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subhash ghai to produce

international biopic

on osho raJneesh

ecently, Netflix released a documentary Wild Wild Country based on the controversial life of Osho Rajneesh.
After the successful release of the documentary, India’s filmmaker Subhash Ghai is all set to co-produce
Ra biopic on the controversial spiritual guru with an Italian production house. The project, titled “Osho: The
Other Side of the Ocean” was announced at the ongoing Cannes International Film Festival.
“I am proud to announce an international film ‘Osho: The Other Side of the Ocean’ as a producer under Indo-
Italian co-production to be directed by Italian director Lakshen Sucameli in English language for global market on
interesting and dramatic chapters of Osho’s life from childhood till his death in 1990,” Ghai told PTI.

Sucameli has co-written the story
with “Rang De Basanti” fame
Kamlesh Pandey.

A follower of Osho, Sucameli,
has been developing the project
for a while and had even set up a
crowdfunding website.

In an interview to Osho News in
2010, the director had revealed the
premise of the story.

The film “tells the story of a female
journalist who follows Osho’s life in
America, then onto the world tour
until his death in Pune in 1990,” he
had said.

“The main character is at first very
sceptical towards Osho and his
commune but changes her mind
through time... In this way I hope
to catch the attention of those
who still see Osho with a negative
attitude, which includes a large part
of movie goers, especially in the
States,” Sucameli had said.

Rajneesh’s move to America was
the subject of “Wild Wild Country”
where the directors explored the
rise of the cult in Oregon, America,
the internal politics of the commune
and the distrust of the locals
towards the guru and followers.

The commune did not survive for
long and Rajneesh was arrested
while trying to flee Oregon. He left
the US and returned to his ashram
in Pune.

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