 Although there was talk of making a film about the Maharishi in co @-@ operation with Apple Films , it was discovered that the Maharishi was independently negotiating with ABC Television in the US , to create a TV special featuring the band . Two visits by business manager Peter Brown to the Maharishi — who was lecturing in Malmö , Sweden — and one by Harrison and McCartney , failed to stop him proclaiming that he could deliver the band for a TV show . 
