Etching ‘Eklavya’
After Hours Correspondent
Sunday, January 21, 2007 22:01 IST
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Amitabh Bachchan credits director Vidhu Vinod Chopra for his authentic look in the film.
Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a stickler for perfection. But his penchant for details reached new heights in his forthcoming directorial ‘Eklavya - The Royal Guard’.
Chopra wanted the right look for all the characters in this film, especially for his lead protagonist Eklavya played by Amitabh Bachchan.
Chopra says, “The look had to be contemporary at the same time have a hint of Indian tradition in keeping with the character. A lot of effort was also taken for getting the right beard for Mr Bachchan. He was gracious enough to toil through the numerous beard and costume sessions.”
Fashion designer Raghuvendra Rathore with Chopra’s regular costume designer Subarna Rai Chaudhari created a blue print of the costumes. Since Raghuvendra hails from the royal clan of Jodhpur, his inputs were sought to ensure authenticity.
Also, when Bachchan was shown the sketches, he got so excited that he immediately told his personal trainer that he should be exercising harder to resemble the sketches as closely as possible.
Bachchan says, “With Vinod being the perfectionist that he is, he tried his level best to convince me to grow a real beard. Since that wasn’t possible, we ended up having several beard trials to get the right hair colour!
Bachchan adds, “Then we went on to the turbans and later the costumes, which took months. I like Vinod’s attitude. It’s wonderful to be told after 35 years in the industry that ‘You are wrong and this should be done in this manner’. That’s what Vinod did and I appreciate that. I hope people will like the final look.”
After Hours Correspondent
Sunday, January 21, 2007 22:01 IST
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Amitabh Bachchan credits director Vidhu Vinod Chopra for his authentic look in the film.
Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a stickler for perfection. But his penchant for details reached new heights in his forthcoming directorial ‘Eklavya - The Royal Guard’.
Chopra wanted the right look for all the characters in this film, especially for his lead protagonist Eklavya played by Amitabh Bachchan.
Chopra says, “The look had to be contemporary at the same time have a hint of Indian tradition in keeping with the character. A lot of effort was also taken for getting the right beard for Mr Bachchan. He was gracious enough to toil through the numerous beard and costume sessions.”
Fashion designer Raghuvendra Rathore with Chopra’s regular costume designer Subarna Rai Chaudhari created a blue print of the costumes. Since Raghuvendra hails from the royal clan of Jodhpur, his inputs were sought to ensure authenticity.
Also, when Bachchan was shown the sketches, he got so excited that he immediately told his personal trainer that he should be exercising harder to resemble the sketches as closely as possible.
Bachchan says, “With Vinod being the perfectionist that he is, he tried his level best to convince me to grow a real beard. Since that wasn’t possible, we ended up having several beard trials to get the right hair colour!
Bachchan adds, “Then we went on to the turbans and later the costumes, which took months. I like Vinod’s attitude. It’s wonderful to be told after 35 years in the industry that ‘You are wrong and this should be done in this manner’. That’s what Vinod did and I appreciate that. I hope people will like the final look.”
6 comments:
When does the music come out?
music will release the day movie premieres i.e on feb 15
I'm really excited for the release of the movie and the music. I know that Mr. Chopra is a person of forward (and fantastic) thinking and marketing ideas, but why is the release of the music so late when most movie's music release so much before the release of the movie?
Furthermore, a message to Mr. Chopra and Mr. Hirani : congratulations on the success of Munnabhai 2.
I agree ... why is the music release so late? By the way, how many tracks/songs are in the Eklavya soundtrack?
We've been waiting for this movie took release for soo long..im excited :)
The look of the film looks good so far..now i see how much work was put into that,,
Vidhu Vinod chopra is a a ' directors' director ' -- will await this magnum opus -- to see the Legend Sree Amitabh Bachchanji is his new Role !
Why did U choose the name " Eklavya" ? --
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