India, April 29 -- Actor Parveen Babi was a hugely popular movie star in the Hindi film industry during the 70s and 80s. However, her personal life was filled with misery as she battled mental illness. She was once in a relationship with director-producer Mahesh Bhatt while he was married to Kiran Bhatt. In an interview, Mahesh opened up about his affair with Parveen and also revealed that she was once married, and he only came to know about it much later in their relationship.

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In an interview with BBC News Hindi, Mahesh said, "About her getting married, I got to know about it later when we were already in a relationshi...