2007-02-21

Eklavya - A Majestic Beautiful No-Nothing


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The day was boring, as in nothing much was happening. Also I had not-a-so-good-time with the ICICI bank. As they money is still @ large. I was just riding by Hyd Central and I decided to watch a movie. I just went in and bought a ticket.


I went and saw this movie. I have my own opinions on it. Read further for my opine.

If you want a short one, just note that if you are not a creative-freak KEEP OFF FROM THE MOVIE SCREEN

The movie starts with a usual period film start. A commentary from the legendary voice in the industry - Big B's. Damn good voice. Then the screen is filled with a beautiful face of a dying Sharmila Tagore and a weird looking Boman Irani. They are accompained by a beautiful Raima Sen. Sharmila passes away then in next few scenes the sexy hulk Saif is flown in (literraly); followed by the super sexy Vidya Balan.

Until now every body in the audience is smiling for they saw somebody whom they wanted to see. The oldies saw AB & Sharmila, the middle aged saw Boman Irani and youth Vidya, Saif & Raima....

And thats the last time ye will see them smiling... For from now-onwards the audience (which includes ye) is taken an amazing ride filled with great sets + background scores. The directorial touch is seen in every scene. Every scene takes you by a awe. The background score is superb. There is only one song and its fabulous too. But, what strikes you the most is the confusion.

It looks like the director is confused in telling you what he wanted to. Frankly, when you step out of the hall, ye are left thinking what in heavens' did he try to convey? The acting is superb, so you cannot blame on the actors. So is the dialogues. The background score has done its job in giving you the feel of the emotion but then something is definitely missing. Slowly it dawns on you that there was simply no story what so ever.

PROs -
      Star Cast: Impressive
      Acting: Quite Good
      Cinematography: Excellent
      Background Scores: Simply Superb
      Sets: Mind Boggling
      Per Scene direction: Fabulous
      Directorial Touch: Scene-after-Scene

CONs -
      Cohesion b/w scenes: Not bad
      Story line: Hmmm... gotta look for one
      Screen Play: For this story line its great.

Is it a casual watch?
      Nope! If you want to watch movie only for fun, then plz keep off this movie. You will left with a sad feeling. As there is nothing commercial about this movie other than the cast.

Then who can watch this?
      Fellas who are interesting in creative cinema! This movie is full of creativity. Starting from the story till the climax, from the music to sets, also the cinematography is superb. Worth watching for a creativity freak. Its a must for a DFT students but not for story writers :-)

Will you go again?
      Yes. Provided I have a good company who can appreciate the hard-work and behind-the-scene works. I was once involved in a short movie-making for my class & I know the stuff that goes behind. So when you see this movie you can feel the work & concentration of the behind-sceners...

In Short, for commercial public its is a
Eklavya - A Majestic Beautiful No-Nothing

but for DFTs & creative-freaks its
Eklavya - A Majestic Beautiful Creative Bundle

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1 comment:

Chax said...

hmm gotta watch this sometime.
Lazy as always, this sometime for me will definitely be a few months from now.
thanx for the story dude.
I'm not the keep-the-suspense kind of person.
But you ought to keep "Spoiler Warning - Plot description" if in any future blogs, you end up really telling the story line.