Film

Awake: The Life of Yogananda

2014 · 1h 27m · Documentary

Reveal your Self

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

54

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.

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

• Paola di FlorioDirector
• Lisa LeemanDirector

Official Trailer

Release date

October 10, 2014

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Documentary

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