Published 19:09 IST, September 17th 2019

Osho's PA Ma Anand Sheela to meet Karan Johar during India visit

Controversial cult woman Ma Anand Sheela, who is returning to India after 34 long years will be meeting filmmaker Karan Johar during her visit to the country.

Reported by: Diyali Banerjee
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Controversial cult woman Ma Anand Sheela, who was kwn to be right hand of late spiritual guru Osho, aka Bhagwan Rajneesh, is returning to India after long 34 years. As per media reports, Sipping Thoughts, a platform focusing on women and NGO Humans for Humanity, are hosts of her India visit. She will reportedly be dressing crowd on September 29 in Gurgaon.

Meanwhile, media reports are rife that Ma Anand Sheela will be meeting Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar during her visit to country. During her stay in country, from September 26 to October 25, she will reportedly eng in an extensive conversation with Karan Johar. 

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Ma Anand Sheela

Ma Anand Sheela who has served as personal secretary of late godman Bhagwan Rajneesh, popularly kwn as Osho, is infamous for her association with alleged sex cult in central Oregon in 1980s. She is credited with creation of Rajneesh Commune and Rajneeshpuram. Ma Anand Sheela gained limelight yet again after  award-winning series 'Wild Wild Country' based on life of controversial late Osho -- Rolls-Royce–driving Indian guru got viewers talking.

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Wild Wild Country

Osho, originally named Rajneesh, was an Indian guru who became a global sensation in  '90s. His philosophy was seen as revolutionary by his followers, but for rest of world, it was a cult. 'Wild wild Country' is a six-part documentary series on Netflix that showed what happened when followers of Rajneesh moved to Oregon in US to build ir utopian city, which y called Rajneeshpuram. Maa Anand Sheela was his personal secretary who ran entire operation and was later convicted of many crimes. 

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Priyanka Chopra to star in a film based on Ma Anand Sheela

Global icon Priyanka Chopra h previously confirmed that she is developing famous Netflix's docu-series 'Wild Wild Country' into a feature film, focusing primarily on controversial cult woman Ma Anand Sheela. actress during her appearance at  Ellen DeGeneres Show revealed that she will be taking up role of Indo-American cult woman in film and will also serve as a producer to project.

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She said that she will be working with ace American filmmaker Barry Levinson for film who has previously directed hit ventures like 'Rain Man'. biopic focuses on life of Ma Anand Sheela and will portray how she contributed to developing a whole cult in American, working as a right-hand woman for this Indian guru Osho. 

“Yeah, I am developing a feature film with Barry Levinson. He did Rain Man and he is an iconic American director. And we are developing it as character of Ma Anand Sheela, who was this guru (Osho) who originated from India, his right-hand woman and she was just devious and created a whole cult in America and brought people here. He was called Osho. I am developing that next for me to star in and produce in which I think would be really cool.” actress reportedly said dressing a question.

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17:52 IST, September 17th 2019