They say the movie, which is scheduled for a nationwide release on Thursday, July 10, goes too far at making fun of the Hindu faith.

Sajana Nand, president of the Australian Hindu Multicultural Association, said he believed a comedy should make people laugh but not at the expense of ridiculing faith or spreading misinformation.

``It's us today but could be your community tomorrow,'' he said.

Mr Nand, who is also the secretary of Blacktown Migrant Resource Centre management committee, called on other religious and community leaders to support the boycott.

``We support free speech,'' he said. ``But our faith is sacred and attempts at belittling it has hurt the devotees.

``Humour is a part of our society. Our folk plays and stories are full of parody, satire and buffoonery.''

American Hindu leader Rajan Zed, who has called for a boycott in the US, said the antics of Myers' character, Guru Pitka, mocked the institution of guru.

``Guru is allied with the divine,'' he said. ``Guru bestows spiritual knowledge, free from selfish objectives. But the guru in The Love Guru instigates a bar fight, repeatedly tells penis jokes, wears female jewellery, makes his disciples drink tea passed through his nose and lives in a lavish ashram with scantily clad maids.''

Mr Nand quoted a saying from a Hindu religious book: ``As you imbibe the teaching of the guru you will find God in the forest or in the city''.

``Any attempt by an individual or an organisation to make a mockery of a guru shouldn't go unchallenged,'' he said.

``Based on the information I have got, I would strongly urge a nationwide boycott of the movie.''

Mr Nand said he would call on the Film Classification Board to review the suitability of the fun.

The Sun contacted Viacom, the parent company of the movie's maker Paramount, but up to press time there was no response.