Bollywood film 'Guru' starring Abhishek Bachchan and his fiancee Aishwarya Rai was on Tuesday exempted from entertainment tax by the Uttar Pradesh Government.

The decision to grant tax exemption to the Mani Ratnam film for a period of three months was taken at a meeting of the State Cabinet here, official sources said.

The State Government has in the past granted tax exemption to several Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan movies.

In another decision, the Government increased the retirement age of the employees of Lucknow and Gorakhpur sports hostels from 58 to 60 years, the sources said.