Eklavya

Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Sharmila Tagore, Boman Irani, Jimmy Shergill, Raima Sen, Parikshit Sahani, Pankaj Jha, Meeta Vasisht, Swanand Kirkire

The film starts with Bachchan sonorously recalling the story of Eklavya, from the Mahabharata. Throughout the film, the legend is invoked obliquely as well as directly by the characters reeling off Sanskrit sayings on what is dharma. Read More

In 1 hour 50 minutes of the movie's running time, Vidhu Vinod Chopra tells a complex tale. And he does it with a sense of gravity and urgency. There is a grave and sombre mood throughout the film. To balance it, Chopra makes his movie cinematographically opulent. Read More

There is a bit of everything in the movie and its best said as you get to watch it all in less than 2 hours. Yes you read it right; this is one of the very few movies from Bollywood with a runtime of less than 2 hours. The movie is well worth a watch just for Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan. Read More

EKLAVYA THE ROYAL GUARD has its heart in the right place. A must for every cinegoer! Read More