Aishwarya Abhishek ’s “Guru” world premiere in toronto.

Toronto mayor David Miller had personally invited Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai for the world premiere of India ’s fist mainstream international premiere in Canada, ‘Guru’ . Madhavan, Mithun Chakravarti, Mani Ratnam and AR Rahman also attended the world premiere.

Abhishek Bachchan, who plays the main lead in the film, was apparently quite excited about ‘Guru’ being the first film the first film to be premiered in Canada. He had streamed in with his rumoured girlfriend and co-star, Aishwarya Rai. Around 10,000 people lined up the street for a glimpse of the Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai walking on the red carpet in true Hollywood style.

It was a great opportunity to bring Indian Cinema to a larger appreciative audience and, at the same time, to further develop economic, creative and personal ties between our two countries. The South Asian community in Toronto were very much excited to attend the show. Some of them had shelled out hundreds of dollars for a ticket to such a rare event, although fans need wait only another day to see the film at regular box office prices.

Mayor David Miller himself stated smiling, “I’ve never seen anything like the adulation tonight!” Officials said that the crowd outnumbered those for the screening of Brad Pitt’s “Babel”. Thus, “Guru” could well be a trendsetter for fast expanding Bollywood market, abroad.

The film opens in theaters Canada wide Cineplex, AMC and Empire January 12th, 2007. The world premiere was held at Toronto’s Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre on Thursday evening.

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