Sanjay, following a blazing argument with his girlfriend, Jill, is persuaded by his friends to become 'The Guru' by sleeping with seven women in the next seven days before Jill returns from her trip to America.
Dr Robyn Penrose is a lecturer in English at Rummidge University. Vic Wilcox is the Managing Director of Pringle's, an engineering firm in Rummidge. They meet when Robyn is told by her Head of Department to "shadow" Vic as part of Industry Year. They are initially hostile to each other but gradually come to understand each other's point of view. Based on the novel by David Lodge.