Guru

20072007
Not RatedNot Rated
2h 46min

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Guru (2007)

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

Director
- Mani Ratnam
Writers
- Mani Ratnam(screenplay)
- Vijay Krishna Acharya(dialogue)
- Anurag Kashyap(additional dialogue)
Stars

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Awards
- 17 wins & 33 nominations

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at an event for Guru (2007)

Abhishek Bachchan at an event for Guru (2007)

Abhishek Bachchan at an event for Guru (2007)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at an event for Guru (2007)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at an event for Guru (2007)

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Mani Ratnam at an event for Guru (2007)

Guru (2007)

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Guru (2007)

Guru (2007)

Director
- Mani Ratnam
Writers
- Mani Ratnam(screenplay)
- Vijay Krishna Acharya(dialogue)
- Anurag Kashyap(additional dialogue)
All cast & crew
See more cast details at IMDbPro

Sarkar

7.6

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7.7

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7.8

Nayak: The Real Hero

Jodhaa Akbar

7.6

Yuva

7.4

Gangaajal

7.8

Dil Se..

7.6

Jab We Met

7.9

Pyaar Ka Punchnama

7.6

Pyaar Ka Punchnama

Lakshya

7.9

Raavan

5.4

Vicky Donor

7.8

A school-teacher in India sires a son named Gurukant, but is disappointed as the child fails to live up to his high expectations. When Gurukant grows up, he is unable to secure decent employment in India, so finds a way to go to Turkey, where he finds employment. When he returns back to India, he wants to start his own business, but is unable to do so, as he does not have enough money. So he does some research, gets to meet Sujata, the daughter of a wealthy man named Jignesh, and marries her. After the marriage, Gurukant finds out that Sujata has a dark past, but he ignores this - for his one motive is to be to rise in the eyes of his father - and get rich. —Carrie

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Taglines
- Villager. Visionary. Winner.
Genre
- Drama
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
Certain techniques are slowly changed within the film to mark the passing of time and the growth of Guru as an individual: - When Guru is a young man in Turkey, the camera is handheld and in perpetual motion, giving Guru and that period of his life a racy, edgy feel. As he ages, the camera movements become smoother and towards the end of the film the camera is almost stationary. - The editing closely follows the above concept: the young Guru is shown in quick cuts and as Guru grows older the editing is smoother and becomes less frequent. - Lighting also changes with the times In Turkey, direct and specular lights were initially used to capture the aura of a foreign land, thus producing a sepia-yellow phase. Then the lighting changed to the more directionless soft light seen in the early and middle 1960s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, tube lights came into style, thus producing a dramatic cyan-green light needed for the climax.

Goofs
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
Gurukant Desai: You gave me five minutes to talk, I finished in four and half minutes, that's 30 seconds profit. PROFIT!

Connections
Featured in 53rd Filmfare Awards (2008)

Soundtracks
Barso Re
Sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Keerthi
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by Gulzar (as Sampooran Singh Gulzar)

Top review

10/10

The story of anomalies in the pre-liberalization Indian business situation.... through the story of Guru Kant Desai, an ordinary entrepreneur.

Mani Ratnam does it again ... outstanding!! With his vivid dramatization of the Indian business situation of the 1950s-1980s (pre-liberalization period), through the story of an ordinary entrepreneur, he surely aims at igniting the educated Indian minds towards entrepreneurship. Yes! The movie is not for everyone, but a focused audience !! The movie is not one of the eye-candy commercial movies .... but a typical Mani Ratnam product.

But, more than anyone else, the one who turns the heat on is.... Abhishek Bachchan. "Role-of-a-lifetime", as they call it, could not have been better portrayed. And Abhishek Bachchan fits the role, body and soul. The conviction is evident in his dialog delivery at each and every stage of the story.

Aishwarya Rai plays the role of the strong wife who would stand with her husband in all times. This is one of the times when she has proved more than her body. A strong role played with equal strength.

The movie compactly binds the story of a successful entrepreneur and his simple love life. The soul of the movie lies in the final minutes, in a court hearing scene ... the 4 min 30 sec speech by Guru (Abhishek Bachchan). In his speech, Guru summarizes the anomalies of the pre-liberalization Indian business situation...how "Licence Raj", Market Imperfections, Corruption, Excise duties, Import-Export regulations troubled the businessmen and hindered the growth of the economy and nation as a whole.

A feast for Indian intellectuals !!! Salutes to Mani Ratnam, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai !!

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Release date
- January 12, 2007 (India)
Country of origin
- India
Language
- Hindi
Also known as
- 寶萊塢之風雲大亨
Filming locations
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Production company
- Madras Talkies
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Budget
- ₹150,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $2,096,000
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $760,000
- Jan 14, 2007
Gross worldwide
- $24,108,727

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Runtime
- 2h 46min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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