

He considered the film to be a tribute to his father. Believing that he was not qualified to direct an action film, Johar approached Malhotra, his associate director on My Name is Khan (2010), to helm the project. Despite receiving critical acclaim, the film was a commercial failure and brought Yash to financial ruin.


Karan Johar had harboured intentions of remaking the original Agneepath ever since its release, which was produced by his father Yash Johar. It follows Vijay Deenanath Chauhan (Roshan), a common man from the island village of Mandwa who seeks revenge for his father's humiliation and murder at the hands of Kancha Cheena (Dutt) in the process, he befriends Rauf Lala (Kapoor), an underworld gangster, and falls in love with a loquacious girl, Kaali Gawde (Chopra). The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Kanika Tiwari, Om Puri and Zarina Wahab. Anand and starring Amitabh Bachchan, it centers on a screenplay written by Malhotra and Ila Dutta Bedi, with dialogues written by Piyush Mishra. A reboot of the eponymous 1990 film directed by Mukul S. Path of Fire) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions and directed by Karan Malhotra in his directorial debut.
