a false rape case in his village Mandva. Vijay then was a kid and not as powerful as Kaancha, so he decides to wait until he is ready to get back at him. Fifteen years later, he finally gets his way into Mandva by double crossing Rauf Lala [Rishi Kapoor] who runs a mafia in Mumbai but was just a small time criminal and arch enemy of Kaancha when Vijay joined his forces a decade ago. How Vijay takes his revenge forms rest of the story.
The movie has the same storyline more or less as the original 1990's version with a little bit of character shuffling. Agneepath has it's share of ups & downs. Boredom creeps in when the story of revenge lets the love track between Kaali [Priyanka Chopra] and Vijay hog in the screen space. This makes the movie lengthy and can easily be trimmed by half an hour. The movie is at all time high whenever Kaancha appears on screen and whenever Vijay confronts his enemies.
Karan Malhotra does well in the first half but he looses focus in the second. The revenge takes a back seat, romance, songs and emotions become priority that eats up a lot of run time leading to a hurried climax. The ease with which Vijay kills all of Kancha's henchmen, bombs his territory and reaches the main villain in a blink of an eye makes you think, if this was so easy why the hell he did not do this an hour earlier when he first time came to Mandva to finalise a deal with Kaancha?
Another loop hole is that though the final battle between good vs evil is great to watch but the way a badly wounded [with couple of knife insertions and bad hits] Vijay who appeared weaker than Kaancha in the start [when he wasn't wounded - fit & fine] suddenly gets the power to hit him harder despite his wounds and if that wasn't enough, he picks up the Hulk and throws him down in that state. Well, good had to win over evil - opportunity of cinematic liberty available. Opportunity of cinematic liberty, grabbed by both hands by the director.
Story had enough meat in it but the screenplay had loop holes, dialogues (especially those of Kaancha) were very good. "Tum Kya Laaye The, Tum Kya Leke Jaaoge" being the best.
The movie needs to be edited for atleast half an hour. Chikni Chameli turns out to be a life saver, so does Katrina, once again. Other songs especially Deva Shree Ganesha are good too but need to be edited length wise to decrease run time.
The magic of cinema lies in the fact that the same person which won your hearts with the character of Munnabhai couple of years ago can also create hatred in your hearts for him with the character of Kaancha. That is where a true actor wins. Sanjay Dutt is the man who has risen as the ultimate baddie of recent times with Agneepath. He hasn't got that as much success playing a hero (except Munnabhai) as while playing the Villain in recent times and this character is the most cruel and most gruesome Dutt has ever been on silver screen. He literally looks like a HULK in front of Hrithik Roshan. He is the real hero.
Hrithik has re-invented Vijay Dinanath Chouhan. He plays what he can play and the director gets full marks for not letting the character be influenced from Big B's Vijay. This Vijay shows less of style and more anger, more emotions. The anger in his eyes talks more than him. Though Hrithik gives his best, still Sanjay Dutt takes the cherry on the cake like most villains do. Even, in comparison of the Vijay's, Big B's performance was superior.
Rishi Kapoor, the cute Rishi Kapoor plays a baddie? Though he performs well since he is a seasoned actor still he shouldn't be doing such roles. Its impossible to digest Rishi Kapoor as a baddie just like you could not digest Big B playing the bad guy in RGV ki Aag or Aankhen and getting wacked by a bunch of new heroes. It simply doesn't suit their image though they have acted brilliantly in their respective roles.
Katrina Kaif is more noticable and noteworthy than Priyanka Chopra. Infact, the scenes which feature her consists of some of the most boring scenes despite a decent effort whereas Katrina features in for just an item number and steals all the thunder.
Om Puri is as sincere as he always is. The boy who plays the young Vijay and the girl who plays Vijay's kid sister are fabulous.
Overall, the movie is predictable but entertaining, interesting but too-lengthy with lots of violence and blood-shed. It has its share of merits and demerits still, its worthy enough of one time watch. As far as the business is concerned, thanks to the craze, extended weekend and powerful opening, the movie is set to become a blockbuster.
Ratings - 3.5 / 5
Gurpreet Bhuller, Moviehattan Team
January 26, 2012 | 10:10 PM IST
