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Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Pooja Bhatt recalls perfumes were banned in Osho ashram.

Pooja Bhatt says family was rushed to a safe house after Mahesh Bhatt flushed Osho's mala

July 07, 2026 4:11 pm

Pooja Bhatt recalls the time when her father and veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt walked away from godman Osho in the 1970s by flushing down his mala down the toilet.

Using Vinod Khanna’s experience at Rajneeshpuram as a backdrop, a psychologist explains how "survival mode" lingers in the nervous system

‘He would just sit there weeping’: Kavita Khanna recalls terrifying reality and consequences of Vinod Khanna’s years at Osho commune; an expert reflects

February 16, 2026 6:17 pm

Kavita Khanna reveals the traumatic reality of late actor Vinod Khanna’s years at the Osho commune in Oregon.

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

February 13, 2026 10:12 am

Kavita Khanna revealed that in Oregon, Osho had gradually withdrawn into silence, while Ma Anand Sheela, who many believed was tyrannical, took control of the commune.

Akshaye Khanna's father Vinod Khanna was Osho's gardener in the ashram: 'He lived in a 4×6 room'

December 20, 2025 7:07 pm

Vinod Khanna's wife Kavita recalled how the superstar became deeply inclined towards Osho after the death of his mother and even served as Osho’s gardener in the ashram.

Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan were close competitors in the 1970s

Vinod Khanna was 'deeply jealous' of Amitabh Bachchan's success, 'broke down' when Osho suggested he fight Big B politically, recalls brother

August 13, 2025 2:58 pm

Vinod Khanna moved to the US to follow Osho, but upon his sugegstion, he came back to India as Osho felt that Vinod was 'deeply jealous' of Amitabh Bachchan.

Vinod Khanna once took a five-year hiatus from Bollywood to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh. (Express archive photo)

Vinod Khanna would visit me in LA when he needed relief from Osho ashram, recalls Kabir Bedi: 'After Rajneesh fled US, Vinod started life again in a rented house'

July 15, 2025 1:14 pm

Kabir Bedi recently spoke about Vinod Khanna's spiritual journey and how he eventually returned to the film industry after his time with Osho.

Osho gave Mahesh Bhatt a menacing message after he 'threw his mala in the commode'; threatened to 'burn' his memory, called him a 'mouse'

June 12, 2025 12:36 pm

Mahesh Bhatt and Osho had a bitter falling out, shortly after the filmmaker introduced actor Vinod Khanna to the spiritual guru. Osho spoke angrily about Bhatt's betrayal, while Bhatt said that he threw the 'mala' given to him in the toilet.

Javed Akhtar would pay Rs 10 to attend Osho's sermons in Pune, calls him a 'learned' man and a 'great speaker'

May 31, 2025 5:45 pm

Javed Akhtar shared that he would attend Osho's sermons back in the 1970s in Pune and he would actually buy a ticket to listen to him.

Vinod Khanna would get bored of Osho's ashram and gossip about it with Kabir Bedi, was broke when he return to India: 'He started afresh from a one-room flat'

May 31, 2025 11:52 am

Kabir Bedi says Vinod Khanna never let his professional ambitions get in the way of his philosophical quest, he followed his guru, giving up everything.