Kumare: The True Story of a False Prophet (theological)

I chose a Kumare for my theological post, because this documentary is rich with spiritual ideologies. Kumare follows Vikram Gandhi as goes undercover as a Guru, named Kumare, in an experiment to uncover the power of spiritual leaders, such as Guru's. Gandhi starts the documentary with cynicism of the many self-proclaimed Guru's. He interviews a few different Guru's, each no more godly than you or I. In fact, Gandhi found that "real" Guru's are no more real than the American frauds copying them.
In the beginning it seemed that Vikram's purpose for the documentary was to go undercover and show people how foolish they can be, believing in a fraudulent Guru's. Despite Gandhi telling ABC News that, "it isn't about making fun of people, it's about the absurdity we all believe".
Though throughout the documentary, Gandhi initiative changes. Being Kumare exposed Vikram to a whole new spiritual side of the world that his cynacism had shut out to him. It's ironic that one of the teachings of this phony Guru, is "Mirror teachings" aka finding the Guru within. The irony lies in the fact that this mantra is anything but phony, for not only Kumare's followers, but for Vikram himself. In the end, Kumare, proves that even a placebo religion brings about the rewards of any faith. The comfort in finding answers. The Mirror teachings end up symbolizing how a Guru (or any spiritual leader) can be a complete fraud, yet still be doing some amount of public good. This is because it's not about the sincerity of the leader, but that of their followers.
As stated in the Washington Post, "What started as a long, elaborate joke becomes a journey, both for Gandhi’s students and for the filmmaker himself. It’s a journey that also carries the film’s audience to a place that is completely unexpected. It’s a trip that’s deeply, even startlingly rewarding, for seekers and skeptics alike". The journey that is being referred to is what makes this an uncanny artifact for the epistemological approach. This approach submits there are no objective Truths, it's the rhetoric between humans that engages us in a creative process which brings forth discoveries. The discovery made by Gandhi near the end of the documentary, undoubtably was the result of the encounters he had with his followers. These encounters not only changed the meaning of his documentary from that of an expose' of fraudulent religion, to one that illustrates the power spirituality even prompted by a false prophet, but it left Vikram a changed man with a new found desire of helping others. 
There are many Ideologies present that give Kumare a persuasive quality. One being that of a yoga lifestyle, bringing together balance of mind, body, and soul. Another, the power of spirituality to bring forth peace and happiness. Although the most important ideology present is the "mirror teachings", that we don't need to look for answers from false spiritual leaders, the answers are already within. Furthermore, reality  what we set our minds to and our interactions with one another are what is true.

References:
Watt, Nick & Shulman, Scott. (August 8,2012). 'Kumare': Fake Guru Exposes Real, Desperate Desire to Believe. ABC News. 
O'Sullivan, Micheal. (September 7,2012). Code Orange for the Gullible Masses. Washington Post.