Set in the coastal village of Mandwa, the film follows the life of young Vijay, who witnesses the brutal murder of his righteous father, Master Dinanath Chauhan, by the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena (Danny Denzongpa). Displaced from his home and separated from his mother, Vijay grows up on the streets of Bombay (now Mumbai). He rejects the path of honest poverty his father preached, choosing instead to enter the underworld to avenge his father’s death and reclaim Mandwa.
The film's narrative revolves around Vijay Salgaonkar (Amitabh Bachchan), a don who rules the underworld of Mumbai. The story begins with Vijay's rise to power, as he becomes the right-hand man of his mentor, Manya Surve (played by Surendra Singh). However, things take a dramatic turn when Manya is killed by a notorious gangster, Kancha Singh (Sanjay Dutt). amitabh bachchan hindi movie agneepath full