Kumare speaks with a thick Indian accent. His hair is long, his
beard is full, his feet are bare. Wrapped in a saffron sarong, Kumare effortlessly becomes a spiritual beacon for a curious bunch of truth seekers in Phoenix.
But Kumare, whose real name is Vikram Gandhi, is actually a hip
33-year-old filmmaker from New Jersey, who created a fake "yogalebrity" persona but wound up with a real American following.
"Isn't the most traumatic part of the illusion of Kumare is that the guy who they all thought was from another country actually grew in Jersey?" he told ABC News in Los Angeles after the premiere of the resulting movie, "Kumare: The True Story of a False Prophet."
"It's not about making fun of people," Gandhi said. "It's about the general absurdity of what we all
believe."
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beard is full, his feet are bare. Wrapped in a saffron sarong, Kumare effortlessly becomes a spiritual beacon for a curious bunch of truth seekers in Phoenix.
But Kumare, whose real name is Vikram Gandhi, is actually a hip
33-year-old filmmaker from New Jersey, who created a fake "yogalebrity" persona but wound up with a real American following.
"Isn't the most traumatic part of the illusion of Kumare is that the guy who they all thought was from another country actually grew in Jersey?" he told ABC News in Los Angeles after the premiere of the resulting movie, "Kumare: The True Story of a False Prophet."
"It's not about making fun of people," Gandhi said. "It's about the general absurdity of what we all
believe."
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