Sanjay Dutt feels that Amitabh Bachchan starrer Agneepth was way ahead of its time.
Around 22 years after its release, Amitabh Bachchan starrer Agneepath, which despite being critically acclaimed did not get much success at the box office, has found a new fan. Sanjay Dutt, who plays the baddie in the remake of Agneepath, has praised the film saying that the original film released in 1990 was way ahead of its time.
When asked about the original film in an interview, Sanjay Dutt said, “I loved the original film and if I was the whole of audience, I would have made it a big hit. I think may be the film was too ahead of times. Mukul is a brilliant director and his vision was so much ahead of his time.”
Sanjay Dutt said that everyone including Amitabh Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa and Mithun Chakraborty had done a great job in the first film and it is very difficult to meet those standards for anyone.
Just like the lead actor of his film Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay also tried to downplay the comparison of their film with the original that was released in 1990.
Sanjay Dutt said, “Apart from the basic plot, there is no similarity between the two films. Ours is a new story and the two films cannot be compared in any way.”
By making the character of Vijay and Kancha simple, if the makers of this film feel that they can avoid the comparison between the two films, then they have gone miserably wrong. Hopefully the new Agneepath is good and live up to this comparison.
