In the hands of a master mesmerist like Mani Rathnam (best work: the 1987 gangster saga "Nayakan"), they are truly something to sing about.
Willy Sachs, famed Berlin mesmerist, was summoned at a cost of $25 per visit.
Americans don't know Mani Rathnam from Manny Rothman (a Bronx tailor who retired to Miami Beach), but much of the world recognizes him as the prime mesmerist of Indian musical .
Honeysuckle Weeks in Daily Mail Now he's training to be a mesmerist,says Honeysuckle. "He was told at a party that he had the perfect voice for hypnotism. I wonder if he's been hypnotising me all this time to fall in love with him. If that's the case, he's done a very...