Junagadh’s Diwan Square takes you to a narrow lane behind a swanky building complex. A dilapidated arch welcomes you with its vanishing grandeur that is marred by a couple of overflowing garbage bins. Puppies play around joyfully.

Behind the bins is a corrugated locked gate that leads to a haveli which is one among the seven grand buildings that once housed Junagadh’s Babi royalty. The blue-blooded family is long gone. Some say they escaped to Pakistan during Partition. However, the locals here remember one name from the families that stayed here for long and a female lead that once mesmerised film buffs. The late Parveen Babi grew up in this locality and got her education in the city before moving out to the then Bombay for modelling, which was followed by her debut in Bollywood.