Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

1998 · 166 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on Vivekananda life. Movie's focus is on Vivekananda's internal struggles and questions about the meaning and truth of life.

Directed by G. V. Iyer · Written by G. V. Iyer

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Sarvadaman D. Banerjee Swami Vivekananda
Pradeep Kumar Vishwanath Datta
Tanuja Samarth Bhuvaneswari Devi
Mithun Chakraborty Ramakrishna
Debashree Roy Sarada Devi
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Vijay Raghavendra
Shivaram
Shivanand
Shobana Dancer
Mammootty Maharaja
Shammi Kapoor Mangal Singh

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