Meeting celebrities in person can be surreal; often because the moment is over before you even know it. But there are surreal moments of another kind that let you see the unknown side to a superstar — stripped of all glamour, just like a regular person. Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman experienced the latter when he was nursing a heartbreak at Maharshi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh in 1968.

Unaware that his week in the hills was going to be a life-changing one, the Canadian filmmaker showed up at the ashram, hoping to learn meditation. It's only then that he realised his co-residents were going to be members of the iconic British rock band, The Beatles.