When Hema Malini injured Kranti co-star Parveen Babi, says ‘she was a delicate girl’: ‘Everyone said khoon baha hai, film hit hogi’

Hema Malini further added that while it wasn’t a real sword, Parveen Babi was rather a fragile girl. “It was just a sharp edge. She is a very delicate girl. Usko laga toh main pareshaan hogayi, sab mujhe sambhaalne lage (I got so worried that everyone started paying attention to me). That’s why Parveen and me became very good friends,” she said.

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The veteran actor also revealed that after the incident, everyone on the sets assumed that Kranti would be a hit at the box office. “Khoon baha, khoon behgaya toh picture hit hai, aisa bolte the vahan (there was a superstition that if someone bleeds, the film would be a hit). I didn’t do it purposely, it just happened! These were all small incidents that I remember now. Nearly 200 films I have acted, each film has had such beautiful songs, if you talk to me, there are so many stories to tell,” she concluded.

For the unknown, their film Kranti was a huge hit and also emerged as the biggest hit of the year and that decade.