Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator:Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 18 :  A tale of a movie

A family originally from Tamilnadu had settled down in Bangalore. They had three children, while two of them pursued their interest in film industry by running a recording company the eldest sister had a high ranking job in services industry. They had prevailed over many hardships to reach their current status and were slowly turning things around for the better. They wished to start a new life after repaying their past debts. Through an acquaintance they came in contact with Gurunatha.

Once when one of the brothers visited Gurunatha’s house, sensing his inner desire Gurunatha asked him to make a movie and assured him that the movie will make him debt free.

As advised the brothers started making a movie and went to Rajasthan for shooting and stayed there probably for close to two weeks, their sister stayed at Gurunatha’s house during that time. Everyday by evening Gurunatha got someone to call the brothers in Rajasthan but would narrate the day’s happenings at the film unit himself, much to the amazement of the brothers and devotees gathered at Gurunatha’s house. When the film got completed Gurunatha instructed the brothers to seek blessings of an advaitha math seer before the release. When released, the film based on the story of emotional bonding between a mother and his son was a sensation al hit and ran for a record 25 weeks. A famous actor who saw the film commented he could sense an invisible power behind the film. The brothers must have made close to Rs 18 crores from the film. Gurunatha attributed the success of the film to the blessings of advaitha math seer quickly distancing himself from any credits. This probably reinforces one of his quotes.. ”One who is in everything while not being present in anything” is probably the real concept of Guru. He was probably setting an example to show.. no matter how powerful you are, you should always be humble and conduct yourself with a lot of humility.

Later on during one of their visits Gurunatha had told the brothers not venture into film making again without his consent. But, it is natural for any man to get carried away by success and fame and try hard to recreate it, often without much success. The brothers did the same. lgnoring Gurunatha’s advice they made preparations for their next film including the script and then came to Gurunatha to seek his blessing and consent.

About this Gurunatha had told me once.. “They have decided everything, made huge plans themselves and have come to me to seek an approval. Am I the Governor to simply sign whatever they bring to me?” I gave my consent not wanting to disappoint them; I have no business in their venture.”

It is often said that ,“A Guru can save you even from the wrath of Shiva but even Shiva won’t come to your rescue if your Guru is upset with you”. This incident probably illustrates the same. The film that started without Guru’s permission limped and dragged on and made the brothers lose all the money they had earned earlier due

to Guru’s kindness and probably made them move away completely from film industry forever.

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