Guru (1989 film)

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Guru
Guru 1989 poster.jpg
Promotional Poster
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Written by Ram Kelkar
Javed Siddiqui
Based on Kaakki Sattai
Produced by G. Venkateswaran
R.C.Prakash
Starring Mithun Chakraborty
Sridevi
Music by Bappi Lahiri
Production
company
Shiv Shakthi Productions Pvt. Ltd. Madras
Release date
  • 24 February 1989 (1989-02-24)
Running time
165 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget Rs 5 Crores

Guru is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Umesh Mehra, starring Nutan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi and Shakti Kapoor. [1] [2] [3] The film was a major commercial success. Incidentally, after 14 years, Chakraborty worked in a 2003 film of the same name in Bengali, as well as a 2007 film of the same name, 18 years later.

Contents

The film's plot is based on Kaakki Sattai starring Kamal Haasan, a 1985 Tamil hit. [4]

Summary

Gaurav Shankar "Guru" Shrivastav's ambition is to become an upright Police officer, but unluckily he is not getting selected. His sole strength is his lady love Rama. As Guru's ambition fails, he turns to alcohol, dacoity, and thuggism. He finally joins Manu's lethal gang to take revenge on the Police force, which blocked his ambition. Uma (Rama's lookalike), is Vicky's important gang member. One day, Vicky gets the confidential message about an undercover cop in his Gang.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

SongSinger
"Daru Kharab" Kishore Kumar
"Aai Aai Yo" Asha Bhosle
"Jaiyo Na" Lata Mangeshkar, Shailendra Singh
"Bad Girl" Alisha Chinai, Shailendra Singh
"Ghayal Ghayal" Bappi Lahiri, S. Janaki

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References

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