ÂEklavya to Parade in Theatres on Republic Day
- IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,September 14 2006]
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is increasingly becoming a hot shot producer. With the super success of ÂLage Raho MunnabhaiÂ, Vinod Chopra Productions has emerged as one of the biggest Production Houses in Bollywood today. ItÂs time for the director in Vinod Chopra to surface as well. He shall return to the DirectorÂs Chair after a long time (His last release as a director was Hrithik Roshan starrer ÂMission KashmirÂ) with ÂEklavya starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan and Sanjay Dutt.
The film was initially supposed to release on December 15th. But then Vinod got busy with the publicity of ÂLage Raho Munnabhai and the film got delayed by a few days. ÂEklavya shall make a grand beginning on the Republic Day January 26th. It has to be noted that Firoz NadiadwalaÂs ÂFool and Final and UTVÂs ÂMetro are also releasing the same day. Aamir KhanÂs ÂRang De Basanti released the same day last year and went on to become a blockbuster. Whether the fragrance of republic day rubs on ÂEklavya as well remains to be seen. The promos played during ÂLage Raho  look promising and the technical sheen of the film is first class. After ÂBlackÂ, ÂEklavya looks Big BÂs best bet at another award worthy performance.