VividSimon Simply Perfect

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Geeta Winsome It is excellent in every way. Great Performances by all, great movie! Love the message conveyed.

dashing-samson Madras Talkies- What an image this brand had! 'Roja', 'Bombay', 'Dil Se' are one of the finest piece of art from it which, received a tremendous response from both Critics and Box office. I understand that Critical Acclaim and Box office success seldom go hand in hand (Dil Se being one example). 'Guru' clearly gives an impression as if its sole aim was to raise stacks of cash at Box office. Cleverly chosen star cast includes actors from each geographical zone: East- Mithun Chakravarty. Hindi Speaking (North, Center, West)- Abhishek Bacchan. South- Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan.Abhishek looks tired; Aishwarya looks too beautiful to fit in this role. The director fails to build convincing characters so such a wonderful cast appears ineffective. The story starts with the ambitions of a guy and ends with his justifications of taking a devious course to achieve his goals. What message does it give to society? The final scene Court Room drama was totally meaningless. How can over 50 legal claims reduced to 2 just by one supposedly impressive speech by Guru Bhai?The music is ordinary and stands nowhere in from of the music of Roja, Bombay and Dil Se. Rahman is so complacent by the fact that whatever he makes is admired by Bollywood. Guru is a wonderful example of what happens when a great filmmaker curbs his instincts to come up with a money spinning effort possibly to support his crumbling production house. There are people (viz. Gulzaar, Shyam Benegal) who have always given priority to critical acclaim over Box office success. I used to count Mani in that class but not anymore. You come out of the Cinema Hall and curse yourself for watching this flick. Request to Maniratnam fans- Please avoid this or you'll lose respect fro Mani's earlier works as well. Anyway the meaningless film is a big hit along with its ineffective music. It bagged quite a lot of awards as well. But I strongly believe that people who have understanding of art would agree with my point of view.

Ezekiel-Cheever Awful movie, one of the worst Hindi movies I have seen to date...Don't understand the logic of this movie: You can bribe and break the law but as long as you are successful and a big entrepreneur in the eye of the world it's all fine? A dubious patriotic movie without depth and intellectual stimulation and with an ill-construed storyline and irritating male-female role portrayal. Purely appealing to a currently prevalent "We are/can become the greatest" instinct. Nothing else. What good is the main character doing? Except for egotistical capitalism. And doesn't it become boring to always have those flat stereotypical hero male roles and those flat stereotypical supportive, homely female roles? If you liked Rang de Basanti, you may like this one too. It has a similar strange "the end justifies the means" morale, although Rang de Basanti is still better.

virindra I was very eager to watch this movie. I heard rumors that Aishwaria and Abishek are going to get married, so the love should be splashing off the screen in this movie! No it didn't. The movie starts with the horrible actress Aishwaria. Make no mistake, she is a beautiful woman, as a model. But as an actress she is horrible. She overacts. She exaggerates when she dances. She is not nice to watch. Abishek is average. The story is very lame. Things happen just as sudden, and there is no explanation why. Maybe I missed all the explanations, I don't know.Like there is a little girl who is in love with Guru. And then she is in a wheel chair and then she is very ill. It had noting to do with the rest of the story! Guru (Abishek) comes from a small village to make it as a business man in the big city. When he grows up his hair becomes gray. At the age of 25! That is very unlikely.Story sucks, as the acting too.