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{{Infobox film
| name = Tathagatha Buddha: The Life & Times of Gautama Buddha
| image = Tathagatha Buddha film DVD cover.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Allani Sridhar]]
| producer = [[K. Raja Sekhar]]<br/>[[Radhakrishna]]
| story =
| writer = {{ubl|[[Dr. D.K.Goel]]|<small>(dialogs and lyrics)</small>}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Gautam Buddha''|[[Sadguru Sivananda Murty]]}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sunil Sharma]]|[[Kausha Rach]]|[[Suman (actor)|Suman]]|[[Puneet Issar]]|[[Surender Pal]]|[[Parvati Melton]]|[[Master Siva]]}}
| music = Shashi Preetam
| cinematography = [[Madhu Mahankali]]
| studio = Dharmapatha Creations
| released = {{Film date|2007|02|16|df=y}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = {{ubl|[[Hindi]]|[[Indian English|English]]|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}}
}}

'''''Tathagatha Buddha: The Life & Times of Gautama Buddha''''' ({{lang-hi|बुद्ध}}), also known as '''''Gautama Buddha''''' and as '''''The Path Finder''''', is a multilingual feature film on the life and times of the [[Buddha]] directed by [[Allani Sridhar]] and is based upon the story by [[Sadguru Sivananda Murty]].<ref name="Post"/><ref name="Launch"/> The film was released in 2008.

== Plot ==
Initially released in 2007 by Dharmapatha Creations, the film tells the story of [[Siddhartha Gautama]], Prince of Kapilavastu, situated in Nepal, who lived during 6th century B.C. He was born on Vaisakha Poornima. The history of his family, the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]], is traceable to pre-[[Ramayana]] times. Renouncing the life and responsibility of a king, Siddhartha Gautama sought a solution to human misery. Ever in the midst of the Nepalese religious and spiritual traditions, he noticed what was most needed by all people: [[Dharma]], and non-violence. He sought a direct path to salvation. He was a lone pathfinder who inspired the religions that eventually spread to China, Japan, and to the United States and Europe as late as the 20th Century.

==Production==
Filming took place primarily in [[Ramoji Film City]], [[Annapurna]], [[Manchirevula]], [[Bodh Gaya]], and [[Lumbini]], and was in [[post-production]] by July 2007.<ref name="Post">{{cite news|last=staff|title='Buddha' with a message of peace|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/32029.html|accessdate=21 January 2013|newspaper=Indiaglitz|date=27 June 2007}}</ref> The film's audio had its launch by [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Chief Minister Dr. Rajasekhar Reddy]] in November 2007, at which event he praised the film and director by saying that "the film and its message were the need of the hour as people were getting tired of all the violence around them"<ref name="Launch">{{cite news|last=staff|title='Gautama Buddha' Audio Launched|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/events/13813.html|accessdate=21 January 2013|newspaper=Indiaglitz|date=26 November 2007}}</ref> The film was produced and released in three different languages; as ''Tadgatha Buddha'' in [[Hindi]], as ''Gautama Buddha'' in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and as ''The Path Finder'' in [[Indian English|English]].<ref name="The Hindu 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/buddha-on-big-screen/article2285175.ece|title=Buddha on big screen|date=28 December 2007|publisher=|accessdate=24 June 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* Sunil Sharma as [[Buddha]]
* [[Kausha Rach]] as [[Yashodhara]]
* [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] as [[Bimbisara]]
* [[Puneet Issar]] as Anguli Mala
* [[Parvati Melton]]
* Surender Pal as Suddhodhana
* [[Appaji Ambarisha Darbha]] as Rishi

==Soundtrack==
This film all music composed by Shashi Preetam & all Lyrics by Dr. D. K. Goyal in [[Hindi Language|Hindi]].

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| tota1_length =
| title1 = Raj Mahal Sunsaan Pada Hai
| extra1 = [[Kumar Sanu]]
| length1 = 1:30
}}

==Reception==
Tathagatha Buddha was a hit at Box Office. ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that the director breaks new ground in revealing the fascinating story of Prince Siddhartha and his spiritual transformation into the Buddha, the great teacher who changed the entire world.<ref name="The Hindu 1"/>

== See also ==
* [[Depictions of Gautama Buddha in film]]
*[[List of historical drama films of Asia]]
* [[Tathāgata|Tathagatha Buddha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/photogallery/buddha1/index.html Buddha Photo gallery on Idlebrain]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/28/stories/2007122850650400.htm Buddha on big screen]

{{Gautama Buddha}}

[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about Gautama Buddha]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Films about Buddhism]]

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