Upcoming Amazon Drama Sheela - Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to play 'Ma Anand Sheela'

Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to star as Ma Anand Sheela in Amazon Studios’ movie “Sheela”,

Ma Anand Sheela, who was made famous by Netflix’s docuseries “Wild Wild Country”, was the personal secretary of Osho from 1981-1985 and she managed the Rajneeshpuram ashram in Wasco County, Oregon.

She was a spiritual adviser and the primary perpetrator of the 1984 Rajneesh bioterror attack in Oregon.

Sheela Biernstiel, popularly known as Ma Anand



Sheela, has been in the news for long over her biopic. It is said that many filmmakers have approached her to make a film on her life. A while back, Ma Anand Sheela had even sent a legal notice to actress Priyanka Chopra for illegally trying to bring her life on the big screen. Now, the latest reports claim that the actress has been roped in to play Ma Anand Sheela in an Amazon film.

The film is being helmed by Barry Levinson. It is written by Nick Yarborough and bankrolled by Barry Levinson.