| Swami Vivekananda | |
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| Directed by | G. V. Iyer |
| Written by | G. V. Iyer |
| Screenplay by | G. V. Iyer |
| Story by | G. V. Iyer |
| Based on | Life of Swami Vivekananda |
| Produced by | T. Subbarami Reddy |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Sarvadaman D. Banerjee |
| Cinematography | Madhu Ambat |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Songs: Salil Chowdhury Background Score: Vijaya Bhaskar (Hindi) B. V. Karanth (English) |
Production company | Anantha Lakshmi Films |
| Distributed by | Anantha Lakshmi Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 240 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi English |
| Budget | ₹30 million (US$360,000)[1] |
| Box office | ₹60 million (US$720,000)[1] |
Swami Vivekananda is a 1998 Indian biographical film directed by G. V. Iyer and produced by T. Subbarami Reddy.[2] It took Iyer 11 years to finish the research work required for the film and to write the screenplay.
The film starred Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Swami Vivekananda, the 19th-century Hindu monk, and Mithun Chakraborty as Ramakrishna, his guru. Even though the film was completed, ready to release in 1994 and was considered for 1995 national awards, the film got released on 12 June 1998. The film was premiered on India's public service broadcaster Doordarshan on 15 August 1998, the country's Independence Day.
The film received mainly negative reviews from critics. Mithun Chakraborty's acting in this film was widely appreciated, and he won his third National Film Award.
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