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Guru

Guru

Think big, think ahead and think fast.

20076.92h 46m

Overview

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

Directed by Mani Ratnam
Written by Mani Ratnam, N. Azhagamperumal, Vijay Krishna Acharya
Produced by Mani Ratnam, G. Srinivasan
Box OfficeBudget: $4.7MRevenue: $31.0M

Top Cast

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Gurukanth Desai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Sujata Desai

Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty

Manik Dasgupta

R. Madhavan

R. Madhavan

Shyam Saxena

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena

Arya Babbar

Arya Babbar

Jignesh

Mallika Sherawat

Mallika Sherawat

Champa

Prathap Pothan

Prathap Pothan

K R Menon I.A.S.

Sachin Khedekar

Sachin Khedekar

Sujata's Father

Manoj Joshi

Manoj Joshi

Ghanshyam Bhai

Themes & Keywords

biographyidealismtycoonindustrialistrise to power

About Guru

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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