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{{short description|2014 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gurukulam
| image =
| alt =
| caption = One Without a Second
| native_name =
| director = Jillian Elizabeth Neil Dalal
| producer = Jillian Elizabeth
| writer =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)|Swami Dayananda Saraswati]]
}}
| music =
| cinematography = [[J.P. Sniadecki]] Jillian Elizabeth
| editing = Mary Lampson
| production_companies = Advaita Films<ref>{{cite web|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nc/1143224|title=Advaita Films - North Carolina corporation|access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref> Soma Productions<ref name="SOMA">{{cite web|title=Soma Productions|url=https://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-631159474209927661888/|access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref>
| distributor = [[Matson Films]]<ref name="PKIT"/> [[1091 Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://1091.tv/gurukulam-1|publisher=[[1091 Pictures]]|website=1091.tv|date=2016-08-23|access-date=2021-04-12|title=1091 Pictures: Gurukulam}}</ref> [[Amazon Prime Video]]
| released = {{Film date|2014|02|02}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/01/santa-barbara-international-film-festival-reveals-2014-lineup-194321/|publisher=[[IndieWire]]|website=www.indiewire.com|date=2014-01-07|title=Santa Barbara International Film Festival Reveals 2014 Lineup}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sbiff.festivalgenius.com/2014/films/gurukulam_jillianelizabeth_sbiff2014|website=festivalgenius.com|access-date=2021-04-14|title=SBIFF 2014 - Gurukulam}}</ref>
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = United States Canada<ref name="SOMA" />
| language = English, Tamil, Sanskrit
| budget =
| gross = Gross: $25,651 
}}

'''''Gurukulam''''' ({{langx|sa|गुरुकुलम्}}) is a 2014 documentary, directed and produced independently by Jillian Elizabeth and Neil Dalal.<ref>[https://www.mcintyre.ca/titles/PR3385 Trailer and info for 2014 movie, Gurukulam]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilycpat6Vt8|publisher=[[1091 Pictures]]|website=youtube.com|date=2014|title=Gurukulam (FULL MOVIE)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gurukulamfilm.com/|title=Gurukulam:A film about life at a remote forest ashram in Tamil Nadu, India, and the ancient roots of modern day meditation and yoga practice|date=2015|website=gurukulamfilm.com|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref>

==Development==
[[Principal photography]] took place{{when|date=April 2021}} in the [[Arsha Vidya Gurukulam]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].

[[Anantanand Rambachan]] served as an advisor for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gurukulamfilm.com/cast--crew|title=Gurukulam film - cast and crew|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref>

The film came with support from the [[Hartley Film Foundation]] and the [[Alberta Foundation for the Arts]].<ref name="PKIT"/>

== Release ==
''Gurukulam'' premiered at the 2014 [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]] to a limited audience.

In 2015, the movie premiered at small theaters in the United States and Canada. In June 2016, more screenings were shown in the United States. It is now available on multiple streaming platforms.

==Reception==
[[Andrew Gow (historian)|Andrew Gow]] of the [[University of Alberta]] praised Gurukulum for providing the "erudite intellectual context" for the practice of [[yoga]]. Gow emphasized the film's teaching of Indian philosophy, from Vedanta to broader aspects of Indian culture.<ref name="PKIT" /> [[Sanjiv Chopra]] of the [[Harvard Medical School]] lauded the applicability of the film to modern humans both in the West and in remote Himalayan villages.<ref name="PKIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.gurukulamfilm.com/press|title=Gurukulam film - press kit|author=Kersh, Adam|publisher=Brigade Marketing|access-date=2021-04-13}}</ref>

Others were critical of the [[fly on the wall]] style of filming and found the pacing difficult to engage with.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-gurukulam-review-20160606-snap-story.html|title= Review: 'Gurukulam' documentary fails to find oneness with itself|author=Goldstein, Gary|date=2016-06-09|access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref> Other reviewers lamented the absence of an explanation of the philosophy and its traditions,<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=[[Asian Ethnology]]|date=2018|author=Lindquist, Steven E.|volume=77|issue=1 & 2|title=Review of film "Gurukulam" by Elizabeth and Dalal|url=https://www.academia.edu/38170906}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/gurukulam-film-review-899456/|work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]|author=Scheck, Frank|date=2016-06-03|access-date=2023-06-30|title='Gurukulam': Film Review}}</ref> while praising the beauty of the setting.<ref>{{Cite web|work=[[New York Times]]|date=2016-06-02|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/movies/-gurukulam-review.html|title=Review: 'Gurukulam' Offers Sights and Sounds of a Spiritual Awakening|author=Verongos, Helen T.|access-date=2023-06-30}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2183702}}
* {{Worldcat|oclc=1035150263}}

[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 independent films]]
[[Category:2014 documentary films]]
[[Category:American independent films]]
[[Category:American documentary films]]
[[Category:Canadian documentary films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about Hinduism]]
[[Category:Films shot in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:2014 American films]]
[[Category:2014 Canadian films]]
[[Category:English-language Canadian films]]

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