Bireswar Vivekananda

Bireswar Vivekananda

1964 · 119 min · ★ 8.0 · History

Bireswar Vivekananda is a 1964 Indian Bengali-language biographical film about the Indian Hindu religious leader, Swami Vivekananda.

Directed by Modhu Bose · Written by Achintya Kumar Sengupta

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