The Guru (2003)

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R | 1 hr 31 mins | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Romantic comedy | Released: 1/31/2003 |Box Office Total: $3.0M

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Synopsis:

Ramu Gupta, a young Indian dance teacher with the best moves in Delhi embarks for New York City in pursuit of fame and fortune--only to wind up working as a waiter in an Indian restaurant. However, good fortune can arise from strange places; Ramu discovers this when a catering gig at a ditzy socialite's birthday party catapults him into an extravagant version of the American dream. Mistaken for a spiritual healer, Ramu becomes an overnight celebrity with the city's elite hanging on to his every word--no matter how absurd. The trouble is, he is also falling in love with Sharonna, an adult film star, who is the one woman who knows the real source of his seemingly profound insights. Ramu soon finds that he must choose between his newfound notoriety, and his love for a woman who accepts him as he is--unconditionally.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/31/2003

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Daisy von Scherler Mayer	Director
Cast	Credit
Heather Graham	Sharrona
Jimi Mistry	Ramu Gupta
Marisa Tomei	Lexi
Christine Baranski	Chantal
Emil Marwa	Vijay
Raahul Singh	Amit
Tom McCarthy	Lars
Michael McKean	Dwain
Dwight Ewell	Peaches, The Makeup Person
Rob Morrow	Josh Goldstein
Sanjeev Bhaskar	Cook
Malachy McCourt	Father Flanagan
Ronald Guttman	Edwin
Ajay Naidu	Sanjiv
Anita Gillette	Mrs McGee
Pat McNamara	Mr McGee
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 Glass
Sinia Jane	Mrs Gupta
Anoop Puri	Mr Gupta
Kamla Sethi	Nana
Jeneva Talwar	Mira
Jed Sexton	Rude Lunch Patron
Tommy Crudup	Rude Lunch Patron
Damian Young	Hank, the Camera Man
Philip Levy	Sound Man
Sarah Stanley	Ramrod Production Assistant
Bobby Cannavale	Randy
Krista Bogetich	Party Planner
Sanjeev Bhaskar	Rasphal, the Cook
Ajay Mehta	Swami Bu
Rizwan Manji	Party Waiter
Carmen Dell'Orefice	Socialite
Georgia Creighton	Uptight Woman
Amanda 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
Jason Harris	Josh's Assistant
Wayne Gurman	Guy in Bar
Sally Jessy Raphael	Herself
John Holyoke	Salyy Jessy Audience Member
Rebecca Ayers	Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
Robert 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 Rawe	Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
Darlene Wilson	Lexi's Birthday Party Dancer
Cara Butler	Wedding Dancer
Darrah Carr	Wedding Dancer
Kim Cea	Wedding Dancer
Colleen Hawks	Wedding Dancer
Christopher Lamontagne	Wedding Dancer
Henry Menendez	Wedding Dancer
David O'Hanlon	Wedding Dancer
Frank Root	Wedding Dancer
Michelle West	Wedding Dancer
John M Keane	Wedding Bagpiper
Nicki Cochrane	Bombay Dance Class Dancer
Jasmine Persad	Bombay Dance Class Dancer
Dash Mihok	Rusty
Production Credits	Credit
Tim Bevan	Producer
Shekhar Kapur	Executive Producer
David Crockett	Co-Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer
Michael London	Producer
Debra Hayward	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Working Title Films Australia (WTA)	Production Company
StudioCanal U.S.	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Tracey Jackson	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Mario R. Ventenilla	Art Director
Robin Standefer	Production Designer
Kelly Solomon	Art Department Coordinator - Set Decoration Coordinator
Donna Hamilton	Set Decorator
Malavika Talukder	Set Decorator
Stephen Alesch	Production Designer
Aradhana Seth	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Laura Rosenthal	Casting
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting - ADR Voice Casting
Alice Farrell	Casting
Karen Lindsay Stewart	Casting
Carol Hanzel	Casting
Kim Coleman	Casting
Uma Da Cunha	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Stephen Consentino	Steadicam Operator
Ken Ferris	Camera Operator
John de Borman	Director of Photography
Jerome F. Holway	Steadicam Operator - Additional Steadicam Operator
Music	Credit
Dawn Soler	Music Supervisor
Jeff Atmajian	Orchestrations
Peter Cobbin	Music Engineer
Geetha Bennett	Soloist - Vocal Soloist
Edmund Choi	Music Conductor - Score Conductor
David Carbonara	Music
Craig Pruess	Music Performer - Sitar
Jay B Richardson	Music Editor
Rosemary Warren-Green	Music Conductor - Orchestra Leader
Sonia Slany	Music Performer - Tampura
Nick Angel	Music Supervisor
Chandru Jois	Music Performer - Tampura
Paul Clarvis	Music Performer - Indian Percussion
Kuljit Bhamra	Music Performer - Indian Percussion
Paul Dunne	Music Performer - Acoustic/Spanish Guitar
Mitch Dalton	Music Performer - Acoustic/Spanish Guitar
John Parricelli	Music Performer - Acoustic/Spanish Guitar
Hugh Burns	Music Performer - Electric Guitar/Electric Sitar
Clem Clempson	Music Performer - Electric Guitar/Electric Sitar
Brett Morgan	Music Performer - Drums
Andy Pask	Music Performer - Bass Guitar
Skaila Kanga	Music Performer - Harp/Celtic Harp
Dave Hartley	Music Performer - Electric Piano/Celeste
Helen Keen	Music Performer - Flute
Physical Effects	Credit
Don J Hewitt	Stunt Double
Peter Bucosi	Stunt Coordinator
Norman Douglass	Stunt Double
Ramu Double	Stunt Double
Akshay Dosaj	Stunt Double
Production Management	Credit
John DeSimone	Production Coordinator
Varsha Dewan	Unit Manager
Nupu Chaudhuri	Line Producer
Lizz Grant	Production Supervisor
Bill Garvey	Location Assistant
David Crockett	Unit Production Manager
Steve Apicella	Assistant Director
Bryan Thomas	Location Manager
Tom Johnson	Script Supervisor
Graham Stumpf	Post-Production Supervisor
Gwenn K Smith	Post-Production Coordinator
Tony Davis	Production Coordinator
Jennifer H. Lyne	Location Assistant
Mohini Banerjee	Production Supervisor
Robert Albertell	Assistant Director
Robyn Aronstam	Script Supervisor
Varsha Dewan	Location Manager
Alex Fernandez	Assistant Director
Joseph Stephans	Location Assistant
Annie M Mathews	Production Coordinator
Matthew Kania	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
D Dylan Gray	Assistant Director
Atul Srivastav	Assistant Director
D P Singh	Assistant Director
Ayesha Sood	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Cathy Mortensen	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Catherine M Speakman	Sound Editor
Lisa J Levine	ADR Editor
Matthew Iadarola	Rerecording Mixer
Laura Macias	Foley Artist
Robert Carr	Sound
Richard E Yawn	Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Barosky	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Gary Blufer	Sound Effects - Additional Sound Effects
Bruce Fortune	Sound Supervisor - Additional Sound Supervision
Michael Dressel	Foley Editor - Supervising Foley Editor
John Michael Fanaris	Sound Effects - Sound Effects Coordinator
Frank A Fuller Jr	Sound Editor
Adam Jenkins	Rerecording Mixer
Matthew Iadarola	Sound
Graham Ross	Sound Mixer
Sean Rowe	Foley Artist
Shawn Sykora	Foley Editor
John Switzer	Sound Effects - Sound Effects Coordinator
Steve Maslow	Rerecording Mixer
Kevin Hamilton	Sound Editor
Bill Dotson	Sound Editor
Ken Teaney	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Alexander Court	Special Effects - Special Effects Driver
Susan Bradley	Titles - Title Design
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
David Craig Forrest	Makeup Artist
Angel DeAngelis	Hair Stylist
Michael Clancy	Costume Designer
Marcia Patten	Costume Supervisor
C Romania Ford	Makeup Artist
Kate Edwards	Costume Supervisor
Patricia Grande	Hair Stylist
Chotu Shaikh	Makeup Artist
Shashi Thapa Awai	Hair Stylist

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