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- Excellent57.6%
- Very Good16.3%
- Good6.5%
- Average7.6%
- Poor12.0%
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diamond
Movie might be Very Good. But i will not watch because Ash is in the movie so no point of to watch…
Movie might be Very Good. But i will not watch because Ash is in the movie so no point of to watch the movie.. now she is with Abhishek so i believe Abhishek's career will also sink.... Its history she was with him he is finished. Abhishek forgot his family values and holding her hand i feel pity on Abhishek.......
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sonkrish
Guru, this film probably the finest movie i have seen recent times, probably in last fourty years,…
Guru, this film probably the finest movie i have seen recent times, probably in last fourty years, if i go back all the way in last four decade, i cannot recall the movie, character, director who has come even close to these GURU, it is just absolutely master piece. It is very good to see Abhisekh grown as an actor, peformer and excelled in the acting from where now he has came out of the shadow of his father, become independent, established and new superstar on the horizon, who has all the quality deserved tobe superstar. God bless him, live million years.
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GURU – The story of a Villager, Visionary and a Winner. Gurukant Desai, a character whose life…
GURU – The story of a Villager, Visionary and a Winner. Gurukant Desai, a character whose life moved similarly as to the iconic Dhirubhai Ambani. According to the Mani Ratnam, director of this awesome movie, the story and the character Guru are totally fictitious and are not inspired from the life of legendary Dhirubhai but are inspired from the lives of various great men. The movie starts from the time, when Guru was only sixteen or seventeen years of age but continues till he becomes eighty. Depicting the whole life of a person in 2.5 hours is also a very difficult task for the director. But three cheers to him, he did it again and that too perfectly. I don’t know which of his creations would be ranked as the best but I’m sure that Guru would also be amongst one of the best ones. Not only the director but the entire team of guru had done a marvelous job. The cinematography by Rajiv Menon is brilliant, the screenplay by Mani Ratnam and editing by Sreekar Prasad are too good. Even the music by Rehman and the background score are too good. The protagonist of the movie is Abhishek Bachchan. After watching the movie, you may belief that both of them that is, the role and Abhishek was made for each other. He did such a fantastic job that it looks like it was a tailor made role for him, even though every actor would love to do such type of roles. He overall did a stupendous acting. I think that Guru is his best performance till date. The movie is solely his and he carries it well. Apart from Abhishek, every other actor too did their job very well but the Mithun Da was the best amongst the others. It seemed that he is back in Bollywood after a long time. Even Madhavan looked very young and handsome in this movie. There are many scenes which I liked but the best ones were the final court room scene, the emotional hospital scene with his long time friend and associate, Manoj Joshi and the scene at the Mithun’s house, where Madhavan gives his opinion about Guru. Finally, this is a movie which everyone must watch. And if you are missing this one then surely you are missing one of the best movies made in the Bollywood in the recent times. The best thing which I liked in the story or about Guru is the passion which he had for making his dreams true. And one thing which Guru always believed and told people was: “if you don’t dream you will be stuck to your village all your life”
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Guru - A Masterpiece Meet India's most powerful man, scream the headlines........ "If you don't…
Guru - A Masterpiece Meet India's most powerful man, scream the headlines........ "If you don't dream you will be stuck to your village all your life." "There is a saying in our village - if people say bad things about you, you must be doing something good." "I don't want to walk.... I want to run." [Turkey 1951] "If a law can be made in a day, it can be changed in a day." "I only know one thing..... there is only one person like me here... only one Guru." "I don't fear the public. I am the public" These are the words of Gurukant Desai(Abhishek Bachchan) in various stages of his life. Guru, a simple guy from Idhar village in Gujarat always dreams big things in life. His father(Rajendra Gupta) doesnt agree with him saying that dreams never come true. But as Guru grows up even his dreams also grow big. And he sets off to Turkey to earn money. There with his friend (Manoj Joshi) he distributes petrol cans to earn his livelihood. There too his dreams cant hold him back and he returns back to India after rejecting an offer to work for a rich man saying that he wants to be rich and not work for someone. Back home, he gets married to a village girl Sujata(Aishwarya Rai) after he gets to know from her brother, Jignesh(Arya Babbar) that her father(Sachin Khedekar) has saved lots of money for her dowry. Guru plans to use this money for starting a business of his own at Bombay. So in pursuit of making in big in business he comes to Bombay with Sujata and Jignesh. In Mumbai, truth dawns upon Guru that the business world is a closed community ruled by a handful of rich and influential people who don't believe in giving opportunities to new players. Despite barriers, he starts a company called Shakti Trading and climbs the ladder of success at a furious pace. Manik Dasgupta aka Nanaji [Mithun Chakraborty], who publishes a newspaper Swatantra, treats Guru as his son. But when he learns that Guru's means to make it big are not right, he along with the Editor of his newspaper, Shyam [Madhavan], decide to expose Guru's unjust ways. The rest is the story where Nanaji and Guru confront over ideals and ethics and it culminates with the very catchy reposition of Guru before an enquiry commission set up to probe into irregularities in Guru's business and his growth as the biggest businessman in India. Touted as a bio-pic based on Reliance's Dheerubhai Ambani's life, the movie is very grasping and has been handled very well by the master of story telling - Mani Ratnam. Irrespective of how his films are received by the paying public, no one can deny the fact that a Mani Ratnam film is special! Special in many ways!!!! This time Mani, the supremely talented storyteller narrates the story of a man who rises from nothing and becomes the premier industrialist of the country through sheer hard work, determination, passion and grit. GURU is tremendously inspiring and makes anyone feel all the more confident to encounter challenges and hurdles that may crop up in a journey called life. This movie will add to his credentials as a superb film maker who has given us the great visual delights like Roja, Bombay, Dil Se..., Yuva, Alaipayuthey, Kannattil Muthamittal, Geetanjali ! Every sequence in GURU bears the stamp of a genius and the outcome is tremendous!!! Coming to performances, its truly Abhishek's movie and he would surely win all the awards this time for his tremendous performance as the main protogonist! He makes us laugh, he makes us cry and we relieve all the emotions that he experiences. The role demands him to portray a guy in his teenage to his old age and Abhishek does it too much to perfection. The makeup and body language to suit various stages in his life are the main highlights. This movie truly would be a giant leap for this talented actor. Aishwarya too gives a superb performance and impresses everyone with her acting. The chemistry between Abhishek and Aishwarya is too good to watch! We feel very much for her when she takes up the role of her husband's voice when he is half-paralyzed and cannot speak. The other performance which draws our attention is by our own Mithun-da who delivers a natural performance all through. This just reminded me of the real Mithun after a long time since Agneepath and Prem Pratigyaa which were his best serious performances till date.Madhavan is just there but is as charming and refreshing when he confronts Guru. Vidya Balan as Nanaji's disabled daughter and later Madhavan's wife is just there doing nothing much. Arya Babbar is wasted in a bit role. Mallika Sherawat just dances to the tunes of "Maiyya Maiyya" when Guru is in Turkey. The other commendable performances are by Manoj Joshi, Roshan Seth (as chief of investgating commission) and Sachin Khedekar. Music has always been a intimate part of Maniratnam's movies and as usual A R Rahman holds the show here. " Maiyya Maiyya" and "Barso re Barso" are too good to hear and watch. "Tere Bina" is a duet which is very melodious. "Ek Lo Ek Muft" is a funny song sung by Bappi Lahiri which Guru sings celbrating the birth of his twin daughters. The background score by Rahman is topnotch. Rajiv Menon's cinematography is truly of international quality where he captures everything from the 1950s look till present day. The scenic beauty of Hampi and Badami are a treat to watch on the big screen. The last five minutes of the movie where Menon uses different camera speeds to give a superb effect to the scene where Guru gives his statment in front of the enquiry commission. Vijay Krishna Acharya's dialogues are too good. The writing in the last twenty minutes of the movie is fantastic. There are a few loose ends in the movie though as in Guru's confrontation with Jignesh is not very well explained and also the romance between Madhavan and Vidya is somewhat out of track. (their smooch is very aesthetically filmed ...:) ) On the whole, GURU is one of the finest films to come out of the Hindi film industry. Three Cheers to Mani for giving us such a movie. It has already got good opening everywhere and the recent Abhi-Aish engagement will surely add to its success.
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This fims has no minuses, it shows the achievement of a poor villager, it is an inspiring film for…
This fims has no minuses, it shows the achievement of a poor villager, it is an inspiring film for everyone of us, everyone must live according to one's wishes and dreams. Great job Mani Ratnam, A.R Rehman and Gulzar.
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A movie like this comes only once in a while.It will not be wrong even if i say once in a…
A movie like this comes only once in a while.It will not be wrong even if i say once in a lifetime.the entire cast does a good job with a standout perfomance by abishek.i read some of the reviews in this section and they had ratings of .5.I have to say these are by people who will applaude movies like dhoom and k3g.As a true lover of cinema i have to say this is one of the finest hindi movies ever.
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roohi.mathur
avganhollister
y is abhishek totally oblivion to the fact that he can't act...i mean i personally fink hez a peace…
y is abhishek totally oblivion to the fact that he can't act...i mean i personally fink hez a peace of shit. he may b amitabh's son...but truth of da matter is dat he'z nufin compared to his dad...by the way hiz facial expressions come from al pacino in scarface....they sorta tried to giv him his look in da movie...
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This Movie Movie is really a great one... Aby has done a fantasting job in the movie and one thing…
This Movie Movie is really a great one... Aby has done a fantasting job in the movie and one thing is there.. This movie is like a motivation.. this time aby gonna grab all awards and the film too...
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