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The Holy Man (Thai: หลวงพี่เท่ง or Luang Phii Teng) is a 2005 Thai comedy film. One of the top films at the Thai box office that year, it starred popular Thai television comedian, Pongsak Pongsuwan as a Buddhist monk. It is the first of a comic trilogy about young monks.
Formerly a troubled youth, a monk is given charge of a Buddhist temple that is neglected by superstitious villagers who are under the spell of a fake psychic.
A former rap musician becomes a monk and adopts a humble approach towards life. However, after he takes over a small Buddhist temple, he must avert a crisis caused due to a fake monk running a scam.
Noi, a popular singer, decides to become a monk while he looks for inner peace. Hilarity ensues when he struggles to adjust to his new companions and leave his rock star days behind.
When the temple near Teng's hometown had problems, Teng had to leave the peace that he used to have as a safe zone while in Tibet to come back and solve the problem. But when he returned, he had to face a universal problem in the religious world.