Parveen Babi was one of the glam divas in Bollywood when fashion wasn’t even a thing she was a trendsetter at that time. Parveen Babi’s mysterious death even hounds her fans wondering what would have happened to her. On her birth anniversary today, once again fans are remembering the veteran diva, and one incident in her life is grabbing headlines all over again. Parveen Babi who was trying hard to make it in the industry was last minute removed from Yash Chopra’s most talked bait film Silsila. Parveen Babi was supposed to play Amitabh Bachchan’s wife role in the film but the makers asked her to leave and cast Jaya Bachchan due to the controversy around Big B, Rekha, and her life. Also Read – Did you know Kiara Advani to Ranveer Singh and these celebs were already rich before becoming successful?

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The harsh decision of the makers left Parveen Babi heartbroken and she cried a lot after being ousted from the film. Parveen Babi had that time called the famous villain in the 50’s Ranjeet and opened her heart to it. In one of his old interviews, Ranjeet revealed how Parveen was sad about being replaced by Jaya Bachchan in the film.” She (Parveen Babi) was my dear friend… she was all alone. She was a beautiful lady. Always smiling and we used to call her ‘fawada‘ because of her teeth… Once she was very upset and she was crying. I asked her ‘Kya hua Parveen? (What happened Parveen?)’ We were in Kashmir. I don’t mind quoting because it’s a fact. A film was made, Silsila, and Parveen Babi was the original heroine but she was asked to leave. And because of a gimmick controversy, they cast Rekha and Jaya Bhaduri in the film otherwise it was Parveen and Rekha”. Also Read – Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif and more Bollywood celebs who are neighbours

Parveen Babi had often grabbed headlines for making controversial statements, especially against Amitabh Bachchan. In one of her interviews, she reportedly mentioned about being afraid of making a comeback in Bollywood due to Big B as she called him the most powerful man in the industry of that time who can make and break the career of the people in the industry.

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