PARVEEN BABI - HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN PARADISE Parveen Babi comes from the Babi lineage, a nobility of erstwhile princely State of Junagadh, an epitome of beauty, glamour and style, we remember her today on 70 th birth anniversary. She grew up in a privileged background, the only child, though from conservative community, however was educated at Jesuits Mt. Carmel High School and thereafter graduated in English Literature from St. Xavier’s College. She took up modelling during her college years, participating in fashion shows, during the time was approached for a movie role which she capitulated gracefully to the persistence of the film maker, though pretty satisfied with her modelling campaign. Since Babi clan was orthodox, Parveen Babi started her movie journey by convincing and assuring her mother, Jamal Bhakti Babi, that she would never misuse herself or Babi family name. She was discreet about her noble descent and felt strongly about her Indian identity, not as nobility