Guru is a seasoned stroke from Maniratnam. More of a mature film that comes in the latter stage of a celebrated makers repartee. it does not exist to satisfy the demands of narrative, say an ABCDE(action background conflict development ending) or SBP(set up build up pay off) format, character origin development and conclusions, and so on. By saying this, I do not mean that Guru does or even try to redefine any given genre of biopic films, what it does rather exceptionally well is being honest to whatever it attempts. The technical front is A-class. All the rules in the book have been used to create life on screen.
There is hardly any thing that you like to point out if a film is consistently good, more than the meek mention of the same. This film particularly is a collage of classic sequences, dialogues, and steady, well-pitched, controlled gazes into the camera. A film that will be talked about in appreciative hues and studied for its text book and dexterous approach. A quintessential element of a good film is that it will not leave you, if it will it will leave you numb, lost, unsatisfied. When I saw The Departed I experienced the same feeling. I knew it is great but I could not figure out slots to fit my favorites. I know Guru will linger on and grow in my further viewings, I just am trying to find out why I call it great. And you simply cant take away the undercurrent of Mani while watching Manis film. All of the Nayakans and Iruvars will visit haunt revisit and rehaunt you over and over. And it is this passion that makes the current film fade away pale in comparison to the greats. the paler today the better tomorrow, might work, might not. one might jump and say I expected more, one might point fingers at Why no long speeches? There is a lingering optimism stuck to the flow, and that smells good even after the film is over. To make the name of a character unforgettable is the hall,ark of a any good story or any character or any performance. Be it Bhiku Mhatre, Raghu Jaitley, Lallan Singh, Munnabhai, Samar Pratap Singh, or now, Guru Kant Desai. This is where a film or a character takes larger proportions than what it is. It creates imaginated memories, breathes life into written lines. The streangth or perfection to which Abhishel Bachchan justifies Guru Kant Desai might be contentious but he adds his unique smiling eloquence that makes one believe such a man once lived, somewhere. The lack of Lallan Singh is made up for by Guru Kant Desai. There is a contained beauty to the pitching and the layering of the characters and their voices costumes blocking and their utilization in the seam. To conclude, Guru delivers for the kind of expectations raised, but might not impress a Mani follower to the tee. Tushar Shukla http://passionforcinema.com/guru-film-review/
