The story of Eklavya
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is back… but is he? He’s never been able to impress the audience in “ANY” of his movies post Parinda. And Parinda was released in 1989. That’s almost seventeen years, since he made anything of significance… well he almost came close when he was making “Mission Kashmir” for which Anurag Kashyap was writing the original story.
The initial story had “very little” of Hritik Roshan. But then while the movie was being made, “Kaho Na Pyaar Hain”, Hritik’s debut film was released. It was a super duper hit. And of course there was no place for “very little” roles. The story of “Mission Kashmir” hence was turned, twisted and modified. It now became “Hritik in Kashmir”… Anurag, the writer walked away from the project and we all know what became of “Mission Kashmir”
But yes, Chopra giving the the directorial reins to others helped. Rajkumar Hirani is one of the best gifts Chopra could give the movie fanatic. Munnabhai would not have been Munnabhai if not for Rajkumar Hirani. Ditto for Pradeep Sarkar who directed Parineeta for Chopra. Sarkar incidentally is the “creative visual consultant” for Chopra in Eklavya.
Here’s a brief preview of the movie from IndiaFM…
Contemporary India. A majestic fort. A royal dynasty that no longer rules. A king without a kingdom.
Yet Eklavya [Amitabh Bachchan], their royal guard, lives in a time warp. He lives only to protect the fort, the dynasty and the king.
For nine generations, Eklavya’s family has protected Devigarh, a centuries old citadel in Rajasthan. His marksmanship is stuff of legends. His unflinching loyalty inspires ballads. Eklavya has spent his entire life serving the royals and closely guarding their secrets, but now he’s getting old and increasingly blind.
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Unable to cope with the suffocating customs of his land, the heir, Prince Harshwardhan [Saif Ali Khan], has stayed away in London. But the sudden demise of the queen, Rani Suhasinidevi [Sharmila Tagore], forces the Prince back to the kingdom he had left behind.
The Prince’s return brings a rush of joy into the moribund fort. His mentally challenged twin sister, Princess Nandini [Raima Sen] and his childhood love Rajjo [Vidya Balan] are delighted to see him. But the joy of reunion is short-lived.
There is unrest in the kingdom: Farmers are being stripped of their lands. The king, Rana Jaywardhan [Boman Irani], influenced by his brother, Rana Jyotiwardhan [Jackie Shroff], supports the atrocities being forced upon the helpless peasants. The king receives a death threat over the phone. An irreverent police officer, Pannalal Chohar [Sanjay Dutt], is called in to investigate. But he might be too late.
The fragile peace of the land is suddenly shattered by a barrage of bullets. And amidst the mayhem, the safely guarded secrets of the fort are unveiled. What follows is a contemporary, edge-of-the-seat dramatic action thriller with a stellar ensemble cast – Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Jimmy Sheirgill, Raima Sen and Sharmila Tagore.
Ummm… not sure… just not sure… the preview isn’t powerful enough to hook me… it looks tiresome… perhaps I’m biased and skewed in my judgement, cause the preview has been written by Taran Adarsh… :)
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January 15th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Devigarh, Prince Harshwardhan, Rani Suhasinidevi, Rana Jaywardhan, Pannalal Chohar… What kinda names are these? Damn..the Trailers looked awesome..but, the story sounds…ahem..very Contemporary Indian style….Ghisi Peeti kahani hain Mamu Vidhu….EKLAVYA ko bacha lo….
January 15th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Sumeet and Oz … Benefit of doubt dey do vidhu vinod chopra ko mamu :-)
January 17th, 2007 at 8:28 am
you can never say how he is gonna show it on screen. I hope he does better job than his previous one.
January 19th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Summet:
eklavya ko ko sirf ek admi bacha sakta hai, aur wah hai khud eklavya. because Who had asked him to confess before dronacharya that he treated him as his guru. ab bugto aur kaat do angutha