Kabir Bedi (born 16 January 1946) is an Indian film actor.
He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in 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 mini series and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy.
This marriage ended in divorce. In the early 1990s, Bedi married TV and radio presenter Nikki Bedi.
Their son, Siddharth, who went to Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 26. As his marriage with Protima began to break down he famously started a relationship with Parveen Babi.
They had no children and divorced in 2005.
His success on television continued in 2013 with award-winning prime-time shows "Guns and Glory: The Indian Soldier” & “Vandemataram”, for India's news channels – Headlines Today & Aaj Tak. In the Indian Biblical television series 'Bible Ki Kahaniya', Bedi played both the young and aged Abraham. === Radio career === In 2007 he starred in "Chat", a radio show aired by RAI Radio2, in the role of Sandokan.
Kaye's novel, at the Shaftesbury Theatre. In 2011 Kabir played Emperor Shah Jahan, in 'Taj', a play written by John Murrell, a Canadian playwright for the Luminato Festival in Toronto.
In 2012, he did a series of Radio One programmes titled, 'Women of Gold' and 'Men of Steel' in honour of industry champions in India.
In 2013, this play was recommissioned and went on an 8-week multi-city tour of Canada. === Film career === In the James Bond film Octopussy, he played the villain's aide Gobinda. Kabir has acted in over 60 Indian films.
His success on television continued in 2013 with award-winning prime-time shows "Guns and Glory: The Indian Soldier” & “Vandemataram”, for India's news channels – Headlines Today & Aaj Tak. In the Indian Biblical television series 'Bible Ki Kahaniya', Bedi played both the young and aged Abraham. === Radio career === In 2007 he starred in "Chat", a radio show aired by RAI Radio2, in the role of Sandokan.
In 2017 he did another series in English for Radio One, 'Ten on Ten' celebrating top ten innovations out of India.
He also did the year-end special series, 'Best of 2017'. === Writing === Kabir Bedi is a regular contributor to Indian publications including the Times of India and Tehelka on political and social issues affecting the country.
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