Kabir Bedi on Parveen Babi: Couldn’t prevent her breakdown, what happened was extremely tragic

Kabir Bedi and Parveen Babi were the talk of the town back in the 70s over their whirlwind romance. It was the time when Kabir was in an open marriage with Protima Bedi. In a recent interview, Kabir opened up how he is grateful to Parveen for being in his life.

He called Babi ‘an extremely sensitive and intelligent woman’ and said that he deeply cared for her but could not help with her mental breakdown. Parveen’s mental health had taken a toss for the worse when Kabir was at the top of his career starring in an Italian TV series Sandokan in 1976.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Kabir said, “Parveen was an extremely sensitive and intelligent woman. She had a great capacity to love. What happened with her was extremely tragic. She gave me enormous love, a sense of togetherness and yet the cloud of her deteriorating mental condition hung over us. The tragedy of her mental illness was unfolding when I was going through my greatest success in Europe, Sandokan. It was a difficult period for me. But at the same time, I thank her for the many things she gave me, including love.”

 

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Parveen was romantically involved with Kabir Bedi, Danny Denzongpa, and Mahesh Bhatt. All three of them had attended her funeral to pay their last respects in 2005, Kabir said, “Well, we shared her life and she shared ours. At the heart of it, we deeply cared for her though we couldn’t prevent her breakdown.”

Kabir had recently released his book Stories I Must Tell in which he also talked about his relationship with Parveen Babi.

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