“Guru” Getting Substantial Hit in US

The latest Bollywood movie Guru has got an outstanding opening in US. It is reported that the movie has already made about $843,200 within four days of the first week. The movie has already been tagged with one of the highest opening grossed movies of Bollywood in US. The movie has been reported extensively in the US media. I am quoting some of the lines from a zeenews report:

The New York Times followed up its story Sunday hailing the film's glitzy red carpet premiere as heralding "not only the arrival of a movie, but also a growing cultural phenomenon" and followed it up with a review suggesting "'Guru' exalts India's rising influence".

The New York Post gave it three out of four stars, the highest grade it has ever bestowed on a Bollywood film, and Los Angeles Weekly called it the best Bollywood film since "Lagaan". Even Time magazine reviewed the film.

You might think it would be difficult to fashion an entertaining account of the life of a polyester manufacturer, even a fictitious one. But the Tamil director Mani Ratnam, known for intelligent political dramas, has done so with 'Guru', an epic paean to can-do spirit and Mumbai capitalism," said Andy Webster in his review in the New York Times.

"For movies to celebrate an entrepreneur is rare - usually you get exposure-but not wrong. Guru's nearest equivalent might be "It's a Wonderful Life", except that this small businessman has to cope with success, not failure.

"And there's no denying the dramatic oomph of the climactic courtroom scene, with Gurukant defending himself and the class he stands for. Still, it doesn't seem like a natural weave for Mani Ratnam. This "Guru" is more like a fine polyester," he said.

L.A. Weekly said: "Ratnam's enthralling and eventful new picture 'Guru' is one of his best yet; in fact it may be the best Indian commercial (Bollywood) movie since the Oscar-nominated 'Lagaan' (2000)."

It added: "The flamboyantly gifted Indian moviemaker Mani Ratnam has an epic romantic temperament, like a reform-minded 19th century novelist, with a great eye and a trunk full of Panavision lenses."

It seems that Guru is making a boom in the Hollywood country US. It really a victory of Bollywood too and the huge hit of the movie Guru proves that Bollywood movies has developed much and who knows, Bollywood can be a threat to Hollywood.