DVD Movie Rating for: The Guru

4 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: The Guru

Dance teacher Ramu leaves India to go to America and join his cousin who is rich and successful. When he arrive he finds that his cousin has lied and that he lives in a flat above a shop with illegals etc. However he sets out to be a film star and auditions for a role that he gets. However when he finds it's in a porno with actress Sharonna he can't go through with it despite her good advice on how to do it. Later he is catering at a party featuring a wise old guru, who gets drunk and passes out. Ramu stands in and repeats the wisdom of Sharonna, freeing the mind of the posh guests and attracting Lexi to him. However to keep the image of him as a sex guru going he has to get more lessons from Sharonna whom he begins to fall for despite using her.

DVD Production Details of: The Guru

Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled

Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003
DVD Features:
Commentary by actor Jimi Mistry

Commentary by director Daisy Von Sherler Mayer and Writer Tracey Jackson

Theatrical trailer(s)

Deleted Scenes

Photo Gallery

Widescreen anamorphic format

DVD Easter Eggs

The Guru

Cast of the movie: The Guru

• Heather Graham .... Sharonna
• Marisa Tomei .... Lexi
• Jimi Mistry .... Ramu Gupta
• Michael McKean .... Dwain
• Dash Mihok .... Rusty
• Emil Marwa .... Vijay
• Raahul Singh .... Amit
• Ronald Guttman .... Edwin
• Malachy McCourt .... Father
• Ajay Naidu .... Sanjay
• Anita Gillette .... Mrs. McGee
• Dwight Ewell .... Peaches
• Christine Baranski .... Chantal
• Pat McNamara .... Mr. McGee
• Parul Shah .... Indian Princess in Movie
• Omar Rahim .... Indian Princess in Movie
• Douglas Dolan .... Young Ramu
• Bina Sharif .... Older Woman in Dance Class
• Sakina Jaffrey .... Young Woman in Dance Class
• Susham Bedi .... Lady in Glasses in Dance Class
• Sinia Jane .... Mrs. Gupta
• Anoop Puri .... Mr. Gupta
• Kamla Sethi .... Nana
• Jeneva Talwar .... Mira
• Jed Sexton .... Rude Lunch Patron
• Tommy Crudup .... Rude Lunch Patron
• Damian Young .... Hank the Cameraman
• Philip Levy .... Soundman
• Sarah Stanley .... Romrod Production Assistant
• Bobby Cannavale .... Randy
• Krista Bogetich .... Party Planner
• Thomas McCarthy .... Lars
• Sanjeev Bhaskar .... Rasphal the Cook
• Ajay Mehta .... Swami Bu
• Rizwan Manji .... Party Waiter
• Carmen Dell'Orefice .... Socialite
• Georgia Creighton .... Uptight Woman
• Amanda Hall Rogers .... Amy
• Tina Sloan .... Kitty
• Dominic Fumusa .... Waldo Hernandez
• Rebecca Thomas .... Subway Passenger
• Steven Randazzo .... Tony the Baker
• Edythe Bronstein .... Turned-on Woman
• Roger Kachel .... Turned-on Man
• Don Fessman .... Chatty Nude Guy
• Margaret Hall .... Mrs. Taylor
• Bill Massof .... Professor Wank
• Rob Morrow .... Goldstein
• Jason Harris .... Josh's Assistant
• Wayne Gurman .... Guy in Bar
• Sally Jessy Raphael .... Herself
• John Holyoke .... Sally Jessy Audience Member
• Becca Ayers .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Robert Rod Barry .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Nicole Barth .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Rob Besserer .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Gwendolyn Bucci .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Dimitri Christy .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Barry Ford .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• John-Charles Kelly .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Richard Lear .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Paul Liberti .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Susan Malick .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Joseph P. McDonnell .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Frank Moran .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Scott Rink .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Jeanna Schweppe .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Valda Setterfield .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Alec Timerman .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Judith Van Buren .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Jennifer Way Rawe .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Darlene Wilson .... Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
• Cara Butler .... Wedding Dancer
• Darrah Carr .... Wedding Dancer
• Kim Cea .... Wedding Dancer
• Colleen Hawks .... Wedding Dancer
• Christopher Lamontagne .... Wedding Dancer
• Henry Menendez .... Wedding Dancer
• David O'Hanlon .... Wedding Dancer
• Frank Root .... Wedding Dancer
• Michelle West .... Wedding Dancer
• John Keane .... Wedding Bag Piper
• Nicki Cochrane .... Bombay Dance Class Dancer
• Jasmine Persad .... Bombay Dance Class Dancer
• Amy Russ .... Devout Follower
• Rod Sweitzer ....

Photo Gallery of the movie: The Guru

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The Guru with Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei

Reviews of the movie: The Guru

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 launches into its glorious musical numbers, it enters a realm of delirious glee.

A mildly amusing comedy about an Indian actor who comes to america to be the next John Travolta (the "Grease" version) and winds up in a porno movie and then becoming the "Guru of Sex." Yea its a silly premise but it works fairly well because of an amusing script and game performances from Jimi Mistry (as the "Guru") and Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei as the women in his life. A fun film but not too much depth