Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath...

Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath

I would be lying if I say I have always been a fan of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. I was irritated with that kajaled eyes and the white clothing and of course the “hai” I used to find it really funny. I dint understand what the hell is going on? Why the hell would he ask people to kill him, when he hasn’t taken his bald yet? And the line “aaj shaam 6 baje maut ke saathe apun ka apointment hai” was like one of the many dialogues of the movie. I just had one question “Itna drama kyun?” But that was a time when I loved only movies like kuch kuch hota hai. I believed movies at the end of the day should entertain me and entertainment was romance, love, marriage and celebration. Why would I want to see a movie like Agneepath and where the actor dies in the end? I was forced by a friend to at least TRY and watch something beyond romantic comedies and the chick flicks!!! And thanks to his constant bugging I saw a few movies out of my comfort zone! Few Hollywood movies from variety of genres. Surprisingly I loved ALL the movies I saw. Well, most of them. I discovered that every movie tells me something new or the old in a new way and there is till so much in there to experience.  And then I saw the original Agneepath once again… and man I fell in love with Vijay Dinanath Chauhan and his attitude towards life. I got Goosebumps hearing “aaj shaam 6 baje maut ke saathe apun ka apointment hai"

The promos of the new Agneepath were obviously mind blowing and my expectations were pretty high. But I tried by best not to compare it to the original one and may be that is the reason why I loved the movie so much. Out of mere excitement I saw the movie second time and it bothered me. Something about this movie. I loved the movie first time, and not really the second time. After first viewing my verdict was - my verdict was leave Priyanka Chopra and hour of the movie post interval and the movie is amazing!  But I doubt it, after the second viewing. And here I am with this random conversation.

So with my first verdict being leave Priyanka Chopra and hour of the movie post interval side mein and the movie is amazing!  Well it as weird as it sounds, no one really got me. I don’t blame them, even I dint. If u don’t like an hour of a 3 hr film and the lead actress, how the hell can u say u like the movie? And that too it’s a remake of a bloody awesome movie. A movie which is even beyond anyone’s attempt to compare! It is a classic and shall remain there, untouched!

I agree that this movie is no where near to that movie. Then why the hell do I like it or rather love it?

Fifteen minutes into the movie and I just could not stop looking forward to the next. Master Dinanath Chauhan and his poetry had my nerves. That look and the smile on his face made me respect him and believe in him. I could see myself in the grumbling kid. And Kancha Chinha, well I had Goosebumps. I don’t remember when was the last time I was scared by a character in the film. A villain, who has that aura of being sick to the hell and at the same time reading verses from GEETA. Wtf man! “tum kya leke aaye the, aur kya leke jaoge”.

The craziness in the eyes of the each and every villager, the devil in Kancha and the literal walk over the family was bloody scary and disturbing. It might be too scenic for a hanging scene, but what the hell; I was too disturbed to be bothered by that. It felt like I was right there and the entire scene was happening right in front of my eyes.

And then they came to Mumbai!!!!  

I was just getting out of the Kancha aura and I was introduced to Rauf Lela selling a teenage girl. The language was meant to disgust and so it did. Well, it might have gone a bit over the board but it was made very easily believable.

I expected Vijju urf Vijay to have that bloody mind boggling personality and attitude, but I was told by Gaitunde that Vijay is right hand of Rauf Laala. Why on earth would Vijay be a right hand of someone I questioned? And then I saw Vijay walking out of a room after shooting someone. And I got the character. I knew this would be nothing like the old Vijay. I dint like him running around and phoodoing matkis. I dint want him to smile at all. I dint want to see that there is even one moment of happiness in his life. I wanted to see the pain in him. And my frustration increased after seeing the Kaluti Kali. Why was she there??? I mean personally I hate Priyanka Chopra from the bottom of my heart and her character justified that hatred. Thank god she was off the screen in 10 minutes. After that, may be I knew what is going to happen, how it is going to happen, but it dint matter. I know certain things were there just to dramatize the event but the performance was such that I dint really mind. I mean what was that Home Minister angle? And bombing Shankar’s wall, when he was alone and drunk. But Vijay made me go through it without slightest of discomfort.

Backstabbing and plotting is a common in such movies. This movie did have very predictable ones but that really dint matter. To the height that I could tolerate that quavalli (Man, I still don’t remember a single line). Thanks to the shoot out sequence I could stand that song. I saw the movie second time and I realized why it dint matter. Because I knew this way or that way he is nearing Kancha and all I was just interested was in their confrontation.

Post interval it was like, KJo has taken over the movie and tweaked it with his never ending love-family drama obsession. And suddenly from no where the line “Naam – Vijay. Vijay Chauhan. Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. Gaav – Maandva” came and hooked me back into the movie.

One hour into the film – Kali is dead – Shit man, the only time I could connect to her was her dying scene

And then the climax. The powerful Kaancha and not so powerful Vijay.  The blood and the stabbing –wow!!! That Bargat Ka Ped!!! Well I just can’t express in words. The end was a perfect heartfelt Bollywood THE END! A complete closure to the entire drama.

So my point is, with all the ups and the downs, up not so up and down being pretty down, and not to forget pretty sad songs of the movie, why the hell do I like? I might not be qualified to judge the technicalities well, but I guess the direction, the camera work and the loud background score did play a major role. But the most important factor I guess it the performance. The performance by all the lead actors. Hrithik and his expressions, Rishi and his lines and every bloody thing about Sanjay Dutt made me fall in love with the movie. Except the two unbearable ladies (Chopra and Wahab). I think if performed well, even an average script can thrill you. Or may be I loved it because though it failed to come near to the old Agneepath, it successfully did make a place of its own!