/> While the new version of Agneepath is on a rampage at the boxoffice, Alok Nath who played the the role of Amitabh Bachchan's idealistic schoolteacher Deenanath Chauhan is discernibly underwhelmed by the new version of Agneepath and the actor who plays his part.

"I found a certain inexperience, immaturity and rawness in the actor (Chetan Pundit) who played my role of Deenaath Chauhan. This Master Deenanath and the actor who played my son Vijay (Arish Bhiwandiwala) didn't move me at all. They were very raw," says the super-talented Alok Nath whose stellar performances in films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Vivah and Pardes and innumerable televison serials, has saddled with him with the image of the benign noble patriarch.

The role of the tainted teacher in Mukul Anand's Agneepath went a long way in typecasting Alok Nath in saintly roles.

Says the actor, "Actually it all began when I did the serial Buniyaad for many years. That's where my noble image started. Agneepath had a brief role for me. But it left a lasting impact. Mukul's film had a lot of intense moments and drama. I liked the new Agneepath in bits only. But overall the film wallowed in excesses. Why did it have to be so over-the-top? The second-half dragged on and on. I found the magic of Mukul Anand missing."

Ironically in spite of being in the entertainment for 30 years Agneepath was the only film Alok Nath did with the Big B.

"And there too we didn't have any scenes together."

Alok is opposed to remakes in principle.

"Every era has its own morality and cinema.What worked in 1990 needn't work today.Even Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas seemed like an exercize in excesses when compared with Bimal Roy's Devdas.I feel classics should be done only once, and then left to be seen and evaluated for all times to come."

The actor admits the film roles have dried up for him. "But I am doing two serials. I am happy with the work I have done and happy to be still working."