Eklavya

Like many of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's recent movies, Eklavya is a stylishly made movie with a competent cast and a reasonably engaging story line - makes it a fair watch. Though the melodrama does jar a bit - but that goes with mainstream Indian commercial fims, the performance of Big B, Boman Irani and Saif Ali Khan makes it relatively smooth to handle.

Big B who has been the longstanding chief guard at a castle in modern day Rajasthan finds himself in a moral dilemma - as a few evil shennigans invade the relative peace of the princely household. And in the end it boils down to the question of the traditional dharma (duty) vs. doing whats right.

Rating: * * +