Indo-Asian News Service

Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Mani Ratnam's much talked about

"Guru", starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, is scheduled to

hit screens Dec 22.

The film will be seen as the grand finale for a year that churned

out some of the biggest hits - "Rang De Basanti", "Fanaa" and "Krrish"

and also critically acclaimed "Omkara".

"Guru" marks yet another leap in Abhishek's career just like "Yuva"

that catapulted him to the status of a "successful" actor, said sources

that have seen the rushes of the film.

Some more screen scorchers will hit the marquee before "Guru". The

list includes Farhan Akhtar's "Don", J.P. Dutta's "Umrao Jaan", Shirish

Kunder's directorial debut "Jaaneman", Sanjay Gadhvi's "Dhoom 2" and

Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Eklavya".

So it's only fitting that the year ends with a film by none other

than Mani Ratnam.