Sridevi's kiss for Parveen Babi, in the film Jaani Dost (1983)
April 4, Birth anniversary of a 70s Screen Icon, the complex Parveen Babi.
Sridevi and Parveen acted in one film together, the only time the 70s and 80s icons met on screen. And the two shared a warm rapport - when Parveen went on her tell-all interview tour later in life, she only had kind things to say about Sridevi. But then Sri had few rifts with her co-stars.
Parveen's personal trauma and tragedy has been written about too much, and at mostly in unflattering light - we'd like to remember her during the best of her days. Glamorous, gorgeous, gifted, a fashion icon, a brave actor and a fearless one who brought modern complexity to the role of leading lady, instead of the usual, 'Nahin mujhe bachao', damsel in distress trope, while waiting for the hero to rescue her.
Parveen Babi often portrayed unapologetic characters, a reflection of her own unapologetic self. Remembering her today, on her 69th Birth Anniversary.
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