Awake: The Life of Yogananda

6.8

87 minutes

10/10/2014

Overview

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 List

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