Agneepath Movie Reviews
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Verdict: Cool based on 13 reviews
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3.2
Verdict: Cool based on 296 reviews & ratings
4.5
Taran Adarsh | bollywoodhungama.com
While partaking in a debate on remakes for a leading news channel, the host posed a query to me: Do you think that a cult movie should be remade? Why restructure or revise the sacredness of a film that's so perfect? I instantly put forth my perspective and responded that if a brand is remade with a contemporary approach and in-the-running stars and if there is an enthusiastic audience to watch the cinema, I don't see any harm in recreating a famed work of geniusRead full review4.5
Taran Adarsh | Bollywood Hungama
… is a fitting tribute to the masterwork. The movie has all the potential to scale dizzy heights of victory and catapult Hrithik Roshan as the newest member of the 100 cr Club, besides providing the Hindi film industry with the first giant Blockbuster of 2012. A definite winner!Read full review4.0
Martin D'Souza | Glamsham
Before the onset, I would like to make it known that AGNEEPATH, the original, remains one of my best Bollywood films to date. I have seen it umpteen times and every time I see it a new, I enjoy it even more. To me, that was Amitabh Bachchan's finest performance; he dared to experiment and set a benchmark with his dialogue style that ended with an eeh! Vijay Dinanath Chauhan was a complete character coming from Mandwa, a small townRead full review4.0
Gaurav Malani | Times of India
With Bollywood being obsessed with remakes in recent times, Agneepath is an important lesson on how to pay proper tribute to the original. Despite the original being his home production, Karan Johar attempts playing with fire (treading uncharted territory) with Agneepath and emerges victorious. Agneepath has the fire for a lustrous entertainer!Read full review3.5
Aakanksha Naval-Shetye | DNA India
When you attempt to ‘restructure’ a film as iconic as Mukul Anand’s 1990 revenge drama Agneepath, you automatically set it up for comparisons. So, either the filmmakers have to be utterly foolish or overtly courageous to even think of touching this classic. In this case, it’s the latter, and their attempt seems to have been well worth the risk as both the Karans (director Malhotra and producer Johar) certainly pass in this trial by fireRead full review3.5
Aniruddha Guha | DNA India
Mukul S Anand's Agneepath(1990) has an iconic shot - Amitabh Bachchan on a speed boat, the Mauritian sea shining as he hurtles towards his nemesis, played by Danny. It's the first time the grown-up Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is meeting Kancha Cheena, and is a major turning point in the story. In Karan Malhotra's Agneepath, Vijay travels to Mandwa, a small island where Kancha resides. The water isn't sparkling, the mode of transport is a ferryRead full review3.5
Gaurav Malani | Indiatimes
Amongst the first recall values for the original Agneepath is Amitabh Bachchan's trademark self-introduction dialogue of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. While evaluating its official remake, the first thing that crosses your mind is how the reinterpretation of this signature scene would be. Unlike in the original, the monologue plays pretty late in the remake, whereby it establishes Vijay's identity over merely introducing him and with such individuality and eleganceRead full review3.5
Piyali Dasgupta | NDTV Movies
Comparisons are inevitable in a remake, especially when they involve Amitabh Bachchan. This is where Agneepath scores the first win. Comparisons are damned. This *is* the new Agneepath. Though it shares a name with the original and begins with a flashback, Bachchan’s larger-than-life- surma-rimmed Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is a page in movie history. A new one begins with this Agneepath. The movie begins in the strategically located hamletRead full review3.5
Trisha Gupta | Firstpost
The Agneepath of 2012 – producer Karan Johar’s suitably filmi, emotional tribute to his father Yash Johar – risks a million departures in terms of characters, narrative and tenor, while clinging tightly to the emotional core of the 1990 Agneepath produced by Johar Senior: a boy whose life path is defined by the murder of his father. And like the 1990 film which earned a then visibly ageing Amitabh Bachchan his first National Award even as it sank at the box officeRead full review3.5
Piyali Dasgupta | NDTV
Watch this film because this one is unadulterated Bollywood entertainment. I’ll go with three stars and add half a star for the sheer excitement palpable in those who I watched the film with, first show this morning. Near packed attendance, hearty applause and complete silence in parts. What a bright start, it can only grow from here.Read full review3.5
Aniruddha Guha | DNA India
Devoid of fluff, the hyperbole toned down, and shorter, Agneepath would have been a far superior film. In its present form, it packs in enough punch to warrant a viewing. How much you enjoy it, though, will be directly proportionate to how much melodrama you can withstand. Old school Hindi film lovers, however, are in for a treat.Read full review3.0
Mayank Shekhar | Hindustan Times
The ageless, eccentric baldie Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt), modeled loosely on the lines of Marlon Brando (Col. Kurtz) in Apocalypse Now, has a thing for the Bhagwad Gita. The line, "Kya lekar aaye the, aur kya lekar jaoge," referring to the perishable human body that's merely a cloth or uniform for the eternal soul, is Kancha's favourite catch-phrase. The land he lords over looks equally mythical. The absence of the nation-state is worryingRead full review3.0
Rajeev Masand | ibnlive.com
Debutant director Karan Malhotra's re-telling of Mukul Anand's 1990 vendetta movie 'Agneepath' is a glossy, well-acted production. Compared to recent 'mass entertainers' that tend to lazily sacrifice story and plot for retro-style action and star appeal, this remake rolls along like a well-oiled machine. And yet, after watching three hours of stabbing, gunfire, blasts, and hand-to-hand fighting, you realize the film is somewhat crippled by its over-indulgent lengthRead full review3.0
Avijit Ghosh | Times of India
In the island of Mandwa, a little off the shore of Bombay, a righteous schoolteacher is framed and hung by a tree in punishing rain as his 12-year-old son Vijay weeps uncontrollably at his feet. The key instigator of this lynch-mob execution is crime-lord Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt). In these parts, he plays god, though, he always acts like the devil. Scarred forever, the boy, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan -- Hrithik Roshan when he grows up -- is consumed by a desire for revengeRead full review3.0
Sukanya Verma | rediff.com
Amitabh Harivanshrai Bachchan, poora naam. The name, the man, the voice, the aura bears a lot of weight, the kind that's impossible to measure. Or live up to. A multitude of films, including Mukul S Anand's Agneepath, celebrate this indescribable draw he enjoys enhanced through sharply-written scenes and/or technical wizardry. Not everyone has such resonance among the audience. Realising this inadequacy rather humbly, the makers of the new AgneepathRead full review3.0
Shubha Shetty-Saha | Mid-Day
The Vijay Dinanath Chauhan of the original Agneepath, with surma in his eyes and a gruffier voice, is an act difficult to beat. And the new Vijay (Hrithik) is wise enough not to compete and that endears you to him, along with Hrithik's trademark sincerity and the art of putting his soul into a character. This new Vijay is outwardly tough and intense but ready tears waiting to stream down his blue green eyes, unlike the seemingly more in control, more menacing Amitabh BachchanRead full review3.0
Shubhra Gupta | Indian Express
Most importantly, at the end, there’s enough of a payoff. ‘Agneepath’ is old style revenge drama which does well on the whole, despite its plot holes and a slackened second half, with executing genre conventions. Old fashioned popcorn with ‘namak’ and ‘mirch’, not caramel, nor any other au courant variation: you like, your film.Read full review2.0
Pratim D. Gupta | The Telegraph
When the original Agneepath released in 1990, it was a box-office disaster. In the next couple of decades that have followed, the film, its hero, its villain, its dialogues have all achieved a cult status. Logical explanation? Mukul Anand’s epic was ahead of its times. By the time you read this, the new Agneepath is likely to have opened huge at the box office and be on its way to becoming an all-time blockbuster. If you have watched the film or plan to catch it soonRead full reviewNR
Komal Nahta | Koimoi
Agneepath review by Komal Nahta Biz rating: 4/5 stars. What's Good: The arresting screenplay; the performances; Ch...Read full review
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3.5
AGNEEPATH... AGNEEPATH... AGNEEPATH...
kailashmisra, 9 years agoSuper hit movie. I loved everything about this movie. -
2.0
Agneepath - disappointment
kailashmisra, 9 years agoThis is one time watch. You can watch this movie to pass your time. -
2.0
Insult Path….
rajverma67, 9 years agoThis is one time watch. You can watch this movie to pass your time. -
2.5
Another remake not living up to expectations!
kailashmisra, 9 years agoThis is nice movie. I liked it.