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Awake: The Life of Yogananda

6.9

Documentary

2014-10-10

87 mins

The Plot

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.

Cast and Crew

Anupam Kher

Narrator (voice)

Russell Simmons

Self

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

Ravi Shankar

Self

Krishna Das

Self

Hitendra Wadhwa

Self

Mas Vidal

Self

Li Miao Tseng

Self

Francis Clooney

Self

Varun Soni

Self

Brother Vishwananda

Self

Deepak Chopra

Self

Anand Mehrotra

Self

Sandy Gray

Self

Sri Daya Mata

Self

Brahmachari Martin

Self

Philip Goldberg

Self

Maisha Moses

Self

Ariel Ruben

Self

Banu Dave

Self

Anita Goel

Self

Brother Chidananda

Self

Sister Premamayee

Self

Georges Billard-Madrières

Self

Felicia Tomasko

Self

Stefanie Syman

Self

Andrew Newberg

Self

Brother Jayananda

Self

Robert Love

Self

Herb Jeffries

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Brother Anandamoy

Self

Sister Parvati

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Leo Cocks

Self

Richard Wright

Self

Sri Mrinalini Mata

Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)

Marc Benioff

Self

Swami Kriyananda

Self

Videos & Trailers

Official Trailer