TRIAL BY FIRE

Namaskar - Cinema Review mein - main Bhawana Somaaya - aapka
swagat karti hoon.

Iss hafte - sirf ek release hain - Dharma Productions ki Karan Malhotra
directed Agneepath- jo Mukul Anand directed 1990 Agneepath ka
remake hain.

Goa ka chotte gaon - Mandwa mein - Deenanath Chavhan - ek
adarshwadi school master hain - jisse Kancha Cheena - purre gaon
ke samne - berehmi se qatal kar deta hain!

Iss haadse ke baad - Vijay ka pariwar - Mandwa chhodkar Mumbai
Docks mein bas jaata hain.

Vijay Mumbai ke drug lord Rauf Lala ke saath jud jata hain - aur apne
baap ke qatil se badla leneka - sahi samay ka intezar karta hain…
15 saal beet jaate hain…

1990 mein banayi gayi Agneepath -aaj bhi Amitabh Bachchan ki
career defining filmon mein ginni jaati hain…

Technical wizard Mukul Anand ki story aur character presentation -
uss daur ki filmon se hatkar – aur pathbreaking filmon mein mana jaata hain.
Karan Malhotra ki Agneepath thodi old fashioned hi sahi – lekin
masala film hain..

Dono filmein anyay se shuru hoti hain - magar jahan 90s ki Agneepath
- dard aur sunghursh ki kahani hain 2012 ki Agneepath - gusse aur
khoon kharabe ki kahani hain.

Nayi Agneepath mein - do major drawbacks hain…
Pehla - character deficit :
Amitabh Bachchan ka Vijay Chavhan - criminal hote huye bhi -
beimaan nahi hai !
Hrithik Roshan ka Vijju - dagabaaz bhi hai aur immoral bhi - jiski
wajah se audience character se empathise nahi kar pati.

Doosra - spirit of revenge - director Karan Malhotra - drama se zyada
- action par dhyan dete hai – Isi liye film mein emotion quotient ki
kammee lagti hai.

Dono filmon ke bohat saare sequences similar hai magar nazariya
alagh hai…

Danny Danzongpa ka Kanch Cheena - ruthless aur evil hai…Sanjay
Dutt ka Kancha Lanka ka wrestling Ravan hai..!

Amitabh ki maa - Rohini Hattangady - adharm ke khilaf hai…Hrithik ki
maa -Zarina Wahab- uttejna ke khilaaf hai...

Mana ki nayi presentation hai aur naye superstars - mana ki item
numbers ka zamana hai -magar kya wholesome entertainment ke liye
- child victimization -women abuse - drugs - slum lords' aur excessive
violence ka mishran zaroori hai..?

Film mein ek bhi aisa hathyaar nahi hai - jo istimaal nahi kiya gaya
- phir wo haath paun - muqqa - kaanch - dori - bomb -gun -rifle -
chakku - lakdi -chain - bamboo - pathar - paani - ya agni…

Film bohat lambi – aur verbose hai - Dongri chawl ka set -
exaggerated lagta hai.

Mandwa ke jis ped par Masterjee ko tanga tha - wo ped 15 saal ke
baad - bhi - sukha hai…

Unka viran jhopda jisse Kancha ne jala diya tha - aaj bhi adha adhura -
jaisa ka waisa hai…

Gaon ke mukhiya ne 15 saalon mein apni paghdi nahi badli - aur
Sanjay Dutt - itne saalon mein - na buddhe hue na kamzor …

Poore gaon mein utne log kabhi bhi nahi dikhe - jitne Katrina Kaif ke
item number mein…

Film ke favour mein - main kahungi - ki Hrithik aur uski behan ka
rishta effective hai - Priyanka Hrithik ki chemistry aur romantic
sequences palpable hai.

Ajay - Atul ka music subject ke hisab se hai- aur saare performances
badhiya hai!

Khas taurpe Rauf Lala ki bhumika mein - Rishi Kapoor - scene stealer
hai!

Hrithik Roshan ne Vijay Deenath Chavhan ko ek naya roop diya hai -
aur ye hi samajhdari hai !

Dharma Productions ki nayi Agneepath ko milte hai 3***/ stars.

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