Eklavya - To Each His Own
20th June 2008 | posted in External Reviews, Hindi Movies, meetu |Looks like youre new here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Meetu’s Review: Eklayva has some great performances and was shot very beautifully. But, there are too many holes in the story which keep you from enjoying the experience. Overall, I was disappointed. I didn’t like the way the story was narrated. The style gave away what was to come next and that was anti-climatic. The last 15-20 minutes were just unbearable and unacceptable from this banner.
Rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do
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Here is what 31 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 3.0 / 5.0: 13 thumbs up, 10 so-so, 9 thumbs down.
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| Akshay Shah, All Bollywood …The visuals in this movie are some of the most enticing, exciting and picture-perfect I have ever witnessed,… See full review |
Amit, Amit’s Blogosphere …From the start itself the movie draws the viewers attention and grips him in its tentacles for those two odd hours… See full review |
| N K Deoshi, Apun Ka Choice …The movie is visually hypnotic. But that is where the irony lies. The technique and aesthetics overpower the content… See full review |
Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express …Because Eklavya is a myth, we don?t care that the characters are archetypal… See full review |
| Rachel Fernandes, Bollywood Mantra …One expects a shocking climax but it turns out to be disappointing in its impact…. See full review |
Sanjay Ram, Business of Cinema …Eklavya marks the birth of creating cinema converging with grandeur… See full review |
| Cybernoon, Cybernoon …By diluting Elkavya?s nobility in the end, Chopra also misses making his point, the last scene is unforgivably trite…. See full review |
Aprajita Anil, Express India …It?s crisp, outright and to-the-point…. See full review |
| Martin D’Souza, Glamsham.com …Vidhu Vinod Chopra shows us that a good scene needs no words…. See full review |
Khalid Mohamed, Hindustan Times …how about narrating a story that doesn?t lose itself in the folds and fustian of style?… See full review |
| Rajeev Masand, IBN Live …his screenplay doesn’t have that “grab value” that’s required to hold your attention…. See full review |
Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM … the marriage of technique and content is splendid…. See full review |
| Joginder Tuteja, Indiaglitz …the ease with which film culminates leaves the viewer dissatisfied…. See full review |
Indicine Team, Indicine …Eklavya is a action thriller which is worth the price of the ticket… See full review |
| Abhijit Mhamunkar, indya.com …ou get to see picture perfect frames but not enough drama complementing it…. See full review |
Gaurav Malani, J.A.M …the royal secret that the guard wants to safely protect from the world is unveiled to the audiences in the opening reels itself… See full review |
| Sreeram Ramchandran, M TV …The movie works on a very abstract plane, and you will enjoy it if you can connect to that plane…. See full review |
Sarita Tanwar, MiD DAY …a subject that?s sombre and devoid of any masala…. See full review |
| Movie Talkies, Movie Talkies …a weak storytelling effort, and all the colour and style in the world cannot save this strange film… See full review |
Vijay, MovieWalah …Tinu Verma shoots an awesome edge-of-the-seat dramatic action sequence involving a passing train and hundreds of camels… See full review |
| Ashok Nayak, Now Running.com …What unfolds is an action thriller which is worth a watch…. See full review |
GaRaM, Now Running.com … Especially three scenes in the film are its highlights… See full review |
| Subhash K Jha, Now Running.com …Some stories are better left unsaid. “Eklavya” tragically seems to belong to that rare genre of stories that lose their relevance in their rendering…. See full review |
Full2Faltu, Passion for Cinema …Whatever the movie is, its a spectacularly shot movie…. See full review |
| shitij, Passion for Cinema …(it will surely put you to sleep?Thank God its only 12 reels)… See full review |
Vivek Kumar, Passion for Cinema …Now I realize why thos Rolls Royce gimmicks had to be resorted to… See full review |
| Hanumant Bhansali, Radio Sargam …The suspense in the pre-climax comes as a bolt from the blue…. See full review |
Arthur J Pais, Rediff …Chopra has staged quite a few well-edited and hair-raising scenes… See full review |
| Raja Sen, Rediff …one is more than likely to get caught up in the terrific treatment — and miss the larger point of the film… See full review |
Shrikant Shenoy, Shrikant Shenoy …he does not stretch the movie for the sake of it… See full review |
| Nikhat Kazmi, Times of India …it’s the overriding bleakness of the tenor that works against the film…. See full review |