Madhavan Movies
Mani Ratnam teams with Aishwarya Rai, a woman considered by some to be the most beautiful actress of her time, in the Bollywood musical Guru. The film concerns a man, Gurukant Desai, from an average village who, starting from very modest means, attempts to build a successful business in Bombay. His troubled private life includes with his frustrated wife, Sujata, who must adjust to being in a marriage she never really wanted. He must overcome a number of personal and professional problems in order to fulfill his ambitious dreams of success. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, (more)
- 2002
Mani Rathnam's A Peck on the Cheek is about a girl who discovers the truth about her past. Amudha (Keerthana) is an eight-year-old girl who learns from her adopted family that her real mother and father were separated by a war. In an attempt to meet her birth mother, she travels with her cousin and her new family to the place her parents came from, and sees for herself the conditions that led to her being separated from her parents. A Peck on the Cheek was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kalyan Chakravarthy, Nandita Das, (more)
