Pooja Bedi, best known for playing Devika in the iconic film Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and for her memorable Marilyn Monroe-inspired moment in the song Pehla Nasha, has opened up about her unconventional childhood and her parents, Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi, and their open marriage.
Speaking about her parents’ marriage, Pooja explained that every relationship has its own dynamics and that people enter marriages with different expectations. She said that her parents were happily married in their own way and that a liberal understanding of marriage shaped their relationship.
Pooja also addressed the period when her father, Kabir Bedi, began a steady relationship with actress Parveen Babi. Rather than looking at the situation through conventional ideas of marriage, Pooja said that her upbringing taught her that every individual and every relationship is different. She suggested that when another person enters a couple’s relationship, it can sometimes indicate that there is already a void or something missing within the marriage.
Reflecting on what she expected from a marriage, Pooja said, “Everyone’s life is different. It’s about what you expected from your marriage, and if something didn’t turn out good…” She further expressed the view that if someone else walks into the middle of a couple, “there is a void,” highlighting her perspective on relationships and emotional fulfillment.
Pooja also recalled an unusual family experience connected to Kabir Bedi’s second marriage. She revealed that the honeymoon of her father’s second marriage was celebrated with the family at their home. The anecdote offers a glimpse into just how unconventional and open her family environment was while she was growing up.
The actress has often spoken about being raised in a liberal environment, and her latest conversation with Vickey Lalwani once again sheds light on the values that shaped her perspective on relationships, marriage and family.
Pooja Bedi’s candid revelations about Kabir Bedi and Protima Bedi’s open marriage, as well as her father’s relationship with Parveen Babi, provide a rare insight into the personal side of one of Bollywood’s most unconventional families.
