Comments on: Deepak Chopra Endorses The Love Guru

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:55:42 +0000

Having a urine fight is right in the middle of this type of humour. And you called it infantile but you wont find an argument here.

Myers target audience has been for the simple and cheap laughs pretty much his entire career. And for the most part it works.

If this was released before Austin Powers it would likely have been a hit, but unfortunately this type of humour has a limited shelf life and its been done to death.

Chopra defended this movie AFTER reading the script, so he was well aware of its contents. The style of humour may not be appealing to you, but nothing in it was a deliberate attack against the Hindu religion.

By: AM I A HINDU?

AM I A HINDU? — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:38:31 +0000

Movies like “The Party [1968]” by Peter Sellers made fun of Indians and their mannerisms. “The Party” was very tastefully done and as such even Indians love to watch that.

If producers have made this movie exactly like “The Party [1968]” it would have a great hit all over the world including in India.

You do not have to be a Hindu to say that “The Love Guru” movie is infantile. Anyone with a little sense of decency will find this movie sickening. Almost all reviews about this movie is negative.

I saw this movie [ 88 minutes ]. At least two scenes in the movie will make you sick in your stomach. One of them, is students studying in a “gurukula” [Hindu religious school] fighting with Guru’s urine. That is disgusting even for those who love all types of comedy.

I cannot believe a world renowned spiritualist & Best Selling author like Dr. Deepak Chopra has come out in defense of this movie.

Let me give him the benefit of the doubt. May be he was totally unaware of the extend of vulgarity in the movie, until it was released.

By: Forodrim

Forodrim — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:58:56 +0000

Oh great, a raving lunatic endorses the movie … another reason not to watch it :)

By: Luis Prada

Luis Prada — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:53:28 +0000

From what I understand Deepak wasn’t brought in to calm the Hindu masses. He was asked to be in the movie by Myers himself because they are friends.

In fact, there is a show on the Sundance channel called “Iconoclasts” which pairs movie stars (and other influential folk) with people they look up to. Myers and Deepak had an entire episode. I don’t know if myers considers himself a part of the Hindu faith but by watching that Ep. of Iconoclasts he certainly has a big interest in it’s teachings.