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Agnipath star cast and movie review

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:11:00 +0530

Director: Karan Malhotra
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor
Verdict: Better than Good(3 out of 5)

Amongst the first recall values for the original Agneepath is Amitabh Bachchan's trademark self-introduction dialogue of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. While evaluating its official remake, the first thing that crosses your mind is how the reinterpretation of this signature scene would be. Unlike in the original, the monologue plays pretty late in the remake, whereby it establishes Vijay's identity over merely introducing him and with such individuality and elegance that it pays a perfect homage to the original, while at the same time not blatantly imitating it. That is how a remake is supposed to be! Retaining the spirit of the original and having a soul of its own. This dialogue kinda summarizes the overall aura of the remake.

The basic backdrop remains the same. Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt) is the uncrowned king of Mandwa Island and terminates the rebellious village schoolmaster. The master's son swears revenge and grows up to be Vijay Dinanath Chauhan (Hrithik Roshan) under the wings of Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor). Lala who trades in human and drug trafficking, rules the Mumbai underbelly. Vijay uses Lala to reach Kancha and thereby reclaim his island and self-esteem.

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While the primary plotline remains the same as Mukul Anand's classic, director Karan Malhotra along with co-writer Ila Bedi Datta refreshingly revamps the screenplay giving it a new structure and approach. So you never miss the omission of Mithun Chakravarthy's award-winning Krishnan Iyer from the original and welcome the induction of Rishi Kapoor's foul-mouthed and despicable kasai character. If at all the film falls into predictable zone, it's not because you are familiar with the original but because at the core of it, the story remains a basic revenge drama. The film employs the age-old conflict of a reformist school-teacher versus the conniving zamindar, duping the villagers of their lands.

The remake isn't essentially remodeled to modern times because the film retains its original era thereby reviving the raw essence of the 1990 film. And beyond the epoch, Malhotra also imparts the cinematic treatment of that time period to his film. So both the villain and hero have stylized entries, their confrontations boast of high-voltage drama and, in the climax, when the bruised and battered protagonist rises to take revenge (in exactly the same manner like his father was killed), he wins instant applause. Also the idea of Vijay concealing his identity from his teenaged sister is so intrinsic of the era (a la Anil Kapoor's Jeevan Ek Sanghursh).

Where the new Agneepath raises the bar is by casting Sanjay Dutt as the baddie. In his black-attire and bald-look, Dutt has such solid screen-presence that the director makes things difficult for himself with a challenge of how would Hrithik's hero overpower the villain. Thereby the film employs some extreme action, which is more brutal than boisterous, to justify Kancha's imposing persona and the subsequent seethe in Vijay's revenge. Thankfully, what puts Agneepath a notch above the recent mindless actioners is that it has a basic human connect which it reasonably balances with the extreme action and never blatantly exploits any emotion.

Piyush Mishra's dialogues are impressive with rhetoric punches every now and then. And even when the lines go unrefined for Rishi Kapoor's crude character, it leaves immense impact without crossing the familial domain. Cinematography by Ravi K Chandran and Kiran Deohans is remarkable. Akiv Ali's editing is accomplished and despite the film having a three-hour runtime, you never lose the narrative for a moment. The only slacker is the obligatory romance track (Priyanka Chopra) but thankfully even that is kept short. Ajay-Atul's music and esp. the background score are effective. Abbas Ali Moghul's action is raw and unrestrained.

Beyond his hold on the subject, Karan Malhotra succeeds in extracting inspiring performances from the impressive cast. The usually suave Hrithik Roshan convincingly glides into his coarse character here and has a towering presence. He completely redefines Vijay Dinanath Chauhan and never in his act do you see even a glimpse of the original. Sanjay Dutt reeks of menace and malice through his sadistic laughs. At times he overdoes his guffaws but therein lays his strength, which he uses to the hilt. Rishi Kapoor has never looked or played so mean onscreen before. As the kohl-eyed Rauf Lala, the affable actor reinvents his screen image with a beastly streak to his character. So good is the actor that you never get enough of him. Arish Bhiwandiwala as the young Vijay Chauhan puts in a confident act. Priyanka Chopra, Zarina and Om Puri are functional.

With Bollywood being obsessed with remakes in recent times, Agneepath is an important lesson on how to pay proper tribute to the original. Despite the original being his home production, Karan Johar attempts playing with fire (treading uncharted territory) with Agneepath and emerges victorious. Agneepath has the fire for a lustrous entertainer!

aamir khan's next movie 'TALAASH' trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:59:00 +0530

John Abraham was refused Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:56:00 +0530

Much before John Abraham had made his debut with Jism, Karan Johar had offered him a role in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghum.

At that time John was a prominent model but he refused the role because Karan had just offered him a walk-on cameo as the guy Kareena Kapoor gets to pose as her boyfriend to make Hrithik Roshan jealous, just before the song 'You Are My Soniya'. The part was later performed by Vikas Sethi.

Later when John Abraham became an established star, he did a cameo in Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna as the DJ in the song 'Where's The Party Tonight'. He also did full-fledged role in his production Kaal and will also feature in his upcoming project Dostana.

Karan johar is a thief!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:27:00 +0530

The song It's Raining Men that has Kareena Kapoor in Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham was used without permission.

The song is one from Geri Halliwell's album. Karan Johar was sued in a UK court and was sentenced to pay.

Aamir khan is game lover!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:18:00 +0530

Challenges always excite Aamir.

The perfectionist Khan therefore loves to play games where he can think and apply his mind. Chess and Rubik's cube are his favourite games.

Subhash ghai was an actor!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:16:00 +0530

Subhash Ghai has been known for making cameo appearances in all his films from Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Khalnayak, Pardes, Taal and more.

Subhash Ghai has been known for making cameo appearances in all his films from Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Khalnayak, Pardes, Taal and more. But his stint with acting started much before this. In fact not many know that he started his film career as an actor.

Subhash Ghai featured in films like Taqdeer, Umang and Dhamkee. In Gumrah, he was paired opposite Reena Roy whom he later directed in films like Kali Charan and Vishwanath. He even had a cameo appearance in the superhit Rajesh Khanna film Aradhana.

Frist choise of DDLJ

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:08:00 +0530

Saif Ali Khan turned down Shah Rukh Khan's role in DDLJ.

Saif Ali Khan was offered the role of Raj Malhotra in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge .

But he refused the role which then went to Shah Rukh Khan. King Khan had initially resisted playing the lead in this film.

However, it was DDLJ that created his screen persona of a romantic hero.

Border was inspire for real story

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:05:00 +0530

The highest grossing film of 1997, Border was based on the real life battle of Longewella from the 1971 IndoPak war.

Director J P Dutta was loosely inspired by the dairy of his brother, who was a pilot with the Indian Air Force who lost his life in a MIG crash in 1987.

The film was shot on actual locations of the war with real army men participating in the shoot and using original arms, ammunition, military jeeps and Hawker Hunter fighter planes.

However the casualty count shown in the film was overstated for cinematic reconstruction and adaptation. In the actual 1971 war only two soldiers lost their lives.

bipasha basu in bikini

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0530

Before filming her bikini scene, Bipasha Basu lived on oranges for three days prior to her shoot.

Bipasha Basu escalated her position as not only a leading lady, but one who can dare to bare in Dhoom 2. Her bikini scene in the film was the topic of discussion at many a dinner table.

Even though Bipasha is a fitness freak, getting a perfectly toned body for the character that she played in Dhoom 2 was not a very easy task. Did you know that before filming her bikini scene, Bipasha Basu lived on oranges for the three days before shooting it? And she also used to work out thrice a day as she was going paranoid asking, 'am I fat?' And all this was because Bipasha did not want to look very oomphy in the shot.

Which is the first bollywood movie without song?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:55:00 +0530

Ram Gopal Varma's horror flick Bhoot broke several rules of Bollywood formula films and was nonetheless successful.

Along-with being the recent film without any songs, the film started the trend of promotional music video. The movie was only two hours long, it was heroine-centered. The movie was not a love story but a horror flick and still went on to set the box office cash registers ringing.

Emran Hashmi in 'The Train'

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:51:00 +0530

In the movie 'The Train', all the scenes that were shown on the train between the lead actor Emraan Hashmi and her co-star Geeta were shot in just three hours!

Whenever Geeta used to go for changing her clothes, crew members used to shoot Emraan's solo shots and Emraan would change his clothes in the train itself and all this happened because they were not allowed to shoot for much of the time.

There were fixed timings for shooting on the Sky Train of Bangkok and the cast and crew was permitted to shoot between 7 and 10AM and also, without lights!

When shahrukh khan lost his wedding ring?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:48:00 +0530

During a shoot of Don , Shahrukh Khan's wedding ring slipped off his finger.
Khan had everyone on the sets searching for it, with the implausible excuse that if they didn't find it, he would have to get married again in order to get himself a new wedding ring. Needless to say, they found it in double quick time.

Who is the frist choise for circuit role?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:48:00 +0530

Initially, when Rajkumar Hirani started writing the script, he imagined Shahrukh Khan and Makarand Despande as the lead characters in Munnabhai M.B.B.S. The original choice for Circuit was Makarand. But the roles went to Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi who are even today fondly called as Munna and Circuit.

How rani get "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:40:00 +0530

It seems that Rani Mukherjee was destined for the role of Tina in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai . It was actually Twinkle Khanna for whom the role of Tina was written for. The name for the character Tina came from Twinkle Khanna who has the same nickname. After she turned it down, other actresses such as Urmila Matondkar, Raveena Tandon, Aishwarya Rai and Karisma Kapoor were offered the role of Tina Malhotra.

Director Karan Johar never considered his good friend Rani Mukherjee for the role of Tina. In fact, Rani read the script herself and went up to Karan saying, "I'm the only one able to do this role." The film went on to be the path breaking film in Rani's career.

Who is amisha patel's mother

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:29:00 +0530

We all know that Amisha Patel was part of Kaho Naa ... Pyaar Hai that went on to become a big hit of 2000. But did you know that the actress who played Raj's (Hrithik Roshan) mother in the movie was actually Asha Patel, the real life mother of Amisha Pate....

why asha and lata was not talking with one another

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:23:00 +0530

When Asha Bhosle was just 16 she eloped from her family and married a much-elder 31-year-old Ganpatrao Bhosle who was a personal secretary to her sister Lata Mangeshkar. The Mangeshkars strongly disapproved of her marriage and Lata was not on talking terms with Asha Bhosle for a long time.

However with the ill-treatment from her in-laws and suspicious behaviour from her husband, the marriage didn't survive long. A repentant Asha Bhosle returned to the Mangeskhar family with two children and third still in her womb. She severed ties with Ganpatrao but the Bhosle surname remained with her.

The whole idea behind "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:18:00 +0530

After Khamoshi: The Musical, Bhansali was looking for a new story idea to start his film. Around this time, one of his fans from Gujarat called Pratap Karwat used to call him frequently and bother him on the phone saying he had a story idea for him. Bhansali kept avoiding him for several days until he finally gave in for his narration one day.

Unexpectedly Bhansali liked the story so much that he decided to make his next film on it. That was how Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was conceived.

competition between aamir khan and salman khan

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:11:00 +0530

When Aamir Khan and Salman Khan were approached to sign the contract for Andaaz Apna Apna , each of them wanted more screen time than the other. Eventually, they settled on being onscreen for the same amount of time.

Amitabh bachchan's favorite women

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:42:00 +0530

He is married to a beautiful bong, Jaya, and is a father-in-law to the eternal beauty Aishwarya Rai, but when it comes to the most beautiful woman on earth, Amitabh feels that no one can steal the show from Waheeda Rahman.

Anil Kapoor use his friend's cloths!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:38:00 +0530

Anil Kapoor borrowed clothes from his friends for Firoz Nadiadwala's Welcome , thus saving the producers a lot of money. From the first frame to the last, Anil chose all his costumes.

Dimple Kapadiya was just 16 year old when she do marrage

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:32:00 +0530

Dimple was only sixteen when Raj Kapoor introduced her in Bobby . She got married to Bollywood Superstar Rajesh Khanna at the age of 16 and despite the enormous success of Bobby, took a sabbatical from acting to raise her children.

which is Bhandarkar's frist movie as a actor?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0530

Before starting as an independent director, Madhur Bhandarkar was an assistant to Ram Gopal Varma. He assisted on the film Rangeela. And while assisting, Madhur also played a two-bit role in the film and his onscreen role too was of an assistant to the director in the film played by Gulshan Grover.

Himesh Reshammiya start his caries as TV producer

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0530

Himesh Reshammiya was a television producer for Zee TV before turning a full fledged composer for Bollywood movies, Surprised? He was the producer for a number of popular serials for Zee when satellite TV had just started growing. Andaz, Ahha, Aman, Aashiqui, Amar Prem and Jaan - all these serials are to his credit.

Not just a producer but he was also the story writer for some of the serials. In the meantime he also used his skills in music to compose for the title tracks of some of his serials before getting full time involved with movies.

did you know about bollywood?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:12:00 +0530

The song "Mehandi Lagane Rakhna" of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was originally written for another movie and was a bit different starting with "Payal Chankate Aa Jana" . However the Chopra brothers liked the song and included it in the the movie which became a hit track. New!

Raj Kapoor launched dream girl, Hema Malini in the lead role for 'Sapno Ka Saudagar' opposite himself in 1968.

The Big B was to be named 'Inquilab' before his father, the famous poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan finally agreed upon 'Amitabh', which means brilliance unlimited.

Not a single outside the cast and crew of 'Aks' was allowed on the sets of the film as per strict orders. Even director Rakesh Mehra's brother was also not allowed in.

Meena Kumari has also six fingers on her right hand. It take good care to not shown it any of the scenes of films she had done.

Dharmendra in his youth was such a big fan to actress Suraiya that he walked miles to watch her film 'Dillagi' over 40 times.

Of all the characters in his directorial debut 'Dil Chahta Hai', Farhaan Akhtar definitely wanted Saif Ali Khan as Sameer, Dimple as Tara and Preity as Shalini.

In the songs 'Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain' from 'Dhadkan', title sng of 'Deewane' and 'Neend Churayi Meri' from 'Ishq' we see the coming together of arch rivals Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali had written the script of 'Khamoshi 'with Amitabh Bachchan in mind.

The 'Khalnayak' song Choli Ke Peeche was protested by as many as 42 political parties.

Film Main Hoon Na was originally named 'The Outsider' and the actor did not initially approve of change in the movie's title by director Farah Khan .

Bobby Deol's first brush with film acting came very early, when he was only seven years old. He played Dharmendra junior in Manmohan Desai's 'Dharam Veer'.

The only time in the history of any Indian award, when the best female playback singer award was shared was between Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik for 'Choli Ke Peeche' in 'Khalnayak'.

Shamita Shetty is deeply into Sports and Body training and holds a Diploma in Fashion Designing.

Akshay Kumar is superstitious. He will never write anything on a page unless he first heads it with an "Om".

Vibrant Talent Manoj Bajpai of the "Bhiku Mhatre" fame failed several screen tests before finally getting a break in filmdom

Salman Khan likes to collect soaps. In his bathroom, there is a collection of all kinds of handmade and herbal soaps. His favourite are soaps made from natural fruit and vegetable extracts.

Hrithik Roshan loves collecting photographs. He would never travel anywhere without his personal camera even as a child. He has a vast collection photographs and special scrapbooks marking each occasion.

Aishwarya Rai's pet name at home is 'Gullu' and Salman's is 'Sallu'.

Relation between Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:06:00 +0530

Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia have teamed up to show good chemistry in films like Dil Maange More and Fool and Final. Their good chemistry comes from the fact that they know each other since ages and have even worked together as kids.

Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia worked as child artists, not in any film, but in an advertisement, endorsing the popular health drink Complan. He was a Complan boy and she was a Complan girl.

Later Shahid even made an appearance in Subhash Ghai's Taal (1999) where he was seen dancing behind Aishwarya Rai in the song Kahi Aag Lage Lag Jaye. Shahid was a member of the Shaimak Davar troupe who had choreographed for the film. This was much before he made his debut as the male lead in Ishq Vishk (2003).