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New York, Aug 15 (ANI): Julia Roberts’ new film ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ has sparked concerns among Indian yogis and Hindu leaders about whether the film will portray Hinduism and yoga authentically.

The Hollywood stunner is currently in New York filming scenes for the screen version of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir.

The film details the author’s efforts to find spiritual enlightenment in Italy, India and Indonesia after she’d gone through a nasty divorce, reports The New York Post.

Roberts will reportedly film in one ashram as she portrays the author, who spent four months in a sacred retreat, scrubbing floors. The shooting in India is scheduled for the third week of September.

Rajan Zed, the leader of the Universal Society of Hinduism, fears the project will be another poor Hollywood depiction of Indian spiritual life - and he’s urging those behind the film to serve Hindus by getting it right.

He said in a recent interview, “Hinduism and its belief system are quite often misunderstood and incorrectly depicted outside India.”

Zed added: “The people of India will be anxious to see how perfectly Roberts does her job of cleaning ashram floors as a part of her devotional duty, trying to recite 182- verse Sanskrit chant, and going through gruelling hours of meditation, while being feasted on by mosquitoes.” (ANI)