Anecdotes

She was suffering from schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder.

She suffered from diabetes from an early age and when found dead in her home, one of her feet was gangrenous. It is suspected she may have simply died from diabetic complications.

In 1984, Praveen Babi wrote an autobiography and left the manuscript with U.G.Krishnamurthy. The book was never published.

She went to school with actress Bindiya Goswami's older sister Pearl, so she knew Bindiya as a little girl. Parveen and Bindiya later acted together in the big-budget film Shaan (1980), but the shooting was delayed, because of Parveen's absence. As Bindiya later explained it, "We were told she was suffering from jaundice (Parveen's mental illness reportedly began at this time) and not what had actually happened to her. For two months the set where Jeete hain shaan se was to be shot stood idle. Eventually, Parveen returned and shot it quickly. She had put on some weight but looked lovely! From no angle could one say she was unwell". She had warm memories of Parveen, with whom she worked again in Khud-Daar (1982). She said, "Parveen was my sister Pearl's friend. She treated me like a kid sister, a bachcha. Pearl didi (who worked as a air hostess) would bring make-up from abroad - Mary Quant, Rimmel products. Parveen picked up what she liked from them. We shared make-up on the set too. We shared a comfort level.".

Parveen Babi was 2nd highest paid Hindi actress along-with Reena Roy from 1976-80 and 3rd highest paid Hindi actress along-with Jaya Prada from 1981-83.

Was involved to a man named Abdul Ella in 1983. She met him thru her spiritual guru U.G. Krishnamurthy. Abdul was from Dubai. She met him at a party hosted by Cookie Bhatia. He was a rich business man who ran department stores in the Gulf countries. Abdul was smitten by her , but at the time Praveen Babi was involved with a jockey sized man named Guy Davies. Abdul worked for multi millionaire Galadhari family of Dubai. Abdul Ella was married to a lady named Shamsha. Shamsha sister Khaitja is married to one of the Galadhari brothers. Abdul Ella was constantly visiting Bomaby to meet Praveen Babi. Abdul was very friendly with Feroz and Sanjay Khan.

Was involved with Siddharth Bhattacharjee in Ahmedabad. This was prior to her joining films.

Parveen Babi was the first ever Indian actor to grace the cover of the TIME magazine back in 1976. This would be followed by Aishwarya Rai in 2003 and Shah Rukh Khan in 2004.

Neice Verona Babi starred in the movie Adarsh Nagar - An Ideal World. Co starring Viresh Pal Singh, Shabana Sultan. This was in 2007. As of January 2015, the film is still unreleased.

Cousin Ashfaque Babi has two daughters, Verona Babi and Anisa Babi that acted in the film " Manthan- Ek Kashmakash".

A film titled Parveen Bobby (2007) was based on her life.

Niece is actress Anisha Babi (Sister of actress Verona Babi).

Starred in the shelved film "Kaasai" (1984). Starring Mahesh Anand, Parveen Babi,Tina Munium,Sarika, Produced by Rajeev Chowdhury .