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Instead of being stuck in this gray building(my home) on a hot night , I want to be stuck in a log cabin at an Indian Hill Station, probably somewhere like ooty, with my friends. Its raining outside and its cold, theres a fireplace in our cabin and couple of us are trying to get the fire going. Theres lot of coffee and tea going around, and theres some proper hot Indian finger food. We finally settle down on the sofa or the carpet or wherever we can find space. SPB is singing for us, via Suriyan FM in the background, with AR Rehman making special appearances in between. We start talking, about where life has taken us in the last 5 years since we left college, about where we wanted to go, about where we still want to go. And we have hundreds of digressions during these talks, we start to debate on topics we feel strongly about, or know nothing about. Some of us start to play cards, others are eating masala puri. I go out for a walk in the rain and couple of them joins me. Rain is replaced by cold wind and we get back before we freeze. End of Dream. Its Saturday but go back to F---in Job :(

A Classic - Mani Ratnam never disappoints - One of the few directors who knows how to get the best out of his actors and to tell a story. He is the Spielberg of Bollywood as well as Kollywood. He will make you want to go to the Cinema, to believe in the magic of Cinema and Creativity.

Abhishek's the enthusiastic, full of energy Guru with a zest in his walk to the swagger which comes with experience in Gurubhai's older days, Abhishek is in his elements and he probably knew that he will never get a role like this and gave his all. To be honest I can't understand Hindi but I watched this movie for three master elements worked together (Mani, AR and Abhishek). The enthusiasm and freshness(for lack of a better word - Watch Ash in Megha Megha on the screen to know what I mean) in the young Guru and Sujata makes you fall in love with cinema all over again and you realize why exactly is Cinema where it is - The most popular art form since the last 100 years.

About the others, I was impressed with Madhavan in RDB but he didn't do much other then kissing scene. Limited role for Vidya Balan, who did a wonderful job in Muna Bahi 2 . Bollywood needs to improve its kissing skills - In both Dhoom and here, a normal kiss scene looks more weird than normal - Who kisses like this? Surely some lessons from Emraan Hashmi and Mallika Sherawat from Murder needed.

Music - Tough one to call. I warmed up to all songs before watching the movie but Barso Re, Tere Bina and Mayya Mayya, look good on the big screen. Ek Lo Ek Muft song was surplus and spoils the flow of the movie but one mistake is allowed, I guess. Mani is also human, he has right to make at least one mistake. I challenge anyone to understand and then make sense of any one line in Mayya Mayya - It sounds more like Lebanese song than a Turkish Belly Dancing Song (Mallika saves the plot showing her 75%) - Or do a first next time - Provide subtitles in Hindi in a Hindi movie. Thats it, no more criticism.

I have said it before, I will say it again - Guru brings back the charm of going to the Cinema. 4 stars out of 5.