Who is kumare

What can he say when a woman comes to him for advice about whether to leave her husband, or when a former drug addict begins to look to upon him as a role model? Would they feel the same way about Vikram that they do about Kumare?

At the same time, something happens which Vikram could never have anticipated: for the first time he starts to feel the blue light himself. Vikram forms deep attachments to many of these students, but all the while he wonders why he had to take on this other persona just to connect with people?

Vikram makes a promise to himself: soon he will unveil his true identity to his disciples in order to prove his point. He spends more time with his disciples relating to them one-on-one and teaching them to embrace their gurus within. Vikram is awed when his students take his guidance very seriously, and he starts to see them making the first steps towards positive changes in their lives.

His accent was modeled on the way his grandmother spoke English. His teachings were deliberate gibberish: talk of inner blue lights, "finding the guru within," and chants of fabricated mantras.

At this point in the film, it takes an odd turn. Kumare's followers believe him without question. They share their deepest secrets with him and visibly appear to benefit from him.

These people are not dummies. Mostly middle-aged, they take their health seriously, are somewhat skilled at yoga and follow schedules of meditation. Gandhi seems typecast for the role of Kumare. Tall, thin, bending forward to listen better, he speaks warmly and encouragingly, and makes deep eye contact. He smiles easily. He never pushes too far. He seems as real as any guru and more real than some. His teaching of yoga seems within the ability of his followers to accomplish.

He narrates the documentary in an ordinary American voice , introduces us to followers he's grown close to, and begins to believe he may have started something that was out of his control. He tells his followers the time has come for him to leave them. What did they do? And the one thing I couldn't get down with that they could was saying that they had authority," Gandhi explained. Kumare's message was simple: The only guru you need is inside yourself -- that's the cornerstone of Kumare's invented "mirror philosophy.

Gandhi said he would tell every yoga class, and repeatedly tell his band of followers, that Kumare was not real, that he was no more a guru than the people in front of him.

And then there came the day Gandhi had to unveil his true identity, for the sake of the movie and the philosophy behind it. How would his followers react?

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