When Dronacharya asks Eklavya for his right thumb, the young man offers it readily. But despair is writ all over his face. The lights go dim, the actors on stage stand still and the audience sits in ...

He had divine sight. Seeing Ekalavya as highly talented Dronacharya blessed Ekalavya to master archery without the thumb. Eklavya became expert in this method too and invented a new art of archery ...

Dronacharya and Arjun, the ‘guru-shishya’ duo from the Indian epic Mahabharata, occupy a special place in the hearts of the masses. But not for Bheels and Bhilalas who revere Eklavya — the ...

The Bheels and Bhilalas of Madhya Pradesh love Eklavya, the archer prodigy who had cut off his right hand’s thumb as ‘guru dakshina’ to Dronacharya in Mahabharata. In tribal-dominated ...

A monthly stipend of Rs 2,500, a roof over his head, free food from canteen and being surrounded by the best in the world of acting. As a 22-year-old, there was no better place than NSD, the ...

After being rejected four times by the National School of Drama, Manoj Bajpayee says he developed a Dronacharya-Eklavya relationship with the premier acting institute because he considered it an ...

The story of Eklavya narrated in the Mahabharat establishes this truism. Eklavya approached Dronacharya, who was the teacher of the princes of the royal family of Hastinapur, to teach him the art ...

Ajaz Khan gained fame on 'Bigg Boss 7' and compared his bond with Salman Khan to Eklavya and Dronacharya. He acts in films like 'Rakta Charitra II' and 'Lakeer Ka Fakeer'. Meanwhile, Salman stars ...

A monthly stipend of Rs 2,500, a roof over his head, free food from canteen and being surrounded by the best in the world of acting, as a 22-year-old, there was no better place than NSD, he said ...