| Guru En Aalu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Selva |
| Produced by | K. R. Gangadharan |
| Written by | Aziz Mirza Selva L. Venkatesan Neenu |
| Starring | Madhavan Abbas Mamta Mohandas Vivek Brinda Parekh |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva |
| Cinematography | U. K. Senthil Kumar |
| Editing by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Distributed by | KRG Movies International |
| Release date(s) | 24 April 2009[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Guru En Aalu (Tamil: குரு என் ஆளு) is a 2009 Tamil romantic comedy film directed by Selva and inspired by the storyline of Aziz Mirza's Yes Boss. It stars Madhavan, Abbas, Mamta Mohandas, Vivek and Brinda Parekh in the lead role. Through this movie, Abbas and Madhavan teamed up for the third time after Minnale and the Kannada movie Shanti Shanti Shanti. The film, which had been under production since late 2007, released in April 2009 to mixed reviews. It was an average grosser at the box office.
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Guru (Madhavan) wants to start a company of his own. He works for his boss Krishna (Abbas), who is a successful entrepreneur leading a happy married life. But the major problem for Krishna is his playboy nature. Guru hopes that his boss will help him set up a company so that he can also become a boss and make money. Therefore he does everything to please him.
Krishna falls for a model Seema (Mamta Mohandas). Interestingly Guru also romances Seema. But coming to know that his boss is behind the girl, he decides to give up his romance to attain his personal goals. He goes hammer and tongs ensuring that Seema gets close with Krishna. But after a sequence of events, he realises that he yearns and craves for Seema. Did he give up his love for making it big in life or go hammer and tongs to hold Seema’s hands forms the climax.
Following the release of his home production, Evano Oruvan, in December 2007, Madhavan announced his intentions on remaking the 1997 Hindi language film, Yes Boss, which starred Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles. The director, a remake specialist, Selvah was assigned to direct the movie which was to be produced by KRG, one of the veteran producers and President of South Indian Film Chamber.[2]
Following cast selection and story adjustions, the film had its launch on 2 May 2008, with only Madhavan and Mamta Mohandas among the cast attending at a small ceremony at Adyar, Chennai.[3] Shooting for the film started at Chennai in May 2008 and continued in various locations in Kerala. Another schedule was filmed at overseas locations, primarily in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4][5] The introductory song for Madhavan was shot at the AVM Studios in Vadapalani, Chennai with several extras, choreographed by Babu.[6]
The casting process took four months for the director and producer to settle. Initially it was expected that Nayantara would appear opposite Madhavan in the lead role, however Nayantara opted out due to involvements in bigger projects such as Kuselan, Aegan and Villu.[7] Sameera Reddy was briefly linked to the role,[8] but eventually Mamta Mohandas claimed the lead female role, portraying a model. Jayaram was initially announced to portray a role in the film, but pulled out at the last moment and was replaced by Abbas, and another cast member is Vivek, whom both re-unite with Madhavan after the 2001 blockbuster, Minnale.[9][10] Another actress, Brinda Parekh, was soon after signed up to play the role of Abbas's pair in the film.[11] A string of supporting cast members were selected among those being Sona Heiden, Poovilangu Mohan, Mayilsamy, Pattimandram Raja, Manobala, M. S. Baskar, Meera Krishnan and Aarthi.[4][12]
Apart from Selvah, who directs the film, the cinematographer for the project is Senthil Kumar, whilst the editor is National Award winner V. T. Vijayan. The dialogues for Aziz Mirza's script is handled by L. Venkatesan and lyrics are written by Pa. Vijay, Kabilan and Pazhani Bharathi. Srikanth Deva is the music diector for the film, renewing his association with Selvah, whom both were crew members of Selvah's previous venture, Thotta.[4]
| Guru En Aalu | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva | |
| Released | 26 September 2008 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Producer | K. R. Ganghadaran |
The film has six songs composed by Srikanth Deva. cs are by three eminent poets - Pa. Vijay, Kapilan and Pazhanibharathy whilst the songs are choreographed by Kalyan, Sridhar and Dinesh. The film's songs were released at a low-key function in Chennai on 26 September 2008. Majority of the BGM scores in this movie were lifted from popular Hindi movies like Rang de Basanti, Salaam Namaste and Om Shanti Om.[13] "Spun" by Flipsyde is used in the song Chellame Chellame, and "Bebot" by The Black Eyed Peas forms the background score of the whole movie.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vaanam Vanthu" | Krish | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Chellame Chellamae" | Udit Narayan | 4:42 |
| 3. | "Veesuvadhu" | Benny Dayal | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Kadhal Kannadiyil" | Prasanna Rao and Sadhana Sargam | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Alaipayudhey" | Karthik, Ranjith, Swetha and Nithya | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Kadhal Kolagalam" | Rakeep | 3:18 |