Actor
Kabir
Bedi
has
poured
out
his
heart
in
his
book
Stories
I
Must
Tell:
The
Emotional
Journey
of
an
Actor,
which
will
be
launched
soon.
Ahead
of
its
launch,
we
will
share
with
you
an
anecdote
from
his
book,
wherein
he
spoke
about
falling
in
love
with
actress
Parveen
Babi
while
in
an
open
marriage
with
Protima
Gupta.
An
excerpt
from
his
book,
published
by
a
leading
daily,
read,
"Our
open
marriage
may
have
seemed
like
a
good
idea
at
first.
In
the
end,
it
only
caused
me
greater
anxiety.
It
had
led
to
a
lack
of
intimacy
between
us.
I
didn't
feel
the
love
that
I
wanted,
the
caring
and
sharing
I
needed.
Nor
was
I
able
to
give
it.
The
old
magic
had
gone.
I
was
feeling
alone,
empty
and
dejected."
Sharing
about
how
he
fell
in
love
with
Parveen
Babi,
he
wrote
that
she
was
the
one
who
filled
the
void
in
his
life.
"She
was
a
ravishingly
beautiful
actress
with
fair
skin,
long
black
hair
and
dark,
mesmerising
eyes.
Until
then,
I'd
always
thought
of
her
as
'the
girlfriend
of
Danny
Denzongpa'.
He
was
a
good-looking
Sikkimese
actor,
two
years
younger
than
me,
a
year
older
than
Parveen.
In
the
years
ahead,
he
would
become
a
highly
successful
villain
in
Bollywood
and
be
nominated
for
many
Filmfare
Awards.
Parveen
began
her
rapid
rise
to
stardom
during
their
four
years
together.
Her
living
openly
with
Danny,
wearing
jeans
and
smoking
in
public,
had
given
her
a
bohemian
image
in
India.
But,
morally,
she
was
a
conservative
Gujarati
girl.
While
the
rest
of
the
Juhu
gang
talked
about
the
'free
sex'
preaching
of
Guru
Osho,
she
believed
in
sexual
fidelity.
It's
what
I
was
looking
for
when
I
fell
in
love
with
her."
Revealing
how
he
told
his
wife
Protima
about
dating
Parveen,
Kabir
wrote
that
it
wasn't
easy
for
him
to
tell
Protima
about
Parveen
Babi.
"There
was
no
easy
way
to
break
the
news
(to
Protima).
'I'm
going
over
to
Parveen's
tonight,'
I
said
softly
when
she
came
in.
'Parveen's!'
she
repeated
in
surprise.
I
could
see
her
computing
what
must
have
happened.
'But
I've
only
just
arrived.
Can't
you
stay
tonight
at
least?'
I
shook
my
head.
'No,
I
have
to
be
with
her
tonight
...
and
every
night.'
In
that
moment,
she
realised
that
our
relationship
had
changed
forever.
She
let
out
a
deep
breath
and
looked
at
me.
'Do
you
love
her?'
I
nodded,
not
without
sadness.
'Does
she
love
you?'
she
asked,
her
voice
a
notch
higher.
'Yes,'
I
said
gruffly,
wanting
to
cry.
I
knew
I
was
ending
a
relationship
where
we'd
shared
life-changing
experiences
together,
happy
and
unhappy,
moral
and
immoral,
for
six
tumultuous
years.
But
I
didn't
want
to
show
vulnerability.
I
had
to
be
strong
to
end
it.
I
held
her
by
the
shoulders
to
embrace
her
goodbye.
She
clung
to
me
and
burst
out
crying.
Then
she
sat
down
on
the
bed
and
sighed
deeply
before
she
spoke.
'Please
leave
me
alone
now,'
she
said
in
a
firm
voice
as
tears
welled
in
her
eyes.
'Leave
me
alone.
Please
go!'
Our
'open
marriage'
was
over."