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Status
Released
Release
1998
Runtime
2h 46m
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.
19 Cast Members
Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
Swami Vivekananda
Pradeep Kumar
Vishwanath Datta(father of Vivekananda)
Tanuja Samarth
Bhuvaneswari Devi (mother of Vivekananda)
Mithun Chakraborty
Ramakrishna
Debashree Roy
Sarada Devi
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Vijay Raghavendra
Shivaram
Shivanand
Shobana
Dancer
Mammootty
Maharaja
Shammi Kapoor
Mangal Singh, king of Alwar
Shashi Kapoor
Rajasthani Husband
Anupam Kher
Station master
Arun Mathur
P. V. Rajeswara Rao
Hema Malini
Goddess Bhavatarini
Jaya Prada
Court dancer
Rakhee Gulzar
Rajasthani tribal woman
