Parveen Babi

Parveen Babi
Parveen Babi in 1977
Born	(1949-04-04)4 April 1949 Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Died	20 January 2005(2005-01-20) (aged 55) Mumbai, India
Occupation	Model, Actress
Years active	1972–1983

Parveen Babi (4 April 1949 – 20 January 2005) was an Indian actress, who is most remembered for her glamorous roles alongside top heroes of the 1970s and early 1980s in blockbusters like Deewar, Namak Halaal, Amar Akbar Anthony and Shaan.

Parveen was born in Junagadh, Gujarat to a Pathan Muslim family. She did her early schooling from Mount Carmel High School, Ahmedabad and later attended St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad where she earned a Master of Arts in English literature. Her father, Vali Mohammed Babi, (died 1959), was a system administrator with the Nawab of Junagadh and Jamal Bakhte Babi (died 2001). Born in a feudal aristocratic family, her ancestors came from a lineage of Gujarat's historical Pathan community and belonged to the royal Babi Dynasty. Parveen was born fourteen years after the marriage of her parents and was their only child. She lost her father at the age of ten.

Parveen never married but media tabloids speculated that she may have had relationships with men in the film-industry such as director Mahesh Bhatt as well as actors Kabir Bedi and Danny Denzongpa. She was also rumoured to have had an affair with her co-star of many films, Amitabh Bachchan, with whom she later developed irrational fears as she accused him of trying to kill her.Bhatt later wrote and directed Arth (1982), a supposedly semi-autobiographical film about his relationship with Babi, and wrote and produced Woh Lamhe (2006) based on his recollection and interpretation of his relationship with Parveen and without any inputs from her. It is uncertain whether Woh Lamhe is a truthful semi-autobiography of Babi rather the details of her character in the movie appears fabrication and manipulative narration of her life.