After a chance meeting with a Guru, a young boy upon losing his mother, has a desire to become the Guru's disciple versus the wishes of his father and social practices. A film on how to escape the rat race. A search for the ultimate freedom. The documentary film, Guru Muni Being & Becoming, is written and directed by Saleena Sadasivan & Produced by Pravin Vijay and D Vijayan on behalf of Narayana Gurukula, Nitya Productions in association with DarlyVision Productions.
Special Thanks to Narayana Gurukula, Sree Narayana Guru Mission ( UK ) , Chinmaya International Foundation, Swamy Tyagweeswaran, Swamy Tanmaya, Swami Sivaswaroopananda, Swami Saradananda, Del Wilson, Andy Larkin, Prof. Emily Thomas, Satheeshan, Ajith Kumar , Deborah Buchannan & Nancy Yeilding
Producers Pravin Vijay & D Vijayan
Script, Screenplay and Direction Saleena Sadasivan
Assistant Director Swamy Tanmaya
Editor Vijay CR
Cinematography & Creative Contribution Vinu Vidhyadharan, Ajai Gopinath
Produced by Nitya Productions in association with DarlyVision Productions
Camera Sudhin (Kerala) , Matt Everett ( London)
Camera/Sound Unit DB Entertainment
Camera Assistants Manu, Adhithyan, Abhijith
Colour Grading Moji Vargese
Colour Grading Assistant Arjun
Photo Editing From Archive Dathan Punalur
Keybord Programming & Sound Mixing Shimjith Sivan
Interview Coordinator Dr. Shareena Banu
Graphics Joshith Melvin, Manu Mohan
Art work Sajitha R. Shankar
Sound Design Shimjith Sivan & Saji John Milton
Research Team Prof. Pradeepkumar P.I. , Dr. B. Sugeetha, Dr. Shareena Banu
Coordination Assistant Subash Sadasivan
Commentary Voice Fatima Rizvi
Music Coordinator Prof. Pradeepkumar P.I.
Music and Background Robin Kurian
Flute Ram C Panicker
Veena Sreeju Sreenivas
Violin Saji John Milton
Tabala Kailas B
Sound Recordings Sivam Sound Studios, Kozhikodu & Lucca Media, Kozhikodu & Bensun Creations, Thiruvananthapuram.
Actors Devanandan Babu, Renjith Ravindran, Nidhin M.Sahadevan, Indulekha Anish, Swamy Krishnananda & Arumughan Sasidharan
Music & Rendition Shinsi E. Meethal ("Janani Navaratna Manjari"Verses 1 and 3)
Lyrics: Sree Narayana Guru, Saundarya Lahiri Verse 100 of Adi Sankaracharya"
Music & Rendition: Shinsi E. Meethal & sung in duet with Abhilash TR
Composed and Sung by: Lakshmi Rajesh
Lyrics "Let Go" song from a poem by: Swamy Tyagweeswaran
Backing Track: Jam'In Records
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