Filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transforms himself into a caricature of a wise Indian guru, intending to disprove the faith of believers in the Southwest in “Kumaré,” a shallow, deeply aggravating, suspect and eventually hostile experiment in first-person documentary. Provocative without provoking, it’s little more than “Borat” without the laughs. “Kumaré” irritated me from its very first frames, a stunt that grows more pointless by the second. Gandhi’s voiceover ought to be taught in documentary programs as part of “No. Don’t Go There 101.” ” I’m the biggest faker I know,” he tells his kindly victims on camera. Ah, get out more. Winner of South by Southwest’s 2011 Audience Award. 84m. (Ray Pride)
“Kumaré” opens Friday at Siskel