Hailing from New York with his New York accent, filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transforms himself in growing out his beard and his hair long in pretending to be a guru named Kumaré from India. Documentary writing credited to Eklavya Sakpal.
Vikram, directing himself in this documentary, does the lulled followers of his guru character in the film a service by setting up the circumstance whereby they unwittingly can play out the role of been taken advantage of by a cult leader without the usual financial and abusive repercussions. One wonders was it a good thing they got this out of their system now in a safe way rather than for real later?
The films' participants and the viewer learn some valuable lessons about how easily regular good people can be taken advantage of by a seemingly charismatic stranger. The irony of the film may be its lead character Kumaré and his teaching that we are our own best guru is perhaps the truth that we all needed to hear.
Vikram, directing himself in this documentary, does the lulled followers of his guru character in the film a service by setting up the circumstance whereby they unwittingly can play out the role of been taken advantage of by a cult leader without the usual financial and abusive repercussions. One wonders was it a good thing they got this out of their system now in a safe way rather than for real later?
The films' participants and the viewer learn some valuable lessons about how easily regular good people can be taken advantage of by a seemingly charismatic stranger. The irony of the film may be its lead character Kumaré and his teaching that we are our own best guru is perhaps the truth that we all needed to hear.