It will be particularly enjoyable for those who have read the book. The beautiful music was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee (I hope the soundtrack will be available soon).

He engaged Sven Nykvist (the famous Swedish cinematographer of Igmar Bergman) and a mainly Indian cast, including Shashi Kapoor (Siddhartha), Simi Garewal (Kamala), Romesh Sharma (Govinda) and Zul Vellani (Vasudeva). In 1972, Conrad Rooks (an almost unknown movie director who made 'Chappaqua' in 1966) came out with a 94-minute movie transcription of Hesse's novel. note Vasudeva is another name given to Krishna, the teacher/driver of Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita).Ģ. The novel narrates the pilgrimage of the son of a Brahmin, his struggle to find his own destiny his friendship with Govinda (his 'shadow') his encounters with many different people: the Samanas (the ascetics that practice self-denial) Kamala (a courtesan who claims that she can teach and provide love as an art) Kamasawami (a rich merchant who becomes his boss) and Vasudeva. Siddhartha is one of the names given to the Buddha himself. It is a novel about Eastern spirituality (many Indian scholars consider it as one of the few successful examples of Indian philosophy presented by a Western author).

The Nobel Prize winner, Hermann Hesse, wrote Siddhartha in 1922. After seeing this movie again in New York recently and noticing that it was going to be available on DVD, I ordered it immediately through and decided to send the following comments, which were posted in the 'customer reviews' section: 1.

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