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The Love Guru

The Love Guru

His Karma is Huge

20084.11h 27m

Overview

Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.

Directed by Marco Schnabel
Written by Mike Myers, Graham Gordy
Produced by Mike Myers, Michael De Luca
Box OfficeBudget: $62.0MRevenue: $40.9M

Top Cast

Mike Myers

Mike Myers

Guru Pitka

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

Jane Bullard

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Jacques "Le Coq" Grandé

Romany Malco

Romany Malco

Darren Roanoke

Meagan Good

Meagan Good

Prudence

John Oliver

John Oliver

Dick Pants

Verne Troyer

Verne Troyer

Coach Punch Cherkov

Manu Narayan

Manu Narayan

Rajneesh

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert

Jay Kell

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

Trent Lueders

Themes & Keywords

sportsice hockeyguruindiaspiritualistbroken heartself-helpstanley cupchastityashramexpert

About The Love Guru

The Love Guru is a comedy, romance film released in 2008 exploring themes of sports, ice hockey, guru, india, spiritualist, broken heart. Directed by Marco Schnabel, it stars Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake. Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.

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