| | Movie Reviews: Guru ...... rate it | | GURU, the latest film from writer-director Mani Ratnam, begins with the usual disclaimer about not being based on any individual and any similarities are purely coincidental. In this case, it is more than just legalese: the film is acknowledged to be loosely inspired by the life
of Indian entrepreneur Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, better known as Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries Limited. His firm,
initially called Reliance Commercial Corporation and set up to import polyester yarn and export spices, grew into the largest petrochemical firm
in India and is reportedly the largest private sector company in the country as well. Additionally, the company held interests in textile
manufacturing, telecommunications and financial services. Ambani died in 2002 and a dispute among his surviving family has led to the company being split into several smaller entities.
Ambani was a colorful figure whose ethics were not always above board. His life was chronicled in the unauthorized biography,The Polyester Prince by Hamish McDonald. Instead of taking a purely biographical approach to the material, Mani Ratnam instead optedto fictionalize the story (I would guess partly... | |
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