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Encyclopedia > Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi

Bedi as Gobinda in Octopussy, 1983
Born January 16, 1946 (1946-01-16) (age 61)
Mumbai

Kabir Bedi (Hindi: कबीर बेदिِ Urdu: کبِر بیدِ; born January 16, 1946) is an Indian international film actor, perhaps most famous for his roles of Sandokan in the TV series Sandokan, Prince Omar Rashid in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and Gobinda in the James Bond film Octopussy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Gobinda is a fictional character from the James Bond film, Octopussy. ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the two official languages of India, the other being English. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sandokan is a fictional pirate known throughout the South China Sea as the Tiger of Malaysia. He is the protagonist in a series of novels by Italian author Emilio Salgari (August 21, 1862 – April 25, 1911). ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... Octopussy is a 1983 spy film. ...

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Biography

Early life

Bedi was born into a Punjabi Khatri-Sikh family in Mumbai (formerly Bombay until 1996) Bharat (India). His mother, Freda Bedi, converted to Buddhism and his family was easy going generally regarding personal religion and morality although he did rather try their patience as he has acknowledged himself. His father, Baba Phyare Lal, was an author.[1] He went to school at Sherwood College, Nainital. Punjabi (also Panjabi; in Gurmukhī, Panjābī in Shāhmukhī) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... DO YOU WANT THE WIKIPIDIA TO FAIL? WE WISH IT SUCCESS. THE KHATRI (A CASTE OF TRADERS, A FINE ONE) HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KSHATRIYAS (THE WARRIORS). ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... ... A silhouette of a Buddha statue at Ayutthaya, Thailand. ... Sherwood College is a boarding school, established by the British in India in 1869 to educate British boys and the Indian elite during the Raj. ... Nainital and lake in the winter Nainital (29° 24 N, 79° 28 E) is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital District in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalaya. ...


Career

Over the last three decades, Bedi has acted in over 60 Bollywood films, with starring roles in Kuchche Dhaage, Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain, and Khoon Bhari Maang. He also played a Mafia Don in Feroz Khan’s Yalgar.


Bedi shot onto the international stage in the role of Sandokan, a Malaysian, Robin-Hood-like pirate created by the Italian author Emilio Salgari. The Sergio Sollima directed mini-series was filmed in 1976 on location in South-East Asia. He later reprised the Sandokan role in two films shot in the 1990s. Emilio Salgari. ...


In the James Bond film Octopussy, he played Gobinda, the villain who battled Roger Moore from start to finish. In Europe, his greatest success was the title role in “Sandokan”, a record-breaking Italian-German-French television series, the saga of a romantic Asian pirate and freedom fighter during British colonial times. Many also saw Bedi as Prince Omar in the TV series The Bold And The Beautiful for over a year (1994-1995 and a guest appearance in 2005) For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called Bold or annotated to B&B) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Bedi has also starred in the Bollywood epic, Akbar Khan’s The Taj Mahal, as the embattled Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the world’s greatest monument to love. Shahabuddin Mohammed Shah Jahan (also spelled Shah Jehan, Shahjehan. ...


He is starring in Deepa Mehta's next film, Kamagata Maru with Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham. Deepa Mehta ( दीपा मेहता ),(born 1950 in Amritsar Punjab, India) is a controversial Indian-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is based in Toronto and Delhi. ... Kamagata Maru is a forthcoming movie to be directed by internationally acclaimed director, Deepa Mehta starring Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Kabir Bedi and well-known British actor, Terence Stamp in lead roles. ... “Bachchan” redirects here. ... For other persons named John Abraham, see John Abraham (disambiguation). ...


Personal life

Married three times with numerous children. He was married to the late Protima Bedi, an Odissi dancer, and their daughter Pooja Bedi was an actress in Hindi films and now is a magazinenewspaper columnist. Their son Siddarth who had been doing well at University in the USA had a long history of schizophrenia and tragically committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 26. Protima Bedi (1949 in Haryana – August 17, 1998) was an Indian model and dancer. ... Pooja Bedi (Hindi: पूज बेदि, Urdu: پُوج بیدِ) (born 11 May 1971) 56 1/2 tall, is the daughter of the late Protima and Kabir Bedi. ... Legendary Movie Poster Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based film industry in India. ...


As his marriage with Protima began to break up he started a relationship with the late Parveen Babi. They never married. He later was married to British born fashion designer Susan Humphreys (born in 1950) but this marriage also ended in divorce.He was also linked with Sonu Walia, a former Miss India. Parveen Babi (Hindi: परवीन बाबी, Urdu: پروین بابی) (April 4, 1949 - January 20, 2005) was an Indian actress. ... Sonu Walia (b. ...


Married to TV & Radio presenter Nikki Bedi from the late 1990s to 2005 in which both travelled extensively not actually seeing each other very much and in the end they decided that it wasn't working out and they divorced amicably - unlike his other two marriages they had no children. He is now dating a London-based beauty, Parveen Dusanj [1]. Nikki Bedi is a television and radio presenter. ...


His international model son, Adam Bedi,[2] has made his debut in Bollywood with a thriller; Hello? Kaun Hai! in which Kabir Bedi also has a lead role. Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ...


Bedi is based in London and Mumbai. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


Filmography

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Bewafaa meaning unfaithful starring Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty and Kabir Bedi. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Main Hoon Na (Hindi: मैं हूँ ना, Urdu: میں ہوں نا, English: Im Here Now) is a Hindi Bollywood film written and directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan and Shahrukh Khan; it was released on April 30, 2004 and was considered a box-office success. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There are several things which use the word Kismet: Kismet (robot) is a robot intended to demonstrate simulated emotion. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Voting memberships

Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ... The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ... The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) is a performers union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over announcers... The British Actors Equity Association (now called Equity) is the British actors trade union. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/46/Kabir-Bedi.html
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2208848/

External links


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KABIR-BEDI.COM NEWS! Newsletter (1702 words)
Kabir Bedi: "Well, I was approached by Michael Edwards, the, I'm sorry, Michael Ward, the producer, and Gale Edwards, the director - and I met them.
Kabir Bedi [interrupts]: "Very tough, in that respect I mean, even five minutes is considered a treasure of a time.
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Kabir Bedi - Japan (816 words)
Kabir Bedi (Hindi: कबीर बेदिِ Urdu: کبِر بیدِ) is an Indian international film actor, most famous for his roles of Sandokan in the TV series Sandokan, Prince Omar Rashid in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and Gobinda in the James Bond film Octopussy.
Bedi was born on January 16, 1946 into a Punjabi Sikh family in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), India.
He was married to the late Protima Bedi, an Odissi dancer, and their daughter Pooja Bedi was an actress in Hindi films and now is a magazine\newspaper columnist.
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