The film starred Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Swami Vivekananda, the 19th-century Hindu monk, and Mithun Chakraborty as Ramakrishna, his guru.

The film was premiered on India's public service broadcaster Doordarshan on 15 August 1998, the country's Independence Day.

It immediately moves to the scene where Narendranath sees his father Vishwanath Datta is donating money, clothes, food to poor and distressed people.

In Alwar, he meets Raja Mangal Singh, whom he tells Hindu's idol-worship is actually a symbolic form of worship.

The film ends with a long English speech of Vivekananda in which he describes his ideals, objectives of Hinduism and prays for world-peace and fraternity.

Since 1969 G. V. Iyer made several films on Hinduism and Hindu religious figures such as Adi Shankaracharya (1983), Madhavacharya (1986), Ramanujacharya (1989), and Bhagavad Gita (1993).

[2] After receiving "Lifetime achievement award" in 2012 Chakraborty told, he tried to follow the teachings of Swami Vivekananda throughout his acting career.

[4] Chakraborty cast in the role of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, lends credence to the film by his sterling acting histrionics which earned him the accolade as an "intuitive and mysticalin a tour de force rendering".

Roy told in an interview that the acting in the film as Sarada Devi was a special blessing for her and she felt "strange emotions" during the shooting.

In addition, Swami Harshananda, then President of Ramakrihsna Math, Bangalore, asked the production house to delete their name from the title card since they were not associated with the film.

Iyer accepted the suggestions of Ramakrishna Math and Mission authorities and made the requested changes in the film before the release.

[7] The Ramakrishna Mission's monks also objected to one song sequence as inappropriate, as it "showed Swamiji in poor light".

[8] Significantly, the character of Sister Nivedita, who played a crucial role in Vivekananda's life, was omitted in this film.

"[1] Choodie Shivaram of Hinduism Today wrote in his review— "the film runs though like a school textbook without the trademark insightful Iyer interpretations."

The one-time heart throb, disco dancer and martial arts fighter in the role of Ramakrishna held the audience spell bound.