What newspaper fought a media war with the main character in the 2007 film Guru? The newspaper was Swatantra.
Swatantra is published by Manik Dasgupta, known as Nanaji, a father figure and early supporter of Gurukant Desai. The newspaper initially helps Guru during his rise in Bombay.
As Guru’s business empire expands, Nanaji becomes concerned about his increasingly corrupt methods. He and reporter Shyam Saxena use Swatantra to investigate and expose Guru’s misconduct.
The film’s fictional newspaper reflects the story’s broader conflict between entrepreneurial ambition, government oversight, and an independent press. Some plot summaries render the name with additional wording, but the English Wikipedia article identifies it simply as Swatantra.