A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
Acting
Abhishek's career-defining hunger; Mithun's weary integrity.
Direction
Mani Ratnam turns boardroom meetings into opera.
Score
A.R. Rahman's 'Tere Bina' will live in your head rent-free.
Director
Mani Ratnam
Abhishek Bachchan
Gurukanth Desai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Sujata Desai
Mithun Chakraborty
Manik Dasgupta
R. Madhavan
Shyam Saxena
Vidya Balan
Meenakshi "Meenu" Saxena
Arya Babbar
Jignesh
Mallika Sherawat
Champa
Prathap Pothan
K R Menon I.A.S.
Sachin Khedekar
Sujata's Father
Manoj Joshi
Ghanshyam Bhai
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Contractor Sahaab
Nina Kulkarni
Sujata's Mother
Roshan Seth
Thapar
Arjan Bajwa
Arzaan Contractor
Mukesh Bhatt
Ram Lal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on Dhirubhai Ambani, the film sparked real corporate lawsuits and family denials.
The 1958-2003 timeline mirrors India's own economic liberalization—Guru doesn't just build a company, he builds modern India itself.
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