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Not just bladder cancer, Vinod Khanna also battled lung cancer, reveals wife: ‘He’d smoke 40 to 80 cigarettes a day’

Not just bladder cancer, Vinod Khanna also battled lung cancer, reveals wife: ‘He’d smoke 40 to 80 cigarettes a day’

Legendary actor and politician Vinod Khanna passed away in 2017 after battling bladder cancer. Now, his second wife Kavita Khanna has shared some lesser-known details about his cancer journey, revealing that he was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001 due to his heavy smoking habit. She also disclosed that after being diagnosed with bladder cancer, he was strictly advised to give up alcohol. Vinod Khanna died in 2017 at the age of 70. Vinod Khanna’s battle with cancer Vinod Khanna’s second wife, Kavita Khanna, looked back at her late husband’s battle with cancer in a video posted on her YouTube channel. “It was 2001 when Vinod had a diagnosis of lung cancer. He’d gone for his annual checkup, and they saw patches in the lungs. He’d smoke 40 to 80 cigarettes a day. We went to the leading MRI specialists of Mumbai, and they all said it was lung cancer,” said Kavita, mentioning that the doctors told them they would have to remove half of his lung. Kavita and Vinod Khanna chose to keep …

Meditating nude at Chowpatty, working as a gardener: Vinod Khanna’s second wife reveals details about his life with Osho

Meditating nude at Chowpatty, working as a gardener: Vinod Khanna’s second wife reveals details about his life with Osho

At the peak of his Bollywood career, Vinod Khanna stunned fans by walking away from the spotlight to join spiritual guru Osho. Now, his second wife, Kavita Khanna, has opened up about his time at the ashram, from participating in naked meditation sessions on a Mumbai beach to even working as a gardener there. At the peak of his career in 1982, Vinod Khanna quit movies and joined spiritual leader Osho Rajneesh. How was Vinod Khanna’s life at Osho Vinod Khanna’s second wife, Kavita Khanna, has spoken about the reasons the late actor walked away from his flourishing career and joined spiritual leader Osho at his commune, first in India and later in Oregon, US. She spoke about Vinod Khanna’s life at Osho’s commune in a video posted on her YouTube channel. Kavita shared that Vinod was very spiritual since childhood and bought the book Autobiography of a Yogi when he was 17. Talking about the moment Vinod decided to give up the glamorous life as an actor and take ‘sanyas’, Kavita said, “The tipping …

Osho Rajneesh threatened to destroy Mahesh Bhatt, asked Vinod Khanna to relay the message: ‘I threw his mala in commode’ | Bollywood News

Osho Rajneesh threatened to destroy Mahesh Bhatt, asked Vinod Khanna to relay the message: ‘I threw his mala in commode’ | Bollywood News

5 min readChennaiJan 29, 2026 08:31 PM IST It is well documented that late actor Vinod Khanna left his career at its peak and his family, wife and two sons, to follow spiritual leader Osho and become a sanyasi. But what many don’t know is that Khanna wasn’t the first Bollywood celebrity to follow the spiritual guru — it was filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. It was Bhatt who had introduced Khanna to Osho. However, Bhatt soon snapped out of his fascination with the spiritual leader. This, however, led to Khanna, who was still following Osho, bringing the spiritual leader’s threatening message to Bhatt. In an old interaction on Arbaaz Khan’s chat show, Bhatt spoke about his relationship with Rajneesh. “I was a normal guy. I made films such as Vishwasghaat and Manzilien Aur Bhi Hain that flopped. So, I was into the spiritual supermarket; I went to Osho Rajneesh, who was a charismatic guru from Pune. I went to him and devoted myself to him… ochre robes and meditation five times a day,” Bhatt said. Admitting …