When Mahesh Bhatt first began out as a filmmaker within the 70s, his preliminary few movies didn’t work. Looking for some steering in his life, the filmmaker turned to spirituality and went to Pune to Bhagwan Rajneesh (Osho)’s ashram. Along with him, actor Vinod Khanna additionally adopted go well with. But finally, Mahesh felt like he was being a hypocrite and left. (Also learn: Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan as soon as dropped a drunk Mahesh Bhatt residence: ‘You forgot the place you lived’)
The filmmaker recalled on actor Arbaaz Khan’s present The Invincibles how Vinod Khanna referred to as him again to relay a message from Rajneesh. While the actor tried to unsuccessfully inform him that Rajneesh, who they known as Bhagwan, was fairly upset and wished him to return, Mahesh didn’t wish to return to that life-style.
Mahesh advised Arbaaz, “I remember Vinod calling me to Filmistan [Studios], I’ve got something very important to talk to you. He said, ‘Bhagwan is very angry with you.’ I said why. ‘You broke the mala and put it in the commode.’ I said, ‘I broke it and put it there. It’s worthless. I’m a damn fool, it’s a dog collar.” ‘No, no, he says, ask Mahesh to convey again the mala and provides it to me in individual, in any other case.. (and Vinod dropped his voice) he’ll destroy you.'”
The filmmaker shared that whereas this didn’t have an effect on his relationship with Vinod, he may see that Rajneesh was utilizing the actor by praising him and placing him down. He added, “Rajneesh advised Vinod, ‘I had labored so laborious on Mahesh. He maybe didn’t have in him what you may have.’ So I stated, ‘Oh my god, he is utilizing you towards me. He’s telling you you are one thing particular.’ I’m too unimportant. I used to be a no one at the moment.
Many years later, Mahesh did lastly sit down with Rajneesh for one more lengthy one and a half hours. But regardless of his greatest intentions to woo him again, the filmmaker stated he was not falling for his phrases anymore. Mahesh stated, “I was not the same. He was not the same. But when I got up, I discovered that he was not responsible for anything. I wanted to hear things that he told me. He was an entertainer, a wordsmith and a very successful, charismatic man. He provided comfort to people for a certain time. It became a kind of spiritual drug. Gurus have a social role to play, so do prostitutes. They fulfil some social need in people.”
While Mahesh hasn’t directed a movie since Sadak 2 (2020), he’s credited with the screenplay for a number of upcoming movies together with Jism 3 and Awarapan 2.
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
