Kabir Bedi
Also known as Kabir Singh Bedi
Indian actor (1946-)
Film & TV
Acting · Lahore, Punjab, British India
Kabir Bedi was a major star in India who successfully broke out into European film in the late 1970's in the TV series "Sandokhan the Great" which led to being cast as the hero in the British "Thief of Baghdad" TV movie and briefly into semi-stardom in the United States. The high point of his career was as a villain in the James Bond action thriller OCTOPUSSY.
Known for
- Aachari Baa2025
- Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit — Shahjahan2025
- Questione di stoffa — Ramesh2024
- Shaakuntalam — Sage Kashyapa2023
- Junior2023
- Berlin — Bureau Chief2023
- Tanaav — Haider2022
- Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 — Maharaja Hari Singh2018
- Jaane kyun de yaaron2018
- The Broken Key — Fahrid Al Kamar2017
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Kabir Bedi (born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other Western countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1988 film Khoon Bhari Maang. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.
Early life and education