Vinod Khanna meditated naked at Chowpatty Beach, worked as gardener at Osho Rajneesh’s ashram: ‘After 5 death in family, he left Bollywood’ | Bollywood News
3 min readChennaiFeb 7, 2026 08:09 PM IST Late Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna was at the peak of his career when he left the film industry to join spiritual guru Osho’s commune in Oregon, US. Vinod was among the biggest stars of the country at the time and had several box office hits to his credit. Many believed he was the closest competitor of the reigning star, Amitabh Bachchan. He left all of it behind to join Osho Rajneesh to his ashram, first in India and then in Oregon, US. However, in a recent interaction, his second wife Kavita Khanna revealed that he walked away from fame and massive success to seek spirituality after the death of his mother. Speaking on her YouTube channel, Kavita recalled that Vinod was inclined towards spirituality from a very young age and first crossed paths with Osho when he was just 17. She said, “Vinod was very spiritual from when he was a child. When he was 17, he bought the book ‘Autobiography of Yogi’ and at that time, …
