For this actor, as Shakespeare once said, “all the world’s a stage”. Kabir Bedi’s career spans across Bollywood, Europe and Hollywood. He is best known for his European series Sandokan, the American television series The Bold and the Beautiful, the James Bond film Octopussy, and his Bollywood blockbuster Khoon Bhari Maang. In the theatre, he has played Othello, Tughlaq, Abraham and Shah Jahan.
For his lifetime achievements, he was bestowed Italy’s highest civilian honour “Cavaliere”, a Knighthood. He is also a voting member of the Academy that Awards the Oscars.
Recently, he published his best-selling memoir “Stories I Must Tell; The Emotiona Life of an Actor” to great critical acclaim. The adventurous journey of a middleclass boy from Delhi who became an international star. He also talks of his relationships, as well-known as his work in films. A radio broadcaster, advertising film-maker, voice-over specialist, event presenter, motivational speaker, international actor, and now author.
“I was writing a book where I came to know many things. Vir Savarkar never initiated the two-nation theory. Subhash Chandra Bose couldn't convince Jinnah. We students were never told about this. Jinnah proposes two-nation theory deliberated. There was bloodshed; that's why the two-nation theory was promoted. Hindus were never responsible for partition a rather, in the Pakistani textbook too it is no mention anywhere that Hindus wanted it. Many of those who went to Pakistan initially came back after bloodshed. We were never told the true history. Why was Pakistan there? If you study Macauley, you will find that Britishers' strategy to divide this country. "Muslims and Hindus are two-nation" was the word of Jinnah. And they cannot go together. That's where Vir Savarkar hesitantly said that we should go with two-nation theory. When we start to say, Om, people say us Ponga Pandit. We are forgoing our culture, and it could create security issues. Fifty-three terrorist organizations working in this country how can be we safe? Psychological warfares are being fought in our minds and bedrooms; you need to beware of them.”