eklavya

This was probably one of the coolest recent Bollywood movies. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Vidhya Balan, Jackie Shroff, Jimmy Shergill, Rima Sen, Sanjay Dutt and Sharmila Tagore, the story revolves around the life of the traditional bodyguard with secrets in this Rana family.
Eklavya (AB) is the royal bodyguard of Rana (Irani). The movie begins with a very sick Tagore mumbling Eklavya's name. Rana tries his best to distract her and revive her. But eventually is angered and smothers her to death. He is watched by his insane daughter, Sen. Eklavya is summoned and all rites completed.
With much sadness, Rana confides his impotency and the fact that the Eklavya had fathered his children to Shroff, who is his brother. He implores him to kill Eklavya, since the guard reminds him of his incapacity. Shroff plans with his son, Shergill. Part of the plan was to create a threatened scenario for the Rana. Dutt is called as the investigating cop of the conspiracy. He is indebted to Eklavya, from his younger days for having inspired him to be something in life.
Meanwhile, Khan returns to a saddened home. He visits his sister and sees his childhood sweetheart - Balan. Balan takes care of Sen and also gets a letter from his mother through her, explaining his birth.
While spending time with his sister, he understands through his paintings that his mother was murdered and is disturbed. Meanwhile, Shroff and Shergill carry out their plan. Suprisingly, Eklavya is left alive, while Rana is killed and their driver fatally hurt. While the investigation is being taking place, Eklavya figures out the murderer is Shergill, as he mentions details that even Eklavya hadn't mentioned. When he tries to kill him, Dutt refrains him. The driver, Balan's father, dies and Khan promises to marry her.
Khan asks Eklavya to retire, but he returns to Shergill's lair and kills him. He brings Shroff too, but he is shocked to find out that the second murderer was Khan himself.
Balan on the other hand, finds out that Khan was the murderer and moves away from him. Eklavya comes to kill Khan, but finds out the truth about the queen's murder and stops his son from suicide. The movie ends with the family coming together.
Definitely a good movie with interesting twists. I was kind of annoyed by the funny namaste that AB kept doing and honestly, he doesn't have the strength to carry out a body guard role - he looks so old. Other than that, a good treat.