The Guru R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 3, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Heather Graham & Marisa Tomei | |
Performer: | Jimi Mistry, Christine Baranski, Michael McKean, Malachy McCourt & Dash Mihok | |
Directed by | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | |
Screenwriting by | Tracey Jackson | |
Composition by | David Carbonara | |
Produced by | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner & Michael London | |
Director of Photography: | John de Borman | |
Executive Production by | Shekhar Kapur |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1/4 --
Devoid of life, intelligence, humor, and anything else that could entertain even the most undemanding viewer, this film is a perfect example of something that should have been shipped to landfills, not multiplexes.
ReelViews
Rating: 4/5 --
mixes the exuberance of Bollywood with measured lunacy of 30s screwball comedies and adds just a dash of "The Joy of Sex"
Full Review
Killer Movie Reviews
A precipitous comedic falloff in the third quarter earns the film a qualified recommendation at best.
Washington Post
...[With] fun musical numbers. Mistry is a find...
Rolling Stone
Rating: 2/4 --
Not only a tepid Bollywood imitation, but a tepid film, period.
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TheMovieReport.com
A gaudy, raucous romp....Enjoyable...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: B --
A trifle, a silly one at that, but it's a charming trifle that's hard to resist.
Houston Chronicle
Product Description:
THE GURU, from director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, begins with a young Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry) in a Delhi movie theater, rejecting the extreme song and dance notions of the local Bollywood cinema for the more glamorous American film musical GREASE. This transformative experience eventually leads Ramu to travel to New York, where he plans to launch a career as a dancing actor like his idol, John Travolta. Though things don't initially work out, he soon finds different kinds of success, both as "The Guru of Sex" (catering to an aimless socialite played by Marisa Tomei) and in wooing the woman he loves (Heather Graham), a porn actress with a heart of gold.
While Ramu rejects the playfully surreal, over-the-top musical style of Bollywood, director von Scherler Mayer uses it to dual-edged effect in THE GURU: at various times, the scenes set in America suddenly burst into rococo musical production numbers, simultaneously emulating and poking fun at the Indian cinema tradition. A final number even manages to fuse Bollywood techniques with a send-up of GREASE, resulting in a humorous double homage.
While Ramu rejects the playfully surreal, over-the-top musical style of Bollywood, director von Scherler Mayer uses it to dual-edged effect in THE GURU: at various times, the scenes set in America suddenly burst into rococo musical production numbers, simultaneously emulating and poking fun at the Indian cinema tradition. A final number even manages to fuse Bollywood techniques with a send-up of GREASE, resulting in a humorous double homage.
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- UPC: 025192198427
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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