Monday, March 5, 2007

Watching "Eklavya"

Jus saw "Eklavya - The Royal Guard" and I have nothing better to do than to enlighten the world with my take on what I think of the movie...so here goes...
As per expectation great performances by the entire star cast and Amitabh is a standout, which is now becoming a regular feature and soon would no longer deserve special mention..The movie, as a whole, was disappointing with the word "dharma" coming in at least 50 times so much so that u wish, halfway thru dat da least they could do was use a synonym for the word and save u some misery...but alas! they don't
A tale that starts off with a promise of intrigue, treachery and lots of twists and turns...ends up being nothing more than a plain Jane storyline which is revealed in bits and parts all throughout the movie and there is no misleading the audience, suspecting the wrong people, no red herrings, nothing..zilch!!! The movie runtime is 1 hour 45 mins but if u can manage it somehow, try watching the movie at double the speed, I promise u, u won't miss anything vital..this movie can be over in 45 minutes flat but then the Bollywood industry is replete with talent that can stretch a movie to unimaginable and unbearable extent....One classy scene is Amitabh hitting a target blindfolded (don't wanna reveal too much now do we...what if despite my insistence you still plan to watch the movie..??) is real classy. All in all, watch it once if you are really intrigued and are a big Amitabh fan...don't waste money in the hall to watch it..u r guaranteed to sleep thru it if u don't start shouting in sheer frustration at the speed at which the frames move!!

2 comments:

  1. Eklavya's storyline had promise. But you know that some promises are broken. This was one of them.

    I thought the photography was spectacular. Wish they had made it as a screensaver not a movie.

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  2. @ abhijit
    I totally agree with you. That's the whole point...u keep hoping that at some point there will be some mind boggling twist...something that completely takes the audience by surprise..but it jus never comes:(

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