The story of Guru- for the few underprivileged

Fabulous music, a brilliant cast that gave realistic performances, and the story of an extra-ordinary man named Guru - a perfect ten at the box office.

Guru, a middle class villager from somewhere in Gujarat, weak at academics sets out to Turkey to work in a factory owned by the oil giants 'Shell'. Apart from being an oil carton delivery boy, he also takes interest in the commodity trading market. With shrewd vision and calculated risk taking, he makes a good buck.

At work too, his boss is satisfied with him. After seven years in the same factory, he is being promoted to Sales supervisor with a heavy pay. But he decides otherwise and returns to his village to start his own "Bijness". To start off with, he is hard on cash (Rs.15000), so he marries Sujatha and accepts a dowry of Rs.25000.

He travels to Mumbai to get started. Against the wishes of many, he starts his trade in Kela silk, a risky one, but fetching high margins. He faces a lot of problems during the start, but with his witty actions and people-managing skills, he gets public acclaim and soon becomes 'Gurubhai'.

Few years down the line, after his business has reached great heights, he decides to start his own factory under the name of Shakti Corporation for producing silk - polyester. For the investment, he plans to approach the public (Public issue). Vision and dedication coupled with bending of rules and government policies for his own good, he soon becomes the King of the Indian Industry. He faces the brunt of the media against him for his slick ways of getting things done, ‘jidhar laath se kaam hua, udhar laath mari; jidhar salaam bolne ko kaha, udhar salaam mara.’

Shyam Saxena, from ‘The Independent’ (press) meticulously exposes all the misdeeds of Gurubhai. The public goes berserk at the continuous exposure of Guru’s false claims. All efforts to regain public confidence prove ineffective, and Guru suffers a paralysis attack.

During the time of his treatment and recovery he is summoned by the High Court following an investigation against his company. He calmly listens to all the charges against him on the first day; while on the second day, he comes all out against the law itself. A brilliant monologue ends with the court forgiving most of the charges and just penalizing Shakti Corporation for a meager sum.

The movie ends with Gurubhai addressing its investors and staff, congratulating them on being the country’s largest company and dreaming on to becoming the world’s biggest corporation.

Alongside Guru, played by Abhishek, is Sujatha, played by Aishwarya. Shyam’s character is played by Madhavan. Mithunda, the owner or ‘The Independent’, helps Guru in his early days to set up his trade against the pressures of the high society, who owned the trade associations then. But later, seeing Guru’s mischievous ways, he decides to go against him and challenges Shyam to bring him down, although Guru and ‘Nanaji’, played by Mithunda, remain close throughout.

The movie talks of the struggle of a simple villager, an oil station attendant on his way to becoming the most successful, though disputed, businessman of the country. It shows how believing in one’s dreams, and working relentlessly on them can bring success to one’s feet.

Well.. this is my version of the movie, you can read the reviews of the movie over the net.
Its definitely worth a watch, it is partially based on Dhirubahai’s life, also worth a read.