Title: List of accolades received by Guru (2007 film)
Content:  Guru is a 2007 Indian  drama film directed and co-written by Mani Ratnam. It was produced by Mani Ratnam and his brother G. Srinivasan under their production company, Madras Talkies. The film features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Arya Babbar, and Mithun Chakraborty in the leading roles. The film also has Mallika Sherawat in a guest appearance. The soundtrack and score were composed by A. R. Rahman, while the cinematography was handled by Rajiv Menon and editing done by A. Sreekar Prasad. The general consensus is that this film is largely based on the life of one of India's biggest industrial tycoons, Dhirubhai Ambani, but also has elements of other stories and businessmen. Guru was released on 12 January 2007 and grossed ₹830.7 million. The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for its direction, music, cinematography, and for the lead performances 
Title: Guru (1980 film)
Content:  Guru is a 1980 Indian action adventure film directed by I. V. Sasi. The film, a bi-lingual, was made in Tamil and Telugu-languages. The film features Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while M. N. Nambiar, Muthuraman and Mohan Babu play supporting roles. The film opened in July 1980 to positive reviews. It was a blockbuster and completed a 365-day run at the box office. This film is a remake of the 1973 Hindi film Jugnu.
Title: Guru (2012 film)
Content:  Guru is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Jaggesh. The film starred his sons Gururaj and Yathiraj as male leads and Rashmi Gautham as the female lead. The film was Jaggesh's first film as a director. It is a remake of the Tamil-language film Mouna Guru.
Title: Guru (2017 film)
Content:  Guru is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language sports drama film directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by S. Shashikanth on YNOT Studios banner. The film stars Venkatesh and Ritika Singh with the music composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The film is remake of Kongara's own film Irudhi Suttru (2016).
Title: Guru (1997 film)
Content:  Guru is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language Fantasy Drama film directed by Rajiv Anchal and written by C. G. Rajendra Babu from a story by Rajeev. Mohanlal plays the lead role, while Suresh Gopi, Madhupal, Sithara, Kaveri, Sreelakshmi, Nedumudi Venu and Sreenivasan appears in supporting roles, and Nassar in a cameo appearance. The original musical score and songs were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. His symphonic score was conducted and performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Hungary. This was the first time in Indian cinema, the background score of a film was recorded completely outside the country. Guru was selected as India's official entry to the Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film category. Guru is the first Malayalam film submitted by India for the Oscars.
Title: Guru (1989 film)
Content:  Guru is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Umesh Mehra, starring Nutan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi and Shakti Kapoor. The film was a major commercial success. Incidentally, after 18 years, Chakraborty worked in a 2007 film of the same name. The film's plot is based on Kaakki Sattai starring Kamal Haasan, a 1985 Tamil hit.
Title: Guru (2016 film)
Content:  Guru (Marathi: गुरू) is a 2016 Marathi language action film directed by Sanjay Jadhav and produced by Sunil Lulla, Deepak Pandurang Rane and Bagpiper Soda. The film stars Ankush Choudhary and Urmila Kanitkar in lead roles. Film marks the fourth collaboration of actor-director duo Ankush Choudhary and Sanjay Jadhav and first after their blockbuster outing Duniyadari. The film released on 22 January 2016. Film is a one of a kind content partnership between United Spirits' Bagpiper Soda and Eros International. Through a unique association, Bagpiper Soda will be an integrated partner across the film's content, promotions and performance. Official teaser of the film is released on 18 November 2015. First official poster of the film designed by Sachin Gurav was unveiled in an event while official trailer went online on 30 December.
Title: Guru (2003 film)
Content:  Guru is a 2003 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Swapan Saha, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Tapas Paul, Subhendu Chattopadhyay and Jisshu Sengupta. The film is the remake of Tamil film Baashha (1995) which itself was based on the 1991 Hindi movie Hum.
Title: Guru (2007 film)
Content:  Guru (Telugu: Gurukanth) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and co-written by Mani Ratnam. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, and Roshan Seth, with Mallika Sherawat in a guest appearance. The score and soundtrack for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was rumored to be a biopic of the industrial tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, but Ratnam refuted the claims, clarifying it was a work of fiction. The film was released on 12 January 2007 with its première at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday, 11 January 2007 by Roger Nair, making it the first Indian film to have a mainstream international première in Canada. Roger Nair productions acquired the rights for Canada and held a premiere with most of the cast and crew flown to Toronto, Canada. The film was premiered in the Tous Les Cinemas du Monde (World Cinema) section of 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film has also been dubbed and released in Tamil with the same title while in Telugu with the title Gurukanth.
Title: Guru (2012 film)
Content:  The film was actor Jaggesh's debut as a director and said that he took up the project on his son's insistence as a launchpad to the latter. The film was produced under the then-launched banner by Jaggesh, Gururaj Films. The story for the film was chosen by Jaggesh from politician Karunanidhi's camp, receiving it from his son M. K. Tamailarasu. Jaggesh also wrote the script for the film. Speaking of the film, he said, "Guru will be a commercial film, but will not have a routine story. You will get the retro feel with this film. Such incidents would have occurred in everybody's life". To prepare for his role in the film, Gururaj underwent training in kickboxing and other martial arts for a period of five and a half months in Cambodia. The film was launched in Mantralayam in May 2012, before filming that began in June 2012.

Question: Who was the director of The Guru?
Answer: James Ivory.