Adi Shankaracharya (1983)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

G.V. Iyer

Writers:

Benanjaya Godvincharya (dialogue)
G.V. Iyer (screenplay)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

The first and only Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Sankara...

Plot Keywords:

Historical | Hindu Philosophical | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Sarvadaman D. Banerjee	...	Shankara (Adi Shankaracharya)
M.V. Narayana Rao
Manjunath Bhatt
Leela Narayana Rao
L.V. Sharada Rao
Bharat Bhushan
T.S. Nagabharana
Srinivasa Prabhu
Gopal
V.R.K. Prasad
Gopalakrishnan
Gayathri Balu
Balasubramanyam
Balu Barghava

Also Known As:

The First Teacher Sankara
The Philosopher (International: English title) (informal literal title)

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

India

Language:

Sanskrit

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:U

Company:

National Film Development Corporation

Important movie

I am thankful to the director for making this movie. The idea of depicting Death as a young companion of Adi Shankara is just brilliant. It also gives us a glimpse of times past and the glory and heroism of Adi Shankara's mission. The only complaint I have is the low-budget nature of the project. The reason must be that the movie was not commercially funded and lacked the financial resources of a big-budget production, but that may be for the better since the director did not have to bow to commercial compulsions in making the movie. A grander production of the same movie in regional languages is long overdue given Adi Shankara's instrumental role in reconciling Buddhist philosophy with Vedic Philosophy and singlehandedly revitalizing Dharma in India.