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Ayurveda: The Art of Being (2001)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:8

Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Jul 17, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: AYURVEDA: THE ART OF BEING, written and directed by Pan Nalin, takes viewers on a documentary journey through the history of this holistic from of health care and natural well-being. Partially... AYURVEDA: THE ART OF BEING, written and directed by Pan Nalin, takes viewers on a documentary journey through the history of this holistic from of health care and natural well-being. Partially based in methods of healing that identify incongruence in the body's energy, Ayurveda has roots in India, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Tibet, China, Russia, and Japan. Brahamand Swamigal is one of the central figures in the film, an Indian practitioner of Ayurveda who explains its basic principles. As he treats a patient by placing three fingers on the patient's wrist, then checking the patient's palm, he talks about the three doshas: Vata, Pitti, and Kapha. These three elements are representative of the body's energy and its balance of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. Swamigal explains that when one or more of the doshas is imbalanced, the body is not healthy. Later in the film Swamigal reveals the workings of his private medicine-making practice, where he harvests plants from surrounding hills, combines them and cooks them, then has his assistants grind them into brightly colored powders. When the charismatic Swamigal is not on screen, the film introduces other doctors and patients, showing methods of diagnosis and treatment, some of which involve mud baths, head wraps, oil massage, and pouring liquid in the eyes and nose. Ayurvedic doctors explain their cures for cancer, diabetes, blindness, and paralysis, and share stories of sick Westerners who have sought their help after having failed to be cured by Western medicine. Throughout the film the delightfully soothing sounds of Cyril Morin's music plays and the dramatic photography by Serge Guez shows a beautiful natural land where the earth and its magic are considered sacred, united with human health and well-being. [More]

Starring: Brahmanand Swamigal, Vaidya Narayan Murthy, Nicolos Kostopoulos, Scott Gerson

Starring: Brahmanand Swamigal, Vaidya Narayan Murthy, Nicolos Kostopoulos, Scott Gerson, Vaidya Ashwin Barot, Vaidya Puranchand Malviya, V. Arjunan, G. Gangadharan, Vaidya B. G. Gokulan, Dr. Dharmalingam, Dai Muthuamma, Satnarayan Bhatt, Vaidya Balaraman, Dr. Shreeraj

Director: Pan Nalin

Director: Pan Nalin
Screenwriter: Pan Nalin
Producer: Christoph Friedel, Karl Baumgartner
Studio: Kino International

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o yperballon zilos toy Nalin [...] metatrepei to ntokimanter se 100lepto diafimistiko toy mystikoy toy mpoyrmpoylithropoiiti, anti na prosferei kai mia sobari eikona toy peri tinos prokeitai kai giati prepei na to pareis ki esy eksisoy sta sobara.

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11/02/07
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Like all infomercials, Ayurveda: Art of Being is heavy on testimonials and light on statistics.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
03/25/03
Catharine Tunnacliffe
Catharine Tunnacliffe
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A film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject: You experience it as you watch.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/07/03
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
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While the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed, the subject matter is so fascinating that you won't care.

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03/07/03
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
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If Ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating, sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation, it is clearly a good thing.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/07/03
Ray Conlogue
Ray Conlogue
Globe and Mail
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Director Nalin Pan doesn't do much to weigh any arguments one way or the other. He simply presents his point of view that Ayurveda works. No question.

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09/17/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world's remarkably varying human population and mindset, and its capacity to heal using creative, natural and ancient antidotes.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/18/02
Jordan Reed
Jordan Reed
Boxoffice Magazine

Pan Nalin's exposition is beautiful and mysterious, and the interviews that follow, with the practitioners of this ancient Indian practice, are as subtle and as enigmatic.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/03/02
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

A fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
07/20/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

While the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some Westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo ... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity.

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07/17/02
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but Ayurveda does the field no favors.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
07/17/02
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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It would work much better as a one-hour TV documentary.

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07/17/02
Lou Lumenick
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New York Post
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Unspools like a highbrow, low-key, 102-minute infomercial, blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers.

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07/16/02
Elizabeth Zimmer
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