Kabir Bedi
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Kabir Bedi is a actor from India (age 80).
Quick Facts
- Full Name
- Kabir Bedi
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Birthplace
- Lahore
- Age
- 80 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Capricorn
- Height
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- Weight
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- Nationality
- 🇮🇳 India
- Religion
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- Ethnicity
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- Eye Color
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- Hair Color
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- Profession
- Actor, Model
- Net Worth
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- Education
- University of Delhi; Sherwood College
- Spouse
- Susan HumphreysParveen DusanjNikki BediProtima Bedi
- Children
- 2 (Pooja Bedi, Adam Bedi)
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Biography
Kabir Bedi is 80 years old, an actor, from India.
Kabir Bedi is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other Western 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 1988 film Khoon Bhari Maang.
He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the 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. Kabir Bedi was born in Lahore in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan ) on 16 January 1946. His father, Baba Pyare Lal Singh Bedi, was a Punjabi Sikh author, philosopher and a direct descendant of Guru Nanak .
His mother, Freda Bedi , was an English woman born in Derby , who became famous as the first Western woman to take ordination in Tibetan Buddhism. He was educated at Sherwood College in Nainital, Uttarakhand , and St. Stephen's College in Delhi . Bedi began his career in Indian theatre and then moved on to Hindi films . He remains one of the first international actors from India who started out in Hindi films, worked in Hollywood films and became a star in Europe.
His first appearance on television was as a newsreader on Doordarshan 's news programme Mirror of the World , at a time when its signal only reached Delhi. Shortly after the success of the Sandokan miniseries in Europe, by 1978, he was considering moving to Los Angeles in order to follow a more active role in the US film industry, using an apartment there as his base. He also suggested changing his name to sound more English.
Career & Filmography
Movies(59)
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Hari Hara Veera Mallu |
| 2017 | Paisa Vasool |
| 2016 | The Broken Key |
| 2016 | Mohenjo Daro |
| 2015 | Anarkali |
| 2015 | Dilwale |
| 2012 | Chakravyuh |
| 2011 | Yaara o Dildaara |
| 2010 | Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyon |
| 2010 | Kites |
Family
Relationships
Romantic History
| Person | Status |
|---|---|
| Susan Humphreys | Married |
| Parveen Dusanj | Married |
| Nikki Bedi | Married |
| Protima Bedi | Married |
Family
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | Won |
Then vs. Now
Debut in Hulchul
Kabir Bedi's debut was Hulchul (1971).
55
yrs
Career Timeline
Kabir Bedi won the Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Kabir Bedi's debut was Hulchul (1971).
16 January 1946 (age 80)
Kabir Bedi was born on 1946-01-16 in Lahore.
Interesting Facts
- Kabir Bedi (born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor.
- He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy.
- Kabir Bedi has 3 children.
- Bedi married four times and had three children, Pooja, Siddharth (deceased) and Adam.
- Their daughter Pooja Bedi is a magazine / newspaper columnist and former actress.
- Siddharth, who attended Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died by suicide in 1997 at the age of 26.
- As his marriage to Protima began to break down, he started a relationship with Parveen Babi.
- 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?
- In the early 1990s, Bedi married TV and radio presenter Nikki Bedi.
- After that, Bedi started a relationship with British-born Parveen Dusanj, whom he married a day before his 70th birthday.
- Bedi was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar when he was about 10 years old.
- He 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.
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Filmography
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