Agneepath (1990 film)

Agneepath English The Path of Fire is a 1990 Indian action drama film directed by Mukul Anand. It stars Amitabh Bachchan as the protagonist Vijay Deenanath Chavan along with Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Neelam Kothari, Rohini Hattangadi and Danny Denzongpa as the antagonist Kancha Cheena. The film was produced by Yash Johar0.

The film begins with a morally upright and honest Gandhian Schoolmaster, Deenanath Chavan Alok Nath, teaching his son, Vijay Deenanath Chavan about a poem, Agneepath, which describes The Path of Fire which a man must cross in his life. This theme becomes an integral part of the story. Master Deenanath is a wellloved person, who wishes to bring education to the village, Mandwa. However, his wish is not shared by a corrupt jamindar, Dinkar Rao Goga Kapoor.One day, as Vijay and his friends play about near Raos house, a man named Kancha Cheena Danny Denzongpa arrives at the house, and Rao hands over some papers to him, which, Rao tells him, are the Title Deeds of all the Villagers homes. Kanchas plans are revealed then he wishes to make Mandwa a centre for his drugs trade, as he wishes to rule a place where the laws are lax and is not on the map of India. Dinkar Rao mentions that the schoolmaster is a huge hindrance to their plans, whereupon Cheena tells Rao that he must kill the schoolmaster, or Rao will suffer the consequences. With the aid of the owner of a brothel, Chandabai, Dinkar Rao lures the schoolmaster into the brothel. The villagers assume that the schoolmaster is an immoral hypocrite who solicits prostitution, and they beat him to death. The schoolmaster dies while cradling his son and reciting the poem, Agneepath. ........

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