The Day-Glo delights of India's Bollywood musicals collide with the crossed-love conventions of Hollywood romantic comedies in The Guru. Jimi Mistry, a young Indian named Ramu who wants to live the American dream and become famous, moves to New York and finds only menial work in restaurants. But when he mistakenly gets cast in a skin flick, he meets a sweet and thoughtful porn star (Heather Graham) whose philosophical mix of sex and spirituality come in handy when Ramu has to pretend to be a swami for an upper-crust birthday party. The birthday girl (Marisa Tomei) seizes upon Ramu's cribbed aphorisms and leads Ramu into a career as a sex guru. The Guru's uneven script squanders much of its comic potential, but the stars have charm to burn--and when the movie... Learn More
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This warm little film bills itself as a comedy but does not offer much that is clever or new -- some rattletrap humour about non-resident Indians, a perky Kyle Mclachlan playing Cary Grant's spirit spewing quips in an on-screen homage to the thespian, and such.
Yet, it's like that favourite dish your mom prepares when you head home for summer - not a highfalutin recipe, but its loving predictability is the very reason you want it.
Several of the plot's turns and twists labor away at pat stereotypes. Jimi Mistry plays Alim, a culturally conflicted Canadian-born Indian expat living in London with his British boyfriend. They make a jovial young couple except that Alim is uptight and lives a life of carefully partitioned half-truths, having not 'come out' to his... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Jimi Mistry - Sue Mathew - Kristen Holden-Reid Director(s): Ian Iqbal Rashid DVD Release Date: Released the 11 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The Day-Glo delights of India's Bollywood musicals collide with the crossed-love conventions of Hollywood romantic comedies in The Guru. Jimi Mistry, a young Indian named Ramu who wants to live the American dream and become famous, moves to New York and finds only menial work in restaurants. But when he mistakenly gets cast in a skin flick, he meets a sweet and thoughtful porn star (Heather Graham) whose philosophical mix of sex and spirituality come in handy when Ramu has to pretend to be a swami for an upper-crust birthday party. The birthday girl (Marisa Tomei) seizes upon Ramu's cribbed aphorisms and leads Ramu into a career as a sex guru. The Guru's uneven script squanders much of its comic potential, but the stars have charm to burn--and when the movie... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Jimi Mistry - Heather Graham - Marisa Tomei Director(s): Daisy von Scherler Mayer DVD Release Date: Released the 03 June 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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