utpal dutt be very good a a master sitar player in india who doesn not seem to get much respect or adoration from his own people and but soon find himself saddle with two british student represent a wide eyed and worshipful young girl interested in musical and spiritual enlightenment and and a carefree pop superstar who doesn not care if he get enlighten or not . lot of incredible sitar playing ( notice how many different pronunciation of itar there be . ) and mod 60 fashion and but a meandering story that make all it point within the first half hour . dutt be both compelled and repulse by the pop star decadent world and and their like hate relationship become a spiritual tug of will . michael york and sport a thick crop of cinnamon color hair and talk with a limey accent and play the visit celebrity with a snide kind of casual indifference and which be perfectly right for the character and but it do nothing for the audience and he elicit little interest while rita tushingham ( reunite with york from 1967 smash time ) overwork her perky nature and large and round eye and yet her character hasn not be give many dimension beyond what we be make to quickly sense ( that her aimlessness lead her to india and what she really need be a man in her bed ) . a direct by james ivory and produce by ismail merchant who would become long time partner and filmmaker the guru isn not bad while the location be great and there be intermittent bit of satire that be certainly fashionable ( for 1969 and especially ) and yet ultimately there be too much ambiance and not enough plot . from .