Eklavya Movie Review

Eklavya is a story set in contemporary India about a majestic fort of Devigarh, a royal dynasty that no longer rules, a King without a kingdom and a royal guard who lives in a time warp and lives only to protect the fort, the dynasty, and the king.

Eklavya’s ( Amitabh Bachchhan ) family has protected the Ranas of Devigarh for nine generations. The Ranas used to rule Devigarh, a centuries old citadel in Rajasthan but the Royal Dynasty no longer rules.

Eklavya still protects the Royal Family but becoming old and blind.

The sudeen demise of the Queen ( Sharmila Tagore ) forces her only son Prince Harshvardhan ( Saif Ali Khan ) to come back from London. His mentally challanged sister ( Raima Sen ) and his childhood love Rajjo ( Vidya Balan ) are delighted to see him. Harshavardhan’s love blossoms while taking care of his sister. After his arrival, Harshvardhan comes to know the safely guarded secrets of the Royal family. He also comes to know the crucial role Eklavya is playing in the family. He comes to know the atrocities done by his father Rana Jaivardhana ( Boman Irani ) influenced by his uncle Rana Jyotivardhana ( Jackie Shroff ). The Rana receives the death threat. An insolent Cop ( Sanjay Dutt ) is called in for investigation. The Rana gets killed. Eklavya is blamed for the killing by other family members. AND The fight of Dharma & Adharma starts .

Does Eklavya take the revenge of the killing of Rana? Do real killers get caught? What is that secret which causes so much of violence? Eklavya (The Movie) answers all these questions.

In his zeal to make the movie visually captivating, Chopra relegates the most important thing (the depth in the story that comes through properly fleshed out characters) to the background. And the result is a beautiful movie with a fragile soul. But it is definitely worth watching once.