what happen when some of the most revered name in the hindi movie industry come together on screen . magic . nah try again . explosion . maybe but the word i be look for be class . the define part of vidhu vinod chopra late venture eklavya be just that class . ok so we have see it all and you say . several neat example of well make decent and classy picture do come to mind from the recent past khosla ka ghosla et al . but what make eklavya a tad different be just one name amitabh bachchan . never have i see an actor who say so much just by look at you with those emotion fill eye . never have i be witness to a performance that rely so heavily on the magnitude of silence . amitabh delivers this to a stand ovation . eklavya be proof and a if black wasn not a slap in the face amitabh be just get warm up after three decade example and that he be indeed a legend . when i saw amit effortlessly slip into the role of an age royal guard who have nothing leave to guard this crumble royal family from and i wonder about what a genius we have amongst u . i thank the almighty for have give u such a gifted talent who have stick with our stereotypical masala fare for so many long year . bravo mr. director for show u amitabh in a whole other frame . so what be the movie about . the script rely heavily on the mystery that tend to revolve around every royal family in the world . the secret and the lie and the deceit that hide behind the smile regal chin who make their appearance in public with a fly swatter for company . we have the old royal guard eklavya who be mourn the recent demise of the queen mother suhasini devi ( sharmila tagore ) . she be marry to a cynical and insecure and borderline insane king father and a it be and rana jaywardhan ( boman irani ) . mystery begin to creep it ugly head the moment the king willingly strangle the queen on her death bed . we begin to wonder hmm i wonder why he do that . a few heartbeat later a eklavya come run to her aid we begin to connect the dot . the relationship be unearth in true vidhu chopra style during the next few frame a we look at one ugly facet after another of this royal bunch . enter harshwardhan ( saif ali khan ) from london who be home to finish the final rite of his beloved mother mortal remain . we also meet his childhood sweetheart rajeshwari ( vidya balan ) whose soul ache for the prince attention . somewhere in this mix of player we have mr. unafraid to speak to royalty with an attitude pannalal chohaar ( sanjay dutt ) who be the local dsp and supposedly law enforcer . we also get a glimpse of scheme royal cousin udaywardhan ( jimmy shergill ) and his equally sadistic father and the king brother jyotiwardhan ( jackie shroff ) . my my . what an impressive line up and isn not it . and indeed they all do complete justice with the tight one hour and forty five minute of total screen time for this feature . one neatly place lullaby for a song and eklavya be completely focus on the unearth the various good and bad and ugly side to the castle and it king . i will save you the pain of glorify the performance since it be to be see . i will also save you the trouble to read through my rendition of the cinematography and lens work a it be to be experience . i will definitely spare you the bane of have to wonder why eklavya confirm quality in indian cinema a it be to be understood and more importantly appreciate .