India Guru returned 6.6× its production cost, earning $31.0M against a $4.7M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
गुरु
“Think big, think ahead and think fast.”
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles he meets, his subsequent rise and the huge backlash he receives when it is revealed that he used unethical means to rise in the business circuit.
Audience Engagement
105 audience reviews — more than 92% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among India films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 46m runtime, production spent $28K per minute on screen and earned $187K per minute back.
Other Titles From Madras Talkies
Drama + Romance in India
356 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Guru itself).
The 2006–2008 India Window
Guru holds position #38 of 151 India films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Guru premiered alongside 52 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 52 other India films in 2007.
The 580th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Guru, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- idealism · 3
- tycoon · 2
- industrialist · 1
- rise to power · 1
- biography · 75
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #689 of 1,983 India films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #469 of 1,132 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Madras Talkies |
| Runtime | 2h 46m |
| Release Date | January 12, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0499375 |