The fact that Danny Denzongpa and late actress Parveen Babi were in a relationship for about four years during the 70's is not hidden from anyone. The duo was living together which was quite big in those days.
In his recent interview with Filmfare, Danny opened up about his memories of Parveen Babi, the woman he once loved and how she cut off all ties with him. Danny fondly remembers that they had a wonderful time together but later they grew apart and parted on a good note. He further revealed that they remained friends after that.
Parveen later on dated Kabir Bedi for some time and then Mahesh Bhatt. She lived in the same Juhu colony as Danny. The actor revealed that she would invite him over for dinner quite a lot of times but he had a new girlfriend in his life then. He recalls, "I would pick up Kim from the sets after pack up and reach home only to find Parveen in my bedroom watching a movie on the VCR. I asked Parveen not to do it. But she’d say, ‘We don’t have anything between us, we are friends’," reports Filmfare. It was then that Danny spoke to Mahesh to make Parveen see some sense adding that if your ex keeps walking into the house anytime, it won't be acceptable to any girl.
Danny further talked about the first time when he noticed something not normal about Babi. It was when he had gone for dinner at her place and began blowing a silver conch, she got frightened. That was when Mahesh told him that she's turning into a recluse and gets frightened easily.
Talking about why Parveen cut off all ties with him, he was quoted as saying, "One day she happened to read an interview where Amitji (Bachchan) had mentioned that I was a good friend of his. That was it. When I went to meet her the next time, she looked at me through the keyhole and refused to let me in calling me ‘his agent’ (Parveen was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and had developed irrational fears vis-à-vis several celebrities including Bachchan). She was frightened of me too.” Years later, Danny did attend her funeral. “For someone who had so many filmmakers queuing up for her, there were none that day. Just a handful of us, including Kabir, Mahesh, Johnny Bakshi, Ranjeet and producer Harish Shah (Kala Sona)."
