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Article: 'Love Guru' controversy is tempest in teapot: Indian American
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- The Hindustan Times
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- April 27, 2008
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Washington, April 27 -- An Indian American who stars in the new Mike Myers comedy, "The Love Guru", has dismissed controversy over the film as "a tempest in a teapot" created by a self-promoting Hindu leader who does not represent South Asians in the US.
"I'm proud of this movie and enjoyed creating the character of Rajneesh," said Manu Narayan, who plays an Indian born apprentice of Guru Pitka, the lead character played by Myers, noted for his Austin Powers spoof series.
Pitka is an American raised by gurus in an ashram in India who returns to the US to set up a highly commercialised self-help business, riding around ...