Le gourou

Titre original : The Guru

1969
G
1h 52m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,4/10

178

MA NOTE

Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's home, where he gets to meet his wife and several daughters, and the maestro himself. Zafar never has had a disciple as Tom, and is clearly disappointed with his lack of respect. Nevertheless, he asks him to travel to Banares with him. Also accompanying them is a young Caucasian woman named Jenny, who Zafar has taken a liking to, much to his wife's displeasure, and who is more respectful of him than Tom. In Banaras, they get to meet Zafar's aging Guru, and his mistress, Ghazala, who is expecting a child soon. Zafar hopes that it will be a son. Zafar's Guru is quite disappointed with him for having Tom and Jenny as his disciples. An over-awed and overwrought Jenny decides to take it easy - and it is then she witnesses the murder of a courtesan. Watch as events unfold in this peaceful town of Banaras that will change the lives and thought-processes of Zafar, Tom, and Jenny, forever.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueTom Pickle, Britain's top pop artiste, travels to Bombay, India, in the 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's ... Tout lireTom Pickle, Britain's top pop artiste, travels to Bombay, India, in the 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's home, where he gets to meet his wife and several daughters, and the maestro himself.Tom Pickle, Britain's top pop artiste, travels to Bombay, India, in the 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's home, where he gets to meet his wife and several daughters, and the maestro himself.

Director
- James Ivory
Writers
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- James Ivory
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,4/10

178

MA NOTE

Director
- James Ivory
Writers
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- James Ivory
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Vidéos1

Trailer 2:42

The Guru (1969) Trailer

Photos13

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Anecdotes
One of eight productions that Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey made with Merchant Ivory Productions. The films include Le gourou (1969), The Delhi Way (1964), Chaleur et poussière (1983), The Deceivers (1988), The Sword and the Flute (1959), The Courtesans of Bombay (1983), The Creation of Woman (1961), and Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978).

Connexions
Featured in The Wandering Company (1985)

Bandes originales
Tom's Boat Song
By Imrat Khan (as Ustad Imrat Hussein Khan), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
Performed by Michael York (uncredited)

Commentaires des utilisateurs7

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Commentaire en vedette

9/10

Classic

The Guru is a classic for its time and the themes it covers are relevant today. The wide-eyed Westerner is fascinated by the sitar and Indian spirituality and ventures upon a quest to understand this better. The movie covers stereotypes both Western and Eastern with scenes shot in England and India. The high point of the film is the superb sitar music of Ustad Vilayat Khan used in lessons and performance scenes.

Of particular interest in the scene when Michael York is being interviewed by the Indian press. He answers the queries to the best of his ability. In some cases he doesn't understand the Indian English , in others, the questions are out of his domain (these he ignores). Utpal Dutt makes a positive impression as the Guru and even finger syncs on the sitar.