A R Rahman always turns out his best for mentor Mani Ratnam. Adding Gulzar to the mix gave us the scintillating score for Dil Se... So naturally expectations are high for the threesome’s new venture Guru. Lets see how it fares.
With a storyline spanning more than half a century, Guru tells the story of a small time villager turned entrepreneur who goes against the grain and finds success. Keeping in tune with the timeline and the protagonist’s environment is the soundtrack of the movie. By the standards of the masterful trio, the album falls a little short of expectations. Anyone looking for another Dil Se... is sure to be disappointed. But being a period film in the vein of Zubeidaa and to a lesser extent Lagaan, the score of Guru is offbeat, but classy. A pleasant departure from the multitude of rhythmic and heavily orchestrated scores that are hip right now.