| Kabir Bedi is one of the most famous international actors from India. His career has taken him across the globe to portray many different roles. In the James Bond film, ‘Octopussy’ he played Gobinda, the villain who battled Roger Moore from start to finish.. Over a billion people saw Kabir, for over a year, as Prince Omar in ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ one of the world’s most-watched television programmes, in 149 countries.
Kabir is currently starring in the West End musical adaptation of M.M. Kaye’s ‘The Far Pavilions,’ directed by Gale Edwards, at The Shaftesbury Theatre in London. His earlier stage performances include the title role of the mad king in Girish Karnad’s historical Indian ‘Tughlaq,’ a self-destructive bankrupt in Vijay Tendulkar’s ‘The Vultures,’ and an acclaimed portrayal as Shakespeare’s ‘Othello,’ directed by Alyque Padamsee.
Kabir also stars in this summer’s epic Bollywood film, Akbar Khan’s ‘The Taj Mahal,’ as the embattled Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the world’s greatest monument to love. Over the last three decades Kabir has acted in over 60 Bollywood films: from Raj Khosla’s super hit ‘Kachche Dhaage’ to acclaimed roles in Rakesh Roshan’s ‘Khoon Bari Maang’ and Feroz Khan’s ‘Yalgar.’ He played pivotal roles in last year’s Shah Rukh Khan blockbuster ‘Main Hoon Na’ and Dharmesh Darshan’s current hit ‘Bewafa.’
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