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The Guru

Year:
Duration:
94 min
Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy | Music | Romance
IMDB rate:
5.4
Director:
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Awards:
1 nomination
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2003-02-14
Filming Locations: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $11,000,000
Opening Weekend: $613,485 (USA) (2 February 2003)
Gross: $3,034,181 (USA) (13 April 2003)
Cast
Actor
Character
Emil Marwa
Emil Marwa
The Guru
Jimi Mistry
Ramu Gupta
Heather Graham
Sharonna
Marisa Tomei
Lexi
Dash Mihok
Rusty McGee
Christine Baranski
Chantal
Ronald Guttman
Edwin, Lexi's Dad
Malachy McCourt
Father Flannigan
Ajay Naidu
Sanjay
Anita Gillette
Mrs. McGee
Pat McNamara
Mr. McGee
Dwight Ewell
Peaches
Parul Shah
Indian Princess in Movie
Omar Rahim
Indian Prince 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. Janjher Gupta
Kamla Sethi
Ramu's Nani
Jeneva Talwar
Mira
Raahul Singh
Amit
Jed Sexton
Rude Lunch Patron #1
Tommy Crudup
Rude Lunch Patron #2
Damian Young
Hank, the Camera Man
Philip Levy
Sound Man
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
Josh Goldstein
Jason Harris
Josh's Assistant
Wayne Gurman
Guy in Bar
Sally Jessy Raphael
Herself (as Sally Jessy Raphaël)
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 Dancers
Darrah Carr
Wedding Dancers
Kim Cea
Wedding Dancers
Colleen Hawks
Wedding Dancers
Christopher Lamontagne
Wedding Dancers
Henry Menendez
Wedding Dancers
David O'Hanlon
Wedding Dancers
Frank Root
Wedding Dancers
Michelle West
Wedding Dancers
John Keane
Wedding Bag Piper
Nicki Cochrane
Bombay Dance Class Dancers
Jasmine Persad
Bombay Dance Class Dancers
Subhashini Ali
Grandmother
Ismail Bashey
Various Characters (voice)
Derrick Damions
Smoking sexy gladiator
Sean T. Krishnan
Various Characters (voice)
Lian Moy
Student
Olivia Newton-John
Sandy Olsen
Rich Odell
Gladiator
Sunita Param
Featured
Reena Shah
Indian Dancer
John Travolta
Danny from 'Grease' (archive footage)
Amisha Veda
Dancer
Bill Chemerka
Wedding Dancer (uncredited)
Jeff Chena
Rude Subway Patron (uncredited)
Todd Fredericks
Best Man (uncredited)
Gregori J. Martin
Devout Follower (uncredited)
Amy Russ
Devout Follower (uncredited)
Rod Sweitzer
73 End (uncredited)
Jerry Vattamala
Bollywood Dancer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
There were no sets built at all. The entire movie was shot on location.
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Jimi Mistry's daughter was born during the filming of the gladiator movie scene.
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Just before the birthday scene when Ramu arrives at Lexi's house we hear the party planner greet a couple as Mr. and Mrs. de Borman. John de Borman is the movie's director of photography.
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Goofs
When Sharonna is teaching Ramu about moving one's body to music, Ramu's pendant jumps in and out of his shirt between shots.
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At the end of the movie, when Ramu and Sharonna are leaving the church, they switch sides - walking up the aisle inside the church, Sharonna is on the right, but when they emerge from the church, she is on the left.
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When Ramu plays Swami Bu at the party, he has a garland on. The red sections move up and down between shots.
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Quotes
Ramu Gupta: [Upon seeing the apartment] You're a real bastard, you know that?
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Ramu Gupta: Is the Mercedes in the shop or something?
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Vijay: You have a roof over your head, clothes on your back, food in your belly, what more do you want?
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Photos from cast
Emil Marwa Michael McKean
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