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After the Beatles, there was a big craze for sitars, tablas and other instruments
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The Beatles and India

After the Beatles, there was a big crazefor sitars, tablas and other instruments

After the Beatles, there was a big craze
for sitars, tablas and other instruments

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After the Beatles, there was a big craze for sitars, tablas and other instruments.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:24
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Renoir Pictures

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Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.
In a day, in a month, we were selling sitars like hot cakes. - The Beatles and India 00:05
In a day, in a month, we were selling sitars like hot cakes.
...they came in 1966 to our store. They were dressed very differently, - The Beatles and India 00:05
...they came in 1966 to our store. They were dressed very di...
AJAY SHARMA Owner RIKHI Ram Shop, Delhi - The Beatles and India 00:10
AJAY SHARMA Owner RIKHI Ram Shop, Delhi
And he was showing them how to play it and how the finger movements are, - The Beatles and India 00:13
And he was showing them how to play it and how the finger mo...
They asked him whom he learned the sitar from, - The Beatles and India 00:07
They asked him whom he learned the sitar from,
Ravi Shankar, as I see it, was really the first ambassador for all musicians, - The Beatles and India 00:09
Ravi Shankar, as I see it, was really the first ambassador f...
Over the last few years, I heard the name of Ravi Shankar mentioned. - The Beatles and India 00:06
Over the last few years, I heard the name of Ravi Shankar me...
A good friend of mine told me to buy a record, which I did. - The Beatles and India 00:06
A good friend of mine told me to buy a record, which I did.
This was the first time I'd ever heard Indian music properly. - The Beatles and India 00:06
This was the first time I'd ever heard Indian music pro...
But when I first heard it, I couldn't believe it really. - The Beatles and India 00:06
But when I first heard it, I couldn't believe it really...
He's also been turned on to Ravi Shankar by, - The Beatles and India 00:05
He's also been turned on to Ravi Shankar by,
Because Ravi Shankar had appealed to the sort of, the Beat Generation, - The Beatles and India 00:09
Because Ravi Shankar had appealed to the sort of, the Beat G...
I'm sure you must have been asked this lots of times before, - The Beatles and India 00:05
I'm sure you must have been asked this lots of times be...
A WHOLE SCENE GOING | 8 JUNE 1966 Keith Relf | The Yardbirds - The Beatles and India 00:06
A WHOLE SCENE GOING | 8 JUNE 1966 Keith Relf | The Yardbirds
It will make me very happy if I see that some people take true interest - The Beatles and India 00:07
It will make me very happy if I see that some people take tr...
JEFF BECK The Yardbirds - The Beatles and India 00:08
JEFF BECK The Yardbirds
International President: Yehudi Menuhin presents Two Great Dance-Dramas (Ballets) - The Beatles and India 00:04
International President: Yehudi Menuhin presents Two Great D...
Further information from Director, AM.C., MR AYANA DEVA ANGADI - The Beatles and India 00:07
Further information from Director, AM.C., MR AYANA DEVA ANGA...
He was the president of the Asian Music Circle - The Beatles and India 00:06
He was the president of the Asian Music Circle
And George was fascinated by our family - The Beatles and India 00:10
And George was fascinated by our family