Praveen Babi

Parveen Babi who is most remembered for her glamourous roles in 1970s and early 80s in blockbusters films like Deewar, Namak Halaal, Amar Akbar Anthony and Shaan was born on April 4, 1949. The actress did her schooling from Aurangabad and later attended St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad for further studies.

Parveen was not married but it was also rumoured that she had a relationship with her co-star Amitabh Bachchan, Kabir Bedi, Danny Denzongpa and director Mahesh Bhatt.

One of the most successful Bollywood actresses in the 70s Praveen Babi made her film debut with 'Charitira', in 1973 while she was still in college.

She was the first Indian actress who was featured on TIME magazine's cover, in March 1977. In her most successful films, Praveen Babi was usually paired with Amitabh Bachchan. Read more on the horoscope of Amitabh Bachchan.

In Manoj Kumar's big hit Kranti that came in 1981, Praveen stole scenes with her supporting role from Hema Malini, the actress of the film. Praveen Babi also acted in offbeat films like Vinod Pandey's Yeh Nazdeekiyan that was released in 1982.

Praveen left the film industry and moved to New York in 1983. Praveen Babi was found dead in her Mumbai apartment on 20 January 2005 as she suffered from gangrene of the foot as a complication of her diabetic condition.