Guru, Inspired by Life....

"Nakal mein bhi akal chahiye", goes an hindi saying and must say this aptly suits Maniratnam's
movie, Guru. Inspired by the life of Reliance founder Dhirubhai Ambani, Guru is an enjoyable movie.

The director denies that its anyone's life story, but the jury is out already.Just like DA, Guru is
doesnt complete his education, works in gulf as a petrol pump attendant, comes back to india to
find wealth in polyester and then into refining, suffers paraltyic attack. Thank God, Guru has only 2 daughter unlike DA who had 2 daughters and 2 (illustrious) sons.

Full marks to Abhishek who performs the lead role with ease. He is just awesome and the journey from a flop hero to sharing hits with co-stars to now, where he carries the whole film on his own is truelly amazing (Please note that yours truelly is a big AB Baby fan since Refugee days). Aishwarya is good too. Given the role of a simpleton village girl, she wears simple dresses and looks she looks more beautiful with lesser makeup reminds me of John Keats saying "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"(Needless to say i am an Aishwarya fan too, moreover
"enklena Uruda ponnatta"). Ab itni sundar heroine hogi to hero ko pyaar to hoga hi naa ?

Mithun is a revealation indeed. Mani, as in the past, has brought out roles other than the lead pair are well. Madhavan and Vidya Balan do justice to their roles as well. Music by A R Rahmanis outstanding, especially the theme music. Cinematography has been given back to Rajiv Menon, after a long stint with Santosh Sivan and has done a good job too.

All in all a good movie.