Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
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.
Directors: Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman.
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Anupam Kher as Narrator (voice) |
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Russell Simmons as Self |
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George Harrison as Self (archive footage) |
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Ravi Shankar as Self |
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Krishna Das as Self |
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Hitendra Wadhwa as Self |
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Mas Vidal as Self |
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Li Miao Tseng as Self |
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Francis Clooney as Self |
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Varun Soni as Self |
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Brother Vishwananda as Self |
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Deepak Chopra as Self |
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Anand Mehrotra as Self |
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Sandy Gray as Self |
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Sri Daya Mata as Self |
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Brahmachari Martin as Self |
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Philip Goldberg as Self |
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Maisha Moses as Self |
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Ariel Ruben as Self |
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Banu Dave as Self |
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Anita Goel as Self |
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Brother Chidananda as Self |
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Sister Premamayee as Self |
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Georges Billard-Madrières as Self |
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Felicia Tomasko as Self |
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Stefanie Syman as Self |
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Andrew Newberg as Self |
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Brother Jayananda as Self |
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Robert Love as Self |
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Herb Jeffries as Self |
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Brother Anandamoy as Self |
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Sister Parvati as Self |
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Leo Cocks as Self |
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Richard Wright as Self |
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Sri Mrinalini Mata as Self |
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J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage) |
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Marc Benioff as Self |
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Swami Kriyananda as Self |
| Directing | Paola di Florio | Director |
| Directing | Lisa Leeman | Director |