27 club

                                                                 

                                               Rock music singers rather some of them belonged to this 27 club. It was not a great club to belong to for they all died at around that age (27 years ) mostly due to precipitious lifestyles that made them candidates for early self destruction according to wikipedia. Jimi Hendrix, Curt Cobain , Jim Morrison ...the list goes on  .They had a great fan following during their life and though had an early death had funerals befitting a rock star My blog is not about them

. Its about  a pretty lady , an iconic actress who was once the heartthrob of bollywood  .Competed only by Zeenath Aman in glamour people were ready to die for her.She was part of blockbuster movies like Deewar , Amar Akbar Anthony and namak Halaal  . She was the leading lady paired opposite the then superstar Amitabh Bhachan .And she along with Zeenath changed the concept of the ever succumbing Bharateeya nari who always played second fiddle to the hero in bollywood films
She was one of the first Indians to be featured on Time  magazine's cover . If anyone can still not recollect her name it shows that fame is really shortlived . Her name is Parveen Babi . Please read up about her in wikipedia about her before reading further .  Though i had seen only her musical scores in hit films  in tv where she is seen dancing around with Amitabh Bhachan , looking him eye to eye and in stylish westernized clothes .  This style icon of her time after attaining great success in bollywood later had personal issues due to which she had to leave the bollywood scene . The last part was really shocking . She died alone in her mumbai apartment  and her body was found after 72 hours and ..... her body lay unclaimed in the hospital for quite sometime .

The last part  i could not digest and still cannot digest .....as a human being and as importantly a movie buff .  She who had entertained a generation onscreen had a pathetic death alone in her apartment and lay unclaimed in a city of 20 million many of whom were her fans .  In that way she was a thousand times unluckier than Jimi Hendrix, Curt Cobain or Jim Morrison .  

                                                           Parveen Babi is no more .. But each time i visit mumbai ----the dreamcity of bollywood ---- i spare a thought to this actress Parveen Babi  ---and in my own way pay homage to her ushering in a new era in hindi cinema .  And on a personal front made a note never to make "fame " as lifes ambition .  

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