Remembering Parveen Babi on her death anniversary with these stunning pictures
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Veteran actress Parveen Babi was one of the talented actresses of the industry. She worked with top actors of Hindi cinema and was a big competition for all her contemporaries. The lady breathed her last on January 20, 2005. It was reported that she was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, a mental illness. On her death anniversary, have a look at her some of her stunning pictures.
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She was the first Bollywood star to appear on the front page of Time Magazine in July 1976.
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She was also the first female superstar of Bollywood. In her career, she had worked with many male superstars. In fact, Amitabh and Parveen featured in eight movies.
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The iconic beauty was known to be very meticulous about her career and had a very efficient management system.
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She lived life all on her own and was self-dependent, never interfering with anyone’s work.
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Parveen Babi whose image was a far cry from the saree clad heroines of that era, was indeed a trendsetter.
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She was the second highest paid Hindi actress along with Reena Roy from 1976 to 1980 and the third highest paid Hindi actress along-with Jaya Prada from 1981 to 1983.
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She was considered to be one of the most successful actresses of her era, along with Hema Malini, Rekha, Zeenat Aman,Jaya Bhaduri, Reena Roy and Raakhee.