The Guru (2002) on Netflix
Ramu Gupta leaves Delhi for New York to become an actor. He lands a role in a porn film, then takes a swami's place at a society birthday party.
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Plot summary
Ramu Gupta teaches dance in Delhi and dreams of America, encouraged by his cousin Vijay Rao, who boasts of a Mercedes and a penthouse in New York. Ramu arrives to find Vijay waiting tables and driving a taxi, sharing a small apartment inside a cinema. Ramu waits tables too, loses the job after an argument with a customer, and answers an acting call that puts him in a pornographic film opposite Sharonna. Catering a society birthday party that evening, he watches the hired Indian swami pass out drunk and takes the man's place, repeating advice Sharonna gave him earlier. Lexi, the birthday girl, is impressed and promotes him to her friends as a New Age sex guru.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Guru (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Among the film's New York locations was a shot taken close to the World Trade Center. The production kept it in the finished film rather than cutting it after the September 11 attacks.
