Mani Ratnam! What can I say? He is a genius of a man. This has to rank among the best of his movies, and one of the best of all time! Screw all those who say he weakened in the climax or made a movie that was not mani ratnam like.. This is a tribute to a man that rose from a village and changed India's economic setup .. kicked the license raj.. changed things arnd .. and freed us from the shackles of closed economy .. this is a tribute to Dhirubhai Ambani, and for anyone to deliver a movie that justifiably paid a tribute to him .. they had to change their style .. move away from convention and break out of the box of even their own .. this is a movie that happens once .. in my eyes it was one of the best ever .. the performance this man has extracted out of Abhishek Bachchan is mind blowing! you start to realize that Bachchan is his name after all .. the genes are kicking in! and I might be going 2 far as to say this .. but really i am starting to feel as if he has reached his father's level in this movie! .. One of the best performances i've ever seen .. absolutely stunning. Amazing Picturization by Menon .. World Class! Well directed .. the emotional scenes .. are just wow! Climax is amazing .. thats right Gurubhai doesn't promote the wrong values .. he swims against the tide yes .. he decides to break the law but that is because hes a man who had different ideals .. and afterall a businessman does need this kinda attitude! Abhishek's speech is amazing in the end .. one of the most powerful points of the movie .. and also when he is lying the hospital after the stroke .. and the kids are singing to him Jaage hain .. I feel as if the background music was the backbone of the movie .. AR RAHMAN once again UR GOD! .. Abhishek Bachchan .. this is his movie .. absolutely .. Mani Ratnam .. this is surely one of ur best! its a masterpiece .. Go catch Dhirubhai .. I mean Gurubhai if you haven't watched it yet .. I have watched it twice in the theatres already .. absolutely amazing .. I can say so much more go on and on .. Madhavan delivered a great performance .. and Mithun Da's back! .. lol .. Aishwarya also shared an amazing chemistry with her reel and real life beau Abhishek! .. oh yes and as much as Mani wants to deny it .. those of us who know .. Dhirubhai's story .. know that its based on him .. India's greatest tycoon!