Updated On: 19 October, 2025 08:55 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Pooja Bedi shared a poignant memory of visiting Parveen Babi, revealing how the late actress had become paranoid and only ate eggs, fearing contamination by secret agencies. The interaction shed light on Parveen’s worsening mental health

Pooja Bedi and Parveen Babi
Late actress Parveen Babi was among the highest-paid stars of the Indian film industry in the 1970s and 80s. However, in the later part of her life, she struggled with mental health issues and often made headlines for the same. The actress had briefly dated Kabir Bedi. Now, Pooja Bedi, Kabir’s daughter from his first marriage, has opened up about her interaction with Parveen, where she discovered that the actress was eating only eggs for her meals.
Pooja Bedi recalled her time spent with Parveen Babi during an interaction with Siddharth Kannan. “I remember that many years later, she had come back to India. Everyone was saying that something was wrong with her. I went to her home; she opened the door and looked so different. She had put on a lot of weight and had wild hair. She was so excited to see me and said, ‘Pooja! Hi! Come in.’ Then she gave me a big hug, and we were sitting and chatting, and everything was completely normal.”