Almost two decades after his death, controversial preacher Osho is to be resurrected in a film on his life. Kamal Haasan and Sanjay Dutt are being considered to play the main lead.

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Italian film director Antonino Lakshen Sucameli, an Osho disciple himself, is in talks with production companies in both India and abroad as well as senior Indian actors to resume work on Osho: The Film, which was conceptualised more than five years ago. The 54-year-old director is in India to hold talks with Kamal Haasan and Sanjay Dutt, an associate in Nepal said. "The shooting will start by next year," Swami Rishi from Osho Tapoban, Kathmandu said. "Part of the film will be shot in India."

When Sucameli, known for his mystic films Blue Line and Zorba Il Buddha, began work on the script, Kabir Bedi and Irrfan Khan were also approached to act in it. The director is still looking for a Hollywood actress to play Clara, the journalist through whose eyes the mesmerising and turbulent life of Osho will unfold.