Loglines & Screenplays by Venugopal Nair

GENRES: Biography

MAHRISHI
Feature Film Treatment
By Travis James Pate
LOGLINE
“MAHRISHI” is a Biopic Film with a nod to “Gandhi”, “Mystic India” and similar Biopic features
about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who sets out from India as a young Saint to give to the world the
knowledge of World Peace and after learning his teachings from Brahmananda Saraswati.
OVERVIEW
Sequence one is of Brahmananda Saraswati as seen through the eyes of “A monk’s life,” deep in
silence and recluse in lotus position meditation deep in the forest in India. While still a young
sage in India seeking the wisdom of Saints, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi seeks out to meet
Brahmananda Saraswati after hearing about his wisdom and is introduced to Brahmananda
Saraswati in the flash of headlights in darkness one night. After that encounter Maharishi lives at
Brahmananda feet, and participates in the Swami’s life finding it perfect and beautiful by moving
around him and learning the knowledge from the dynacism from silence comes bliss Maharishi
sets across India in Temples and automatically starts gaining support on bringing spiritual
regeneration through a technique he learned from Guru Dev. As Maharishi's first talks are heard
crowds gather and his message grows meteorically. He is met by one man at an airport to unveil
his message and after he gives his talk and initiation of meditators he moves to his next location
a hollyman in the same airport now packed with followers and distinguished individuals and
recognized as the one delivering the message for world Peace. Centers are open the knowledge
of total worldwide peace becomes manifest and clear to Maharishia as he brings his message to
the world and establishes this where he unveiled his knowledge for peace happiness and bliss
through transcendental consciousness and meditation. He travels abroad with His knowledge
and the Beales reach out to him for what he is delivering, which eventually leads to a world plan
government towards peace. Now at the last stages of his life in sending out his technique he
moves to the Netherlands and builds a global peace government run in world peace. This
production will reveal Maharishi's story from young sage to a beacon of light for world peace and
it will reveal a never before seen account of who the “MAHARISHI” was and the actual sequence
of events that lead to his purpose, while at the same time it will unveil what his actual plan is for
world peace.