Senior journalist Bhawana Somaaya said actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor pleaded Vinod Khanna to not leave acting to follow Osho. "Khanna was a very good-looking actor...[but] got lost within himself. He chose to follow Rajneesh," she told Hindi Rush. "He called a press conference and announced he was quitting the industry...He returned, and restarted his career," added Somaaya.