“‘Forrest Gump’ with a mantra” — that’s the underlying premise, in a nutshell, of “Meeting the Beatles in India,” which has filmmaker Paul Saltzman recounting the week he spent hanging with the ...

In 1968, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement, invited The Beatles to visit his ashram in Rishikesh, India. The group had already heard the guru speak at an ...

The Beatles and their significant others (front row) with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (seated, top) in February, 1968, in Rishikesh, India. Credit: Screen grab In all the nooks and crannies of Beatles ...

At the next Beatles’ fan club meeting, worshippers can leave Abbey Road alone, and instead join hands and meditate in an Indian ashram like John, Paul, George and Ringo did in 1968. Authorities in the ...

A new documentary called The Beatles in India will center on the band's spiritual and creative connection with the country. There will also be a companion album of Beatles songs interpreted by Indian ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Twice in Paul Saltzman’s life The Beatles blew his mind. The first time was in 1966 after hearing the lyrics “Turn off your mind relax and float downstream/It is not dying” from the ...

In February 1968, the Beatles embarked on their famous discovery of India to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Now 50 years later India is rediscovering the Beatles — or at ...

The Beatles' 1968 pilgrimage to India is being revisited through a new documentary, fittingly titled The Beatles in India, scheduled for release later this year. As Screen Daily reports, the movie is ...

There’s been a wealth of attention lately – rightfully so – paid to the eye-opening Beatles documentary ‘Get Back’ by director Peter Jackson. For those who can’t get enough of their Fab Four fix, next ...

The Beatles And India is not an authorized piece of film approved for release thru the current Apple organization, but perhaps it ought to be. This feature-length documentary collects in one place the ...

This article originally appeared on Variety. “‘Forrest Gump’ with a mantra” — that’s the underlying premise, in a nutshell, of “Meeting the Beatles in India,” which has filmmaker Paul Saltzman ...