Guru (2007)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Mani Ratnam

Writers:

Mani Ratnam (story)
Vijay Krishna Acharya (dialogue) ...

Release Date:

12 January 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The life of the most controversial man of the year.

Plot:

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.

Plot Keywords:

Business | Turkey | Village | Gujarat | School Teacher

Awards:

7 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Mithun Chakraborty	...	Manikdas Gupta
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Gurukant K. Desai
Aishwarya Rai	...	Sujata
Madhavan	...	Shyam Saxena (as R. Madhavan)
Vidya Balan	...	Meenakshi Gupta
Roshan Seth	...	Thapar
Mallika Sherawat	...	Jhumpa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arya Babbar	...	Jignesh
Arjan Bajwa	...	Arzaan Contractor
Mukesh Bhatt	...	Ram Lal
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Thapar Commission Member
Rajendra Gupta	...	Kantilal Desai
Darshan Jariwala	...	Anand Patekar
Manoj Joshi	...	Ghanshyam Bhai
Sachin Khedekar	...	Sujata's Father
Nina Kulkarni	...	Sujata's Mother
Padmarani	...	Mrs. K. Desai
Sudhir Pandey	...	Mathura Das
Prathap K. Pothan	...	K R Menon I.A.S
Ravi Prakaash	...	Board
Simran Singh	...	Young Meenu

Also Known As:

Gurukant (India: Telugu title)
Mani Ratnam's Guru (India: English title) (complete title)

Runtime:

USA:166 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | India:U

Filming Locations:

Assam, India

Company:

Madras Talkies

Trivia:

The first Bollywood film to have its world premiere in Canada.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Abhishek Bachan is addressing his first AGM in a "pandal", he is seen loosening his tie, but in the next scene his tie is fully knotted. Then again in the next scene, his tie changes length and becomes much shorter.

Quotes:

[His motto]
Gurukant Desai: Think big, think ahead and think fast.

Soundtrack:

Barso Re

A Masterpiece! What else u expect from 'Mani' ?

First forget that its based on whom and what? thats not needed to see this movie. It has every thing a good movie needs to have. Casting, music ,cinematography, above all a great subject, that is still relevant.

Its a story you may or may not think is great. But its a story that was told in great way. Don't try to judge, you can't judge something practical with something that is theory.

If you want a movie that can project life-spectrum in another angle, here it is.

What I can say is DON'T MISS IT.