Rumi: Poet of the Heart
1998, English. Directed by Haydn Reiss.
In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden, and turning round it, began reciting imagistic poetry about inner life and love of God. After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, writer Simone Fattal, poet Robery Bly, and Coleman Barks, who reworks literal translations of Rumi into poetic English. Musicians accompany Barks and Bly as they recite their versions of several of Rumi's ecstatic poems.
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- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
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- English
- Rated
- NR
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Rumi: Poet of the Heart runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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Rumi: Poet of the Heart is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Rumi: Poet of the Heart isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1998. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Rumi: Poet of the Heart?
Rumi: Poet of the Heart (1998) was directed by Haydn Reiss and stars Debra Winger, Rumi, Coleman Barks.