Guru breaks through January jinx
- Engagement plus performances make AB-Ash film the first hit of 2007
PRATIM D. GUPTA

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in Guru
The fans are giving the credit to their acting skills. The cynics are pinning the blame on their engagement timing. Whatever the reason, the box-office bottomline is that Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have finally scored on screen together. Yes, it’s official, Guru has broken the January jinx of Bollywood flops and given Mani Ratnam his first Hindi hit.

And as the film’s cinematographer Rajiv Menon told Metro from Chennai, “the film is doing the best in Bengal, along with Mumbai and the South.”

Guru’s east India distributor Shree Venkatesh’s Mahendra Soni confirms this: “The net collections have been Rs 80 lakh from the 17 prints, with an average occupancy of 80 per cent.”