• The Guru


The Guru
Description: THE GURU, from director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, begins with a young Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry) in a Delhi movie theater, rejecting the extreme song and dance notions of the local Bollywood cinema for the more glamorous American film musical GREASE. This transformative experience eventually leads Ramu to travel to New York, where he plans to launch a career as a dancing actor like his idol, John Travolta. Though things don't initially work out, he soon finds different kinds of success, both as "The Guru of Sex" (catering to an aimless socialite played by Marisa Tomei) and in wooing the woman he loves (Heather Graham), a porn actress with a heart of gold. While Ramu rejects the playfully surreal, over-the-top musical style of Bollywood, director von Scherler Mayer uses it to dual-edged effect in THE GURU: at various times, the scenes set in America suddenly burst into rococo musical production numbers, simultaneously emulating and poking fun at the Indian cinema tradition. A final number even manages to fuse Bollywood techniques with a send-up of GREASE, resulting in a humorous double homage. Reviews Rolling Stone 02/20/2003 "...[With] fun musical numbers. Mistry is a find..."Entertainment Weekly 02/07/2003 "Bright dialogue and finely embroidered performances adorn THE GURU....This very funny studio picture plays like an indie lark..."New York Times 01/31/2003 "THE GURU has a canny, genre-bending gleam in its eye..."Los Angeles Times 01/31/2003 "A gaudy, raucous romp....Enjoyable..."

Title: The Guru
Category: Comedies
Actors: Heather Graham/ Marisa Tomei
Directors: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer UPC: 02519219842
Released: 06 03 2003
Original Release: 2003
Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
Catalog #: 21984
Language: SpanishSubtitled
Rating: R (MPAA)
Format: DVD Color
Runtime: 5700
Region: 1 -- $7.99

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