Parveen Babi
Bollywood actress
Died when: 55 years 291 days (669 months)Star Sign: Aries
Parveen Babi (4 April 1954 – 20 January 2005) was an Indian actress and model.Recognized for her roles in Hindi films throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Babi was known for her "glamorous" acting style, and was one of the highest-paid actresses.
Her modeling and fashion sense additionally established her as an icon.Babi made her acting debut with the film Charitra (1973), and received recognition for her role as Neela in the drama film Majboor (1974).
She had her breakthrough starring as Anita in the action crime-drama film Deewaar (1975), and went on to have roles in many successful films, notably starring as Jenny in Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Anu in Suhaag (1979), Anita in Kaala Patthar (1979), Sheetal in The Burning Train (1980), Sunita in Shaan (1980), Shallini / Rani in Kaalia (1981), and Nisha in Namak Halaal (1982).
In 1976, she was the first Bollywood star to appear on the cover of Time magazine.From the mid-1980s, Babi's career began to fluctuate, leading her to eventually retire from the film industry in 1991.
Babi's personal life has been well-documented by the media; she had remained unmarried after a string of relationships with Kabir Bedi, Danny Denzongpa and Mahesh Bhatt.
She was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, which came to the attention of the public following various incidents, as well as diabetes.
She also had osteoarthritis of the knee.On 20 January 2005, Babi died of multiple organ failure.