Vijaypath

Vijaypath (transl. Path of Victory) is a 1994 Indian Hindi action drama film starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Danny Denzongpa. The character sketch of Ajay Devgn is inspired from Karna (the main protagonist of the epic Mahabharata). [2]

Vijaypath
Directed byFarouq Siddique
Written byTalat Rekhi (story)
Produced byDhirajlal Shah
StarringAjay Devgn
Tabbu
Danny Denzongpa
Gulshan Grover
Reema Lagoo
CinematographyAlok Dasgupta
Edited bySuresh Chaturvedi
Music byAnu Malik
Production
company
Time Magnetic Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 5 August 1994 (1994-08-05)
[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Justice Saxena's wife, the two children, and Rajesh Saxena leave the city. Dilawar Singh finds them and kills the Judge's wife and throws Babloo out of the running train.

Before dying, Babloo donates his eyes to Karan. Karan vows that he will not remove his goggles till he confronts Dilawar Singh.

Cast

Inspiration and Sketch

The character sketch of Ajay Devgn is inspired from Karna (the central protagonist of Mahabharata). Siddique told in an interview, "In Hinduism texts and ancient scriptures, the character of Karna symbolizes of an extremely charming hero, an ideal human being who possesses all the qualities and who was always victorious throughout his life from his entry in Rangbhoomi to conquering the entire world. Since birth, he was shown as a divine child and who was "born to win the world" which is actually the central theme of the film. Whereas, the character of Rama (the protagonist of Ramayana) is mostly similar to Karna in the Mahabharata. But Karna is a liberal and an extrovert and on the other hand Rama is a milder conservative and an introvert."

Dhirajlal said, "Karna has been an inspiration for millions since thousands of years, his innumerous victories and achievements from being raised in a poor charioteer family to becoming the hero of the Mahabharata was taken as the main theme of the film and Devgn's character sketch. This idea was liked by Farouq Siddique and decided to make a film on a hero who was always victorious throughout his life."

Initially film titles were thought to be kept as 'Jaya' which was also the victory name given for Karna in Mahabharata. Then the titles were thought of Mrityunjaya, Digvijaya or Hridajaya indicating different victory names of Karna. However the film was changed to Vijaypath- the path to victory.

"In our childhood, we all have read the about the valour and heroism of Karna and lord Rama in our story books or from our grandparents. We all have visualized them on television through BR Chopra's Mahabharat and Sagar Arts' Ramayan. I still remember in those days when streets got emptied at 9 a.m just to see Pankaj Dheer aka Karna on television."
– Faruque Sidddique[4]

He said further, "In the Ramayana, Rama is a conservative man who adopts the traditional values and doesn't wish for any change. Whereas in the Mahabharata when the times have changed, we see Karna brought reforms to the Indian society and thereby bringing the first revolution for the end of dynastic successions which leads to the end of Chandravanshi dynasty followed by an upsurge of new kingdoms and empires such as Nandas, Maurya Empire and Gupta Empire. The character of Ajay (Devgn) is inspired from both lord Rama(conservative) and Karna(liberal)"

Soundtrack

[5] The album brought off rank 537 in the "Best Albums of 1994" and was in the place 5214 in the "Best Albums of the 1990s".[6]

Track list
TitleSinger(s)Lyricist
"Sagar Sang Kinare Hai" Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik Shaily Shailendra
"Ruk Ruk Ruk Arre Baba Ruk" Alisha Chinai Shyam Anuragi
"Aayiye Aapka Intezaar Tha" Kumar Sanu & Sadhana Sargam Faaiz Anwar
"Kal Saiya Ne Aisi Bowling Ki" Alisha Chinai Anwar Sagar
"Ladke Aaj Ke Ladke" Anu Malik & Poornima (Sushma Shrestha) Indeewar

Box office

According to "Ibosnetwork" it collected 7.35 crore (lifetime collection) and was declared a "Hit"[7] It was also the 10th highest grossing of Bollywood films of 1994.

Awards

40th Filmfare Awards:

Won
Nominated

References
  1. Seta, Fenil (5 August 2019). "25 Years Of Hum Aapke Hai Koun: With today's ticket prices, this classic has earned MIND-BOGGLING Rs. 711 crores! : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.
  2. "'I like being around people who do a lot of masti'". Rediff.com. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Censor Board adopts tougher stance on vulgar songs".
  4. Marsh and Kirkland, pp. v–xiii
  5. "Vijaypath songs review". Amazon. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  6. "Best Albums". Besteveralbums.com. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  7. "Box Office India 1994". Ibosnetwork. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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