The Modern Mystic is a film about a most remarkable man. One day in the future it will be said that a great master passed this way and awakened many to their inner potential. Sri M of Madanapalle is a true Modern Mystic. Born Mumtaz Ali Khan and raised in a Muslim family in Trivandrum, he became a Yogi in the Himalayas at nineteen, spent three and a half years traveling with his master Sri Maheshwarnath, returned to the world, got married, raised a family, founded the Satsang Foundation, built two successful schools, became a crusader for inter-religious harmony with a deep knowledge of world religions, authored a best-selling autobiography, is a respected teacher of Vedanta and Kriya Yoga and today is Guru to thousands across the World. The Modern Mystic is an intimate and compelling film by Raja Choudhury that explores Sri Ms life, the workings of his mind and the beauty of his soul.
