It’s really strange how the idea for a film originates sometimes. Apparently, actor Abhishek Bachchan, relating how he actually signed Mani Ratnams Guru. informs that ratnam and he were actually working on a different script when the director suddenly had a change of heart. He told Abhishek Bachchan that he felt like making Guru instead because he found it to be very intresting. Abhishek Bachchan, who response his trust in the filmmaker, heard him out and immediately agreed to do the movie.