The Light of Asia
Directed by Franz Osten, Himansu RaiThis adaptation of Arnold's 1861 Orientalist epic opens with documentary shots of tourists in Bombay watching street performers. Then a white-bearded old man sitting under the bodhi tree tells the tourists the story of Gautama (Rai), son of King Suddodhana (Ukil) and Queen Maya (Bala), who left his consort Gopa (Seeta) and became a wandering teacher credited with founding Buddhism. The religious epic, with its idealized figures, takes up the narrative in flashback and ends with Gopa kneeling before Gautama asking to become his disciple.
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The Light of Asia was released on October 22, 1925.
The Light of Asia was directed by Franz Osten, Himansu Rai.
The Light of Asia has a runtime of 1h 37m.
The Light of Asia was produced by Himansu Rai.
This adaptation of Arnold's 1861 Orientalist epic opens with documentary shots of tourists in Bombay watching street performers. Then a white-bearded old man sitting under the bodhi tree tells the tourists the story of Gautama (Rai), son of King Suddodhana (Ukil) and Queen Maya (Bala), who left his consort Gopa (Seeta) and became a wandering teacher credited with founding Buddhism. The religious epic, with its idealized figures, takes up the narrative in flashback and ends with Gopa kneeling before Gautama asking to become his disciple.
The key characters in The Light of Asia are Gopa (Seeta Devi), Gautama (Himansu Rai), King Suddhodhana (Sarada Ukil).
The Light of Asia is a Drama, Biography, History film.
The Light of Asia has an audience rating of 6.4 out of 10.