His total commitment to Osho and the years away are reported to have strained and ended his first marriage, to Gitanjali.
Vinod Khanna's decision to leave everything for Osho reportedly took a heavy toll on his family life. His first marriage, to Gitanjali, with whom he had two sons (including actor Akshaye Khanna), did not survive the period.
He later remarried and rebuilt both his family and film life, but the personal cost of his spiritual detour is part of what makes his an unusually dramatic three-act story.
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