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Awake: The Life of Yogananda

1h 27min

Documentary

An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.

Cast

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Narrator (voice)
Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons

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George Harrison

George Harrison

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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

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Krishna Das

Krishna Das

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Hitendra Wadhwa

Hitendra Wadhwa

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Mas Vidal

Mas Vidal

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Li Miao Tseng

Li Miao Tseng

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Francis Clooney

Francis Clooney

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Varun Soni

Varun Soni

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Brother Vishwananda

Brother Vishwananda

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Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

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Anand Mehrotra

Anand Mehrotra

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Sandy Gray

Sandy Gray

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Sri Daya Mata

Sri Daya Mata

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Brahmachari Martin

Brahmachari Martin

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Philip Goldberg

Philip Goldberg

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Maisha Moses

Maisha Moses

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Ariel Ruben

Ariel Ruben

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Banu Dave

Banu Dave

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Anita Goel

Anita Goel

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Brother Chidananda

Brother Chidananda

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Sister Premamayee

Sister Premamayee

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Georges Billard-Madrières

Georges Billard-Madrières

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Felicia Tomasko

Felicia Tomasko

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Stefanie Syman

Stefanie Syman

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Andrew Newberg

Andrew Newberg

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Brother Jayananda

Brother Jayananda

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Robert Love

Robert Love

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Herb Jeffries

Herb Jeffries

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Brother Anandamoy

Brother Anandamoy

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Sister Parvati

Sister Parvati

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Leo Cocks

Leo Cocks

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Richard Wright

Richard Wright

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Sri Mrinalini Mata

Sri Mrinalini Mata

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)
Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff

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Swami Kriyananda

Swami Kriyananda

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Release date

10th Oct 2014

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English