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Good concept, poorly executed.

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"Kumaré" is a bit like a Hindu version of "Marjoe." And like that movie, we end up wondering if the audience, too, is being taken on a ride. Deceptive charisma can cut both ways. Most documentaries rely on a certain amount of editorial manipulation to create a coherent narrative. Sometimes the business of creating narrative crosses the line between events that happen and events that are constructed. Many instances during the film raised doubts about documentary fidelity:1. The participants seem unaware of the camera, even when it is right in front of them. Were they coached so successfully that they never glanced at it?2. How did Gandhi get signed legal release forms from all these people? Were they compensated for their participation?3. Was ALL the footage real-time recording or were some of the scenes reenacted? Was any of it scripted or rehearsed?Gandhi probably could have withheld the final reveal from us until the end of the movie. He decides instead to clue us in on the deception from the beginning (and that's where Gandhi's role as a reliable narrator comes into question). Doing so allows the use of circular form -- starting the movie near "the end" and backtracking to the setup and then proceeding forward again until we catch up with the opening scene. The problem with that, however, is that waiting well over an hour to see how an "unveiling" to which we are already privy will play out begins to wear on the viewer's patience. This would have been a stronger film at half its unnecessarily drawn-out length.The film's strongest aspect is the implied examination of the strife between rational and emotional epistemology. Rationalists want to know whether or not the Emperor is actually wearing new clothes as a point of objective and external reality. Emotionalists want to see beauty in the new clothes that the Emperor may or may not be wearing and are willing to create an internal reality that feeds their expectations. Winnowing out what is real and what is not may not be at the epicenter of belief acquisition for everyone. In the end, we see that spiritualism is a kind of stone soup. The characterization may be a deception because the stone has no taste, but the soup is still flavorful because of the bits of meat and carrot and potato that the believers bring to the broth. People yearn to be in fellowship with others. Almost any stone that can make that happen is going to attract people. But it shouldn't take 84 minutes to underscore that point.

Brilliant in the simplicity and the true essence of the movie: We can find meaning in whatever we want to find meaning, in other words, we are the creators of our own personal and relative reality. Whatever we put our faith in, becomes truth. It doesn't matter if it is a fake guru or a true one. It doesn't matter. Period.In the end, what does a "true guru" really means? Maybe it means that it will sacrifice anything in the disciple's way to the true truth, even himself.The film unveils the truth about the illusions set out in the world about systems of thought carried out by all the religions and disciplines. The systems of thought are useful in every one of them as a pathway, not an end. This film hands out unpretentiously, like every truth is, a simple and true way of spotting the true gurus.

So much irony in some of these comments here. Much to the contrary of what Kumare preaches, we seem to be quick at judging (more like guessing) others and their intentions, but never quite have the time to look into ourselves. Yes what he did wasn't the nicest thing and the initial goal he had in mind certainly wasn't to help anyone find himself. What I see is a somewhat brilliant young man looking for himself and searching for answers after being disappointed with all the fake gurus and superstition. He gradually finds out that Kumare is in fact his ideal self and that he is slowly becoming the real Kumare. He finds a deep connection with people as Kumare that Vikram has never experienced. He finds himself and sees the importance of helping others find themselves too. I didn't watch the movie with the intention to judge him. I watched it hoping to learn something from it, and I did. Watch it with an open mind, and it will touch your heart.

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