Following in the footsteps of movies like Bend it like Beckham comes a laugh riot called The Guru. The film is essentially about a regular guy who dreams about going to the US, gets there and ends up being the Deepak Chopra of sex. May not sound like the usual South Asian Diaspora movie but that is what makes it special in a very unremarkable way.
 
Ramu Gupta (Jimi Mistry) has always dreamed of leaving Delhi and fulfilling his dreams of being famous in the US. After hearing that his friend has a red Mercedes and a penthouse, he convinces his parents that it is America or bust. Upon reaching there, he realises that things are a bit different and that the Mercedes is actually a taxi and the penthouse is a single room above an

Graham). He gets thrown out for not performing (literally) and ends up back at his catering job but as luck would have it, he has to end up playing a guru after one that was hired to amuse a crowd of socialites passes out drunk. He preaches of liberation through sexual intercourse and this makes him a hit, especially with Lexi (Marisa Tomei) a rich socialite in search of some spirituality. He then becomes a hit with her friends and realises the financial potential in being the guru of sex. He goes back to Sharonna to get more of her insights into sex and uses the same spiel during his own sermons without her knowledge. Eventually, Ramu and Sharonna start to get close but his cover gets blown and Sharonna wants nothing to do with him but as all happy endings would have it, he ditches it all just to be with her.

 
The Guru is a movie that deliberately goes into fits of absolute silliness. The kind of silliness that makes children laugh uncontrollably and that is exactly what will happen to anyone watching the movie. Heather Graham is the star of the show with her flexibility in her role of a porn star and she definitely has done a good job of dancing to Bollywood’s atrocious choreography. Marisa Tomei is funny to a  certain point just like the rest of the cast. Unfortunately, Jimi Mistry is surprisingly mundane and doesn’t leave an impact. If you are in the mood for a silly comedy that doesn’t leave a lasting impression, The Guru is for you.