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"GURU is about a dream"
- Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan speaks on GURU:
"On face value GURU is the story of Gurukant Desai who is the protagonist of the film which I play. It is the life story of this one character.. we meet him at the age from 15 to 16 till the end of his life.
I personally feel the movie GURU is about a dream, a dream that I would like to believe that the majority of our country has.....his is a special story of that one character who makes his dream into a reality."
Guru’ to premiere in Toronto
Mani Rathnam’s ‘Guru’ is one of the most eagerly awaited films of January 2007. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan and Mithun Chakraborthy, ‘Guru’ is said to be based on the life of Reliance chief late Dhirubhai Ambani. It was expected to have its premiere in Mumbai or Chennai. But unexpectedly, ‘Guru’ will be having its premiere in Toronto, Canada in December itself.
It is being said that the premiere will be organized on a large scale and will be attended by Rai, Abhishek, Mani Rathnam and music director A R Rahman. The film will be releasing across the world on January 12th
Public Opinion: “Guru Bhai Chaya Che”
Abhishek Bachchan’s performance in ‘Guru’ shall always be referred to as a performance that jolts you. And the Mumbai public agrees with this viewpoint. Although the advance booking in Mumbai has been lowest (10 – 30%) as compared to Chennai (House full for the first two days) and Delhi (50 – 60% advance booking), but when Indiaglitz conducted an exclusive video of ‘Guru’ public opinion after the first day first show yesterday, the overwhelming majority was of the opinion that ‘Guru’ is a landmark film. The dazed expression on their faces said it all.
Although the attendance was not high but the people seem to be united in saying that, Mani Rathnam is rightly called the master of moviemaking. Most of the people agreed that, Abhishek Bachchan’s Gurukant Desai is based on the life of Reliance founder Dhirubhai Ambani. A R Rahman’s music was rated from ‘exceptional’ to ‘ok’. Even though people were unanimous in saying that this is the first time that Ash-Abhi jodi ‘works’ on screen, most of the people felt that Aishwarya doesn’t have much to do in the film. And what about Abhishek? “He has outclassed his father,” said one of the viewers. Bachchan Junior has earned a vociferous encore from everybody. And the applause is going to grow bigger and better soon.
While almost everyone praised the film, there was one dissenting voice of a young dude who seemed clearly bored. As we have stated in Indiaglitz movie review of ‘Guru’, it’s not a film for everybody. And not everybody will like it either. It seems to be a film like ‘Black’ that earned Box Office success entirely due to a positive word of mouth. So far, the word of mouth is very positive. Let’s see how it converts into more ticket sales too.