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Variety: Ekalavya

Friday, February 16, 2007

Ekalavya

Ekalavya
Language of the film:Hindi

Type:Drama
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif ali Khan,Vidya Balan
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

Year of Release:2007
Eklavya is about this loyal guardian (Amitabh Bachchan) of an ancient royal castle whose duty is to protect those who live within the castle. The guardian vows to burn down all the secrets of the royal family with the holy fire of his own funeral.Eklavya will be another treat for you to watch. The last world of dethroned Rajasthan royalty, complete with candle lit palace of Rajasthan, exciting interiors of ancient palaces and action sequensces are some of the main themes of the movie Ekalavya. It is human tragedy, wrapped up old parampara (tradition) and dharma (moral).

There is superb action sequences, color costumes, camels, trains bullets, sand dunes of Thar Desert, Rajasthani dances etc.

Amitabh Bachchan (Ekalavya) has proved himself exceptional actor with his performance played as royal guard whose is loyal to his royalty. His head guards and color ful costumes make us remember the ancient royalty of Rajasthan.

The love sequences between Saif ali Khan,Vidya Balan is filmy way.

The entire team of Parineeta is featuring in Eklavya including Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen.Vidya Balan is again playing the role of lead actress in this movie.In addition, Vidhu Vinod Chopra has roped in Big B to play the title role. The movie also stars Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani and Sharmila Tagore.Even the crew is same with Shantanu Moitra and Swanand Kirkire returning to handle the music and lyrics department while Nataraja Subramanian continuing to be the cinematographer
The director of Vidhu Vinod Chopra he has given superb line up of the sequences in the film like poetry.
After pursuing Amitabh Bachchan for almost two decades, Vidhu Vinod Chopra finally succeeded in getting the ace actor in “Eklavya” and says it’s a kind of performance that people have “never seen before”.
“We’ve been trying to work together since 1987. Words fail to convey how i felt after working with him,” Chopra told.
“Ralph Fiennes saw ‘Eklavya’ with me. He was so moved. At the end of it, he applauded spontaneously. On an impulse he went with me to Amitabh Bachchan’s house.
“Here was one of the greatest actors in the world praising Amitabh and telling him his performance in ‘Eklavya’ was among the best he has seen. For once, i think Amitabh took me seriously. i also keep telling him ‘Eklavya’ is his career’s best,” he added
Rating: ****

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