Guru (2007)
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90% of critics liked it
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82% of users liked it
(7,631 ratings)
Mani Ratnam teams with Aishwarya Rai, a woman considered by some to be the most beautiful actress of her time, in the Bollywood musical Guru. The film concerns a man, Gurukant Desai, from an average village who, starting from very modest means, attempts to build a successful business in Bombay. His… More Mani Ratnam teams with Aishwarya Rai, a woman considered by some to be the most beautiful actress of her time, in the Bollywood musical Guru. The film concerns a man, Gurukant Desai, from an average village who, starting from very modest means, attempts to build a successful business in Bombay. His troubled private life includes with his frustrated wife, Sujata, who must adjust to being in a marriage she never really wanted. He must overcome a number of personal and professional problems in order to fulfill his ambitious dreams of success. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mani Ratnam
- Written By
- Anurag Kashyap, Mani Ratnam
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 12, 2007 Limited
- Studio
- Adlabs Films
Critic Reviews
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Maitland McDonagh, Time Out New York
Filmmaker Mani Ratnam leavens his trademark politically charged melodrama with a smoking belly dance by sultry Mallika Sherawat and a wet-sari number for the stunning Rai.
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Derek Elley, Variety
Strongly cast, long-limbed yarn contains some of Ratnam's best stuff in its first half but script weaknesses mar the later going and film's overall impact.
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
There is a lot to engage the eye and the ear in Guru.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Mani Ratnam's often absorbing Guru is sort of a Bollywood Citizen Kane, a decades-spanning drama with a compelling Abhishek Bachchan as a ruthless Indian business tycoon who refuses to take no for an answer.
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Anil Sinanan, Times [UK]
It is certainly one of the best Bollywood movies you will see in 2007.
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Cast
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Mithun Chakraborty
as Nanaji
- Abhishek Bachchan
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Aishwarya Rai
as Sujata
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Madhavan
as Shyam Saxena
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Vidya Balan
as Meenu
- Malika Sherawat
- Roshan Seth
- Arya Babbar
- Manoj Joshi
- Rajendra Gupta
- John Abraham
- Mallika Sherawat
- Dhritiman Chatterjee
- Nina Kulkarni
- Sachin Khedekar
- Sanjay Swaraj
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- R. Madhavan
