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Guna

  • 1991
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 47m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
Kamal Haasan in Guna (1991)
DramaRomance

A neurodivergent individual escapes the family he despises and the asylum he is kept in by creating fantasies.A neurodivergent individual escapes the family he despises and the asylum he is kept in by creating fantasies.A neurodivergent individual escapes the family he despises and the asylum he is kept in by creating fantasies.

  • Director
    • Santhana Bharathi
  • Writers
    • Balakumaran
    • John Edathattil
  • Stars
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Roshini
    • Rekha
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    3.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Santhana Bharathi
    • Writers
      • Balakumaran
      • John Edathattil
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Roshini
      • Rekha
    • 18User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • Guna
    Roshini
    • Abhirami…
    Rekha
    Rekha
    • Rosy
    • (as Rekha)
    Varalakshmi S.
    Varalakshmi S.
    • Mannonmani
    R.S. Shivaji
    R.S. Shivaji
    • The barber
    Janakaraj
    Janakaraj
      Girish Karnad
      Girish Karnad
      • Dr. Ganesh
      Kaka Radhakrishnan
      Ajay Ratnam
      • Inspector Moovendhar
      Pradeep Shakti
      • Ismail
      Anannthu
        S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
        S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
        • CBI Officer Ramaiah
        Sharat Saxena
        Sharat Saxena
        • Suresh Kumar
        • Director
          • Santhana Bharathi
        • Writers
          • Balakumaran
          • John Edathattil
        • All cast & crew
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        8Santhosh_2002

        Guna

        Good Movie. Everybody acted good in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were excellent. The movie somewhat lagged at 1st half. The movie was so interesting at 2nd half. This movie is one of the Best of Kamal Haasan. Good Movie.
        9Gaurav_FilmFavor

        A GEM REVIVED

        Recently, I watched this social media hyped movie Manjummel Boys. In this movie, there is a cameo song of Kamal Haasan's movie Guna (1991). Eventually, This song "Kanmani Anbodu Kadhalan" revived on social media due to its relativity with cave sequence and offcourse the legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja. Scrolling through Reels on Instagram I found the original video of this song and this intrigued me to watch this movie.

        These events took me to watch Guna movie. So I started searching for a English subtitle version of this movie because I am a North Indian person and luckily Airtel Xstream helped me out. It's available on YouTube in Tamil but the subtitles are missing. So Airtel Xstream has it.

        The story revolves around a mentally disturbed man Guna who dreams of a Goddess named Abhirami to come and marry him. One day seeing a girl at the temple he presumed her as Abhirami and kidnap her.

        This movie brings so much satisfaction by witnessing its soulful story and innocent characters. A Bombay actress Roshini plays Abhirami and unfortunately, it was her first and last screen appearance as she moved to USA and quit acting.

        I hope this movie brings joy for you as well. Thanks!
        10sagarvinod

        Awesome movie

        I saw this movie when I was 8, i was totally disappointed and don't know what was happening in the movie, totally hated. But, when when i was 20 i watched it again and said to myself, This is the best love story movie i have ever watched. More than Titanic. The music and bgm is the soul for this movie. Awesome bgm by Ilaiyaraaja.
        9TheCinemaphile

        Excellent film-making and simply awesome acting!!!

        I need not make mention of how good kamal hassan is at acting....you actually cant call it acting.It can be called getting under the skin of the character and portraying a realistic look on the role.

        Kamal draws parallels with the late Sivaji Ganesan...who is admired now even after his sad demise some years back.

        I get the opportunity to watch GUNA only on television nowadays...as i was too young to have watched it in theatres.Kamal's acting was way too awesome in the movie...and as another IMDb user suggested,films of such high caliber rarely meet commercial box-offices success.The failure of this movie to rake in money does not deter us from appreciating the performance delivered by Kamal.

        Of course he has given awesome performances in other movies like devar magan,mahanadhi,hey ram and many many more movies....this movie stays close to my heart.

        The song KANMANI ANBODU is still a melodious song to reckon with now...15 years after the movie was released.The only two things to talk about in this movie is Kamal's acting and Santhana Barathi's acting!!!
        10rums_fun

        Great Movie

        This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Of course, it takes a lot to understand the character of Guna in the movie. But it sure was a truly realistic character and Kamal Hassan is at his best in the title role. It is perhaps one of the best movies that describe what pure-love means to a guy who grows up totally devoid of it. The movie delves deep into the psyche of the viewers and the cast is really excellent. Ilayaraja's score and BGM add to the excellence of this movie. Not recommended for those who prefer the usual masala-junk seen in most of Indian movies. No wonder, it wasn't a hit among the tested-formula-preferring-mass of tamil audience. But I for sure have seen this movie over 10 times and this movie has stayed in my mind as one of THE GREATEST movies. Make sure you watch it coz, we don't get movies like these any more !!!

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        • Trivia
          The cave where Guna hides Roshini aka Abirami is situated in between three naturally arranged imposing boulders. Due to this fact, from outside, when fog passes the cave, rises and comes out of the chimney-like opening, it appears as though a devil is cooking. For this mere reason, it was originally called as the Devil's Kitchen. Since the movie's release this almost untrespassed location, gathered popularity and has been rechristened to Guna Cave. It is currently a tourist attraction in Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu.
        • Connections
          Referenced in Manmadhan (2004)
        • Soundtracks
          Kanmani Anbodu Kadhalan
          Vaali

          Kamal Haasan, S. Janaki

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        • Release date
          • November 5, 1991 (India)
        • Country of origin
          • India
        • Language
          • Tamil
        • Also known as
          • Gunaa
        • Production company
          • Swathi Chithra International
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        • Runtime
          • 2h 47m(167 min)
        • Color
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