The book that Steve Jobs gave as his final gift to friends and family is getting the big-screen treatment. Production recently wrapped on indie feature The Answer, which is based on the best-selling book Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. The true story of one man's journey to self-realization, The Answer was written by and features music by Swami Kriyananda, author of the memoir The New Path, which chronicles his relationship with Yogananda. The film also will draw from The New Path. Victor Banerjee (A Passage to India) stars as Yogananda. Set in the late 1930s to early 1950s, The Answer attempts to provide the answer
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- 12/9/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Panaji, Nov 23: Victor Banerjee of "A Passage to India" fame is playing the role of iconic Indian guru Paramhansa Yogananda in a film that traces the spiritual life of his late American devotee Swami Kriyananda.
Produced by Kriya Movies and Yogananda Films, the two-hour English language movie "The Answer" was shot across three continents - India, Romania and the Us.
The Gorakhpur-born Yogananda moved to the Us in 1920 to spread Kriya Yoga and died there in 1952, six years after writing his still best selling spiritual classic, "Autobiography of a Yogi".
The Romania-born Kriyananada, originally Donald Walters, met Yogananda in the Us in 1948 at the age of 22 and spent his entire life teaching Kriya Yoga, Sanatan Dharma.
Produced by Kriya Movies and Yogananda Films, the two-hour English language movie "The Answer" was shot across three continents - India, Romania and the Us.
The Gorakhpur-born Yogananda moved to the Us in 1920 to spread Kriya Yoga and died there in 1952, six years after writing his still best selling spiritual classic, "Autobiography of a Yogi".
The Romania-born Kriyananada, originally Donald Walters, met Yogananda in the Us in 1948 at the age of 22 and spent his entire life teaching Kriya Yoga, Sanatan Dharma.
- 11/23/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
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