Guru, a film inspired by many lives

Mumbai: The music of Mani Ratnam's much-awaited film Guru was released at a starry event in Mumbai this weekend.

Mani Ratnam, Gulzar and A R Rahman - the ensemble that gave to the audience Dil Se has got together once again with the much talked-about and yet closely guarded film, Guru.

And even as the proud father - Amitabh Bachchan - took on the role of introducing Abhishek Bachchan to the audience, neither he, nor any of the cast and crew are spilling the beans.

"Guru is not based on anybody's life, it is inspired by many great lives," was all Junior Bachchan had to say.

"I don't know whether to call it a biopic, but it definitely follows the arc of a real life story," added Aishwarya Rai.

"It's a fictional film, but it hopefully will be in touch with reality," said director Mani Ratnam.

Guru is perhaps Mani Ratnam's most closely guarded film after Iruvar. It is for this reason that music albums and CDs were not handed out to guests at the music launch of the film.

But here's what you can expect from the film's soundtrack.

"It starts with a Gujarati sound, goes on to Turkish, then very north Indian friendly kind of music and also some opera stuff," said music composer A R Rahman in an effort to lift the veil a bit.

Apart from Abhishek and Aishwarya, the film also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavan, Vidya Balan and Arya Babbar with a cameo by Mallika Sherawat.

And whether or not Guru is the Dhirubhai Ambani saga, one will have to wait till the last week of December to find out.