Meet Korla Pandit, the godfather of exotica music. No one was better suited to black and white television than the charismatic turbaned organist who gazed dreamily into the camera, mesmerizing audiences across the country. In the 1950s, millions tuned in daily to watch his hypnotic, emotional blend of east and west, which he called “favorites of yours and mine, played on the Heartstrings of Time.” What were his performances like? In 1961 one critic wrote: “That this is no ordinary man and this is no ordinary music is blazingly evident that first electric moment his music surges over the listener. The stultifying self-consciousness that manacles the performance of lesser artists is completely lacking here. In its stead is an unchained torrent of pure emotion…sometimes gay, bright laughing; sometimes wistful, piquant, tender; sometimes wild, sensual, almost abandoned…but always expressing unmistakably the innermost feelings of the man.” This riveting film unfolds into a surprising story about a musical phenomenon and man of mystery that you’ll have to see—and hear—to believe.