The Love Guru is a 2008 American comedy film, directed by Marco Schnabel and starring Mike Myers and Jessica Alba along with Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake and Verne Troyer.
In addition to starring in the film, Myers wrote The Love Guru with Graham Gordy, and produced it with Gary Barber. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 20, 2008 and was rated PG-13. The film was released on August 1 in the United Kingdom, and has been rated 12A. It was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 16.
Plot: Born in America, but raised in Havemahkeeta in India, with a population of 76, Maurice had always to better Deepak Chopra, and be sexually active, ever since he was 12. His Guru, Tugginmypudha, while approving of Deepak, cautions Maurice and has a chastity belt put around his waist. Years later, Maurice has established himself as Guru Pitka in America, but would like to appear in the Oprah Show and be better than Deepak Chopra. When Jane Bullard from the the Toronto Maple Leafs hires him to counsel their star hockey player, Darren Roanoke, to win back his wife, Prudence, from Kings’ star player, Jacques Grande, and also stand up to his dominating mother, Lilian, he agrees to do so with hilarious results.
Box office performance
In its opening weekend, The Love Guru grossed $13.9 million in 3,012 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #4 at the box office. The opening week numbers fell short of the $20 million range forecast by Hollywood pundits. To date, the film has grossed $40,854,735 worldwide, two-thirds of its $62 million budget.
Cast
* Mike Myers as Guru Maurice Pitka
* Romany Malco as Darren Roanoke
* Jessica Alba as Jane Bullard
* Meagan Good as Prudence Roanoke
* Verne Troyer as Coach Punch Cherkov
* Justin Timberlake as Jacques “Le Coq” Grandé
* Telma Hopkins as Lillian Roanoke
* Manu Narayan as Rajneesh – Pitka’s assistant
* John Oliver as Dick Pants
* Ben Kingsley as Guru Tugginmypudha
* Stephen Colbert as Jay Kell
* Jim Gaffigan as Trent Lueders
* Rob Huebel as Bar Patron
* Omid Djalili as Guru Satchabigknoba
* Laura Landauer as Celine Dion
