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Osho asked Vinod Khanna to take over his ashram, actor refused; fell ill after consuming poisoned water: recalls wife Kavita | Bollywood News

Osho asked Vinod Khanna to take over his ashram, actor refused; fell ill after consuming poisoned water: recalls wife Kavita | Bollywood News

5 min readMumbaiFeb 13, 2026 10:12 AM IST Much has been written and documented about the time when late legend Vinod Khanna walked away from the peak of his film career to follow spiritual guru Osho and join his commune in Oregon. Over the years, friends from the film industry, including Kabir Bedi, as well as family members, like his son Akshaye Khanna and wife Kavita Khanna, have spoken at length about that transformative chapter of his life. Continuing that conversation, Kavita recently opened up in detail about the atmosphere in Oregon and how it deeply affected Vinod’s psyche. Vinod Khanna would weep missing his children Speaking on her YouTube channel, she spoke about the Oregon chapter, where Osho’s followers started living in a commune. This chapter was also revisited in the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country as Ma Anand Sheela created an army. Kavita shared that through this phase, Osho was “very much in silence” and did not engage with his followers much. She also spoke about Sheela and said, “As he became more …

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

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, …

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

Akshaye Khanna’s father Vinod Khanna was Osho’s gardener in the ashram: ‘He lived in a 4×6 room’ | Bollywood News

Vinod Khanna’s spiritual journey has been widely documented. At the peak of his career, he took a hiatus from Bollywood to join Osho’s commune in Oregon. However, his second wife, Kavita, recently shared that Vinod Khanna’s spiritual inclination began much earlier. She shared that Vinod had been through a few losses in his life when his spiritual journey began. She shared with Loveena Tandon, “He was always spiritually inclined. When he was 17 years old, he picked up Autobiography of a Yogi from Strand Bookstore in Bombay, an iconic bookstore, and didn’t put the book down until he finished it. He stayed up all night reading it. Even at the height of his career, whenever J Krishnamurti (spiritual figure) was in town, if he happened to be shooting, he would take the day off and go attend the lectures.” Kavita further revealed that Vinod’s close connection with Osho began during a particularly difficult phase in his life. “I think he started listening to Osho’s discourses, as they went through a terrible period in their lives, …

Vinod Khanna came to Osho as he was struggling with marital problems, says Ma Anand Sheela: ‘He was big star but was just another sanyasi for me’ | Bollywood News

Vinod Khanna came to Osho as he was struggling with marital problems, says Ma Anand Sheela: ‘He was big star but was just another sanyasi for me’ | Bollywood News

Vinod Khanna was at the peak of his career when he decided to quit acting and become a disciple of Osho, then known as Rajneesh, in the early 1980s. He moved to Rajneeshpuram, Osho’s religious community in Oregon, US. At the same time, Sheela Ambalal Patel, popularly known as Ma Anand Sheela was working with Rajneesh and interacted with the Bollywood star at the commune. Now, in a new interview, she has claimed that Vinod was struggling with his marriage with Geetanjali Khanna. She also hinted that he might be struggling with alcohol Talking to Pinkvilla, Ma Anand Sheela recalled seeing Vinod Khanna at the commune and shared, “He was a big star but for me he was just another Sanyasi.” She then quipped, “I was a bigger celebrity there.” Speaking further about Vinod, Ma Anand Sheela said, “He had everything back home, but he wasn’t happy. On top of that, he consumed alcohol. It is a bad combination: Unhappiness and alcohol. Marital problems are very prevalent in the world. They can make or break …