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Kabir Singh Bedi OMRI (Punjabi: ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਦੀ; born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: film, television and theatre.[2] He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1980s blockbuster Khoon Bhari Maang. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the popular Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.[3]

Kabir Bedi OMRI[1]
Bedi in 2012
Born	Kabir Singh Bedi (1946-01-16) 16 January 1946 (age 76) Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Occupation	Actor television presenter
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Protima Gauri ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1974)​ Susan Humphreys ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 1990)​ Nikki Bedi ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 2005)​ Parveen Dosanjh ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	3, including Pooja
Parents	Baba Pyare Lal Singh Bedi Freda Bedi

Early life and education

Kabir Singh Bedi was born in Lahore in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) on 16 January 1946 into a Punjabi Khatri Sikh family of the Bedi clan that had devoted itself to India's fight for independence from British colonial rule. He was one of three children. His father, Baba Pyare Lal Singh Bedi, was an author and philosopher. His mother, Freda Bedi, was a British woman born in Derby, England, who became famous as the first Western woman to take ordination in Tibetan Buddhism.[4] He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, Uttarakhand, and St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

Career

Bedi began his career in Indian theatre and then moved on to Hindi films. He remains one of the first international actors from India who started out in Hindi films, worked in Hollywood films and became a star in Europe.

Stage acting

As a stage actor, Bedi has performed Shakespeare's Othello as well as portrayed a historical Indian king in Tughlaq, and a self-destructive alcoholic in The Vultures. In London he starred in The Far Pavilions, the West End musical adaptation of M. M. Kaye's novel, at the Shaftesbury Theatre. In 2011 Bedi played Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj, a play written by John Murrell, a Canadian playwright for the Luminato Festival in Toronto. In 2013, this play was recommissioned and went on an eight-week multi-city tour of Canada.[5]

Film career

In the James Bond film Octopussy, Bedi played the villain's aide Gobinda.

He has acted in over 60 Indian films. In the historical epic Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story, he starred as the Emperor Shah Jahan. Other starring Hindi film roles include Raj Khosla's Kacche Dhaage, Rakesh Roshan's Khoon Bhari Maang and Farah Khan's Main Hoon Na.

Bedi shot a movie with Hrithik Roshan (Kites), Govinda (Showman), and Akshay Kumar (Blue).[6] He also starred in Deepa Mehta's film, Kamagata Maru with Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham. He acted in the Tamil film Aravaan, directed by Vasanthabalan.

Bedi played roles in Columbia Pictures' The Beast of War, a film on the Russian war in Afghanistan, directed by Kevin Reynolds, as well as the acclaimed Italian film Andata Ritorno, by Marco Ponti, winner of the David di Donatello Award. In 2017, he acted in the Telugu historical movie Gautamiputra Satakarni, as Nahapana, an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas.

Television career

Bedi has appeared on American television, in Hallmark's African epic Forbidden Territory, and Ken Follett's On Wings of Eagles and Red Eagle. He played Friar Sands in The Lost Empire, for NBC. He also acted in Dynasty, Murder, She Wrote, Magnum, P.I., Hunter, Knight Rider and Highlander: The Series.

In Europe, his greatest success was Sandokan, the saga of a romantic Southeast Asian pirate during British colonial times, an Italian-German-French TV series which broke viewership records across Europe. He recently starred in a prime-time Italian television series, Un Medico in Famiglia, on RAI TV.

For over a year, Bedi starred in The Bold and the Beautiful, the second most-watched television show in the world, seen by over a billion people in 149 countries.

He had his own cinematic talk show on Indian TV, Director's Cut, a 13-part special series interviewing the country's leading directors. His success on television continued in 2013 with award-winning prime-time shows Guns and Glory: The Indian Soldier and Vandemataram, for India's news channels Headlines Today and Aaj Tak.[7]

In the Indian Biblical television series 'Bible Ki Kahaniya', Bedi played both the young and aged Abraham.

Radio career

In 2007 he starred in Chat, a radio show aired by RAI Radio2, in the role of Sandokan. In 2012, he did a series of Radio One programmes titled Women of Gold and Men of Steel in honour of industry champions in India. In 2017 he did another series in English for Radio One, Ten on Ten, celebrating the top ten innovations out of India. He also did the year-end special series, Best of 2017.

Writing

Bedi is a regular contributor to Indian publications including the Times of India and Tehelka on political and social issues affecting the country. He is also seen debating such topics on Indian national television.[8]

Charity

In February 2017, Bedi was announced as the new 'brand ambassador' for international development organisation, Sightsavers, saying on his appointment, "Today there is immense awareness and attempt towards eye health and care in India and Sightsavers have shown way to people at large in the country with their achievements in the area of eye care."[9]

Awards and achievements

Since 1982 Bedi has been a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (who are responsible for presenting the Oscar awards). He is also a voting member of the Screen Actors Guild.

He has won numerous film, advertising and popularity awards across Europe and India.[10]

By decree of the President of the Italian Republic of 2 June 2010, Bedi was officially knighted. He received the highest ranking civilian honour of the Italian Republic and was bestowed the title of "Cavaliere" (Knight) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[1] He has recently received Honorary Degree from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Personal life

Bedi married four times and had three children, Pooja, Siddharth (deceased) and Adam. He was married to Protima Bedi, an Odissi dancer. Their daughter Pooja Bedi is a magazine/newspaper columnist and former actress.^{[needs update]} Their son, Siddharth, who went to Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died by suicide in 1997 at the age of 26.[11]

As his marriage with Protima began to break down he famously started a relationship with Parveen Babi. They never married. He later married British-born fashion designer Susan Humphreys. Their son, Adam Bedi, is an international model[12] who made his Hindi film debut with the thriller Hello? Kaun Hai![13] This marriage ended in divorce.

In the early 1990s, Bedi married TV and radio presenter Nikki Bedi. They had no children and divorced in 2005. After that, Bedi has been in a relationship with British-born Parveen Dusanj,[14][15][16] whom he married a day before his 70th birthday.[17]

Bedi supports the anti-Government struggle in Myanmar, and is an official ambassador of the Burma Campaign UK.[18] He is the brand ambassador for Rotary International South Asia for their Teach Programme and the Total Literacy Mission in India and South Asia.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film title	Character
1971	Hulchal	Mahesh Jetley
	Seema
1972	Rakhi Aur Hathkadi	Suraj
	Sazaa	Brijmohan
	Anokha Daan
1973	Kuchhe Dhaage	Pandit Tulsiram / Daku Roopa
	Yauwan	Jhumru
1974	Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain
	Maa Bahen Aur Biwi
	Ishq Ishq Ishq	Diwana/Ravikant Vyas
1975	Anari	Vikram
	Daaku	Daku Raju
1976	Nagin	Uday
	Harfan Maula	Faulad Singh
	Bullet	Durga Prasad
	The Black Corsair	The Black Corsair (Italy)
1977	Daku Aur Mahatma	Sangram Singh
	Vishwasghaat	Uday
	La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!	Sandokan
1978	The Thief of Baghdad	Prince Taj
1979	Ashanti	Malik
	Aakhri Kasam	Kishan / Badal
	Yuvraaj	Samrat Surya Dev Singh
1981	The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire	Gar
1982	40 Days of Musa Dagh	Gabriel Bagradian
	Satan's Mistress	The Spirit
	Girl from India	Artist
1983	Octopussy	Govinda
1988	Escuadrón	Koura
	Khoon Bhari Maang	Sanjay Verma
	Mera Shikar	Ravi
	The Beast	Akbar
1990	Police Public	Senior Inspector Shah Nawaz Khan
	Haar Jeet
	Shera Shamshera	Shankar
1991	Kurbaan	Inspector Suraj Singh
	Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi
	Vishkanya	Forest Officer Vikram Singh
1992	Dil Aashna Hai	Rai Bahadur Digvijay Singh
	Yalgaar	Raj Pratap Singhal
	Beyond Justice	Moulet
	Lambu Dada	Lambu Dada
1993	Kshatriya	Thakur Ganga Singh (Police Officer)
	Yugandhar	Colonel Kanir
1994	Salaami	Captain Rehmat Khan
	Lie Down with Lions	Kabir
	The Maharaja's Daughter	Chandragupta
1995	OP Centre	Abdul Fazawi
	Kismat	Rajan
	Aatank Hi Aatank	Police Inspector
1996	The Return of Sandokan	Sandokan
1998	Mashamal – Ritorno al Deserto	Tahar Id Bran
1999	Kohram	Brigadier Bedi
2001	The Lost Empire	Friar Sand
2002	Kranti	Mahendra Pratap Rana
	Maine Dil Tujhko Diya	Mr. Verma (Ayesha's Father)
2003	Talaash	Chhote Pathan
	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy	Mr. Zakaria
2004	Father	Karl (Father & Violinist)
	Rudraksh	Pandit Ved Bhushan
	Asambhav
	Kismat	Raj Maliya
	Roundtrip	Tolstoj (Italian film)
	Main Hoon Na	General Amarjeet Bakshi
2005	Bewafaa	Anjali's Father
	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	Emperor Shah Jahan
2006	Do Raha
	Jaanleva	Rakesh Khullar
	A All About Her
	Take 3 Girls	Mo
2008	Showman
2009	Blue	Captain Jagat Malhotra
2010	Kites	Bob Grover
2011	Yaara O Dildaara
2012	Aravaan	Tamil film
	Chakravyuh	Mahanta, an industrialist and negotiator for the government
2015	Dilwale	Dev Malik
	Anarkali	Jaffer Imam
2016	Teraa Surroor	A A Khan
	Mohenjo Daro	Maham
2017	Gautamiputra Satakarni	Nahapana
	Edict of Expulsion 1492	Sultan Bayezid
	Paisa Vasool	RAW Chief
2018	Jaane Kyun De Yaaron	Shera
	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3	Maharaja Hari Singh
TBA	Shaakuntalam

Television

TV show title	Release year	Status	Character
Sandokan	1976	European TV miniseries	Sandokan
La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!	1977	European TV miniseries	Sandokan
Dynasty	1982	TV series	Farouk Ahmed
General Hospital	1983	TV series	Rama
Knight Rider	November 1985	TV series	Vascone
Dynasty	1986	TV series	Farouk Ahmed
On Wings of Eagles	1986	TV series	Mohammed
The Days and Nights of Molly Dod	May 1987	TV series	Bill
Misteri della Giungla Nera, I – a.k.a. The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle	1991	TV miniseries	Kammamuri
Il Principe del Deserto – a.k.a. Desert Law	1991	TV series	Moulet Beni-Zair
The Bold and the Beautiful	September 1994	TV series	Prince Omar
Maharaja's Daughter	1994	TV series	Chandragupta
Highlander: The Series	20 November 1995	TV series	Kamir
Bible Ki Kahaniya	1995	TV series	Abraham, the Patriarch
Il Ritorno di Sandokan	6 October 1996	TV miniseries	Sandokan
Noi siamo angeli – a.k.a. We are Angels	16 February 1997	TV miniseries	Gen. Napoleon Durate
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone	7 December 1997	TV series	Khamis Bin Abdullah
Team Knight Rider	9 February 1998	TV series	Aristotle Drago
Murder, She Wrote	February 1988	TV series	Vikram Singh
Magnum, P.I.	10 February 1988	TV series	Malcolm
L'isola dei famosi	2004	Italian reality show	Himself
The Bold and the Beautiful	4 May 2005	TV series	Prince Omar
Vivere	May 2006	Italian TV series	Emir Ibrahim
Director's Cut	2007	TV special series	Himself
Un medico in famiglia 5	2007	Italian TV series	Kabir
Ganga Kii Dheej	2010–2011	Hindi TV series	Dada Bhai
Buddha	2013	Hindi TV series	Asita Muni (Cameo)
VandeMataram	2013	TV special news series	Himself
Guns & Glory: The Indian Soldier	2013	TV special news series	Himself
Jai Ho	2014	TV special news series	Himself
Thinkistan	2019	Web series	Danish Azeem

Reality shows

Year	Show title	Role	Status	Sr.
2021-2022	Grande Fratello VIP (season 6)	Contestant (entered day 113, evicted day 162)	Evicted	15

Radio

Radio title	Release year	Status	Character
Ch@t (Italian fiction)	2007	RAI Radio2	Sandokan
'Women of Gold'	2012	RadioOne	Himself
'Men of Steel'	2012	Radio One	Himself
'Ten on Ten' – 'Ten Biggest Impacts This Last Decade'	2017	Radio One	Himself
'Best of 2017'	2017	Radio One	Himself

Dubbing roles

Live action films

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub language	Original language	Original year release	Dub year release	Notes
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Ben Kingsley	Nizam	Hindi	English	2010	2010	Performed alongside Yudhvir Dahiya who voiced Jake Gyllenhaal as Dastan and Joy Sengupta who voiced Toby Kebbell as Prince Garsiv in Hindi.
Fantastic Four	Reg E. Cathey	Dr. Franklin Storm	Hindi	English	2015	2015	Performed alongside Karan Trivedi who voiced Miles Teller as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in Hindi.

Voiceovers in ads and commercials

Project	Type	Language	Year
The Keeper of the Flame – The History of TATA	Documentary	English	2007
An Introduction to CHILDLINE India	Public awareness campaign – narrator	English	2008
Aircel Save the Tiger Campaign	Public awareness campaign – narrator	English	2009
Ford Motors launch Figo, India	Live event	English	2010
Somnath Temple, Gujarat	Sound & light show	English	2010
Red Fort, New Delhi	Sound & light show	English	2011
Virasat-e-Khalsa – Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex, Punjab	Narrator	English	2011
Apollo Tyres	Advertisement	English	2013
Jindal Panther	Advertisement	English	2014
Banda Singh Bahadur – War Memorial, Punjab	Sound & light show	English	2014
TAJ Hotels, Resorts & Palaces	Advertisement	English	2014
DHL	Advertisement	Hindi	2015
Yamaha	Advertisement	Hindi	2015
Mount of Excellence	Documentary narrator	English	2015
Parle	Advertisement	Hindi & English	2016
Tanishq	Advertisement	English	2016
Konark Sun Temple, Odisha	Sound & light show	English	2017

Voting memberships

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Screen Actors Guild
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
The British Actors' Equity Association

References

External links

• Kabir Bedi at Bollywood Hungama
• Kabir Bedi at IMDb 
• Official website

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[de] Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi (Hindi: .mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:120%}@media all and (min-width:800px){.mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:calc(120% - ((100vw - 800px)/80))}}@media all and (min-width:1000px){.mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:100%}}कबीर बेदी Kabīr Bedī; * 16. Januar 1946 in Lahore, Britisch-Indien) ist ein indischer Schauspieler.

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[ru] Кабир Беди

Кабир Беди (англ. Kabir Bedi, хинди कबीर बेदी, род. 16 января 1946 года, Пенджаб, Индия) — индийский киноактёр и телеведущий. Кабир Беди остается одним из первых актёров Болливуда, который работал в Голливуде и стал известным в Европе.

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