adi shankaracharya ( film )
‎adi shankaracharya (1983) directed by g. v. iyer • reviews, film + cast • letterboxd
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i believe gv iyer made a film on swami vivekananda. is that available on dvd ?
i live next to the place where adi shakara was born. kalady, kerala, india .
avirodhitayaa karma navidyaam vinivartayet vidya - avidyaam nihantyeva tejashtimira - sanghavat .
- - atma bodha (shankaracharya )
admittedly, making a film on adi shankara is a daunting task. the good thing is that g. v. iyer, an old hand at spiritually - themed films, manages to communicate the sense of time ...
i stumbled upon your blogspot while searching for information on the movie. i watched adi shankaracharya yesterday (25 years after its making). i was always interested in advaitam and had read quite a few material about his life but seeing it on the screen left a big impact on me. it portrays what a sacrifice shankaracharya had done to lift vedic principles and save the country from corrosion .
perhaps ishti being an art film could have something to do with the lack of wide interest? prabha disagrees that it’s an art film, and calls it a “serious film”. “in between all these star - driven commercial films, i guess i can see why people would be interested in films like ishti, ” he says. that’s why he’s now sending ishti to film festivals across the country. “if it meets with good response there, perhaps the distributors will show more interest? ”
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a month ago, though, things were a lot rosier. the hope that the film could win a national award was still alive… until it was quashed by the announcement that priyamanasam, the only other contender in the sanskrit category this year, had won it instead. but ishti wasn’t made in sanskrit just for the awards, prabha says. after all, he is a retired sanskrit professor, and a former head of the oriental languages department at loyola college. “sanskrit isn’t dead, as many people think. i’ve always wanted to make a sanskrit film, if only to show that the language needn’t just be used only for biographical films. ” he’s making a reference to the 1983 sanskrit film, adi shankaracharya .
adi sankaracharya by ayer is a poem is in celluloid without any doubt. the film successfully traces the growth a brahmin boy from kerala into one of the great teachers the world has known. the camera has copied the beauty of nature, especially the rain. every one who is serious about serious movies must posses one .
it was an evening of surprises at the m m preview theatre in t. nagar, last sunday. the first surprise was that a sanskrit film, ishti, was being screened. arguably the country’s first - ever sanskrit film with a social message, ishti, starring nedumudi venu, played to a packed audience. the director, dr. g. prabha, says he was astonished that so many people turned up for the screening. “i wanted this preview exclusively for members of the press, as i wanted to spread word about my film. for all the money i put into making it, i was worried that the film could simply vanish without getting its time in the sun. ”
the movie is the biography of shankaracharya. born in the state of kerala, he becomes a monk at an young age and travels north, in search of knowledge and truth. it was a time period when hindus were giving importance to rituals and forgetting the all prevailing, one god. it was also the time period when buddhism was on the raise. shankaracharya forms a new school of thinkers preaching the adhvaitha philosophy. through his new philosophy and teachings he changes the views of many scholars and religious people .
i remember watching the film on a sunday afternoon. doordarshan would telecast regional films, and they had telecast this. i was probably around 10 years old or so, but i was deeply attracted to the movie .
by the end of the 8th century, hindu thought and philosophy had acquired several obscurities and inconsistencies and faced a challenge from other heterodox sects and buddhism. born in kerala, shankaracharya arrived on the religious scene around this time. as a boy, he was instructed in the religious life by his father and made to practice the prevalent rituals. his father' s death, however, compelled him to think deeply about life and death, the body and the soul. with his mother' s approval, shankaracharya decided to lead a life of truth, a journey which would take him across the sub - continent. shankaracharya furthered the school of vedantic thought and propagated the advaita (monism) philosophy, eventually leading to the establishment of the four famous learning centres in the far corners of india .
following the screening of ishti, several guests took to the stage to talk about the film. among them was b. lenin, an editor and director who has to his credit as many as five national awards. he created a stir when he said that he had reason to believe that the central government had a part to play in ishti being ignored at the national awards, and that the film wasn’t even watched by the national awards jury members .
ishti is about a conservative namboothiri family in the early 1900s, when “it was the norm for the head of the family to practise polygamy, and often marry women at least 40 - 50 years younger than him. ” the film ends with the heir of the family burning his sacred thread in anger, and the old namboothiri’s third wife walking out of the house in rebellion, after flinging away her thaali. but prabha doesn’t agree that the film is anti - namboothiri. “i’m simply showing the evil practices of society in the past. even during those days, there were progressive namboothiris. ”
i’m a japanese learning india. a sanskrit movie. the spiritual journey of adi shankara - san. # i hope calling him so does not offend anybody. learned his life and philosophy searching for the truth. btw, this movie shows lots of beautiful places in india. music is also nice. i enjoyed this .
but not everybody shares his opinion that ishti is harmless. sivadasan namboothiri, the president of brahmanakshema sabha in muvattupuzha, has filed a case against cbfc for granting the film a u - certificate, and the director for tarnishing the reputation of the namboothiri community. prabha reacts, “the case is ongoing; so, i can’t make any comments. i’m told though that the plaintiff is a man from a little - known organisation; i’m not really worried about this case. ” but prabha wishes it hadn’t come to this. “i know there are those who probably think that this is publicity for the film, but as a retired professor, i’ve never wanted such cheap publicity for my work. ”
when asked about this controversy, prabha, the director of ishti, said he didn’t know enough to make an informed comment. “but if it’s true that the awards are manipulated by the government, then i’m really pained. ” prabha also said that he hadn’t yet been able to catch priyamanasam, the sanskrit film that won the national award this year .
adi shankaracha by gv iyer is one of the best movies i have ever seen. the most wonderful narration of the life of the immortal master. it took 25 years after the creation of this classic for me to see the movie. anyway, a lovely wonderful classic. every indian must see this movie. we had and have such a wonderful tradition and culture .
for example two children’s join shankara when he is young. they are named
death
and
wisdom
, they are the symbolic representation of death and wisdom .
death
arrives as soon as shankaracharya' s father dies and
wisdom
arrives during his initiation into brahminhood. through out the movie these characters come and go again and again, symbolically meaning different things depending on the context. details in the symbolism section .
jagadguru adi sankara full length telugu movie title: jagadguru adi sankara, cast: kaushik babu, akkineni nagarjuna, mohan babu, sai kumar, srihari, suman, directed by: j. k. bharavi, music by: nag srivatsa, produced by: nara jaya sri devi, global sai financiers, release dates: 15 august 2013. plot: shankara decides to become a saint at very tender age. agni devudu (tanikella bharani), rudraksha rushi (mohan babu) and chandaludu (nagarjuna) help him to realise his dream. once adishankara reaches a certain age, he wants to set out to kasi. while he is on his way to kasi, kapala marthanda raju (suman) tries to seize the sarvaghna peetam. how adhishankara stops the peetham from falling into the wrong hands will form the rest of the story. watch more latest movies subscribe @ urltoken
it is a great movie on jagadguru sankara. the movie in sanskrit with english sub titles is very good. everybody can see this movie and know about adi sankara. it is a true and real story of sankara. i have recently watched a movie in telugu about sankara but there were many number of deviations in the story of sankaracharya. this particular movie is a true story and there no changes made in the story part. every indian irrespective of religions should watch this movie .
this is a movie for spiritually inclined people. others might be terribly bored with it as it all about hinduism and one of the greatest saints of hinduism. the movie has the credit of being the first one to be taken in sanskrit. a language that is thousands of years old, but it has taken so long to make a movie in it .
the movie as i said before will be boring for non - spiritual people. the most interesting thing that i found in the movie was the usage of symbols by g. v. iyer. the movie is filled with symbolism .
director g. v. iyer (ganapathi venkatrama iyer) is a known philosopher. he had put in lots and lots of efforts into the movie. apart from telling the story of a great saint without any commercial selling points in mind. he has also tried to tell his teachings in the most simplest way. he not only tells the story of the saint, he breaks up the big philosophy' s and truth' s told in the upanishads and vedas and has tried to give them in a way, even a lay man can understand. and off course his usage of symbolism in the movie is great .
in a scene where shankara is walking with his followers and a untouchable comes before them. all his followers ask the untouchable to move aways. he does not move. shankara asks him to keep off
during this scene where shankara and the untouchable are on opposite sides .
wisdom
his friend movies aways from shankara and stands next to the untouchable, symbolically conveying who is wise and who is ignorant on that case .
the movie has very good subtitling. apart from good translation, an explanation of the rituals that are being carried out and symbolic meaning of objects are also subtitled .
music is by dr. balamurali krishna himself. he also sings many of the slogams in the movie .
madhu ambat has done a very good job in the movie. the movie has excellent cinematography (remember this was taken in 1983) .
the movie won the covetted national award for best picture in 1983. it also won the national award for best cinematography, best audiography and best screenplay .
shankara' s father fore sees his death, his funeral pyre. he then walks inside his house, next to the yaga fire. the camera does a low angle shot, which almost makes him look like as if he is on fire .
crow and dove. crow is the doer, the active one. the dove is the passive observer, the atman (inner self )
shankara goes to watch a play. the story is that of nachiketha who asked yama to tell him the secret of atma. yama tests him and tells him the truth only after knowing that he is steadfast on attaining that knowledge. shakara sets on with his travel to attain knowledge from govindapada .
shankara goes to take bath and death is sitting on the banks. shankara asks what are you doing? .
death
replies
iam waiting for you
. shankara goes to take a swim in the river. he almost drowns, his mother prays saying that she will make him into a monk, if he survives. shankara some how escapes and comes out with a saffron (symbol of renunciation) cloth that was floating on the river, covered over his body .
at the end of the movie when shankara wants to attain moksha. he is all set to reach god, he goes on to the top of the himalaya' s leaving all his followers. death leaves him saying he cannot follow him anymore and wisdom embraces him .
shankara' s journey which starts from the flat lands of the southern most state of india, kerala, ends at the northern part in the summits of the himalaya' s. he is ready to leave the materialistic world and reach god. he has reached the peak .
this movie is one of my favorites, for the reason you summarized so well. though not a hindu, not even an indian, i can still understand well the religious message through its rich symbolism and ascetic photography. hauntingly beautiful and unassumingly profound .
was able to like the movie, is a success to g. v. iyer' s effort to present the movie in simple and symbolic way .
g. v iyer made another movie called mahabharatha (also in sanskrit) .
i believe so. . i saw it in some indian video sotre in d. c .
is the dvd available? ? i checked a couple of online stores, but they dont have it .
i had seen movie when i was young, i still want to see and understand the movie as i am still young! !! please tell me where can i find dvd or video casette of one of the most revered saint in indian history .
where can i get cd of movie. i have seen it on tv when i was very young. suberp movie. from mangesh
thanxs for the comment guys. the movie is widely available in u. s. not sure about india. netflix, amazon and many indian online dvd sites carry it .
hey folks, its really nice to see or hear the comments like this. happy to know that still people like know about the reality of hinduism. which is universal truth and simple living principles .
i am really happy, and i will find out the this sanskrit movies and watch. i started to learn sanskrit & gives me good chance to understand sanskrit thru this movie. we have good way learning sanskrit, if any one interested do let me know i will let you know to practice sanskrit at home easliy .
wonderful article, thanks for the information on a wonderful movie and great director .
hi, i have seen this movie in one afternoon on sunday under the rgional cinema shows. really, a fantastic movie with a blend of philosophy, religion and national history .
a great work done by compiling is such a nice maner. kudos dear! !
while technology is advancing to great heights, still spiritualism, which is the ultimate path to every soul, is spreading out its divine fervour even through internet .
the symbolism is way too good. hats off to g. v. iyer .
good post on the movie because very few people would watch and write about this movie .
and if you want to watch it leisurely you can try downloading it with realplayer download manager or orbit download .
really ia m in search of this movie since a long time please guide me. you can please mail me at
aprameya. sharma @ urltoken
idam chithram gnyana pradaayakam thathava vivechanam haindava dharma uddepanamapi, shankara prasadena asya darshakasya janma charithartham chirasthaainam ...
many more movies should be prepared in sanskrit. translated ones cannot convey the meaning in its full .
i am highly greatful to shri iyer for his interest, initiative and efforts .
anal kumar (अनल कुमार), tgt (sanskrit), kendriya vidyalaya no. 1, patiala (pb )
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awesome movie! !! an eye opener. hats of to the actors and cinematographer .
the one i have received is a hindi dubbed version, not the sanskrit version i was hoping to receive .
the print was excellent. sub - titles were in a few places not to ...
the print was excellent. sub - titles were in a few places not to the context. on the whole, my expectation was met .
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adi shankaracharya is a 1983 indian film in sanskrit language directed by g. v. iyer . the film depicts the life and times of 8th century hindu philosopher , adi shankara , who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedanta ( non-dualism ) in hindu philosophy . it was the first film in india to be made in sanskrit . at the 31st national film awards , it won four awards , including best film , best screenplay , best cinematography and best audiography . 
adi shankaracharya is a 1983 indian film in sanskrit language directed by g. v. iyer. the film depicts the life and times of 8th century hindu philosopher, adi shankara, who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedanta (non-dualism) in hindu philosophy. it was the first film in india to be made in sanskrit. at the 31st national film awards, it won four awards, including best film, best screenplay, best cinematography and best audiography.
adi shankaracharya is a 1983 indian film in sanskrit language directed by g. v. iyer. the film depicts the life and times of 8th century hindu philosopher, adi shankara, who consolidated the doctrine of advaita vedanta (non-dualism) in hindu philosophy. it was the first film in india to be made in sanskrit. at the 31st national film awards, it won four awards, including best film, best screenplay, best cinematography and best audiography.