Kabir Bedi opens up on son Siddharth Bedi’s suicide: The guilt is enormous

Kabir Bedi’s son Siddharth Bedi committed suicide at the age of 25 in 1997, after being diagnosed with schizophrenia. Bedi recently unveiled the cover of his upcoming autobiography – Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life Of An Actor. The cover was launched by Salman Khan. During the cover launch of his book, Kabir Bedi had said that the wounds heal, but the scars will always remain.

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Kabir opened up about his son’s mental illness and his death. He said that Siddharth was brilliant and was exceptional in his abilities. He continued, “Suddenly, one day, he couldn’t think. We tried so hard to first figure out what was wrong, and for three years, we battled these unknown ghosts, and eventually, he had this extremely violent breakout in the streets of Montreal, and it took eight policemen to nail him down. And then, the doctors in Montreal finally diagnosed him as schizophrenic.”

Kabir also said that the family tried to battle Siddharth’s illness but they lost the battle as his son “chose to go”. “He came to Los Angeles and we tried our best to battle this. In the end, it is a battle that I lost because he chose to go through suicide. He couldn’t bear the world that schizophrenia gave him,” he said.

“The guilt one suffers when somebody in your family commits suicide is enormous, no matter how much you try,” he added. The actor also said that it is important for families to know about the person who is suffering is not to stop loving that person.

For the unversed, Kabir Bedi married four times. He had three children-Pooja Bedi, Siddharth and Adam.

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