| The Awakener | |
| Director: | D. B. Rana |
| Producer: | Jagat Murari |
| Narrator: | Roshan Taneja |
| Editing: | D. B. Rana |
| Music: | Chandavarkar Rajinder Gandhi |
| Starring: | Meher Baba Eruch Jessawala Louis van Gasteren |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
| Country: | India |
| Distributor: | Films Division of India |
The Awakener is a 1969 Indian anthropological ethnographic film on Meher Baba, produced by Jagat Murari, Mushir Ahmad and distributed by Films Division of India.[1] [2] [3] The Stock footage starring Meher Baba, and Eruch Jessawala is directed, compiled, and edited by D. B. Rana with narration by Roshan Taneja.[4] [5]
The film footage was taken by Lud Dimpfl, Aneece Hassen, Jehangir Sukhadwala, and Mani Irani.[6] It was featured at the 4th IFFI.[7] [8] The film also features the footage of Dutch film maker Louis van Gasteren interviewing Meher Baba.[7]