Guru, The (UK)

7 / 10
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When he talks, women listen
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 91 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:

Synopsis:
Shy dance teacher Ramu (Mistry) leaves India to join his cousin in the United States. Finding that America is not quite the land of opportunity he imagined, Ramu accidentally impersonates an ancient Indian guru and soon has the ear of almost every sexually dysfunctional American citizen...

Special Features:
Audio commentary from director Daisy von Scherler Mayer and writer Tracey Jackson with star Jimi Mistry
Deleted scenes
Sugababes `Round Round` music video
Photo gallery
Trailers

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Hungarian

Subtitle Tracks:
English
CC: English
Hungarian

Directed By:
Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Written By:

Starring:
Emil Marwa
Dash Mihok
Michael McKean
Jimi Mistry
Marisa Tomei
Heather Graham

Casting By:
Laura Rosenthal
Ali Farrell

Soundtrack By:
David Carbonara

Music From:
John Farrar

Director of Photography:
John de Borman

Editor:
Cara Silverman
Bruce Green

Production Designer:
Robin Standefer
Stephen Alesch
Sean Afshar

Producer:
Michael London
Eric Fellner
David Crockett
Tim Bevan

Executive Producer:
Shekhar Kapur
Debra Hayward
Liza Chasin

Distributor:
Universal Pictures

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7 / 10
This is an enjoyable romantic comedy starring Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei. Jimi plays Ramu Gupta, an Indian who has come to the USA to live out his american dream of being famous. One night, after a swami passes out drunk, Ramu takes his place and becomes an instant hit thanks to some sexual advice given to him by Porn Star Sharonna (Heather Graham). Ramu keeps on seeing her for more and more advice and passes these on to his clients and becomes a success as a sex guru..........
The picture is very sharp and the colours are deep and saturated(Intentional used to the extreme to create an Indian Movie feel to the film)
The sound is decently used and there there is a DTS track on this movie though the movie does not have many good sound moments.
There are some decent extras put together including a commentary track, a sugababes music video and some deleted scenes.
Overall this is a satisfying watch that is definetly worth seeing. They have put together a good effort on the dvd so if you like the movie, you have to get this.
posted by dicanio on 28/10/2003 01:01