Agneepath


Agneepath is a brilliant piece of cinema and exemplifies a full-blown Bollywood Hindi movie. It turned out to be better than expectation for me. Hrithik Rocks (so endearing in this Macho & serious avtar too, definitely in the league of his best cinema outings) and Sanjay Dutt delivers an epic performance. Thanks to Karan Johar and the entire crew for giving us this visual and emotional ride.


***This film is certified UA. We advise parental guidance due to violence in the film*** Karan Johar's attempt in putting this little explanatory note regarding U/A certification on the posters has been appreciated by the Censor Board. It's a nice move indeed.


I really loved following lines from Harivansh Rai Bachchan:

वृक्ष हों भले खड़े,
हों घने हों बड़े,
एक पत्र छांह भी,
मांग मत, मांग मत, मांग मत,
अग्निपथ अग्निपथ अग्निपथ

तू न थकेगा कभी,
तू न रुकेगा कभी,
तू न मुड़ेगा कभी,
कर शपथ, कर शपथ, कर शपथ,
अग्निपथ अग्निपथ अग्निपथ

यह महान दृश्य है,
चल रहा मनुष्य है,
अश्रु श्वेत रक्त से,
लथपथ लथपथ लथपथ,
अग्निपथ अग्निपथ अग्निपथ

Happy Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja to all :-)

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