Guru Page #5

Synopsis: A school-teacher in India sires a son named Gurukant, but is disappointed as the child fails to live up to his high expectations. When Gurukant grows up, he is unable to secure decent employment in India, so finds a way to go to Turkey, where he finds employment. When he returns back to India, he wants to start his own business, but is unable to do so, as he does not have enough money. So he does some research, gets to meet Sujata, the daughter of a wealthy man named Jignesh, and marries her. After the marriage, Gurukant finds out that Sujata has a dark past, but he ignores this - for his one motive is to be to rise in the eyes of his father - and get rich.
Director(s): Mani Ratnam
Production: Adlabs Films
  11 wins & 24 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2007
166 min
£1,964,000
Website
2,457 Views


Only the shares are being

bought by Gurubhai's men.

You are bent on crucifying him.

Don't you think the more

you write the bigger..

..the hero he becomes?

Even l've applied

for his new shares.

You..

l've to think of my future.

Who else will? You?

What happened?

Go check the power room.

Any news?

Who could be behind this? 3 guesses.

The power failure is

only on our block.

What do you mean?

Go and ensure printing

resumes in 15 minutes. - Yes sir.

l think we won't have

power till late at night.

l don't care. You?

l don't either.

You know what l want to do?

A cup of ginger tea?

l want to sing.

So sing. lt's your

grandfather's press..

l want to dance.

Fast fast then slow

then fast, then slow..

l want to live for

three days, without pain..

..without multiple sclerosis, medicines,

wheelchair.. just three days.

Why are you looking at me like that?

You were going to

come to bless them.

l had to come to you.

Good.

They'll be like you.

Make them brave and independent.

Get them used to

living without the father.

What if l have to send

your father to jail?

How long are you going to fight?

Till l win.

Don't you love him at all?

Don't you think of him as your son?

l asked him the same question..

..and got the same answer.. silence.

What is this fight about?

Why are both of you like this?

Where's your husband?

He doesn't know l'm here.

Don't.

Manik Das Gupta here.

Don't send your wife to beg.

Why are you hitting the car? Hit me!

l know who sent you!

Tell him l'm not scared!

Did you send them?

Who?

- You sent them.

What are you talking about?

You know what.

They're after your blood.

So?

Just wanted to scare him.

Done with just Rs. 15000.

l don't know what l would've done..

..if it were anyone

else who had done this.

He is like a father to me..

..and one never hits their father.

lf someone hurls a stone

at us, do we remain quiet?

Don't stay quiet.

Move ahead. Let them

write, hurl stones..

..talk about the past. We

will talk about tomorrow.

We've come this far

together with our hard work.

Four sheets of paper

can't bring Shakti down.

We won't rest till we

build a plant bigger..

..than Burma Shell. Understood?

Why doesn't it rain the whole year?

Why isn't Bombay cold?

Why doesn't it snow?

Will you marry me?

Wouldn't it be fantastic

if the whole sea was ice?

Didn't you hear or

don't you want to marry me?

l want you to drown and die.

Then how will l marry?

Do you know what this is?

And what is that?

A disease of the central

nervous system that has no cure.

You can't live with it.

l can't do anything on my own

except for waking up in the morning.

l've had an attack every

other month since l was ten.

Nothing is beautiful,

everything seems empty.

lf Hamsa is careless,

then the bed gets wet..

Can you sleep on a rubber sheet?

When do we marry?

You're making fun of me.

Your Nanaji said the same thing.

l tried explaining but

he wouldn't understand.

l'll go very far away in four

hundred and nineteen days.. and then?

Then l want every single one of

those four hundred and nineteen days.

Marry me..

No..

After six months! The new

minister's given us ten minutes!

lf his uncle was still instead of there

l would've got a meeting in a minute.

Ten minutes is enough for you.

You can only say no in ten minutes.

l've had it with hearing 'no'.

Just do some magic on this minister.

Or we're in trouble.

How?

Careful. He's an honest man.

You're in the papers everyday.

Your uncle was a very

good friend of mine.

His friends need not be mine.

A lot is being written against you..

There's a saying in my village.

When people speak against you..

..then you must be progressing.

l'm interested in the

progress of the nation.

Not yours.

Such a big ministry at

such a young age. . .

l keep my distance

from people like you..

l have seen your

petrochemical project file..

l haven't come to

talk about the factory..

l've come for your advice..

l've this burden on me.

Your uncle left something with me.

A deposit. l'm a small man

sir, l don't know much..

You just tell me

what to do with it..

..should l return it to you..

..or have it sent overseas?

lt's very heavy.

Anyone would collapse

under it.. me, you.. anybody..

Can this land anywhere?

Captain! Land at a good sweet shop.

The minister himself will

come for the inaugural function.

l was waiting for you.

l was surprised that a newspaper

wanted to write something nice about us.

lt's quite a big factory..

lt took seventeen months

and five days to build.

So fast?

Our Gurubhai does

everything in a flash.

How long have you known Gurubhai?

From Turkey..

We delivered petrol cans.

And today, l'm the director

of this entire factory.

Where are these machines from?

From Dupont.

Do you know where Dupont is?

ln U.S.A.

No, lt's in America.

What's your output?

Fifty five thousand tonnes.

What are you saying?

Sure?

- l'm a director of the company.

But you've government permission..

..to produce only

twenty three thousand tonnes

There's no rule that we can't

produce more than that right?

Understand.

government language is such..

But you have machinery..

..with the capacity of only

twenty three thousand tonnes.

How come the double output?

We used the spare

parts lying around.

You have permission

for six spinning lines..

..but have set up

twelve spinnin? lines

Who are you?

You smuggled in six

spinning lines as spare parts..

..without paying import duty.

What a hoodwink!

Who are you?

A reporter, but you are a smuggler.

Dog..

Easy.. if this photo's printed..

..just think who will be the dog..

Get out!

Two factories running

in the place of one..

..without permission..

..without import duty.

Cheating the Excise..

..and export departments.

Tell me, what should l write?

Get out of here

before l lose control!

Don't miss the papers tomorrow.

One man is working here..

..and all you

bastards are attacking him..

And one day, Ghanshyam

uncle said that nobody..

..could swim to the other

side. Then what did he say?

Take a bet!

And what was the bet?

- Jumpa's dance!

And how was the water?

- Cold

Very cold.

So Papa kept swimming,..

and what did he see?

A very big fish.

Which fish?

Phone call..

We're escaping from

the shark.. one minute..

lt's Rinku,

Ganshyambhai's daughter, from ldhar.

Slit his wrists with

a vegetable knife.

No one knew for half an hour..

Take her outside.

l've come to slap you.

Slap you so hard that this

pain'll feel like nothing.

Kill me. Here, slit my wrists..

..because after you,

it'll be my turn.

You've been with me

since Turkey.. and then..

..just like that.. you'll go?

lf anything happens to you..

because of my mistake..

..i couldn't bear it Guru.

You're happy now?

When that headmaster went..

l didn't shed a tear.. step

mother died, l didn't cry..

..it's just that you're so ugly..

..that it's making me cry..

Even Jumpa never cried

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Mani Ratnam

Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), commonly known by his screen name Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film in 2002. Despite being born into a film family, Mani Ratnam did not develop any interest towards films when he was young. Upon completion of his post graduation in management, he started his career as a consultant. He entered the film industry through the 1983 Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi. The failure of his subsequent films would mean that he was left with fewer offers. However, his fifth directorial outing, Mouna Ragam (1986), established him as a leading filmmaker in Tamil cinema. He followed that with Nayakan (1987). Mani Ratnam is well known for his "Terrorism trilogy" consisting of Roja (1992), Bombay (1995), and Dil Se.. (1998). Mani Ratnam is married to Tamil actress Suhasini and has a son with her. He has won several film awards, including six National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and three Bollywood Filmfare Awards. more…

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