E09: Guru Breakdown

Breakdown Besties | Bollywood Screenwriting Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 1h 1m · transcript

Welcome to the screenwriting breakdown and analysis of Bollywood film Guru (2007)

This unofficial biopic of Dhirubhai Ambani film starring none other than Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwariya Rai, written by Mani Ratnam and Vijay Krishna Acharya, wowedIndian audiences with dramatic storytelling, swoon-worthy love stories, and a voyeuristic lens into the behind-the-scenes of business.

In this episode of the Breakdown Besties, your film-school level screenwriting class experience, we analyze the techniques used in the script, to make the film come alive on the screen.

Here’s what we cover:

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