Kabir Bedi OMRI (Punjabi: ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਦੀ; born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1980s blockbuster Khoon Bhari Maang. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the popular Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.
Early life and Education
Kabir Bedi was born in Lahore in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) on 16 January 1946 into a Punjabi Khatri Sikh family that had devoted itself to India’s fight for independence from British colonial rule. He was one of three children. His father, Baba Pyare Lal Singh Bedi, was an author and philosopher. His mother, Freda Bedi, was a British woman born in Derby, England, who became famous as the first Western woman to take ordination in Tibetan Buddhism. He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, Uttarakhand, and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.
Personal life
Bedi married four times and had three children, Pooja, Siddharth (deceased) and Adam. He was married to Protima Bedi, an Odissi dancer. Their daughter Pooja Bedi is a magazine/newspaper columnist and former actress.[needs update] Their son, Siddharth, who went to Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died by suicide in 1997 at the age of 26.
As his marriage with Protima began to break down, he started a relationship with Parveen Babi. They never married. He later married British-born fashion designer Susan Humphreys. Their son, Adam Bedi, is an international model who made his Hindi film debut with the thriller Hello? Kaun Hai! This marriage ended in divorce.
In the early 1990s, Bedi married TV and radio presenter Nikki Bedi. They had no children and divorced in 2005. After that, Bedi has been in a relationship with British-born Parveen Dusanj, whom he married a day before his 70th birthday.
Bedi supports the anti-government struggle in Myanmar, and he is an official ambassador of the Burma Campaign UK. He is the brand ambassador for Rotary International South Asia for its Teach Programme and the Total Literacy Mission in India and South Asia.
Kabir Bedi Height Weight Age And Body Statistics Biography
Bio
Full Name
Kabir Bedi
Profession
Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)
in centimeters– 188 cm in meters– 1.88 m in feet inches– 6’ 1”
Kabir Bedi’s daughter Pooja was not happy with her father’s 4th marriage to Parveen Dusanj thus she expressed her views:
Favourite Things
Favourite Food/Drinks
Fried Eggs, Marmalade on Buttered Toast, Scotch Whiskey, Brunello Di Montalcino Wine, Dom Perignon
Favourite City
London, Rome, Delhi
Favourite Film
Bollywood– Khoon Bhari Maang Hollywood– Dr Zhivago, Gandhi, Octopussy
Favourite Actor
Bud Spencer
Favourite TV Shows
Indian: Sandokan American: Homeland
Favourite Comic Book Hero
The Phantom, Batman
Favourite Cartoon
The Chipmunks
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status
Married
Affairs/Girlfriends
Parveen Babi
Wife/Spouse
Protima Bedi, Indian Model (m. 1969–1973) Susan Anne Humphreys, Figure Skater Nikki Bedi, Radio Presenter (m. 1992–2005) Parveen Dusanj, Researcher (m. 2016-Present)
Children
Son– Late Siddharth Bedi (from first wife) Adam Bedi (from second wife) Daughter– Pooja Bedi (from first wife)
