Appearances
Samrat Chakrabarti
Swami Vivekananda will be brought to life by the voice and enactments of his words by New York actor Samrat Chakrabarti who not only looks like Swami Vivekananda but is also Bengali and was raised in England and the US. His film credits include Midnight’s Children, the highly acclaimed The War Within, Bombay Summer, and Ashes. Chakrabarti has also appeared in numerous television productions including 30 Rock, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, The Sopranos, Love Money, Homeland, Outsourced, Mr. Robot, and a recurring popular role in Damages opposite Ted Danson.
The story will be told by a narrator who is still being selected. The voices of other characters will be narrated by various actors and actresses. The film will also be dubbed into other languages for International Distribution.
Confirmed Guest Appearances + Interviews
Swami Sarvapriyananda
Monk of the Ramakrishna Order, President of the Vedanta Society of New York, and visiting fellow at Harvard Divinity School
Swami Yuktatmanananda
Spiritual Leader of the Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center of New York
AL Bardach
NY Times columnist and acclaimed author
Phil Goldberg
Author of American Veda and historian of the journey of Indian wisdom in America
Ruth Harris
Historian at All Souls College College, Oxford University and author of a forthcoming book on Swami Vivekananda and his journey in America.
Jeffrey Long
Author and Professor, Elizabethtown College. Author of Hinduism in America and a Professor at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.
Pravrajika Geetaprana
Nun of the Ramakrishna Order. An American Nun of the Ramkrishna Order and the Curator and Custodian of Ridgely Manor.