| Agneepath | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Karan Malhotra |
| Produced by | Karan Johar |
| Screenplay by | Ila Dutta Bedi Karan Malhotra |
| Based on | Mukul S. Anand's Agneepath |
| Starring | Hrithik Roshan Sanjay Dutt Priyanka Chopra Rishi Kapoor |
| Music by | Ajay-Atul[1] |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Editing by | Akiv Ali |
| Distributed by | Dharma Productions |
| Release date(s) | January 26, 2012 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Agneepath (Hindi: अग्निपथ; English: Path of Fire) is an upcoming remake of the 1990 Hindi film of the same name. It is produced by Karan Johar and directed by Karan Johar's former assistant Karan Malhotra. Hrithik Roshan will play the role originally played by Amitabh Bachchan.[2] Priyanka Chopra will be the female lead.[3] The character played by Mithun Chakraborty has been totally done away with in the remake. The main villain will be played by Sanjay Dutt[4] and Rishi Kapoor will play another negative character.[5] It has been reported that Zarina Wahab will play Hrithik's mother.[6] Shooting took place in Mumbai's film city and Diu, India.
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In a small Indian Village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan (Hrithik Roshan) is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered completeley when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt) hangs his father to death, Vijay leaves for Bombay with his pregnant mother, and takes an oath that he will return back to Mandwa and bring back the glory of his fathers name and take revenge against Kancha Cheena.
In Bombay, 12 Year old Vijay is taken under the wings of the cities drug lord Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor). From here on it is a journey of revenge where he makes and breaks many relationships only to get closer to his aim. Vijay finds support in his only friend Kaali (Priyanka Chopra), who stands by him at every moment of his life. Fifteen years later, his hatred for Kancha takes him back to Mandwa.
The first look of Hrithik Roshan's character was revealed on July 5, 2011. Producer Karan Johar posted a link on Twitter to Agneepath's Facebook page, which contained an image of Hrithik as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. For the purpose of a guaranteed screen coverage and wider recognition for the film, the Dharma Productions team planted the first theatrical trailer of the film with the prints of Salman Khan's Bodyguard, which released on August 29, 2011 and the second theatrical trailer was circulated with the prints of Shahrukh Khan's Don 2 which released on December 23, 2011. Both the trailers were well received.
Filming started in January 2011. It has been said that this is an adaption of Agneepath which was released in 1990. Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt both undertook a strict exercise regime to gain muscle for the film. The initial release date of the film was November 11, 2011. It was pushed to January 26, 2012. On October 18 it was reported that Hrithik Roshan had injured himself during shooting; the shooting will now be delayed by 15 days. Director Karan Malhotra had tweeted that the second trailer of Agneepath will be released at the end of December alongside Don 2. Katrina Kaif is doing an item song choreographed by Ganesh Acharya in Agneepath called "Chikni Chameli" which will also feature Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt. The first Promo of chikni chameli was released on 13 December.
All the songs are composed by the duo Ajay-Atul while lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. "Chikni Chameli" was released separately as a single on Saavn.com. The song "Chikni Chameli" is a remake of the Marathi song "Kombdi Palali" from the movie Jatra. Chikni Chameli item song of Katrina got very much popularity.[7]
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| 1. | "Chikni Chameli" | Shreya Ghoshal | 05:03 | ||||||
| 2. | "O Saiyyan" | Roop Kumar Rathod | 04:38 | ||||||
| 3. | "Gun Gun Guna" | Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan | 04:35 | ||||||
| 4. | "Shah Ka Rutba" | Sukhwinder Singh, Anand Raj Anand, Krishna Beura | 05:23 | ||||||
| 5. | "Abhi Mujh Main Kahin" | Sonu Nigam | 06:04 | ||||||
| 6. | "Deva Shree Ganesha" | Ajay Gogavale | 05:56 | ||||||
The music of Agneepath got positive reviews from some of the top reviewers of Tinsel Town. Joginder Tuteja gave 3.5 stars quoting "'Chikni Chameli' would be a good enough reason to set up brisk sales for the album. ".[8] Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and said that the film's music was "promising".[9]
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