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Guru

Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Dir: Mani Ratnam

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External Reviews 4.1/5.0

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Plot Summary

Guru (Abhishek Bachchan) is an ambitious village-boy who is academically challenged but has the business acumen that would make the Tatas and the Birlas run behind him for tips. Sujata (Aishwarya Rai) is the supporting woman by his side. Initially, Guru is pulled down by almost everyone around him, but he is determined to succeed financially. What does a penniless, uneducated villager do to turn into a business tycoon? Visit theaters to find out…

Guru - Movie Details

Director: Mani Ratnam
Lead Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
Supporting Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, R Madhavan, Vidya Balan
Story: Mani Ratnam
Screenplay: Mani Ratnam
Dialogues: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Music Director: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Gulzar
Running time: 150 minutes
Reviewer: meetu
Categories: Hindi Movies
Genres: Romance

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External Reviews

11 reviewers have given Guru an average rating of 4.1/5.0. 8 yays, 1 nays, 2 so-so. See all external reviews »

Comments (26)

Saum!:

A great review indeed. One can get an exact idea on why to watch this movie.

Keep it up!

posted 5 years, 4 months ago

meetu:

Thank you Saum!! Have you seen the movie yet? Any other feedback on the features of my blog are welcome.

posted 5 years, 4 months ago

Anonymous:

i dont see whay this movies should be watched:
Horrible story
2. Aish is worse loking than my servant girl
3. Her dance cant be more mechanical
4. Junior B tries to imitate his Father
5. None of teh songs are worth hearing a second time
6. Wasted my time .....

posted 5 years, 4 months ago

meetu:

Dear anonymous,

There have been very mixed reactions to the movie. You are right - such movies are very dependent on how they end and they did mess up the story by the climax. Also, as the review points out Aishwarya's dance was mechanical. I must say you have a very pretty looking servant girl, though.

Abhishek did imitate his father, but not through the movie. He sounded like Amitabh mostly in the last scene and just two other lines post interval. I thought that was very intentional. I did not put it in the review, to keep that as a surprise for my readers. Did not want my readers to see the whole movie trying to look for Amitabh in Abhishek.

Keep the feedback coming. Thanks!

posted 5 years, 4 months ago

Himanshu Sheth:

Hey Meetu,
The movie is excellent except for some weak links in the script(but that is expected in a Hindi movie :-).You may have got many reviews but check out my review which is really different

http://thoughtsprevail.blogspot.com/2007/01/after-guru-effect.html

Comments are highly appreciated!!!

-Himanshu
http://thoughtsprevail.blogspot.com

posted 5 years, 3 months ago

Ravikiran:

I've not seen the Movie but I read your review. Very good. Just one suggestion - Try to write more..This one was a short review..Mention, music, direction, photography etc. I would say a couple of paragraphs more to make it complete.

Neverthless, I enjoyed it!

Ravikiran Shinde
www.read.myfreeblog.us

posted 5 years, 3 months ago

meetu:

Himanshu, I did post a reply to your comment, but for some reason, it is not showing up now. Anyway, I did check your website and liked what you have there.

Thanks for visiting and come again!

ravikiran, the feedback I have had so far has asked me to write shorter reviews :-). Anyway, in my reviews, I try and point out what has been done well or what has not been done well. Whatever is ordinary is left out. Somehow, I see no point in saying just, "Songs were alright, photography is okay". I am working on providing more details in the "story" (for want of a better word) section which is linked from the main review.

Thanks for your feedback! Keep it coming!

posted 5 years, 3 months ago

Anonymous:

Very nice review. I definitely agree with you (and most other reviewers) that this Abhishek's best performance to date. Really haven't seen him show that depth before.

One thing that I felt in the movie, and have heard from many others as well, is that the movie is quite inspirational. Guru's approach to life, to business, to never taking "no" for an answer hit home with lots of folks.

Anyway, nice job with the review... will subscribe your reviews :-)

Amit Somani

posted 5 years, 2 months ago

meetu:

Thanks for stopping by Amit! Yes, Abhishek has done a great job. But, like many other movies some people have hated it and others have loved it.

Somehow, I did not find the movie inspirational, but if it has worked for some people in the right direction, cool! Personally, I would like it if more of us could use this attitude to change the system rather than flow with it.

posted 5 years, 2 months ago

Aishwarya:

i hate that movie!its stupid

posted 5 years, 1 month ago Aishwarya has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Aishwarya's page for more details.

AISHWARYA:

i think guru is great wid all the pashion and stress he wins the compition of his life i
i really liked the acting og abishek in this flim its juss gr8888888 and ash oh my god she
is really a preety woman but they are my favorite.......
i love u both muahhhhhhhh

posted 5 years, 1 month ago AISHWARYA has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See AISHWARYA's page for more details.

AISHWARYA:

the people who says it idiotic movie they are idiots really idiots they havent understood the meaning of that film otherwise they have no values 4 their life and sucess

posted 5 years, 1 month ago AISHWARYA has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See AISHWARYA's page for more details.

meetu:

Hi Aishwarya (both),

I respect both your points of view. You are entitled to like or dislike the movie/actors/movie crew, etc.

However, I request you all to keep from making personal attacks here. Thank you.

posted 5 years, 1 month ago

44555555:

i like aishwarya rai. but every hates her. she is good girl. i respect her. if someone tell something bad about her, i hate the person.

posted 5 years ago 44555555 has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See 44555555's page for more details.

sadhika:

aishwarya rai is very beautiful but abhi and ash doesn't looks gud together

posted 5 years ago sadhika has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See sadhika's page for more details.

Zuya Sanober .:

Ti is a great movie , i liked it very much . The role of ash & abishek is great.

posted 5 years ago Zuya Sanober . has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See Zuya Sanober .'s page for more details.

sachin:

A R Rehman good voice

posted 5 years ago sachin has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See sachin's page for more details.

amar:

faltoo

posted 5 years ago amar has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See amar's page for more details.

sonali:

various thing to learn about business & struggling to win for life

posted 4 years, 12 months ago sonali has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See sonali's page for more details.

pratik:

really many many thanks you for giving me a lot of rocking songs

posted 4 years, 11 months ago pratik has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See pratik's page for more details.

ravi badkul:

worth seeing once to remember dhirubhai,s lifestyle.

posted 4 years, 11 months ago ravi badkul has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See ravi badkul's page for more details.

kajal:

its a good one and ar rahman rocks

posted 4 years, 11 months ago kajal has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See kajal's page for more details.

priya reddy:

1)mani ratnam's direction was really gud as it was always

2)ar rehman's amazing music cud add colour 2 dis movie

3)story of ambani who is a successful businessman n fame of india is really worth waching so tht v can learn how 2 face d things in our life

4)finally title of d name itself inspires u n once u wacth guru u start thinking like guru n start achieving ur goals like guru

"a small suggestion 2 mani ratnam nxt time wen u try 2 do a gr8 venture like dis try 2 get gud lead roles....aishwarya rai gave a very bad perfomance n abhishiek also cudnt do well, there was no feel in their action it was all very artificial

posted 4 years, 9 months ago priya reddy has posted 1 comments and has rated 0 movies. See priya reddy's page for more details.

neha:

a nice movie a very nice director

posted 4 years ago neha has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See neha's page for more details.

neha:

congratulation for this beautiful movie

posted 4 years ago neha has posted 2 comments and has rated 0 movies. See neha's page for more details.

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