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Bookmark this pageGuru in Seven (1997)
Director: Shani Grewal
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sanjay (Ganatra), an immature charmer on the cusp of thirty, is struggling as an artist on the dole. Left by his black girlfriend because he refuses to marry, he accepts a bet from pub mates that he can sleep with seven women in a week and thus become 'the guru'. Will his smugness see him through? Or is he heading for a fall? This micro budget comedy will doubtless offend (or bore) many, not least members of the London Punjabi community who take some of Sanjay's sharpest jibes. With its cavalier, non-PC sexual mores (probably more representative than is usually allowed), this is not art cinema but it makes many '90s British-Asian movies seem distinctly old hat. Shot on the lam, Ganatra holds the film together with a mix of self-parody, flash Harry charm and little-boy-lost innocence.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Shani Grewal
Producer: Shani Grewal
Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Jacqueline Pearce, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Lea Rochelle, Lynne Michelle, Elle Lewis, Amanda Pointer, Samantha Spiro full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 107 mins
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