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The Legend of Drona

Original title: Drona
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 18m
IMDb RATING
2.1/10
2.8K
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Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Kay Kay Menon in The Legend of Drona (2008)
A young man learns he is the latest in line of a dynasty of ancestral warriors dedicated to guarding a mystic source of cosmic energy, and the time has come for him to take the role.
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A young man learns he is the latest in line of a dynasty of ancestral warriors dedicated to guarding a mystic source of cosmic energy, and the time has come for him to take the role.A young man learns he is the latest in line of a dynasty of ancestral warriors dedicated to guarding a mystic source of cosmic energy, and the time has come for him to take the role.A young man learns he is the latest in line of a dynasty of ancestral warriors dedicated to guarding a mystic source of cosmic energy, and the time has come for him to take the role.

  • Director
    • Goldie Behl
  • Writers
    • Goldie Behl
    • Rohini Killough
    • Vaibhav Modi
  • Stars
    • Jayshree Arora
    • Veer Arya
    • Abhishek Bachchan
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.1/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Goldie Behl
    • Writers
      • Goldie Behl
      • Rohini Killough
      • Vaibhav Modi
    • Stars
      • Jayshree Arora
      • Veer Arya
      • Abhishek Bachchan
    • 37User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Jayshree Arora
    Jayshree Arora
    Veer Arya
    Veer Arya
    • Aditya's son
    Abhishek Bachchan
    Abhishek Bachchan
    • Aditya 'Adi'…
    Jaya Bachchan
    Jaya Bachchan
    • Rani Jayati
    Priyanka Chopra Jonas
    Priyanka Chopra Jonas
    • Sonia
    • (as Priyanka Chopra)
    Tána Fischerová
    Tána Fischerová
    • Sister Anne
    • (as Tatána Fischerová)
    Gaurav Gupta
    • Mighty
    Vinay Jain
    Vinay Jain
    Karan Veer Mehra
    Karan Veer Mehra
      Kay Kay Menon
      Kay Kay Menon
      • Riz Raizada
      Akhilendra Mishra
      Akhilendra Mishra
      Navneet Nishan
      Navneet Nishan
      • Aditya's aunt
      Lawrence Ozeh
      • Lawrence Ozeh
      Shree Rammy
      • Dronaa
      Sankeetaan Raravir
      • Copy of Drona
      • (as Shree Rammy Pandey)
      Sujeet Kumar Sharma
      Conan Stevens
      Conan Stevens
      • Asura - Demon
      • Director
        • Goldie Behl
      • Writers
        • Goldie Behl
        • Rohini Killough
        • Vaibhav Modi
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      User reviews37

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      1umihir

      D - RONA..... and only RONA

      firstly I would like to recommend IMDb- the site to have separate rating scheme, where films such as this can be rated in negatives.

      my plot -

      On an unfortunate evening, I decided to watch DRONA. God what wrong had I done for you to not stop me? Well as fate would have it I went ahead and bought a ticket for this master piece of a film. To make it worse i made a friend of mine to travel 4 hrs in traffic to come and watch this movie with me.

      we went in with no expectations. i don't like to go cinemas with a fixed head. i like to let the film surprise me... and yes it did...

      Fortunately I missed the first 5mins of the film. The film began with terrible blue petal flying into a house, a stupid kid fooling around with it and an uncle who only has a cameo of few seconds. Of course you remember the spider-man and his old man. this uncle does not say much and gladly dies soon without any significance of any kind. Cruel aunt and mean cousin brother are incharge of Drona's life. Priyanaka Chopra is secretly protecting the so-called protector of the universe.

      One day and damn foolish magician finds that DRONA is alive and he has the access to ELXIR. But before the magician can find Drona... Drona has to find himself? how philosophical? he figures out that he is a prince of some ruined land in India and he has a mother who is dressed distastefully as it can be. He father died of getting drowned and he is now responsible of saving the elixir from getting into wrong hands..

      The magician comes and exploits the maa beta angle. the Drona decides to give him the elixir for the life of his mom. now how brave is it ?

      and then a whole lot of confusing and frustrating events happen. in the end Drona kills the villain.... are we expected to be surprised???

      Acting was the worst... i think AB Jr can take acting coaching from Himesh. Priyanaka, looked neither hot sexy or ugly... KK... poor him.

      In all the film is a total humiliation of the audiences. Making movies such as this film should be considered terrorism.
      1sachinpise

      Real Bad Movie

      After the failure of 2050 Love Story. I was expecting the directors in Bolloywood wouldn't dare repeating mistake. But this one, to amaze me, went beyond all the limits of flops.

      Abhishek, could not act, as he must have forgotten or director had strict warning for him not to act. Lot of things in the movie has no direct or indirect link to the main story.

      Priyanka Chopra, I pity her. She did same mistake after 2050. But never expected from Abhishek to act in such movie. Well, everyone makes mistake. This was big mistake though.

      I heard, The villain was overspent for appearance. But seriously it was the worst role he must have done. Too much over acting and too much non-sense.

      Dare not watch alone.
      Chrysanthepop

      Drona will induce a lot of Rhona...

      ...because people will be questioning why they had wasted 2+ hours on this snooze-fest. It is the most boring movie to come out this year. Thank God for giving man the brain to invent the fastforward buttons. The film overuses slow-motions to the extent that even in fast forward mode, things move slowly. The action sequences are pathetically executed and the special effects are tacky (to say the least). Goldie Behl is clearly proving to be one of the worst directors. Abhishek Bachchan wears only two expressions: that of looking clueless and that of...well, to quote a friend, think of a child who just had his toy taken away after which his face reddens before throwing a tantrum. Yes, that's the title character. Jaya Bhadhuri looks as though she really dreaded being a part of the movie and only did it for baby Bachchan's (who's trying to look like a man) sake. Priyanka Thopra acts like a zombie. She's supposed to be this action heroine who wears no expression and does the occasional item-number type dance. The only reason why I bothered with 'Drona' was because of Kay Kay Menon who's one of my favourite actors. I did enjoy his over the top villain act but the character is too much of a caricature. But I'm still thankful for the fast forward button and if the slow motions were reduced to normal speed, the movie would have finished in a good 30-45 minutes...and it would still be boring as I have experienced. Plus, the songs deserve to be fast-forwarded too. The ridiculous ending promises a sequel but I hope the film bombs badly enough to avoid any further torture.
      1kadernani

      Save yourself

      I totally disagree with the earlier comment made about the movie. I think its probably by one of the movie promoters. Drona is easily one of the worst movies in Indian history. I would never downgrade a movie but in this instance I feel obliged to save other people from watching an awfully terrible movie that lacks originality. From Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings to Heath Ledger role in Batman. They have copied everything and in the end come up with the worst movie. Even the music is pain to the ears, the location crap, the computer graphics too fake, the costumes a shame to the Indian film industry and finally an acting worst than first time auditions.
      1jignesh568

      Most Bakawas Movie of the Year

      This is definitely most boring movie I have seen till date. Though Bachchans are having legendary status as far as acting is concern,but they don't have eye for good script,often miscalculate the effect of script, Drona -very good example of misjudgment by Bachchans.It is said that each and every movie signed by Abhishek first approved by his parents(Amitabh&Jaya).On paper story looks interesting,thrilling,action-packed but on screen its just opposite.

      Only positive point in movie is Priyanka Chopra,she leaves her mark by strong performance.In acting Abhishek is very poor as alwayes. For Abhishek acting means blank face with minimal or no dialogs(I think he learned that from Ramgopal Varma in SARKAR). Yet he has to learn the facial expression in front of camera.

      Its better to watch "Krissh" forth or fifth time than wasting money,mood & weekend on Drona

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      • Trivia
        The film is one of the biggest Hindi cinema box-office flops of all time.
      • Connections
        Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Robot Monster (2015)
      • Soundtracks
        Drona-The Anthem Song
        Lyrics by Vaibhav Modi

        Composed & Performed by Dhruv Ghanekar

        Music on Eros

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      • Release date
        • October 2, 2008 (India)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Official sites
        • Official Blog
        • Official site
      • Language
        • Hindi
      • Also known as
        • Дрона
      • Filming locations
        • Kuchaman City, Rajasthan, India
      • Production companies
        • Milk & Honey Pictures
        • Eros Worldwide
        • Rose Movies
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      Box office

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      • Budget
        • $27,000,000 (estimated)
      • Gross US & Canada
        • $475,104
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $199,329
        • Oct 5, 2008
      • Gross worldwide
        • $5,476,404
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      Tech specs

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      • Runtime
        • 2h 18m(138 min)
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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