GURU

Guru- a movie of Mani I had awaited for so long! I would say I liked the first one hour of the movie very much! The pace at which it was moving.I loved the way the guy who played Abishek Bachan’s younger version. The way the title was being put was amazing, as if it were being printed.The first scene where in Abishek Bachan starts by saying”My dad used to say don’t dream, dreams never come true”.

A few days back in an interview aby had said it’s a movie about hope. People who hadn’t known Dhirubai Ambani’ story would have enjoyed the movie better.Probably that was why I found the touch of Mani missing.Or because of the dialogues.

Of course the movie also had very good dialogues.In Istanbul when he gets a promotion he says” I am not taking up the promotion. When you like my work why should I work for you? I would work for myself”And when the contractor says” What was your name?”

Guru says “Mera naam tha nahin, hai or rahega, GuruKhant Desai.” And when Madhavan says “Guru ek bhimari hai, jine jail me dalke Chabi kho Deni chahiye.” And for which Guru says”IF you want to fight Guru, become Guru and fight.”

Mayya Mayya’s picturization was amazing.The song also exceptional, I should say Mallika Sherawath has done very good dancing in the song.And what to say about Ash? Her introduction with barso re bring about a new josh.But I still feel she was not as good as she was in Iruvar and I feel Iruvar was a better movie than Guru.Probably the language plays a major part in me coming to this conclusion. I felt”tere bina” came at a wrong point and it s picturization was a disappointment.He should have definitely not included “EK lo ek mufth”.It gave a feeling as if the movie was dragging.

But the best parts of the movie were the first and last scenes.And of course the court scene where he gives reasons for taking shortcuts in business is also well framed.

In a lot of instances the movie reminded me of Nayagan.The small house in Bombay where he lives with Ash and the way he fills the contractors room with his goods.

I usually expect romance in Mani’s movies.The chemistry between the lead pair was very good .I even liked the romance between Vidhya and Madhavan.Vidhya Balan’s song was very good, think it was added in the last moment.She has done a good job.Two people who I thought could not act that well took me by surprise.Mithun played his part pretty well and Madhavan for a change has acted very naturally in this movie.I felt he had done full justice to the role which was a very important one in the movie.

I was expecting amazing background score for the movie, But alas! Except for the “Dum Dara” nothing else is worth mentioning.”Ay hairthen” which is a favorite among many people was not picturized fully.Lot of them would be disappointed about that!

Finally what I feel the message of the movie is “Anybody who dreams big and has a lot of hope, can make it.In the process he strives for other’s happiness it makes his job a lot easier.”

In a scene where he says toMithun”Everybody has a weakness and I take advantage of it and move ahead.”

And Guru definitely proves the point “Where there is a will , there is a way”, by saying he can never listen to “NO” for an answer.

With a lot of support from his “50% Bujiness Partner”,Guru Khant Desai Rocks!