Was Parveen Babi removed from ‘Silsila’ due to his mental illness? Hanif Zeveri says that he has called it the game of Amitabh Bachchan. Hindi Movie News – The Times of India

Bollywood actress Parveen Babi is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious personalities in showbiz. His death broke fans in 2005. The actress was once considered for the lead role in Amitabh Bachchan’s classic film Silsila, but the producers later decided to remove her, assuming that she had mental health issues.
Podcast Meri Saheli, senior writer and film historian in a recent interview Hanif Zewari On the set of ‘Kalia’ revealed the low-known truth about Parveen’s unusual behavior. He said that Amitabh Bachchan had to contact Yash Chopra to reconsider casting. Parveen In a massive project like Silsila.
According to Zavery, Parveen was excessive for his dress for ‘Silsila’ and insisted on keeping it with him. She took all her costumes to Kashmir to shoot Kashmir and later showed her to her close friend and cinematographer, Praveen Bhatt. When he asked him that he told Parveen to steal him if he left him in Mumbai, without any hesitation to take them all from Mumbai to Kashmir, Parveen.

“Praveen Bhatt felt that she had mental health issues. A situation arose where Praveen Bhatt’s room was a little distance away from Parveen Babi’s room in the hotel. One day, Parveen Babi started crawling towards her room because she felt that if she moves, she would fall. She was definitely upset.

Subsequently, Amitabh Bachchan arrived in Kashmir to shoot Kalia and also saw something unusual in Parveen’s behavior. He immediately called Yash Chopra and urged him to come to Kashmir. On his arrival, Yash noticed that Parveen Babi’s face was swollen and she was no longer compatible with the character for ‘Silsila’.
“Chopra contacted Parveen and told him that there were changes in important scripts, resulting in a very small role for him.”
According to him, the purpose of Big B’s actions was to protect the project on a large scale, after which Rekha was put in the film. The producers believed that including Jaya Bachchan with Rekha, the ongoing love triangle would increase the impact of the film due to speculation. Thus, they proceeded with Amitabh, Rekha and Jaya.