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”I was Osho’s mali: I am one of the few Indians to have stayed with Osho in Rajneeshpuram, the city he built in America. I spent four years with Osho. I was his gardener, I cleaned the toilets, I did the dishes, and his clothes were tried out on me because we were, physically, of the same stature,” he added.
He further said ”Gitanjali couldn’t take it any more. While I was at Rajneeshpuram, I was in touch with my family over the phone. But those were terrible times for my sons as they didn’t have me around and people said, Tumhara baap apne guru ke saath bhaag gaya.” ”Reports of what I had done never bothered me until they started bothering those I loved. But by then, it was too late. Gitanjali and I settled for divorce. When I returned to India, I had nothing.”
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”I went back to Bollywood. Returning to the movies was the easy part. It was leaving my guru in America which was an almost-impossible decision so much attached was I to Osho. He asked me to run the Puna ashram, but I said no. That is the most difficult no I have ever said in my life.” He had added, ”I wanted to return to my work, to my family, to my friends. Fortunately, when I came back to the movies, I was accepted once again,” he added.
After his long exile, Vinod Khanna was first spotted on a popular magazine cover with a white beard. It was a signal to the film industry that the prodigal son had returned and producers clamoured to queue outside his home.
His first release post his spiritual break was the Mukul Anand-directed Insaaf, starring Dimple Kapadia, followed by Feroze Khan’s Dayavan.
The 90s saw him experience a professional decline. But on a personal level, Khanna announced his marriage to Kavita. The couple They had a son, Sakshi (born 1991), and a daughter, Shraddha.
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