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{{short description|1980 film by I. V. Sasi}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Guru
| image = Guru 1980 poster.jpg
| caption = Poster of Tamil version
| director = [[I. V. Sasi]]
| producer = Prakash R. C.
| writer = Haasan Brothers
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Sridevi]]
}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]
| studio = Shiv Sakthi Films
| released = {{Film date|1980|07|18|df=y}} {{small|(Tamil)}}<br /> {{Film date|1980|07|19|df=y}} {{small|(Telugu)}}
| runtime = 159 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil <br /> Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Guru''''' ({{trans|Teacher}}) is a 1980 Indian [[Action film|action]] [[caper story|caper film]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Rachit |date=7 July 2016 |title=5 masked superheroes from films |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/5-masked-superheroes-from-films-14378-2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919123436/http://www.filmfare.com/features/5-masked-superheroes-from-films-14378-2.html |archive-date=19 September 2016 |access-date=17 March 2020 |website=[[Filmfare]] |quote=This star studded action adventure wasn’t exactly a superhero movie, but it did feature Kamal Haasan in an outlandish costume playing justice seeker and do-gooder.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nayak |first=Satyarth |title=Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess |title-link=Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess |publisher=[[Ebury Publishing|Ebury Press]] |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-53056-78-0 |pages=45–46 |author-link=Satyarth Nayak}}</ref> directed by [[I. V. Sasi]]. The film, a bi-lingual, was made in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu-languages]]. The film features [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Sridevi]], while [[M. N. Nambiar]], [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] and [[Mohan Babu]] play supporting roles. The film opened in July 1980 to positive reviews. It was a blockbuster and completed a 365-day run at the box office. This film is a remake of the 1973 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Jugnu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2015 |title=Sridevi: 5 times the actress bowled us with her performance |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/sridevi-5-times-the-actress-bowled-us-with-her-performance/amp_etphotostory/48450778.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200317072327/https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/photo-features/sridevi-5-times-the-actress-bowled-us-with-her-performance/amp_etphotostory/48450778.cms |archive-date=17 March 2020 |access-date=17 March 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
In [[British Raj|pre-independent India]], Raghu is a revolutionary who is disowned by his aristocratic father and is presumed dead while fleeing from the police. Ten years later, Raghu's wife is shot dead by a landlord attempting to rape her, and her young boy shoots the landlord in retaliation and absconds.

Several years later, the boy has grown up to be Ashok, a rich, reputed philanthropist who runs "Parvathi Nilayam", a shelter and institute for orphaned destitute children, named after his mother. Unknown to all except his close friend and associate Mahesh is the fact that to support "Parvathi Nilayam", Ashok also masquerades as "Guru", an elusive criminal who carries out several heists and is being hunted by the police. Meanwhile, Ashok's grandfather has been raising an impostor, Ramesh as his grandson, who has turned out to be felonious.

Ashok meets and falls in love with a charming girl, Sujatha, the niece of a top police official, who strives to win her affection and succeeds. Ashok, in the guise of Guru, also tangles with a notorious mob headed by a one-armed man, one of whose associates is Ramesh. Ashok also has a chance encounter with his lost father, Raghu, who is now working as a professor, but Raghu conceals his identity to keep Ashok safe.

In a shocking twist, Ashok finds out that the landlord whom he had murdered as a boy was none other than Sujatha's father, and he starts rebuking Sujatha without revealing her the truth, leaving her heart-broken. Distraught and despondent, Ashok plans one last big heist to support "Parvathi Nilayam" permanently, hand it over to his friend Mahesh and seclude himself forever. Whether his plans succeed forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==

* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Guru / Ashok
* [[Sridevi]] as Sujatha
* [[R. Muthuraman]] as Raghu, father of Ashok (Tamil)
**[[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] (Telugu)
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as head of the anti-social group (Tamil)
**[[M. Prabhakar Reddy]] (Telugu)
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Commissioner of Police, Sujatha's uncle (Tamil)
**[[Kanta Rao]] (Telugu)
* [[Mohan Babu]] as Ramesh
* [[Y. G. Mahendran]] as Mahesh, Guru's friend
* [[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Raghu's father
*[[S. V. Ramadas]] as Sujatha's father
* [[Ceylon Manohar]] as Henchman
* ISR
* [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] as Parvathi, wife of Raghu and mother of Ashok
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Sujatha's mother
* [[Jayamalini]] as Mahesh's love interest

== Soundtrack ==
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| name = Guru
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cover =
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}}
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guru (1980) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/guru-songs-T0000055 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220202155/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/guru-songs-T0000055 |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=17 March 2020 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guru (Telugu) |url=https://gaana.com/album/guru-telugu-telugu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200317074031/https://gaana.com/album/guru-telugu-telugu |archive-date=17 March 2020 |access-date=17 March 2020 |website=[[Gaana.com]]}}</ref>
{{tracklist
| headline = Tamil tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Aadungal Paadungal
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| lyrics1 = [[Kannadasan]]
| title2 = Parandhalum Vidamatten
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[S. Janaki]]
| lyrics2 = [[Kannadasan]]
| title3 = Perai Chollava
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
| lyrics3 = Kannadasan
| title4 = Endhan Kannil
| extra4 = S. Janaki
| lyrics4 = Kannadasan
| title5 = Maamanukku Paramakudi
| extra5 = S. Janaki
| lyrics5 = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| title6 = Naan Vanangugiren
| extra6 = S. Janaki
| lyrics6 = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| all_writing =
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{{tracklist
| headline = Telugu tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Aadandi Paadandi
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| title2 = Nela Ina Ningi Ina
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[S. Janaki]]
| title3 = Perucheppana
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
| title4 = Kannula Kipu
| extra4 = S. Janaki
| title5 = Nimmasettu Needunnadi
| extra5 = S. Janaki
| title6 = Naa Vandanam
| extra6 = S. Janaki
}}

== Release and reception ==
Guru's Tamil version was released on 18 July 1980; the Telugu version was released one day later, on 19 July. Both were critically and commercially successful. The Tamil version film was released in [[Sri Lanka]] as the same name in later 1980, and Guru had the longest theatrical run<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramji |first=V. |date=19 July 2020 |title=கமலின் கமர்ஷியல் 'குரு'வுக்கு 40 வயது! - இலங்கையில் செய்த மெகா சாதனை! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/565372-kamal-guru.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719151216/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/565372-kamal-guru.html |archive-date=19 July 2020 |access-date=19 July 2020 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]}}</ref> of 386 days in Sri Lanka, previous record [[Chandralekha (1948 film)|Chandralekha]] (1948) 383 days.

In retrospect, Kamal Haasan has been critical of the film, calling it "crap".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=7 November 2019 |title=A look at Kamal Haasan's hits and misses in the 80s, before he became the Kamal we know today |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/kamal-haasan-65th-birthday-indian-film-actor-baradwaj-rangan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415134624/https://www.filmcompanion.in/kamal-haasan-65th-birthday-indian-film-actor-baradwaj-rangan |archive-date=15 April 2020 |access-date=13 April 2020 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0187108|Guru}}

{{I. V. Sasi}}

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