Ever since 'Nayakan' and 'Thalapathy', Mani has had something extra about him while making films, he told what goes comes around in 'Nayakan' and 'Thalapathy', and 'Crime does pay', but not everyone took that fact in those movies. Everybody have had their reviews, I don't want to get excited about Guru or be an idiot to find faults. Shyam Saxena was after Gurukant's blood for such a long, long time, and only after he earned the proofs through Ghanshyam Bhai, he managed to drag Guru to the court. Remember,Shyam has not managed to get enough proofs to convict Guru all time. Only when Ghanshyam Bhai revealed about the spinning lines and so on, he earned the proofs. Gurukant kept saying this to Shyam; "can you prove all these?'...That's the point, Shyam threw the accusations, but was unable to prove all of them, that's why only 2 out of the 29 convictions were proved. The commission did not go easy on him bcoz he compared himself to Gandhi, but its rather due to this fact. Sorry, but many see it the other way. I think Mani's moves in this movie is well-justified. Some say Vidya's character is useless, but her character shows that Guru is not a selfish, hard-hearted businessman, it shows that he has equal affection to the people he care for. He cares for Meenu, and that's why the character was there, as a bridge between the businessman Guru and the human Guru. Affection towards wife and kids are normal, but affection towards Meenu is what makes Guru a good human being, not so bad. Maybe her caharecter could be expanded, but still the necessity is there. Watch Mani sir movies repeatedly, and you'll find a lot of things you did not recognize the first time. Most Indian movies are good the first time watching, and slowly, the flaws surface, but Guru is not such case. I have watched it five times, and as a film-making student, not only me, but my friends (who have hardly watched Indian cinema before, they are all from Indonesia, Chinese peoples etc.) have found the movie worth its ticket. And I did learn a thing or two from the movie (from a film-making perspective that's it), and as an audience, I say it big time (sapana dekh)...dream all you want..you can achieve it, and the movie does have its cult impact on me...until my friends have started calling me 'Guru'. Good, only idiots would say its no nice, and those people don't deserve to intellectually play critique roles in IMDb. But my gratitude to those who tell its not as good as expected, you are pretty true. I enjoyed Yuva more than this. But still, its special, and one cant ignore it.