Priyanka
Chopra
To
Essay
The
Role
Of
Ma
Anand
Sheela
While
speaking
on
the
show,
Priyanka
revealed
that
she
will
be
playing the
role
of
spiritual
leader
Ma
Anand
Sheela
(Osho's
disciple)
in
her
next
Hollywood
project,
which
will
be
directed
by
Oscar-winning
director
Barry
Levinson."
Priyanka
Spills
The
Beans
About
Her
Role
The
actress
revealed,
"I
am
developing
a
feature
with
Barry
Levinson.
He
is
an
iconic
American
director.
We
are
developing
it
(from
the
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
know
if
you've
heard
of
him.
It
was
amazing.
I
am
developing
that
next
for
me
to
star
in
and
produce."
Who
Is
Ma
Anand
Sheela?
Ma
Anand
Sheela
whose
real
name
is
Sheela
Ambalal
Patel
became
spiritual
leader
Osho's
personal
assistant
in
1981,
when
she
convinced
him
to
move
base
to
the
United
States.
Later,
she
even
bought
64,000
acres
of
land
in
Oregon
and
named
the
city
as
Rajneeshpuram.
A
Controversial
Personality
After
parting
ways
with
Osho,
she
was
found
guilty
of
wire-tapping
the
cult's
ashram.
Ma
Anand
Sheela
was
also
sentenced
to 20
years
and
fined
$470,000
for
other
crimes
which
included conspiracy
and
assault
against
Judge
Hulse
and
Commissioner
Matthew
of
Wasco
County.
However
she
was
later released
on
parole
in
29
months
on
account
of
her
good
behaviour.
A
Netflick
Docu-Series
Was
Made
In
2018
A
Netflix
documentary-series
named
Wild
Wild
Country
was
earlier
made
which
revolved
around
Osho,
Ma
Sheela
Anand
and
their
community
of
followers
in
the
Rajneeshpuram
community
located
in
Wasco
County,
Oregon.