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Guru

2007 · 166 min

A sweeping, earnest rise-and-fall saga that immerses you in ambition and moral compromise, with a warm human core.

Directed by: Mani Ratnam
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty

Tagline: Think big, think ahead and think fast.
Overview: A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

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Directed by: Mani Ratnam
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
corruption
power
family
justice
Places: big city
small town
workplace
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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