Swami Vivekananda (1998)
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.
Director:
G. V. Iyer
Writer:
G. V. Iyer
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Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Swami Vivekananda |
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Pradeep Kumar as Vishwanath Datta(father of Vivekananda) |
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Tanuja Samarth as Bhuvaneswari Devi (mother of Vivekananda) |
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Mithun Chakraborty as Ramakrishna |
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Debashree Roy as Sarada Devi |
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Meenakshi Sheshadri as |
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Vijay Raghavendra as |
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Shivaram as |
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Shivanand as |
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Shobana as Dancer |
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Mammootty as Maharaja |
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Shammi Kapoor as Mangal Singh, king of Alwar |
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Shashi Kapoor as Rajasthani Husband |
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Anupam Kher as Station master |
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Arun Mathur as |
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P. V. Rajeswara Rao as |
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Hema Malini as Goddess Bhavatarini |
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Jaya Prada as Court dancer |
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Rakhee Gulzar as Rajasthani tribal woman |
| Production | T. Subbarami Reddy | Producer |
| Directing | G. V. Iyer | Director |
| Writing | G. V. Iyer | Story |
| Writing | G. V. Iyer | Screenplay |
| Editing | B. Lenin | Editor |
| Editing | V. T. Vijayan | Editor |
| Directing | K. S. L. Swamy | Co-Director |
| Directing | Sanchari Chowdhury | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Madhu Ambat | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vijaya Bhaskar | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Salil Chowdhury | Songs |