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The Emotional Life of an Actor • ----- . The Emotional Life of an Actor K BIR BEDI First published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2021 1st Floor, A Block, East Wing, Plot No. 40, SP Infocity, Dr MGR Salai, Perungudi, Kandanchavadi,Chennai 600096 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Copyright © Kabir Bedi, 2021 ISBN:9789390679409 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author's own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or trans mitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Dedicated to techies, all young like Siddharth, my son the and all young people to the the better, who want change world for hoping you fulfil your dreams. CONTENTS BEFORE I BEGIN STORIES I MUST TELL 1 LEAVING HOME WITH THE BEATLES BOLDNESS AND BETRAYAL 2 CHANCES AND CHOICES KABIR AND KISHMISH 3 DAY S OF LOVE AND GLORY SANDOKAN AND PARVEEN BABI 4 REVOLUTION TO RELIGION BABA AND FREDA 5 RAMBLINGS ON A BEACH BEACHES AND BELIEFS 6 SAVING MY SON THE WOUNDED SOUL 7 AGONY AND ECSTASY RUIN AND RESURRECTION ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAGAZINE COVERS FOR THIS BOOK, I THANK These are stories I must tell. Most are told, perhaps unusually, through the prism of people and places I have known and loved. I tell them as truthfully as I can, fallible as I am, as interestingly as I can. They are emotional stories of turbu lent times. Together, they are the story of my tumultuous journey as an actor. It's not easy to write of my life. I have seen great glory and I tell you how I got there. I've also made mistakes which you'd do well to avoid. But remembering stirs up some memories I had hoped to leave behind. Yet, the pain and the joy, the agony and the ecstasy, are insepa rably woven in my life. So I share them with you. I write of the people and events only related to the stories in this book. I seek the forgiveness of friends, family and colleagues not mentioned. I have other stories that traverse the same eventful years. You may yet appear in some of them, for I have more to tell. For now, forgive me. You are in my heart. But some I must thank here, even if not in my stories, for they have enriched my writing. I thank many more at the end for making this book a reality. I must thank my guru from my adver tising days, Gerson da Cunha; journal ist, historian and author Andrew White head; and Italian journalist, author and friend Carlo Pizzati, for their invaluable advice on this book. I must thank my friend Mickey Nivelli, his wonderful wife Chand, and his guid ing spirit Lotte, for having helped me in my time of greatest need. I will never forget their humanity, nor let it be for gotten. I must thank Giampaolo Cutillo, once Consul General of Italy in Mumbai, for nominating me for 'Cavaliere', Italy's highest civilian honour. Also, his beau tiful wife, Elisabetta Salvatori, a vibrant part of his life. I must thank my wife Parveen Dusanj Bedi for her abiding love. She motivated me to finish this book after years of frus trating starts. Her advice is no less than others. To her, my eternal gratitude. Bless all of you who wished me success. Your wishes made much come true.
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