Actor Kabir Bedi on Wednesday took to Instagram to advertise his autobiography Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor with actor and granddaughter Alaya F. During the dwell session, the veteran actor spoke on a variety of matters from his mother and father’ wedding ceremony, his son’s suicide to his Hollywood profession, which he addressed within the ebook.
Bedi opened up about how her “arrogance” blinded her as she started her profession in Hollywood. “After joining Bollywood and having some success and then becoming a big star in Italy, I thought it would be very easy to be in Hollywood. I was cocky enough to think that I would wind up through Hollywood. What I got from Hollywood was lovely. I got the Bond film (Octopus in 1983), Bold and Beautiful… but what I didn’t know was that at that time, people were not writing roles for Indians, so it was also very difficult to get roles because there was no role for you. is being written for. So, I think that bit took away my ego, whatever I had,” stated the actor.
Talking concerning the chapter which he discovered most tough to jot down, Kabir Bedi stated that it was not straightforward to recollect the suicide of his son Siddharth.
Bedi stated, “The hardest was the one where I talk about Siddharth’s suicide and how a father prevents suicide. It is a deeply human problem and it is your son you are talking about and I What a phase I am going through. I detailed everything that happened in detail and honestly. He was such an extraordinary boy who was on the verge of greatest success. He could have had anything and everything. And when a young man It’s a big tragedy when it happens to you and when it happens to your son.”
The actor stated it was essential for him to deal with Sidharth’s demise as he additionally wished to speak about psychological well being and that aside from sufferers, caregivers deserve consideration.
“I managed to spend more time on Siddharth because that chapter demanded that I do so. Pooja (Alaya’s mother) always had boundless energy about her and Siddhartha was constantly introspective, curious about life, like me from within. So, losing her was a huge blow and I must say that I am blessed that I still have Pooja. But with that chapter with Siddharth, I wanted to address the issue of mental health and how victims deserve sympathy, but equally caregivers, who sacrifice so much for them,” Bedi stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
