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

Shailendra Saraswati said that Vinod would “often cry” and when Osho enquired why he was so upset, Vinod shared that he was missing his wife and kids. But, Osho suspected that wasn’t the case. Osho, in fact, suspected that Vinod was jealous of Amitabh Bachchan, his biggest competitor, who had scaled new heights ever since Vinod left the industry. “Osho said he is not missing his wife and kids. After Vinod moved to the US, Vinod’s biggest competitor, Amitabh Bachchan has become an MP, and unconsciously, he is deeply jealous of him. Vinod is not aware of that,” he recalled.

Osho recommended that Vinod join the opposition party, and contest elections against Bachchan. “Vinod broke down after he learnt this, and said this wasn’t the case. He said I don’t care about politics, I only miss my family. Osho said, ‘No, this isn’t it, you are just talking about your emotions on the surface level. You are hiding pain and I can see that. Your mind is superficial and it is telling you that you miss your kids. You are just jealous of Bachchan. You should fight against him,” he said.

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Shailendra Saraswati claimed that after Vinod came back to India, he didn’t connect with his family, who he claimed to miss in the US. He fell in love with someone else and started a new family. “Later, Vinod said that Osho was right. I wasn’t connected to my wife or kids. He said after entering politics, I don’t think that even with this you can get anything,” he shared.