Though
Amitabh
Bachchan
starrer
Agneepath
did
not
catch
the
eye
of
the
audience,
the
remake
has
already
grabbed
eyeballs.
But
actor
Sanjay
Dutt,
who
plays
the
dreaded
villain
in
the
latest
version,
feels
the
original
was
much
ahead
of
its
time.
The
1990
cult
classic,
directed
by
Mukul
Anand,
featured
Big
B
as
the
iconic
Vijay
Dinanath
Chauhan,
Danny
Denzongpa
as
Kancha
Cheena;
the
baddie
and
Mithun
Chakraborty
as
the
lovable
coconut
seller
Krishnan
Iyer
MA.
Despite
a
stellar
cast,
Agneepath
failed
at
the
box
office
commercially,
but
Amitabh
Bachchan's
performance
was
praised.
Producer
Yash
Johar's
son
Karan
has
remade
the
film
in
the
same
name
now
starring
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Dutt.
It
has
already
created
quite
a
buzz,
unlike
the
original.
In
an
interview
to
PTI
Sanjay
said,
"I
loved
the
film
(original)
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
in
his
work
and
his
vision
was
so
much
ahead
of
his
time.
I
have
seen
original
film
several
times.
I
loved
the
dialogues
of
the
film
and
performances
of
Amitji,
Danny
and
Mithun
Da."
Although
the
remake
would
have
new
actors
reprising
the
iconic
characters
again,
except
for
the
basic
plot
of
revenge,
the
new
Agneepath
has
a
different
story.
The
new
version
of
Agneepath
features
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Priyanka
Chopra
in
the
leads
and
it
is
up
for
release
on
January
26.
Sanjay
Dutt
further
said,
"The
premise
is
same.
Vijay
Dinanth
Chauhan,
Kancha
is
there...the
revenge
story
where
Vijay
comes
to
Mandwa
is
same.
It
is
a
revenge
story
but
the
setting
is
totally
different.
It
is
very
grounded
film
here
Kancha
wears
dhoti,
kurti
and
kolhapuri
footwear
and
Vijay
is
also
a
simple
man.
He
(Karan
Malhotra)
has
made
it
as
a
very
real
grounded
and
rustic
film."