GURU

A great movie, hats off to Maniratnam and Rehmaan. The first score (Maiyya Maryem by Rehmaan is mind blowing. Though inspired from middle eastern (I think Turkish or Kurtish) folk music, the transition to Hindi and the mixing of the music is just impeccable, not to mention the awesome lyrics penned by none other than Gulzar. Although I was not that impressed by some of the other scores, except for ofcourse the Title score "Gurubhai". Shreya Ghosal's Barso re is refreshing too. The 'nandi' (music in the begining of a song which is repeated at regular intervals thereafter) of Ey Hairathe Aashiquee sets a nice tone to the movie.

The movie has nice pace, no unnecessary stops, except for that stupid song when Guru and his wife have kids. That song is an absolute waste of time. Aishwarya has tried her best to give a decent performance. It seems like she has even put on some weight just to look more Gujurati. But Abhishek on the other hand, surpasses all expectations. His last few movies have been excellent, I just hope he keeps it up! Madhavan and the babe from Lage Raho Munnabhai do a good job too.

But the real winner is MITHUN, I couldn't even recognize him for the first few minutes, and that is the mark of an masterfull performance, on the screen he is just Manik Dasgupta, not Mithun!

Well, what did I take from the movie? Inspiration, confidence, and hope. And thats just what the director wanted to portray, and boy he does it with perfection. Goosebumps are commonplace. I am not going to discuss the plot and all that here, because I think the way the movie unfolds is close to perfect. Despite the declaration at the begining of the movie that this movie is not based on any real characters, the movie is definatley inspired from the life of Dhirubhai Ambani.

The movie starts with around 3 minutes of gratifications to all corporate sponsors, a lot of succesful companies in that list. Well why do I think that is worth a mention, because this movie is about Business, and it means Buisness right from the start!

I am definatley recommending this movie! Its an absolute masterpiece!