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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD How 'Yagna' changed to 'Eklavya'!06th Feb 2007 22.00 IST By Nikhil Kumar A little story idea by Amitabh Bachchan changed the very theme of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s forthcoming movie Eklavya , which was previously titled ‘Yagna’. Don’t miss the movie’s slideshow (story in pictures) at Eklavya .
When Vidhu set out to make this film, it was based on a relationship between a father and a son. Vidhu had settled for the title ‘Yagna’ and was working on the movie’s script then. But during a meeting with Amitabh Bachchan back then, the whole project got a new theme and concept. In that meeting Mr. Bachchan narrated to Chopra a small real-life incident that caught the filmmaker’s fancy. The story was like this: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s bodyguard was killed by Israeli agents. One Palestinian man took the revolver from the slain bodyguard’s dead body and took it to his (bodyguard’s) home and gave it to his son. The son took his father’s gun and put it under his pillow. In this way the legacy, the tradition and the struggle was passed on from father to son. This little incident spurred Chopra’s imagination. He sat with his writer Abhijat Joshi and developed this little tale into a full-fledged story for a movie. In ‘Eklavya’, too, the protagonist is a child when his father dies and the gun is passed on to the son. The film has Amitabh playing an old but physically strong bodyguard who is entrusted with the responsibility of protecting a royal bloodline. Vidhu Vinod Chopra says he waited as many as three decades to make a movie with Amitabh Bachchan. And now that the film is made and ready to hit the theatres, Chopra believes Mr. Bachchan has given the best performance of his life in it. Apart from Mr. Bachchan, ‘Eklavya’ also stars Saif Ali Khan , Sanjay Dutt , Boman Irani , Jackie Shroff , Vidya Balan and Raima Sen . The film is slated to release on February 16. Related Amitabh Bachchan Eklavya Vidhu Vinod Chopra Saif Ali Khan Sanjay Dutt Boman Irani Jackie Shroff Vidya Balan Raima Sen | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Jannat : Movie Review ~ Brazilian bombshell denies having affair with Salman Khan ~ Three 'Rang De Basanti' stars team up again ~ Riya Sen's Turkish sojourn ~ Kareena Kapoor looking forward to work with Aamir Khan ~ Genelia D'Souza reviving her career again ~ Aishwarya Rai and her fond Cannes memories ~ The Bachchans dazzle at Cannes Film Fest ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Madhuri Dixit turns 41 ~ Amitabh Bachchan goes down memory lane ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Jannat, Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Mr. White Mr. Black, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Woodstock Villa , Sarkar Raj , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , Shoebite MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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