Release Date: 6/3/2003 Original Release: 2003 Format: DVD Length: 95 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: strong sexual content including dialogue, and for language UPC: 025192198427 Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
Comedies, Musicals, Dance, Theatrical Release, Sex
Description
THE GURU, from director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, begins with a young Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry) in a Delhi movie theater, rejecting the extreme song and dance notions of the local Bollywood cinema for the more glamorous American film musical GREASE. This transformative experience eventually leads Ramu to travel to New York, where he plans to launch a career as a dancing actor like his idol, John Travolta. Though things don't initially work out, he soon finds different kinds of success, both as "The Guru of Sex" (catering to an aimless socialite played by Marisa Tomei) and in wooing the woman he loves (Heather Graham), a porn actress with a heart of gold.
While Ramu rejects the playfully surreal, over-the-top musical style of Bollywood, director von Scherler Mayer uses it to dual-edged effect in THE GURU: at various times, the scenes set in America suddenly burst into rococo musical production numbers, simultaneously emulating and poking fun at the Indian cinema tradition. A final number even manages to fuse Bollywood techniques with a send-up of GREASE, resulting in a humorous double homage.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - French Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Trailers Audio Commentary: 1. Jimi Mistry - Star 2. Daisy Von Sherler Mayer - Director, Tracey Jackson - Screewriter Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos
The Guru is a good feeling, light and easy romantic comedy. I dont think you can ever really go wrong with this type of movie. It uses the same basic principles of other romantic comedies, with... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
