a
PANDORA FILM production
in co-production with
SUNRISE Film & PANDORA Medien
in association with
MONSOON FILMS
financially supported by
FILMBÜRO NW

AYURVEDA
art of being

featuring five elements
in visible and invisible forms

introducing

BRAHMANAND SWAMIGAL
VAIDYA NARAYAN MURTHY
DR. NICOLOS KOSTOPOULOS
DR. ASHWIN BAROT
DR. SCOTT GERSON
VAIDYA PURANCHAND MALVIYA
DR. V. ARJUNAN
DR. G. GANGADHARAN
VAIDYA B. G. GOKULAN
DR. DHARMALINGAM
DAI MUTHUAMMA
DR. SATNARAYAN BHATT
VAIDYA BALARAMAN
DR. SHREERAJ

director of photography
SERGE GUEZ

sound design
DOMINIQUE DAVY

editing
PAN NALIN
BEN VON GRAFENSTEIN

music
CYRIL MORIN

2nd unit director
NATASHA DE BETAK

researcher and production manager
DILIP SHANKAR

co-producers
CHRISTA SAREDI
REINHARD BRUNDIG

line producer
CLAUDIA STEFFEN

producers
CHRISTOPH FRIEDEL
KARL BAUMGARTNER

written & directed by
PAN NALIN

world sales agency
ORFEO FILMS INTERNATIONAL (Köln)

editing
PAN NALIN
BEN VON GRAFENSTEIN
RUDI HEINEN

music composed by
CYRIL MORIN

musicians
CYRIL MORIN (keyboards, guitars, luth, bandir, derbouka, percussions)
CHRISTINE KOTSCHI (Turkish duduk, sarangi, violins, Balinese & Indian flutes)

AYURVEDA chants by
VIDYA RAO

soundtrack produced by
MASSIVE MUSIC (Paris)

published by
SOME PLAYERS (Paris)

post-production co-ordinator
JOCHEN FELTHAUS

production office assistant
CAMELIJA KARLIC

additional research
SUMETEE PAHWA (Eastern India)
DEEPIKA GANDHI (North India)
BHARTI R. PANDYA (Western India)
SAMIR SARKAR (South India)
MIHIR UPADHYAYA (Bombay)

Karnataka & Maharashtra co-ordination & research
SUSHMA NARGUNDKAR
VENKATESH

Ahmedabad co-ordination
PARESH MEHTA

interpreters
P. SHIVAKUMAR PRASAD
SUSHMA NARGUNDKAR
SAMIR SARKAR

post-prod. translators
VIMALA VISWANATHAN
SITA VENKATARAMAN

drivers
TANDAPANI
LAXMAN


2ND UNIT INDIA

director
NATASHA DE BETAK

camera
SUNNY JOSEPH

camera assistant
PANKAJ PANDYA

additional camera
AVIJIT MUKUL KISHORE

sound recordist
HARI KUMAR

production co-ordinator
SUKESH ARORA

location assistant
SAMIR SARKAR


USA UNIT

camera
SAMUEL HENRIQUES

sound recordist
JOHN STEADWELL

NY co-ordination
ARTEMIS WILLIS
DARSHAN BHAGAT
CARRIE MURPHY

special thanks to
SHARON GANNON
BUREAU BETAK


GREECE UNIT

camera
CHRISTOS KARAMANIS

camera assistant
KIKI ATHANASSOURELIA

sound engineer
NIKOS PAPADIMITRIOU

boom operator
VANGELIS VLESSAS

script continuity
KATERINA XINI

production assistant
ZOI TSCHLA

special thanks to
FENIA COSSOVITSA
THANASSIS KARATHANOS

shlokas from the charaka samhita researched and
provided by VAIDYA PURANCHAND MALVIYA

equipment rental
PLANET FILMS (Mumbai)

equipment supplies
CINERENT (Köln)

digital editing suite
ÄDIT (Köln)

laboratories
PROCINE KOPIERWERK (Neuss)
PRASAD FILM LAB (Chennai)

telecine
GÜRTLER MULTIMEDIA (Neuss)

negative cutter
RENATE HÄHNER
PINAR ÖZSENLER

colour timer
UWE MIMOUN

title design
TRICKSTUDIO LUTTERBECK (Köln)

Assistant Sound Designer
VALERIE BLANC-HERMELINE

re-recording studio
DOVIDIS (Paris)

film stock
KODAK

insurance
FRANK HÜBNER CONSULTING (Köln)

hospitality
NINASAM, HEGGODU
HOTEL CAG PRIDE (Coimbatore)

travel agency
TRANSTASYA (Düsseldorf)


we would sincerely like to thank:
DR. ROBERT SVOBODA (USA)
DARSHAN SHANKAR (BANGALORE)
DR. ATREYA SMITH (France)
DR. GOPI WARRIER (London)
BHANWARDA BAI (Udaipur)
DR. BALARAMAN (Kerala)
DR. SRINARAYAN (Kerala)
YOGI SATHYA NARAYAN (Pondicherry)
M. S. MUTHUSWAMY
B. KAILASAM

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions India
Agasthiar Ayurvedic and Siddha Clinic (Tamilnadu)
Rajah Healthy Acres Palakkad (Kerala)
Netra Foundation (Kerala)
Dharma Clinic (Chennai)
The Jagran Jan Vikas Samiti (Udaipur)
Medical Plant Convervation Centre (Kerala)
Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Tamilnadu)
Holistic Health Centre (Greece)
American Institute of Ayurveda (New York)
Jivamukti Yoga Center (New York)
OM Yoga Center (New York)
Laughing Club Bandra (Mumbai)
Benaras Hindu University (Varanasi)
Telungupalayam Hospital
Himalaya Plant Convervation Centre India
Dr. Rajashekharan, TBGRI (Kerala)
Sre Vrenco Jewellers (Tamilnadu)
Surendra Bhai Patel & the Management & Staff of Vishala
Restuarant (Ahmedabad)
The Archaeological Survey of India

THE VICE CHANCELLOR, AYURVEDA UNIVERSITY
OF JAMNAGAR & WEST ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE (UDAIPUR)

MARIANA TOLI & GEORGE VASSILAKIS (Athen)
ALSOOR CHARAN & MALDHARI FAMILY (Saurashtra)
DIVYA & FAMILY, BHARATH, NAGALAKSHMI & FAMILY
MR. RANGASWAMI, MR. KANDASWAMY, VENKATACHALAM & FAMILY
MUTHUKUMAR PILLAI (Chennai)

Naresh Mehta (XP Division)
Ministry of External Affairs (Government of India)
Embassy of India in Germany

Filmed entirely on location at
Coimbatore, Pollachi, Kanjikode, Palakkad, Narasipura, Jamnagar, Saffrony, Ahmedabad, Adalaj, Kutch, Shimoga, Bombay, Chennai, Thiruvalla, Udaipur, Varanasi & Trivandrum (India)
and
Kiffissia, Athens (Greece) and New York (USA)

© 2001, PANDORA FILM Produktion GmbH