The Guru (1969 film)

The Guru
The Guru
	File:The Guru.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Ivory
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; James Ivory
Starring	Rita Tushingham; Michael York ; Utpal Dutt; Madhur Jaffrey; Barry Foster; Aparna Sen; Zohra Sehgal; Saeed Jaffrey
Music by	Ustad Vilayat Khan
Cinematography	Subrata Mitra
Edited by	Prabhakar Supare; Humphrey Dixon (assistant)
Production; company	Merchant Ivory Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	10 February 1969
Running time	112 min
Country	United States; India
Language	English; Urdu
Budget	$970,000
Box office	$2 million (est.)

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The Guru is a 1969 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.

Plot[edit]

A rock star, Tom Pickle (Michael York), travels to India to learn to play the sitar with the great musician Ustad Zafar Khan (as George Harrison did when he studied under Ravi Shankar). Khan (Utpal Dutt) is not happy with his disciple but still takes him to Benares to meet his own guru.

Cast[edit]

Rita Tushingham - Jenny
Michael York - Tom Pickle
Utpal Dutt - Ustal Zafar Khan
Madhur Jaffrey - Begum Sahiba
Barry Foster - Chris
Aparna Sen - Ghazala
Zohra Sehgal - Mastani
Saeed Jaffrey - Murad

Box office[edit]

According to Fox records, the film required $1,675,000 in theatrical rentals to break even. By 11 December 1970, it had only made $625,000 in rentals, causing the studio to take a loss.^[2] This was equivalent to estimated box office gross receipts of approximately $2 million.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1, p. 256
↑ Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 328.
↑ Vogel, Harold L. (2010). "Table 3.4. Motion picture theater industry statistics, 1965-2009". Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis. Cambridge University Press. pp. 88–9. ISBN 978-1-139-49732-9. 1965 (...) MPAA U.S. + Canadian rentals % of BO (...) 29.8

External links[edit]

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[1] Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1, p. 256

[2] Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 328.

[3] Vogel, Harold L. (2010). "Table 3.4. Motion picture theater industry statistics, 1965-2009". Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis. Cambridge University Press. pp. 88–9. ISBN 978-1-139-49732-9. 1965 (...) MPAA U.S. + Canadian rentals % of BO (...) 29.8

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