OPINIONS

The Love Guru is a sickening, vulgar, juvenile movie

By Ed Viswanathan
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Anyone, even those who have nothing to do with Hindus, Hinduism, India and gurus, anyone who has a little sense of decency, will find The Love Guru, to be a sickening, vulgar, juvenile movie. So far, all the reviews that have come out regarding this movie are negative.
The movie is rated PG-13. I saw the movie (88 minutes) and as far as I am concerned it should be either R-rated or X-rated since every second word and every facial expression of Guru Pitka (Mike Myers) in the movie is sexual in nature. The movie is full of very crude jokes and situations.
At least two scenes in the movie will make you sick in your stomach. One of them, is students studying in a gurukul fighting with Guru’s urine. That is disgusting even for those who love all types of comedy.
I cannot believe a world renowned spiritualist and best-selling author like Dr. Deepak Chopra has come out in defense of this movie. Dr. Chopra has a lot of explaining to do not only to the Indian community, but to the whole world. How can he support an ethically and morally sickening movie? That is the million-dollar question. Let me give him the benefit of the doubt. May be he was totally unaware of the extent of vulgarity in the movie, until it was released.
Even those, who are set against Hindus and Hinduism, will find this movie distasteful for its disgusting portrayals.