The Guru Movie Review 2002

Naive dance instructor Ramu Gupta (Mistry) leaves India to pursuit stardom in New York. After being fired from his job as a waiter, he auditions for a movie company, but it turns out to be for a porn film. Unable to perform despite coaching from Sharrona (Graham), a porn starlet, Ramu is fired from this job as well. As luck (and script) would have it, he's re-hired by his former boss to replace the drunken swami that was scheduled to appear at a party for socialite Lexi (Tomei). Regurgitating his porn co-star's advice, Ramu becomes a hit as a sex guru. Soon Ramu is the toast of the town as the mystical sex therapist (think Deepak Chopra as Dr Ruth). The movie has some genuinely funny moments, but suffers for trying to be both a light-hearted romantic comedy and a social satire.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from British, French, United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Not-So-True Identity, Pornography, Culture Clash, Cousins

Screenplay

Tracey Jackson

Cast

Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Michael McKean, Christine Baranski, Rob Morrow, Malachy McCourt, Dash Mihok

Cinematography

John de Borman

Director

Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Music

David Carbonara

Other

Robert Carr, Matthew Iadarola, Cara Silverman, Bruce Green, Michael Clancy, Robin Standefer, Sean Afshar

Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael London, Working Title Productions, StudioCanal, Universal Pictures