In 1968, a young Canadian named Paul Saltzman travelled to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh to “heal a recently broken heart, while seeking his own path to understanding and enlightenment”. But when he got there, he was told that it was closed because The Beatles were there. Saltzman was given shelter by an ashram employee in a hut outside the main gate. After eight days, when he was allowed in, he spent a week meditating, hanging out with The Beatles, and taking pictures with his Pentax camera.
Now, five decades after that meeting, Saltzman has made a film about the time he spent with the brilliant quartet. Called Meeting The Beatles in India, the documentary retraces Saltzman’s spiritual journey to Rishikesh and the week that he spent in the company of four of the world’s most famous musicians. In the film, Saltzman – who has, in the interim,…