
Nayakan(1987)
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.


“Think big, think ahead and think fast.”
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

Abhishek Bachchan
Gurukanth Desai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Sujata Desai

Mithun Chakraborty
Manik Dasgupta

R. Madhavan
Shyam Saxena

Vidya Balan
Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena

Arya Babbar
Jignesh

Mallika Sherawat
Champa

Prathap Pothan
K R Menon I.A.S.

Sachin Khedekar
Sujata's Father

Manoj Joshi
Ghanshyam Bhai
Guru is a drama, romance film released in 2007 exploring themes of biography, idealism, tycoon, industrialist, rise to power. Directed by Mani Ratnam, it stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty. A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
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