Kumaré (2012)

Sorry, this movie sucks

As Good As It Gets

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The takeway is awesome - not to fall for the many fake-Gurus out there, and I wish religious fanatics would see that they are just as naive - the difference only being that they were conditioned from childhood on.However - to lead on open-hearted people and then displaying them as fools to the whole world, in my eyes is immoral and the fact that he wasn't sued and no one did come forward to complain indicates that he deliberately planned to destroy a few people's reputations by having had them sign disclosure wavers beforehand.I feel sorry for the ones who put their heart into him and now will be laughed at for the rest of their lives.

Thanks Mr Gandhi for this kind short film.I belongs from India during my student life i was also searching for some spiritual light in my life ,time came i was enlighten .i found that light is not external but its was internal. when ever we are eager to learn,earn something, better to say anything in the world... we could only success whenever the heat of that eagerness is huge which burns all those huddle came in its path. yes that heat came from inside the body from our inner sole.any body can follow that easiest path but we must awake our internal guru call CHETENA .Who guide us every time ...day as well as in night.well Vikram Gandhi's Documentary 'Kumaré'. prove that truth that how a student attached with his guru and guru too,how they are able to transform their life into a happy peace and healthy life.ANYBODY CHANGE HIS LIFE WITH BLESSING OF GURU....INTENAL ENERGY

Vikram Gandhi, raised in New Jersey of Asian Indian parents, became suspicious of gurus and, in order to convince himself (and others) of their suspect credibility, he set out to show that he could fake it. And fake it he did, ultimately establishing a small group of followers in Phoenix, Arizona.It is not clear just what Gandhi has proved by his experiment. He proved that *he* could pass himself off as an Indian guru, but he had all of the ingredients: his pretend accent (easily come by); his carefully fabricated appearance; his proficiency in yoga to the point where he could conduct classes; his emphasis on meditation; and a message that was generic enough that most anyone could find a way to respond to it, namely that each of us has an inner guru that represents our best and truest self. I was conflicted in how I felt about what Gandhi did. The only thing that I can see where he flat lied was in his claiming to be from a small village in India. I do have a problem with Gahndi's grand plan to make this into a movie from the start, giving some credence to the opinion that it was not his followers from whom he was wanting to extract money, but rather from the ticket sales to his movie. Just how cynical Gahndi was in his approach is open to debate.On the positive side, Gahndi would often tell his followers that he was not who they thought he was. As far as I am concerned Kumaré made a perfectly good guru. He had very sympathetic eyes and was a good listener--would that many a psychiatrist do as well as he. And it is not like Gandhi just flipped a switch to try out his experiment; he researched the field and developed a classic guru look and message. I don't see where he did much harm, and could have done good. The big failings of many gurus is their love of money and sex--recall the antics of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh for example. But, as presented, Kumaré was not eliciting sex nor was he apparently extorting money. If Gahndi set out to make a mockery of gurus, then I don't think he achieved his goal. In fact, after revealing the truth to his followers many of them continued to regard what he had to offer as valuable.I think that what Gahndi proved is how eager many people are to get spiritual guidance and how appreciative they are to find someone who will take them seriously and listen to them. Initially I viewed Kumaré's followers as foolishly gullible, but on further reflection I found their behaviors perfectly understandable. Compared to some of the far out eccentrics Karmaré ran into (like the sect that believed they had come from another planet), Kumaré seemed well within the bounds of believability.

In 2008 I saw a movie that completely changed the way I thought about Spiritual Enlightenment and Inner Happiness... That movie was called "The Love Guru".Mike Myers character of "Guru Maurice Pitka" was both thought provoking and entertaining, two defining traits which unfortunately Vikram Gandhi's character "Kumare" lacked. At some points in the movie I was so appalled by Vikrams acting that I wondered if he was so desperate for valuable minutes of screen time that he intentionally left in scenes where he clearly falls out of character. There are countless moments when his American accent comes through or a slight western-ism slips out, and considering this was edited down from (I'm assuming) hundreds of hours of footage I find it hard to believe they weren't completely aware of his character from the beginning. ... I know this doesn't change the overall basis of the movie, I just personally found it hard to sit through doubting that all the characters were believers. The whole thing looks and feels like an episode of "The Hills" complete with tacky poolside one-on-one confessionals and bad acting.The only reason I ended up sitting through this was for "THE REVEAL" which eventually (and keeping in theme with the movie) fell flat and lifeless. At least in "There's Something About Miriam" someone broke down crying.The idea behind this movie is brilliant, it just needed a different formula in order to reach it's full potential.I guess you might enjoy it if you're a mid-thirties Californian house wife desperately searching for some religious understanding in your life, yet unsure which spiritual path to take.