Agnipath star cast and movie review

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.

aamir khan's next movie 'TALAASH' trailer

John Abraham was refused Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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

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?

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'

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?

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?

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"

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

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

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"

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

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

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!

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.