Watch UK Trailer For The Beatles And India Documentary

Beatlemania swept the world for many years, in 1968 the Fab Four made an seminal trip to India. Not only did it inspire a new musical direction for the band, it paved the way for a brand new sound that still resonates across cultural and musical landscapes to this day.

In the Autumn Ajoy Bose‘s award winning documentary The Beatles And India will be released. The fascinating doc chronicles that journey to India and the band’s love affair with the country. The film showcasing the ‘holiday’ that refreshed the band and their vision, today 101 Films release the UK Trailer …

This unique historical film chronicles the enduring love affair between The Beatles and India that began more than half a century ago. The Beatles and India follows a rarely seen, fascinating time in John, Paul, George and Ringo’s career and brings it to life with archive footage, recordings and photographs, alongside eye-witness s, expert comments and visually stunning location shots.

In 1968 the legendary band brought their Western celebrity circus to a remote Himalayan ashram in Rishikesh in search of spiritual enlightenment. What happened next had a profound effect on the whole band… and the whole world.

Inspired by Ajoy Bose’s book, Across The Universe – The Beatles In India, British Indian music entrepreneur Reynold D’Silva has taken the amazing saga further by producing Bose’s directorial debut. Bose and cultural researcher, co-director, Pete Compton, have created an audio-visual presentation that stands apart from the many documentaries on the band, delving deep into the most crucial period of their evolution from the world’s most famous pop stars into multi-faceted pioneering musical artists.

The Beatles And India will get an UK and Irish Digital Release from 4th October. However from 31st August the film will be screened as part of Everyman Cinemas Music Film Festival.