---
title: 'Prem Sanyas (1925)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Himanshu Rai'
released: '1925-10-22'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'British Raj'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/prem-sanyas-1925'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016240/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Prem Sanyas (1925)

1925 · 97 min · Drama · British Raj, Germany

Original title: Die Leuchte Asiens

## Synopsis

Prem Sanyas is a 1925 silent film, directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai. It was adapted from the book, The Light of Asia (1879) in verse, by Edwin Arnold, based on the life of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who founded Buddhism by becoming the Buddha or the "Enlightened one".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Himanshu Rai](https://cinepixo.com/people/himanshu-rai), [Franz Osten](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-osten)
- **Producer:** [Himanshu Rai](https://cinepixo.com/people/himanshu-rai), [Franz Osten](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-osten)
- **Screenplay:** [Niranjan Pal](https://cinepixo.com/people/niranjan-pal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hansheinrich Dransmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansheinrich-dransmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Josef Wirsching](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-wirsching)

## Cast

- [Seeta Devi](https://cinepixo.com/people/seeta-devi)
- [Himanshu Rai](https://cinepixo.com/people/himanshu-rai)
- [Sarada Ukil](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarada-ukil)

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