Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
Documentary
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
- 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