The story is the same, Kancha frames Dinanath Chauhan and kills him. Dinanath's son Vijay decides to avenge his father's death. He grows up to become a gangster and climbs ladders to reach the motive of his life, Kancha.
This modern portrayal of Agneepath, is nice. Just because of the sound effects, the cinematography, the colors and the direction. Hrithik I believe, was overshadowed by Sanjay Dutt.
The first 30 minutes, when Sanjay Dutt enters, just grabs your attention. I could not think of anything else in those 30 minutes, but Kancha and his terror. Sanjay has played a larger than life villain who is like one of those enemies anyone would be afraid of having. His body, tattoos, piercing just adds to his terror and strength. His maniac smile, his evil laughter are good enough to scare you at night too, especially the scene when he's being hanged!
Rishi Kapoor as Rauf Lala has done a good job. The child Vijay is good, especially his eyes which are very expressive. Hrithik on the other hand, has done well in some scenes, specially the one where he gets to meet his sister after 15 odd years. Everywhere else, his performance is passe. Priyanka, is there just for the sake of some actress and some love angle. She hardly has any role to play or any high energy/performance scene that she can boast of.
The movie was a bit overstretched (2 hours and 45 minutes!). Seriously it didn't need that much length. Few of the songs were not needed at all (but maybe put in there just to please Priyanka)
SO, if you want to feel the terror of Kancha, I'd say do go watch it on the big screen. For everything else, passe.
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