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Priyanka Chopra To Star As Ma Anand Sheela In A Film Based On Rajneesh Cult
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Bollywood actress and superstar Priyanka Chopra has carved nice for herself in the US. Now married to 26 – year old American singer Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra is now reportedly developing a feature film based on the Netflix documentary ‘Wild Wild Country’, based on the Rajneesh cult.
The actress, , will star as Ma Anand Sheela, the highly influential assistant to the Indian religious guru Bhagwan Rajneesh, reported Variety.
The ‘Quantico’ actress announced the plans during her appearance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ , revealing that she’s partnering with director Barry Levinson to make the film.
Speaking about it on the show, the actress told DeGeneres, “We’re developing it as the character of Sheela, who was this guru who originated from India, [Osho’s] right-hand woman. And she was just devious and created a whole cult in America, brought people here.”
“[The doc] was amazing, and I’m developing that next for me to star in and produce, which I think would be really cool,” she added.