The Guru (1969 film)


The Guru is a 1969 film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory.

Plot synopsis

A rock star, Tom Pickle, travels to India to learn to play the sitar with the great musician Ustad Zafar Khan. Khan is not happy with his disciple but still takes him to Benares to meet his own guru.

Cast

According to Fox records, the film required $1,675,000 in theatrical rentals to break even. By 11 December 1970, it had only made $625,000 in rentals, causing the studio to take a loss. This was equivalent to estimated box office gross receipts of approximately.