"Raga" received a limited release in November 1971, solely in the United States. Harrison helped promote the film, starting with an interview for New York's WPLJ Radio, and he attended a press screening at Carnegie Hall Cinema on 22 November, along with former bandmate John Lennon and their wives. While Shankar attended the premiere there the following night, Harrison instead appeared on "The Dick Cavett Show", discussing "Raga" and bemoaning the delay surrounding the release of the live album from the Concert for Bangladesh. Shankar joined him late in the show, during which Harrison also plugged "Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra", Shankar's recently released collaboration with André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra.