Guru (2007)

Original title

गुरु

Directed by

Mani Ratnam

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 46m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 143 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a small village moves to the city with big dreams and builds a business empire. He faces challenges from rivals and his own past while trying to succeed in a changing India.

inspirationalambitiousdramaticromanticupliftingemotionalgrand-scaleperiod

What happens

Guru (transl. Teacher) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Madras Talkies, the film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Mithun Chakraborty, R. Madhavan, and Vidya Balan. The score and soundtrack for the film were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was rumoured to be a biopic of the industrial tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, but Ratnam refuted the claims, clarifying it was a work of fiction. The film was released on 12 January 2007 with its première at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday, 11 January 2007 by Roger Nair, making it the first Indian film to have a mainstream international première in Canada. Roger Nair Productions acquired the rights for Canada and held a premiere with most of the cast and crew flown to Toronto, Canada. The film was premiered in the Tous Les Cinemas du Monde (World Cinema) section of 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film had also been dubbed and released in Tamil with the same title while in Telugu with the title Gurukanth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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