Mumbai, Jan. 20 -- Parveen Babi, one of Bollywood's most iconic and unconventional actresses whose glamour and bold screen persona transformed Hindi cinema, today marks her 21st death anniversary.
A fashion icon, box-office phenomenon and cultural disruptor of her time, Parveen passed away on January 20, 2005, at the age of 50, leaving behind a legacy as luminous as it was tragic.
Born on April 4, 1954, into the aristocratic Babi family, Parveen Babi began her professional life as a model before entering films in the early 1970s. With her westernised attire, confident demeanour and unconventional choice of roles, she stood apart, bold, modern and unapologetically individual.
She first drew attention with Majboor (1974), but it was Deewar...