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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   2,871 votes
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Director:
Mani Ratnam
Writers:
Mani Ratnam (story)
Vijay Krishna Acharya (dialogue) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
12 January 2007 (Canada) more
Tagline:
The life of the most controversial man of the year. more
Plot:
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 18 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(25 articles)
Mani Ratnam is unhappy - News
 (From GlamSham. 3 July 2009, 4:21 AM, PDT)

Iim don sees economic philosophy in Bollywood flicks
 (From BollywoodWorld. 27 May 2009, 11:09 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
A Masterpiece! What else u expect from 'Mani' ? more

Cast

  (Credited 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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gurukant (India: Telugu title)
Mani Ratnam's Guru (India: English title) (complete title)
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Runtime:
USA:166 min
Country:
India
Language:
Hindi
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:M | India:U
Filming Locations:
Assam, India more
Company:
Madras Talkies more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first Bollywood film to have its world premiere in Canada. more
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. more
Quotes:
[His motto]
Gurukant Desai: Think big, think ahead and think fast.
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Soundtrack:
Barso Re more

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15 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
A Masterpiece! What else u expect from 'Mani' ?, 12 January 2007
8/10
Author: suri504 (suri504@yahoo.co.in) from India_Hyderabad

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.

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