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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Adi Shankaracharya<br />
| image = Adi Shankaracharya poster.JPG<br />
| alt = Shankara, an Indian philosopher.<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[G. V. Iyer]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]<br />
| writer = Padmasri Dr. [[Bannanje Govindacharya]]<br />
| screenplay = [[G. V. Iyer]]<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = Life of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Sarvadaman Banerjee]]<br />[[Srinivas Prabhu]]<br />[[Bharat Bhushan]]<br />M.V. Narayana Rao<br />
| music = [[M. Balamurali Krishna]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Madhu Ambat]]<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1983}}<br />
| runtime = 160 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Sanskrit<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Adi Shankaracharya''''' is a [[1983 in film|1983]] [[Indian film]] in [[Sanskrit language]] directed by [[G. V. Iyer]]. The film depicts the life and times of the Hindu philosopher, [[Adi Shankaracharya]], who consolidated the doctrine of [[Advaita Vedanta]] ([[Nonduality (spirituality)|nondualism]]) in [[Hindu philosophy]]. This movie is a prime example of experimental movie era of [[Kannada film industry]]. It was the first film in India to be made in [[Sanskrit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Adi Shankaracharya (1983)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085138/|publisher=IMDb|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> At the [[31st National Film Awards]], it won four awards, including [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Film]], [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]], [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] and [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]].<ref name="31staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=[[India International Film Festival]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112200555/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="31stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref><br />
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After ''Adi Shankaracharya'', Iyer directed [[Madhvacharya (film)|''Madhvacharya'']] in 1986 and [[Ramanujacharya (film)|''Ramanujacharya'']] in 1989 featuring Shankaracharya's disciples.<br />
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==Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Sarvadaman D. Banerjee]] as [[Adi Shankaracharya]]<br />
*[[Srinivas Prabhu]] as Prajnaana<br />
*[[T. S. Nagabharana]] as Mrithyu<br />
*Bharat Bhushan as Kaippilly Shivaguru Nambudiri, Adi Shankara's father<br />
*Manjunath Bhat as Padmapada<br />
*Gopal as Thotaka<br />
*V.R.K. Prasad as Hasthamalaka<br />
*M.V. Narayana Rao as Sureshwara<br />
*Gopinath Das as Govinda Bhagavathpada<br />
*L.V. Sharada Rao as Kaippilly Aryadevi Antarjanam ("Aryamba"), Adi Shankara's mother<br />
*Leela Narayana Rao as Ubhaya Bharathi<br />
*Sreepathy Ballal as Kumarila Bhatta<br />
*[[G. V. Iyer]] as [[Veda Vyasa]]<br />
*Gopi as young Shankara<br />
*Radhakrishna as baby Shankara<br />
*Raghu Iyer as young Pranjana<br />
*Vijay Bharan as young Mrithyu<br />
*G.V.Shivanand as Guru<br />
*Gopalakrishna as Nambudiri<br />
*Mallesh as Kapalika<br />
*Murgod as Chandala<br />
*Manohar as Mama<br />
*G.S.Natraj as [[Vishnu]]<br />
*Ajay as Sathyakama<br />
*Mahesh Swamy as Boudha Guru<br />
*Purushotham as Boudha Bhikshu<br />
*Balu as Chiushka<br />
*Girish as Vidyananda<br />
*Veena Kamal as Jabali<br />
}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[31st National Film Awards|1983]]: [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]<br />
** [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Film]]: [[G V Iyer]]<br />
** [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]: [[G V Iyer]]<br />
** [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] (Colour): Madhu Ambatt<br />
**[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]]: S.P. Ramanathan<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0085138|Adi Shankaracharya}}<br />
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{{G. V. Iyer}}<br />
{{NationalFilmAwardBestFeatureFilm}}<br />
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[[Category:1983 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s historical films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. Balamuralikrishna]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by B. V. Karanth]]<br />
[[Category:Films about Hinduism]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the 8th century]]<br />
[[Category:Biographical films about philosophers]]<br />
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Sanskrit-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Adi Shankara]]<br />
[[Category:Indian historical films]]<br />
[[Category:Films that won the Best Audiography National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by G. V. Iyer]]<br />
[[Category:National Film Development Corporation of India films]]</div>CarrerNaksha