Eklavya essentially was designed for Amitabh Bachchan and he undoubtedly will walk away with all the accolades. Eklavya is symbolic to a character of the same name from Mahabharat who cut off his thumb just to repay his teacher. With his interpretation of Eklavya, Chopra raises the question that like Eklavya should one follow dead traditions with changing times in the modern world.
By GaRaM  


Thrill, action, murder, mystery, romance. There is a bit of everything in the movie and its best said as you get to watch it all in less than 2 hours. Yes you read it right; this is one of the very few movies from Bollywood with a runtime of less than 2 hours. The movie is well worth a watch just for Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan.

By Ashok Nayak  


Can form, no matter how glorious, be a substitute for content? In "Eklavya", lack of content isn't a problem. It's the tense and dark nature of the content that proves to be a dismaying impediment to enjoying the virility of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's storytelling.
By Subhash K. Jha