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Indian Screen Siren Found Dead in Apartment
2 hours, 31 minutes ago
BOMBAY (Reuters) - Indian actress Parveen Babi, who played the siren in dozens of Bollywood films, was found dead at her home on Saturday, a police officer said.
Police broke into the Bombay suburbs apartment where she lived alone after neighbors said her door had not been opened for two days, deputy commissioner Amitav Gupta said.
Gupta said the actress, who once featured on the cover of Time magazine as the face of the modern Indian woman, appeared to have died of natural causes. Her age was not immediately known.
Babi, famed for her unconventional western looks, starred in more than 50 Hindi films mostly in the 1970s and early 1980s.
She was cast in her first Hindi film while still a student at the Ahmedabad (news - web sites) University, and was best known for her roles alongside Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan (news).
Babi came to represent the bohemian Indian woman on celluloid, unafraid to smoke or drink on camera, at a time when these were considered taboo.
2 hours, 31 minutes ago
BOMBAY (Reuters) - Indian actress Parveen Babi, who played the siren in dozens of Bollywood films, was found dead at her home on Saturday, a police officer said.
Police broke into the Bombay suburbs apartment where she lived alone after neighbors said her door had not been opened for two days, deputy commissioner Amitav Gupta said.
Gupta said the actress, who once featured on the cover of Time magazine as the face of the modern Indian woman, appeared to have died of natural causes. Her age was not immediately known.
Babi, famed for her unconventional western looks, starred in more than 50 Hindi films mostly in the 1970s and early 1980s.
She was cast in her first Hindi film while still a student at the Ahmedabad (news - web sites) University, and was best known for her roles alongside Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan (news).
Babi came to represent the bohemian Indian woman on celluloid, unafraid to smoke or drink on camera, at a time when these were considered taboo.
r.i.p.
