Just saw Ekalavya on DVD. Actually saw it twice. Movie is well made and with a good plot. Started viewing the movie with the hype on Amitabhs role of the life time. Really was moved by his character but the subtle role(s) of Boman Irani (potraying a gay Rana) and Sanjay Dutt(DSP) were outstanding.

The movie is like what we learnt in our high school calculus(tending to be zero but not zero) the movie tends to be a classic but something missing(I could not figure out) which makes this movie fails to do that.

Movies end up being a classic and movies should not be made with the intention of being classic(this movie with its slow camera, lighting and other ingredients) makes the viewer think about the efforts of the Director to give it a classic look and feel. The shot of Guru Dutt in Pyaasa standing in that theatre with the kind of lighting made the movie a classic but some how this movie falls short of classic.

Good Music (Shantanu Moitra of Parineeta fame)and well thought about plot interlacen with Hindu Dharma and that of a Kshatriya's Dharma. The final scene of the interaction between Saif and Amitabh is well made and well written in terms of the dialogues.

May be the choice of Nandini would have made a difference, the single girl child smiling in the middle of an intense scene when Saif visits the dying Parikshat Sahni(he looks like Sohrab Modi)while Amitabh is trying to identify the owner of the camel used in the ambush,may be Saif and Vidya remind us of Parineeta II or was the movie hurriedly made to reach the box office ?.

A good movie which is very different from the usual fanfare which is available now a days. This once again establishes that the hindi movies are progressing leaps and bounds than the southern fare currently available. Thanks to emerging directors and musicians the quality has improved leaps and bounds.

Like the erstwhile Siskel and Ebert it is a two thumbs up !.

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Hi shankara

Where did you get the DVD? Anywhere in mississauga?

Thanks

T

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