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(Indian) Movies for the devotional/spiritual/esoteric minds

Of late, I have been searching through Youtube for movies that are on the great bhakthas, sadhaks, spiritual masters etc. I found many and thought it apt to share it to many others who can be spared the search time.

 Enjoy!

 Sri Purandara Dasaru (in Kannada) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qQ2MaMcRrA
Sadhak Bamakhyapa (this is a two part movie in Bengali) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIP8KtTQ_VE
Sadhak Kamalakanta (this is a series of 9-10 clips in Bengali) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKpL-mo9_U 
Sadhak Ramprasad (this is in two parts as well in Bengali) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoK3_egvPQ 
Yogis of Tibet (in English) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOk0tZHwCs4 
Sant Dnyaneshwar (in Marathi) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2736UvG4-M
Sant Eknath Maharaj (in Marathi) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbDBpAw8800
Sant Tukaram (in Marathi) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUn2p3uM2_0
Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna (in Bengali) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD1TsRBZnn8
Sri Trailanga Swami (in Bengali) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjPax6S_jpw
Arut Perun Jyothi (in Tamil) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLv12ZMN0b4
Pattinaththar (in Tamil) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM7O-QkwGls 
Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEjw-pc905I
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