Looking for a writer for a docu/feature that can make a difference to the world. Do you have what it takes to help bring about a change in society? Dada Vaswani is one such person who brought about a telling change in society, and we’re looking for someone to script a screenplay for a docu-feature on the life and works of this Spiritual Leader.

The proposed docu feature is about a charismatic spiritual leader from India J.P.Vaswani, known affectionately as Dada.

His followers and admirers span the globe, especially amongst the entrepreneurial, mercantile 'Sindhi' diaspora who were displaced from their original homeland in Sindh, during the violent partition of the Indian sub-continent to create the Islamic state of Pakistan in 1947. Sindh has a legacy of saints known as Sufis who ingeniously combined folk motifs with mystical interpretations to propogate a message of Universal Love. Dada J.P.Vaswani inherits this great legacy through his Guru and mentor Sadhu T.L.Vaswani, whose inspired poetry is collected in The Nuri Granth, one of the largest books in the literature of the world, enshrining the songs of a single poet-saint.


Today at 97 Dada heads the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, headquartered in Pune, India, that is engaged in various philanthropic activities in fields such as education, healthcare, social service, animal rights, feeding of the poor and spiritual upliftment.


Dada's humanitarian spirit transcends caste, creed, color and religion. Abstract speculation and forbidding prohibitions are not for him - he is practical and down-to-earth and communicates effortlessly with his audiences. His universalist approach to religion is especially relevant at a time of global strife.

Dada has spoken at numerous venues including the British House of Commons, the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago and the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the United Nations, New York. He is the recipient of the U Thant Peace Award.

Dada is one of those remarkable men whose life is their message; a teacher who teaches by example. Dada is loved and revered for his utter humility, compassion, sense of service and ready smile that has earned him the epithet of 'smile millionaire'.

The film needs to showcase the life and times of Dada, his message and the legacy of the Mission in a manner that appeals to an international audience. Anecdotal snippets of his life and teachings are available in Mission publications.

The proposed will be a full length docu-feature, for international commercial release. The benchmark would be films like:

Awake, The Life of Yogananda
Dalai-Lama Renaissance

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Abhishek