Published 16:53 IST, December 22nd 2019

Maa Anand Sheela sends legal notice to Priyanka Chopra, says Alia Bhatt has the 'spunk'

Maa Anand Sheela said that she has not given her permission to Priyanka Chopra to play her and prefers Alia Bhatt because she's got 'spunk' like her. Read more

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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Maa Anand Sheela, Indian-born American–Swiss convicted criminal and former spokeswoman of Rajneesh movement, in an interview, said that she has sent a legal tice to Priyanka Chopra after she revealed her plans of developing a show based on her. Maa Anand Sheela, who was also a personal secretary of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh from 1981 through 1985, said, "I told her I do t give her permission to do [] film because I have t chosen her... In Switzerland, we send legal tices very simply. I sent her an email which is accepted re as legal." She furr revealed that she has t heard from Priyanka Chopra. "t even a courtesy letter that y received my tice."

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On being asked who she prefers playing her in a biopic, Maa Anand Sheela told Hindustan Times that it was Alia Bhatt. She said, "I saw bits of a film that my sister was watching, and I thought, I looked like Alia Bhatt when I was young. I asked my sister, ‘Did I look like her when I was young? Do you remember’? And she said, ‘Yes, you do’. I feel she has spunk in her that I h. Spunk is very necessary and it is very natural, it is t artificial, t cosmetic, it is genuine."

PRIYANKA'S ANUNCEMENT

Priyanka who first revealed  plans about show she was developing on Maa Anand Sheela on ' Ellen DeGeneres Show' said, "I am developing a feature with Barry Levinson. He is an iconic American director. We are developing it (from perspective of) Sheela who is this guru who originated from India. She was his right-hand woman and she was devious. She created a whole cult in America. He was called Osho. I don’t kw if you’ve heard of him. I am developing that next for me to star in and produce."

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