''Vishwaguru'' () is a 2017

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

-language Indian

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

directed by

Vijeesh Mani Vijeesh Mani is a producer and director of Malayalam language films. He is best known as the director of '' Vishwaguru'', a film that was made and released in 51 hours and 2 minutes following a "script to screen" rule, which was recorded in Gu ...

and co-produced with A. V. Anoop. It is based on the life of

Narayana Guru Narayana Guru, , (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He led a reform movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual ...

, the film features Purushothaman Kainakkari, Gandhiyan Chacha Sivarajan, Kaladharan and Kalanilayam Ramachandran in lead roles. The film was made and released in 51 hours and 2 minutes following a "script to screen" rule.

Summary

Vishwaguru is based on the life of

, a social reformer of India who led a reform movement in Kerala, rejected

casteism Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural ...

, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality.

Cast

*Purushothaman Kainakkari -

Sree Narayana Guru Narayana Guru, , (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He led a reform movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual ...

*Gandhiyan Chacha Sivarajan -

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

*K.Kaladharan -

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

*Kalanilayam Ramachandran -

Kumaran Asan Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (Malayalam: എൻ. കുമാരൻ ആശാൻ) (12 April 1873 – 16 January 1924) was a poet of Malayalam literature, Indian social reformer and a philosopher. He is known to have initiated a revolution in Malayalam ...

*Swamy Sachithananda - Swamy Sachithananda *Harikrishnan - Dr.Palpu *K.P.A.C. Leelakrishnan - Grand father *Baby Pavithra - Grand daughter Pavithra *Roji P. Kurian - Foreign Devotee

Script to screen time

The film was scripted, created, and released in 51 hours and two minutes, which was recorded in

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

as the fastest film produced.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7817140 2017 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian biographical films Biographical films about religious leaders Biographical films about philosophers Guinness World Records 2010s biographical films 2017 directorial debut films