Agneepath (1990 film)

Agneepath
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mukul S. Anand
Screenplay by	Santosh Saroj Kader Khan
Story by	Santosh Saroj
Produced by	Yash Johar
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Mithun Chakraborty Madhavi Neelam Kothari Danny Denzongpa Rohini Hattangadi Archana Puran Singh
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Production company	Dharma Productions
Distributed by	Dharma Productions
Release date	16 February 1990 (1990-02-16)
Running time	181 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹102.5 million (US$1.2 million)[1]

Agneepath (Hindi pronunciation: [əɡnɪpətʰ], transl. The Path of Fire) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Mukul Anand, written jointly by Santosh Saroj and Kader Khan, and produced by Yash Johar. It stars Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay, a man who sets out to avenge the death of his father and injustices done to his family by joining the Mumbai underworld.

The film was inspired by the life of a Mumbai gangster Manya Surve.^[2] The title was taken from a poem of the same name called Agneepath which was penned by Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Amitabh's father, and which is recited at the beginning of the movie and creates a thematic link that continues through the movie, both literally and metaphorically.

Agneepath has grown into a strong cult film over the years. Amitabh Bachchan's performance as a crimefighter has been generally lauded and Amitabh Bachchan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor at the 38th National Film Awards for his performance. At the 36th Filmfare Awards, Mithun Chakraborty and Rohini Hattangadi won the Best Supporting Actor and the Best Supporting Actress respectively. The film, despite being the 4th highest-grosser of 1990, had collections way below its high budget, and thus, the film was unsuccessful at the box-office.^[3] The film was remade in 2012 with the same title, and directed and writer by Karan Malhotra and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Johar's son Karan Johar, as a tribute to his father.