Guru Was Written and Directed by Mani Ratnam

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    Guru was written and directed by Mani Ratnam, while Vijay Krishna Acharya

    wrote the Hindi dialogues. Filming took lace in Mumbai, !urkey, "adami and

    Melkote #both in Karnataka$, as well as in %hennai, &ollachi, Madurai, %hettinad

    region !amil 'adu, and Athirailly in Kerala. Much o( the )lm was shot on the

    *+ress *states, the (ormer home o( !he 'ew ndian *+ress and -inamani.

    -uring one musical number, Aishwarya Rai (ell (rom a bicycle and receied

    bruises on her hands and (eet. Filming had to be susended (or a (ew hours while

    she receied )rst aid/01 and the number was cut (rom the )lm and eentually

    relaced with 2"arso Re2./31 !he music is comosed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics

    by Gul4ar. %inematograhy (or the )lm is handled by Raji Menon./561 7eeral

    scenes were deleted (rom the )nal theatrical ersion, including a scene in which

    7ujata )rst gies birth to a stillborn child and a scene in which Guru becomes

    angry with his wi(e (or isiting Manik -asguta.