the beatles were earlier interested in making a movie about the maharishi and his work. when they began to talk with him about it, he surprised them by knowing more about business matters than they ever expected, and by asking questions about his share of the movie's profits. they did not think a "holy man" would be interested in such things. between this and magic alex's stories, the band decided the maharishi was a . they publicly him, telling the media they thought he was something other than what he proved to be. lennon wrote a song about him, whose words went "maharishi, what have you done? you made a fool of everyone." he later changed the name "maharishi" to "sexy sadie", to keep the maharishi from seeking revenge of some kind, or a lawsuit, against him.