• 16 January 1946
  •  Lahore, Punjab, British India

Kabir Bedi

Biography

Kabir Bedi is an internationally acclaimed Indian actor. He has acted in over 60 Bollywood films and has hits like "Khoon Bhari Maang", "Kurbaan" and "Main Hoon Na". He is well-recognized for his role of Emperor Shah Jahan in "Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story". Popularly recognized in the West for his role as a villainous 'Gobinda' in the James Bond film, "Octopussy", Kabir also played a pivotal role in the Columbia Pictures' "The Beast of War", a film on the Russian war in Afghanistan. He is best known in Europe for playing a Pirate in "Sandokan", a popular TV mini- series. He also starred in "The Bold and the Beautiful", the second most watched television show in the world. Kabir Bedi has been on air on Indian TV with his no.1 show on India's war history on the country's no.1 news channel garnering over 30 million viewers. Kabir Bedi with his deep voice, rare wit and strong persona is known to have hosted a bevy of events, awards shows and corporate shows in India. Recently, he hosted an event for the Government of Madhya Pradesh to mark the thousandth year of the incarnation of the King of Malwa Raja Bhoj. Lately, Kabir has also been associated with corporate shows for renowned brands like Serco, Godfrey Phillips and Business India. Kabir has just finished working on a Tamil film titled "Aravaan", directed by Vasanthabalan. He is currently touring Canada and North America with a theatre play. 'Taj' written by Canada's renowned playwright John Murell. The play was commissioned by the Luminato Festival.