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Kabir Bedi (born January 16th, 1946) is an internationally acclaimed Indian television and film actor. Of Punjabi descent, his film and television career has spanned across India, the United States and many European countries. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story. He is best known in Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in mini TV series and for his role as Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy. He is very popular in Italy in particular, and is fluent in Italian. Kabir Bedi is still based in India and lives in Mumbai.
Kabir Bedi was one of three children born into a Punjabi family in India that had devoted itself to India`s fight for independence from British colonial rule. His mother Freda Bedi, later converted to Tibetan Buddhism. His father, Baba Pyare Lal Bedi, was an author and philosopher from the Sikh faith, his clan found its roots with the first Sikh Guru. Kabir Bedi did his schooling at Sherwood College, Nainital.
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