Documentary on Osho Rajneesh’s former aide Ma Anand Sheela to premiere on Netflix in April

By PTI
MUMBAI: Ma Anand Sheela, who shot to world fame with the documentary “Wild Wild Country” on controversial religious guru Osho Rajneesh, might be again to the display in “Searching for Sheela'”, scheduled to launch on Netflix on April 22.

Sheela was a vital determine in serving to Rajneesh set up Rajneeshpuram, a utopian metropolis for his followers in rural Oregon, which functioned between 1981 to 1985.

She was additionally the first perpetrator of the 1984 Rajneesh bioterror assault in Oregon, US.

Post the assault she fled to Europe as a fugitive accused of arson, wiretapping, tried homicide, and mass poisonings.

She would plead responsible to tried homicide and assault for her position and was sentenced to twenty years in federal jail and paroled after 39 months.

Billed as a docu-film, “Searching for Sheela” goals to discover her journey by means of India after 34 years and sheds gentle on her new life put up serving time for her alleged crimes.

Sheela Birnstiel stated the docu-film will give the viewers a glimpse of her “real self” and the evolution of her life over the past 4 a long time.

“This movie is about my journey of returning to my dwelling in India, a journey I’ve longed for a few years.

It captures the rollercoaster of feelings I skilled on this journey very nicely. I’m trying ahead to sharing my story with the world,”she stated.

“Searching for Sheela” is produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital content material arm of filmmaker Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.

Filmmaker Shakun Batra, who serves as the manager producer on “Searching for Sheela”, stated the documentary will not be an “investigative piece” however a deep-dive into understanding Sheela, a lady dwelling on her personal phrases with a “questionable past.”

“We trace her journey as she grapples with society’s expectations of an ex-convict and attempts to re-brand the public opinion of herself.”

“‘Searching for Sheela’ is a documentary that tries to get a closer look at one of the most sensationalised personalities in India and I am grateful to Netflix for providing us with a platform and a safe space to share her story,” Batra added.