If it's Mani, it's got to be "correct"?!

All this heartache about the movie Guru - and its supposed weaknesses - in story telling, in an appreciation of economics, in whatever else. I've a couple of thoughts on that.

First, I admit I enjoyed the movie - in spite of all the un-ManiRatnamesque "goofs" (such as trying to pass off Karnataka for Gujarat, ditching characters halfway and so on..).

So Mani makes no bones about making a hero of an unabashed money-maker. I was a little surprised at the number of movie reviews that ripped the movie on the count that it had the got the economics wrong, or that it didn't depict "both sides of the reality". One could I guess have that expectation if Mani was making a documentary or a case study documentation. Considering he was making a hindi movie, doesn't a guy have a right to say a story, with whichever aspect of a character he chooses to glamorise? Is it "wrong" to make a one sided movie? It seems to be so, especially if you are Mani Ratnam!