

Awake: The Life of Yogananda
1 hour 27 minutes2014-10-10
6.8
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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

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
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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
Self

Brother Anandamoy
Self

Sister Parvati
Self

Leo Cocks
Self

Richard Wright
Self

Sri Mrinalini Mata
Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)

Marc Benioff
Self
