The Guru (2002)
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, comes for visit, and brags about driving a Mercedes and living in a penthouse.
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a nice film. or a kind of cocktail. success, love, obscure industry, dong, dances, a face status and the clash between worlds. nothing original but enough for entertainment. and this is the basic motif for sure it. not only as seductive show but as a kind of new perspective about life. absurd but seductive. like an old, exotic story.
THE GURUI had seen this around on DVD before, but not really showed any interest. I am not a Bollywood fan and the cover of this film makes it look very Bollywood. But even though there are a few elements to Bollywood in there it is not Bollywood.The movie is about an Indian guy who leaves India to pursue a career as a Hollywood actor. When he moves to the USA he gets a break in the movie industry by starring in a porn film this doesn't work out but he does form a friendship with a porn actress who takes him under her wing and helps him get into the porn industry little does she know that the information she is giving him he is using to trick everyone into thinking he is a Love Guru. People are listening to his advice and he starts getting recognised for it.This is a romantic comedy but not like many others. The story is really well written. It has the typical elements of all romantic comedies, but this has a fresh feel to it. The comedy is well done, but not really laugh out loud. There were a few moments which I did laugh to, but generally the film was just amusing and fun.The characters were really well played out. The characters were believable and also likable. Sometimes I find that in these films the characters can just be annoying and not really well done. I like to connect with the characters in the film, and in this it was good. The main character was played by Jimi Mistry. He was very good in this film and I am surprised that he gave up the big movie dream to end up in Coronation Street. I thought he was better than that. Other great performances in this were by Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei. Heathers character was just complicated. Her character was just very weak and seemed confused. Marisas character was just annoying, but not in a bad way. She played the part well and had some very funny moments.There were a couple of funny musical numbers in this movie. They were unexpected and seemed out of place, but somehow worked really well. It added the Bollywood feel to the film and did make me laugh. The only part that I thought was a little out of place and did not belong in the film was the very last scene. The last scene really had me scratching my head as to what was going on. It didn't make sense and didn't belong in the film. I didn't get it.It was an entertaining film and a lot better than I thought it would be. I will give this film 7 out of 10."I talked to a real live pornstar... and she sounded naked!"for more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl
THE GURUI think there are some tacky films that know that they're tacky, e.g. high school musical, snakes on a plane. So you can't really say, "Oh it's a bad film because it's tacky".I think "The Guru" falls into that category. It knows it's tacky. But it is even further revived by great music, bollywood parodies, and Marisa Tomei who quite frankly is brilliant in anything she does.I personally liked "The Guru". It was original, fun, colourful. if you wanted something serious or "artistc" then you should never have watched this in the first place.
Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry) leaves his homeland of Dehli to chase the American dream of becoming a successful actor, and it's not long before he gets his big break in 'the porn industry?' Not quite what he expected, and he turns out to be a bit of a flop (hehe) With guidance from fellow porn star (Heather Graham) he learns ways of overcoming his problems and inadvertently becomes the city's Guru of sex, with encouragement from (Marisa Tomei) Jimi Mistry gives an outstanding performance and is well supported by his sexy co-stars, the film is pretty funny throughout and has many memorable scenes.All in all The Guru is a fine comedy movie.7/10 Definitely worth watching.