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 Deenanath Chauhan, a man who sets out to avenge the death of his father and injustices done to his family by joining the Mumbai underworld.

In 1965, much-loved village schoolmaster Deenanath Chauhan strongly opposes the plans of Kancha Cheena, an underworld don, and his band of gangsters to set up a base for heroin smuggling.

However, Vijay brushes off Gaitonde's concern, stating that he is already aware of the planned attempt and intends to let it be carried out without any preemptive attack or resistance.

Left to die, he is discovered by a Tamilian coconut vendor, Krishnan Iyer M.A., who transports him to the hospital and saves his life, becoming his friend and eventually finding employment as Siksha's bodyguard.

Commissioner Gaitonde deduces that Vijay basically played a gamble by letting the assassination attempt on him take place so as to elevate himself to demigod status in the perception of his followers, sending his enemies scurrying for cover.

Siksha is then kidnapped and held in a slum by Anna Shetty, who wants to avenge the deaths of his associates killed by Vijay, and an unsuccessful rescue attempt by Krishnan ends up with the two of them brawling.

Stung and deeply hurt by this slight, Vijay seeks solace in Mary and later marries her and resolves to do things "in the right way" to gain his mother's favour.

Laila reveals herself as Shanti, the daughter of the prostitute who helped set up Master Dinanath to discredit him, and she has been working with Vijay all along to get back to Kancha.

A violent and bloody struggle takes place as Cheena bombs every building and demolishes the entire village before he is killed by Vijay, who throws him into the raging fires and burns him alive.

[6] Rediff.com's review of Agneepath suggested that perhaps, the grim, violent, aggressive, and dark portrayal of the underbelly of Bombay's underworld had worked against the film.

[citation needed] Agnipath Meri Atmakatha, the Hindi translation of In the Line of Fire: A Memoir, a 2006 autobiography by then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf was titled after the film, who was reported have liked Amitabh Bacchan.

[15] Agnipath Scheme, an Indian military recruitment program launched by the government of India in 2022, was taken to be named after the poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan and the film.