Agneepath (2012 film)

Agneepath English The Path of Fire is a 2012 Indian action drama film produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions. It is a retelling of the 1990 film of the same name and was directed by Johars former assistant Karan Malhotra. The screenplay was written by Malhotra along with Ila Dutta Bedi. Johar pays tribute to his father, Yash Johar, the producer of the original, through the film. The music of the film was composed by AjayAtul, with lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Though publicised as a remake, the film borrows only the basic plot of the original, while making the characters and incidents completely different. The films title was taken from a poem of the same name by Harivansh Rai Bachchan, which forms a thematic link through the film, both literally and metaphorically.

In the island village of Mandwa, the school teacher Dinanath Chauhan Chetan Pandit, highly respected by the villagers, tries to dissuade them from giving away their lands on lease to Kancha Sanjay Dutt, the son of the village head who plans to start a drug mafia. Knowing this, Kancha decides to get rid of the school teacher. He ambushes and murders a young girl inside the school, framing Chauhan for the murder. With the support of the villagers, Kancha then kills Chauhan by hanging him to death from a tree which is witnessed by young Vijay Chauhan Arish Bhiwandiwala, the son of the teacher. Vijay Chauhan along with his pregnant mother Suhasini Chauhan Zarina Wahab leave the village. Destitute, they find shelter in the city of Mumbai but Vijay harbours intentions to go back to Mandwa and kill Kancha. While in Mumbai, Vijays mother delivers a baby girl named Shiksha. Vijay is attracted to Rauf Lala Rishi Kapoor, a local girltrafficker and importantly an enemy of Kancha and wants to get into his company. He earns his favour and joins his gang. Meanwhile, his mother along with his baby sister leave Vijays side as he resorts to violence.A grownup Vijay Hrithik Roshan now works for Rauf Lala and finds himself as his trusted wingman. Once inspector and now commissioner, Gaitonde Om Puri acts as a silent guardian for Vijay and tries to eliminate crime in Mumbai. During the time when Raufs influence over the drug business in Mumbai is falling, Kancha decides to grow his influence as a drug lord in the city and sends his aid, Shantaram Ravi Jhankal over to Mumbai for the process. Vijay with the help of the commissioner disrupts this plan and is lauded by Lala. He further gains the trust of Lala by taking a bullet shot which was aimed for Lalas son, Mazhar Rajesh Tandon but is later revealed as a conspiracy involving Vijay and Shantaram to eliminate Mazhar. ........

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