Guru
Think big, think ahead and think fast.
Rating: 6.9 out of 10TMDB(146 votes)
Overview
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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Awards
Won 6 awards, including the Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director (2008) and the Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction
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Box office
Grossed $31M worldwide, about 6.6 times its $4.7M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Turkey
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Music
Music by A. R. Rahman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Rajiv Menon
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Mani RatnamStory, Screenplay
- Anurag KashyapWriter
- Original title
- गुरु
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 12, 2007
- Original language
- Hindi
- Budget
- $4.7M
- Revenue
- $31M
- Countries
- India
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Cast
Abhishek BachchanGurukanth Desai
Aishwarya Rai BachchanSujata Desai
Mithun ChakrabortyManik Dasgupta
R. MadhavanShyam Saxena
Vidya BalanMeenakshi "Meenu" Saxena
Arya BabbarJignesh
Mallika SherawatChampa
Prathap PothanK R Menon I.A.S.
Sachin KhedekarSujata's Father
Manoj JoshiGhanshyam Bhai
Dhritiman ChatterjeeContractor Sahaab
Nina KulkarniSujata's Mother
Roshan SethThapar
Arjan BajwaArzaan Contractor
Mukesh BhattRam Lal
Rajendra GuptaKantilal Desai
Darshan JariwalaAnand Patekar
Sarita JoshiGuru's Stepmother
Sanjay Mishra
Sudhir PandeyMathura Das
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