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Guru
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Guru is a 2007 Indian biographical drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie features Abhishek Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Arjan Bajwa, and Aishwarya Rai in the cast. The narrative follows Gurukant Desai, a villager who arrives in Bombay in 1958 and rises to become India's biggest tycoon. The film is set in the 1980s and was filmed in Turkey.
The production was handled by Madras Talkies, with A. R. Rahman composing the score and Rajiv Menon serving as director of photography. A. Sreekar Prasad edited the film, which has a runtime of 166 minutes. It was released on January 12, 2007, in Hindi. The film received the Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography, Best Background Score, and Best Art Direction. It is distributed by Madras Talkies and Netflix via video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
6.9A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
Cast
- Abhishek Bachchan as Gurukanth Desai
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Sujata Desai
- Mithun Chakraborty as Manik Dasgupta
- R. Madhavan as Shyam Saxena
- Vidya Balan as Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena
- Arya Babbar as Jignesh
Themes
- biography
- idealism
- tycoon
- industrialist
- rise to power
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- Mani Ratnam
- Screenwriter
- Mani Ratnam
- Cast member
- Aarya Babbar
- Composer
- A. R. Rahman
- Production company
- Madras Talkies
- Cinematographer
- Rajiv Menon
- Filming location
- Turkey
- Duration
- 166
- FilmAffinity ID
- 825004
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2007-01-12
- title
- गुरु
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- A. Sreekar Prasad
- set in period
- 1980s
- review score
- 85%
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