born and raised in Junagad, Ms. Babi was spotted by renowned B.R. Ishara at Ahmedabad University, and he approached her to act in his forthcoming movie, Charitraheen, which was a sequel to Chetna. Her co-star in this movie was none other than renowned Indian cricketer Salim Durrani. Parveen Babi lit up the silver screen with her charming looks and personality from the 1970s.Among her more memorable movies with megastar Amitabh Bachchan are: Deewar, Namak Halal, Amar Akbar Anthony, and Kala Pathar. Her most glorious moment was when Time Magazine chose to display her photograph on their cover page in 1976, depicting the changing face of Bollywood and Bollywood actresses.After acting in her last movie, Akarshan, she suddenly disappeared from public view and became more or less a recluse. It is known that she took up interior designing, and had a very close circle of friends.She then left for the United States of America and was not seen nor heard for about 10 years.She created a stir when she filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court, charging several dignitaries, including Bollywood actor, Amitabh Bachchan, for attempting to kill her. This petition was dismissed by the Court for want of evidence.On Sunday January 22, 2005, neighbors at her Juhu residence noticed that she not collected her milk nor her newspapers from her doorstep for the last three days. The neighbors notified the Secretary of the building, who in turn notified the police.On Saturday January 22, 2005, a police team opened the door to her apartment with a duplicate key, and found her dead body.The police believe that the door had been locked from the inside for last three days, and suspect no foul play.Ms. Babi was an only child in a noble Junagad-based family. Her dad had passed away when she was very young, and her mom also passed away several years ago.
Parveen Babi
Movies
Deewar (2004)
The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Vijay down. Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are the sons of a trade unionist, Anand Verma(Satyen…
Kaalia
Kaalia – A name that spells terror in the minds of people, and the police but Kaalia was not always like this. Years ago he was a mere simpleton. Living simply in a shanty ch awl with his elder brother, Shyamlal, Bhabhi (Sister – in – law), whom he adored…
Amar Akbar Anthony
A ex-convict must flee his mob boss, leaving his family to fend for themselves. His wife goes blind and his children are abandoned. They are adopted by a Hindu policeman, a Muslim tailor, and a Catholic priest. The Hindu-raised son becomes a policeman in his turn; his Muslim-raised brother becomes…
Darinda
As kid Krishna is in love with Kirti who has a scar on her back considered to be unlucky.Krishna burns his hand and makes similar scar on his body so that they can get married.Thakur Sahab father of Kirti finds them to gather and throws Krishna in a river.He is…
Fun Facts
She suffered from diabetes from an early age and when found dead in her home, one of her feet was gangrenous. It is suspected she may have simply died from diabetic complications.
Parveen Babi was 2nd highest paid Hindi actress along-with Reena Roy from 1976-80 and 3rd highest paid Hindi actress along-with Jaya Prada from 1981-83.
She was suffering from schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder.
Neice Verona Babi starred in the movie Adarsh Nagar - An Ideal World. Co starring Viresh Pal Singh, Shabana Sultan. This was in 2007. As of January 2015, the film is still unreleased.
Cousin Ashfaque Babi has two daughters, Verona Babi and Anisa Babi that acted in the film " Manthan- Ek Kashmakash"".
Niece is actress Anisha Babi (Sister of actress Verona Babi).
Was involved to a man named Abdul Ella in 1983. She met him thru her spiritual guru U.G. Krishnamurthy. Abdul was from Dubai. She met him at a party hosted by Cookie Bhatia. He was a rich business man who ran department stores in the Gulf countries. Abdul was smitten by her