Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment | Release Date: February 16, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
Eklavya contains only one song sequence, a lovely set piece for leading lady Vidya Balan (Salaam-e-Ishq), but it embraces the imperatives of dynastic family melodrama as fervently as any classic of Bollywood’s golden age. This is robust storytelling, with blood and thunder pumping through its veins, and real whiskers on its face. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesJohn Anderson
Something about Eklavya: The Royal Guard suggests a lost film by David Lean. With some muted echoes of "Hamlet." And a whiff of "Rigoletto." Read full review
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The New York TimesAndy Webster
The main tribute in Guard, however, is to Mr. Bachchan, an aging Bollywood monument (and father of the rising actor Abhishek Bachchan), whose sunken, heavy-lidded eyes, grizzled countenance and noble bearing indisputably convey the presence of a seasoned star. Read full review
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VarietyDerek Elley
The pic often plays like a Cliffs Notes version of a longer movie: Pacing and continuity aren't choppy, but there's enough material here for a full-length drama that would go deeper into the characters and their backgrounds. Eklavya is good as it is, but lacks tragic heft. Read full review
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