How much would you like this movie? It depends upon how recently have you seen the original 1990 Agneepath. So to derive an Argus-Report like conclusion, I re-watched the original immediately after the re-make. My rating of the re-make went down from 4/5 to 3/5 without having to sit on the horns of dilemma! I know comparison with Amitabh of Agneepath could not be justified as fair but that is one risk you always take while making remakes. Isn't it? Having said that, if you know me then you also know that I never back away from giving credit when it's due: Sanjay Dutt in his role of Kancha Cheena was absolutely breathtaking mostly due to the getup. If I was one feet taller and a 50 Kilos heavier, I would also look like him as I already have those dark circles. The guy's face almost covered the entire screen with a Batista-like neck. Don't be surprised if he gets a call from the Ramsay brothers for their next assignment.
But unlike the Agneepath series happening in Australia, in the movie, the good actually triumphed over the evil. The only objectionable part I found was Vijay Chauhan's eye color changing from black to green after 15 years. But since the same thing happened to Hrithik in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, I would let that go. We can always cut some slack for Bollywood. For instance, in the movie through out there are black clouds and rain everywhere. Where is this kind of weather in India? Wherever it is, I think it could be a perfect place to conduct the next India-Australia cricket series. Agneepath my ass!! (Pardon my anger over our cricket team which forced me to digress.)
Of-course the movie has other regular Bollywood idiosyncrasies. For once I want to see an actual person dying by a gunshot. Just to clear my doubts regarding how much time it really takes for a normal person to die of a gunshot. It will help me personally a lot as everytime I see the hero being shot for a dozen times in the chest but still going about his business in a routine fashion, it disturbs my hand-eye-ear-urinary-bladder-intestine co-ordination forcing me to use loo asap. I guess it's also a time to spare a thought for the gangsters all around the country who would find themselves in the soup about their physique after seeing Hrithik in Agneepath. Although our government has taken the guarantee of Abu Salem and Kasab's good health but I find it really difficult to visualize Dawood Ibrahim doing push-ups after watching the flick.
Coming back to the actual movie, as sure as I am that 99% of the people want to watch the movie just to see Sanjay Dutt in that deadly role, a pleasant surprise awaits for one and all in Rishi Kapoor who pulls off probably the role of his life. As expected, Priyanka Chopra with her Ambrose-like lips has no impact on the movie whatsoever with the importance of actresses in Bollywood continuing to dip. As always, Hrithik is sincere in his part with his eyes red through out the flick but somehow I don't agree with that Greek-God-like look for every role. I would be personally very interested to see how he would take up a role of a village farmer ploughing fields with these looks. But I guess that's the compromise we have agreed to.
A special mention about the 'Chikni Chameli' song. As mindless and unwarranted as the song was in the context of the movie, one could easily realize seeing it that the choreographer was given specific instructions by the director to make full use of the high cost paid to Katrina for the song. Some of the dance-steps were straight out of the Jhinga-La-La-Hu-Hu club!
All in all Agneepath is a deserving one time watch even though at-least 15 minutes too long. It has no good songs but for the 'Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin' song sung by Sonu Nigam (Yes, I am caste biased). By the way where was the Macroman character in the movie that they have been talking about in the Rupa ad?
But unlike the Agneepath series happening in Australia, in the movie, the good actually triumphed over the evil. The only objectionable part I found was Vijay Chauhan's eye color changing from black to green after 15 years. But since the same thing happened to Hrithik in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, I would let that go. We can always cut some slack for Bollywood. For instance, in the movie through out there are black clouds and rain everywhere. Where is this kind of weather in India? Wherever it is, I think it could be a perfect place to conduct the next India-Australia cricket series. Agneepath my ass!! (Pardon my anger over our cricket team which forced me to digress.)
Of-course the movie has other regular Bollywood idiosyncrasies. For once I want to see an actual person dying by a gunshot. Just to clear my doubts regarding how much time it really takes for a normal person to die of a gunshot. It will help me personally a lot as everytime I see the hero being shot for a dozen times in the chest but still going about his business in a routine fashion, it disturbs my hand-eye-ear-urinary-bladder-intestine co-ordination forcing me to use loo asap. I guess it's also a time to spare a thought for the gangsters all around the country who would find themselves in the soup about their physique after seeing Hrithik in Agneepath. Although our government has taken the guarantee of Abu Salem and Kasab's good health but I find it really difficult to visualize Dawood Ibrahim doing push-ups after watching the flick.
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Coming back to the actual movie, as sure as I am that 99% of the people want to watch the movie just to see Sanjay Dutt in that deadly role, a pleasant surprise awaits for one and all in Rishi Kapoor who pulls off probably the role of his life. As expected, Priyanka Chopra with her Ambrose-like lips has no impact on the movie whatsoever with the importance of actresses in Bollywood continuing to dip. As always, Hrithik is sincere in his part with his eyes red through out the flick but somehow I don't agree with that Greek-God-like look for every role. I would be personally very interested to see how he would take up a role of a village farmer ploughing fields with these looks. But I guess that's the compromise we have agreed to.
A special mention about the 'Chikni Chameli' song. As mindless and unwarranted as the song was in the context of the movie, one could easily realize seeing it that the choreographer was given specific instructions by the director to make full use of the high cost paid to Katrina for the song. Some of the dance-steps were straight out of the Jhinga-La-La-Hu-Hu club!
All in all Agneepath is a deserving one time watch even though at-least 15 minutes too long. It has no good songs but for the 'Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin' song sung by Sonu Nigam (Yes, I am caste biased). By the way where was the Macroman character in the movie that they have been talking about in the Rupa ad?
