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PARVEEN BABI - HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN PARADISE


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 70th 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 of an erstwhile State.


As we reminisce today, the original diva and fashion icon of Indian Film industry, an epitome of sophistication, charm and beauty, Parveen Babi, incredibly feminine and petite, still illuminates us through the decades. 
Parveen Babi never forgot her family genealogy, strong kinship ties with her extended family, known to be generous, gracious and affectionate. Despite being famous, she remained close to her roots. Later in her life she bequeathed a large sum from her charitable trust for the benefit of underprivileged children and women of the Babi clan in Junagadh, and some for her Alma mater, St. Xavier’s.
A femme fatale known for education, intelligence, style, and her pursuit of philosophy had strengthened extraordinary Parveen Babi, first ever Indian actress to have graced the cover of Time magazine in 1976, is arguably the most resplendent so far among other actresses featured on the Time cover from Indian film industry.
The iconic Parveen Babi still evokes our sensibility, as we reminisce today, an arresting beauty with lissome grace and elegance who revolutionized the young girls’ perception of style, glamour and fashion epitomized by two most glamourous women of the era, Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman, decades later they still continue to inspire women.
Nostalgically, we remember, while watching the movie ‘Pati Patni aur Woh’, the exhilaration of the audience on sudden appearance of Parveen Babi briefly in the last scene, deeply imprinted in our memory. 

In ‘Razia Sultana’, she spoke Urdu precisely and captured her character, though Hindi and Gujrati are spoken commonly around the area she grew up, however because of her westernized mien and typical Hindi diction, was portrayed as a Christian girl often. Brilliant Parveen Babi was one of the highest paid actresses of her times, worked with most of the famous film makers and plethora of actors/actresses, mesmerizing the audience with excellent performances in commercial cinema. When you see her singing, Raat Baaki or Mach Gaya Shor etc, Parveen Babi improvised and concentrated on reacting emotionally and authentically all times.
A non-conformist, Parveen Babi once admitted that, ‘I don’t believe in clinging to a person just to conform the social norm’, expressed her individuality and lead life with nonchalant attitude. She was always interested in architecture, sculptures, literature, cultural, archaeology and humanistic issues. She started her career in Interior designing in 1983, designing professionally for hotels.
With fond memories we remember our beloved Star on her birthday, whose stardom has surpassed her brief presence amidst us, forever smiling, forever enchanting.
As we celebrate her birth anniversary, she among the angels in heaven, eternally gorgeous, Parveen Babi we still have not learned to forget you.  
“The angels looked down from heaven one night,
They searched for miles afar,
And deep within the distance 
They could see a shining star.”
                             (Shining star by Anon)   
Anuradha Singh
4th April, 2019
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My articles on the related subject are as follows...

Anuradha Singh (2021). PARVEEN BABI – HAPPY BIRTHDAY

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2021/04/parveen-babi-happy-birthday.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2021). PARVEEN BABI – AN ENCHANTING ENIGMA

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2021/01/parveen-babi-enchanting-enigma.html?m=1

 Anuradha Singh (2020). GOLDEN BEAUTIES - INDIAN CINEMA

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2020/05/golden-beauties-indian-cinema.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2020). PARVEEN BABI : HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2020/04/parveen-babi-happy-71st-birthday_3.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2020). PARVEEN BABI - IN MEMORIAM https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2020/01/parveen-babi-in-memoriam_20.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2019). PARVEEN BABI - RAPACIOUS EXPLOITATION BY MAHESH BHATT

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2019/12/parveen-babi-rapacious-exploitation-by.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2019). A DAWN OF GLAMOUR: INDIAN CINEMA

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-dawn-of-glamour-in-indian-cinema.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2019).  PARVEEN BABI - HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN PARADISE https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2019/04/parveen-babi-happy-birthday-in-paradise.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2019).  A EULOGY TO PARVEEN BABI

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-eulogy-to-parveen-babi.html?m=1

Anuradha Singh (2019).  PARVEEN BABI IN - IN REMEMBRANCE

https://asingh2019.blogspot.com/2019/01/parveen-babi-in-remembrance.html?m=1

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