Agneepath (2012) on Netflix
Kancha Cheena frames Deenanath Chauhan for a crime and the villagers lynch him. His son Vijay flees to Mumbai with his pregnant mother and joins a crime lord's gang, bent on revenge.
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Plot summary
Life on the island of Mandwa changes when Kancha Cheena offers the villagers a lease for their land, promising profits from a salt factory. The schoolmaster Deenanath Chauhan speaks against the deal, so Kancha has him blamed for a crime against a young girl, and the villagers lynch him. His son Vijay, twelve years old, and his pregnant mother Suhasini escape to Mumbai and settle in a chawl in Dongri. There Vijay joins the gang of the crime lord Rauf Lala in a bid for power, which puts him at odds with his mother. He also grows close to Kaali. In time he becomes Lala's trusted lieutenant, and Kancha moves to bring his drug trade into the city.
Cast
- Chetan Panditas Master Deenanath Chauhan
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Agneepath (2012)
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- Producer Karan Johar had wanted to remake the original Agneepath ever since its 1990 release: the film had won critical acclaim over the years, but its commercial failure had devastated his father, the producer Yash Johar.
- The villain Kancha demanded Dutt go bald, but he was simultaneously shooting Son of Sardar and could not shave his head for continuity. Hollywood make-up artist Robin Slater gave him a prosthetic bald look, which dripped in Diu's summer heat until Dutt finally shaved his head.
- Media reports suggested Abhishek Bachchan was being considered for Vijay, but Karan Malhotra approached Roshan for the part; Roshan was sceptical about taking on a role played by Amitabh Bachchan and agreed only after months of deliberation.
- Roshan suffered a major back injury in October while lifting a 110-kilogram man during an elaborate action sequence; shooting was stalled for a time while he recuperated in a hospital.
- Accidents plagued the shoot: Chopra's lehenga caught fire during an elaborate Ganpati festival song, Roshan scalded his hands filming the same scene, and holi colours flung by junior artists injured his eye during a song.
- For the role of Vijay's sister Shiksha Chauhan, newcomer Kanika Tiwari from Bhopal was cast after being auditioned among 6,500 girls.
- The Central Board of Film Certification demanded a few cuts because of the film's violence before certifying it U/A; its CEO Pankaja Thakur said the bloodshed was not the type that could psychologically damage a child.
