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ACTOR

Kabir Bedi

Known for
Kites (2010), Mohenjo Daro (2016), Main Hoon Na (2004), The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)

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Kabir Bedi is an actor best known for Kites, Mohenjo Daro and Main Hoon Na.

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    Kabir Bedi is known for playing Gobinda, the right-hand man of the chief villain in the James Bond film Octopussy, and for the title role of Sandokan in the mega-hit TV series broadcast in Europe and much of the Spanish-speaking world.

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    Kabir Bedi was awarded a knighthood by the Italian Republic and is now Cavalier Kabir Bedi.

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    Kabir Bedi speaks Hindi, English and Italian fluently. He recently completed a 200-episode Italian radio drama for the country's most-listened-to radio station.

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    In 1978 Cosmopolitan named him the year's most eligible bachelor. In a 45-day online poll by The Times of India, he ranked 4th among the Best Looking Indians of the Century.

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    On Italian television programmes, Kabir Bedi acted in Italian in Un medico in famiglia (1998) and Vivere (1999).

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    In 2016, Google named Kabir Bedi the No. 2 most-searched Bollywood male actor on Google!

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    Kabir completed filming of the 26-hour Italian TV series in Rome.

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    In Toronto, Canada, he appeared in a theatre production titled 'TAJ', inspired by the iconic Taj Mahal, at the Luminato Festival.

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  9. #009

    In 1978 he became involved with Persis Khambatta. This was when Kabir Bedi moved to Los Angeles.

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  10. #010

    Kabir Bedi is the father of Pooja Bedi and the actor Adam Bedi.

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    His former wife Susan Humphreys (now known as Ixchel Leigh) appeared in the American documentary "Uncommon Scents".

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    Kabir Bedi is the grandfather of Aalia Furniturewala. Aalia is the daughter of Pooja Bedi and Farhan Furniturewala. Farhan and Pooja are now divorced. Farhan married Laila Khan, Feroz Khan's daughter. They have a son named Zaan Furniturewala.

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    His nephew was Shiv Maira (1973-March 2000), the son of Gulhima (Kabir Bedi's sister) and the world-renowned architect and artist Shakti Maira.

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    His appearance as the lead character in the popular Italian series SANDOKAN (1976) inspired the character design of Ranveer Singh's Sultan Allauddin Khilji in PADMAVAT (2017).

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  15. #015

    His son Siddharth Bedi was offered the film Bekhudi by director Rahul Rawail. Siddharth turned down the offer because he was not interested in becoming an actor. The offer came about after Saif Ali Khan withdrew from the film.

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  16. #016

    Kabir Bedi was signed for Kamal Amrohi's Razia Sultan, but the contract was dropped because of his career abroad. Vijayendra Ghatge was later signed.

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