A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history.
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A school-teacher in India sires a son named Gurukant, but is disappointed as the child fails to live up to his high expectations. When Gurukant grows up, he is unable to secure decent employment in India, so finds a way to go to Turkey, where he finds employment. When he returns back to India, he wants to start his own business, but is unable to do so, as he does not have enough money. So he does some research, gets to meet Sujata, the daughter of a wealthy man named Jignesh, and marries her. After the marriage, Gurukant finds out that Sujata has a dark past, but he ignores this - for his one motive is to be to rise in the eyes of his father - and get rich.
Credited cast: | |||
Mithun Chakraborty | - | Manikdas Gupta | |
Abhishek Bachchan | - | Gurukant Desai | |
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | - | Sujata (as Aishwarya Rai) | |
Madhavan | - | Shyam Saxena (as R. Madhavan) | |
Vidya Balan | - | Meenakshi Gupta | |
Roshan Seth | - | Thapar | |
Anaushka Dantra | - | 7 Year Old Baby Anaushka (as Baby Anoushka) | |
Mallika Sherawat | - | Jhumpa | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Sunil Agarwal | |||
Murad Ali | |||
Ashoi | - | (as Baby Ashoi) | |
Arya Babbar | - | Jignesh | |
Arjan Bajwa | - | Arzaan Contractor | |
Mukesh Bhatt | - | Ram Lal | |
Dhritiman Chatterjee | - | Thapar Commission Member |
Certain techniques are slowly changed within the film to mark the passing of time and the growth of Guru as an individual: - When Guru is a young man in Turkey, the camera is handheld and in perpetual motion, giving Guru and that period of his life a racy, edgy feel. As he ages, the camera movements become smoother and towards the end of the film the camera is almost stationary. - The editing closely follows the above concept: the young Guru is shown in quick cuts and as Guru grows older the editing is smoother and becomes less frequent. - Lighting also changes with the times In Turkey, direct and specular lights were initially used to capture the aura of a foreign land, thus producing a sepia-yellow phase. Then the lighting changed to the more directionless soft light seen in the early and middle 1960s. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, tube lights came into style, thus producing a dramatic cyan-green light needed for the climax.
Inspired by the life and works of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani.
On 14 January 2007, two days after the film was released, the engagement of its lead actors, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, was announced. They were married on 20 April 2007.
A.R. Rahman dedicated the song "Tere Bina" to the memory of the renowned qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Vivek Oberoi was initially signed for Vikram's role. He later opted out when he realized the situation involving Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.
A.R. Rahman composed the tune for the song "Maiyya Maiyya" while on a tour in Toronto. Later, when he went for the Hajj in Mecca, he was intrigued by a man near a river who kept on saying "maiyya" ("water" in Arabic). Impressed by how Indian the word sounded, he asked lyricist Gulzar to incorporate the word into the tune. He also personally trained Lebanese singer Maryem Tollar to sing the song.
The first Bollywood film to have its world premiere in Canada.
While practicing for the scene where Aishwarya rides a bicycle, her skirt got caught in the bicycle chain, losing her balance and smashing into a "No Parking" board. Aishwarya fell and had a few bruises on her hands and feet, so filming had to be suspended for a few hours while she got first aid.
Composer A.R. Rahman bought an accordion while on a trip in Hong Kong. The music from this accordion can be heard throughout the film.
The song "Ay Hairathe" is a modified version of "Ey Sharbathe Aashiqui," a classical verse composed by 13th-century poet and musician Amir Khusru.
The film was conceptualized in 1987 during the making of Maniratnam's movie Nayakan.
Aamir Khan was once considered for the lead role
Rani Mukerjee was considered for the lead actress.
According to his memoirs Nigel Havers auditioned for a role in the movie.
S. Bharathi, a lawyer in real life, plays the role of a marriage registrar in the movie.
John Abraham was offered the role of Shyam Saxena but had to turn it down due to date problems.
This is the first film to be shot at Express Estates, a 21-acre stretch of old buildings in the heart of Madras. These buildings happen to be the home of the Indian Express and Dinamani newspapers.
This was the third Guru in which Mithun Chakraborty acted in. He starred in the 1989 one and a Bengali film of the same title.
"Mala" by Jelena Karleusa sampled the song "Mayya".
Abhishek gained weight for his role.
The film released at the time when Abhishek and Aishwarya were engaged.
Mithun Chakraborty acted with Abhishek Bachchan for the first time. He worked with his father Amitabh Bachchan twice, in 'Ganga Jamnua Saraswati and Agneepath.
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