Not really. Amitabh Bachchan did not wait 30 years for this movie but he waited 30 years for doing a film with Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Vidhu Vinod Chopra is one of finest Bollywood directors. He has his own place in Bollywood and his movies are always larger than life. So, Amitabh Bachchan was always eager to do a film with him. Finally it has happened.
According to Indiafm:
30 years! 30 years is what it took for two of the finest talents of Indian cinema to come together. For 30 long years, Vidhu Vinod Chopra longed to direct Amitabh Bachchan and finally the dream has come true.
In the making of Eklavya, Chopra and Bachchan have an unguarded, intimate conversation about their journey through the years and finally working together in Eklavya. The conversation itself has been termed ‘historic’ by Bachchan.
Vinod: I have waited for thirty years to work with you… And the wait has been worth it…!
Bachchan: Well, you would need to answer this question yourself. For 30 years you have been after my blood to work with you, yet you have not taken me in any of your films... finally Eklavya happened and I am glad I waited for 30 years for this film. What started off as Yagna — a relationship between a father and a son, has turned around to be a lovely tale — Eklavya.
Vinod: Actually the idea of Eklavya, as it is now, came from you, when you narrated that little story of a man dying and his son being given his gun.
So, you can see that both Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan waited for a long long time to work together. I hope that it will not be the last film that they work together. More, should come and the fans want more.
Comment Preview