Parveen Babi Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Parveen Babi was an Indian model, actress, and interior designer who became immortalized as one of the most glamorous actresses of her generation with the success of films like Majboor (1974), Deewaar (1975), Namak Halaal (1982), Suhaag (1979), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Shaan (1980), etc.

Born Name

Parveen Wali Mohammad Khan Babi

Nick Name

Parveen

Age

She was born on April 4, 1949.

Died

She died alone at her Mumbai residence on January 20, 2005, at the age of 55. Her cause of death was multiple organ failure and diabetes exacerbated by starvation.

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

Junagadh, Saurashtra (now a part of Gujarat), India

Nationality

Education

Parveen was a student at Mount Carmel High School in Ahmedabad.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad.

Occupation

Actress, Model, Interior Designer

Family

• Father – Vali Mohammed Khan Babi (Died in 1959)
• Mother – Jamal Bakhte Babi (Died in 2001)

Build

Voluptuous

Height

5 ft 7 in or 170 cm

Weight

64 kg or 141 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Parveen had dated –

1. Siddharth Bhattacharjee
2. Danny Denzongpa
3. Kabir Bedi
4. Mahesh Bhatt (1977-1980)
6. Abdul Ella (1983)

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Black

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Big, expressive eyes
• Anglicized accent

Parveen Babi Facts

1. She became the first-ever Indian celebrity to grace the cover of Time Magazine (Asia Edition) in 1976.
2. Parveen was one of the highest-paid actresses in the 1970s and 1980s.
3. Sadly, her stellar film career came to an end after she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the 1980s. Her behavior became extremely distrustful and erratic, and she even claimed that prominent figures like Amitabh Bachchan, , , , etc. were after her life.
4. Mahesh Bhatt’s cult classic film Arth (1982) was loosely inspired by his extra-marital affair with Parveen Babi.
5. She grew especially hostile towards Amitabh Bachchan and famously called him a ‘super international gangster’ in 1989. Nevertheless, the veteran actor fondly reminisced his former co-star following her death in 2005.

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