Parveen Bhairon

Parveen Bhairon

You may not be familiar with the name Parveen Bhairon . She is another import from Britain; a British-Indian actress like Katrina Kaif , who is all set to make her debut in Salman Khan's next Veer .

Parveen who belongs to Radford, Coventry, is very much thrilled to land a role, that too in a Bollywood film, which was always a dream for her. It wasn't easy for Parveen, who is fondly called Parveen Babi by many. She came to know about the auditions from a director Arther Chaudary with whom she worked in a low-budget film called 'Mr Sweetheart'. And according to sources, it was painstaking for the actress to go through the audition test which ran for three days where her acting, singing and dancing skills were put to test. Not only that, she had to perform an improvised dance act in front of the auditioning panel. Needless to say, she excelled and landed herself the role.

The lady plays a supporting role in 'Veer', which is said to be an epic love story about an Indian warrior fighting against the British. The film's script has been penned by Salman Khan himself who also plays the lead in the movie while his bro Sohail Khan has a crucial role. The movie also stars former Miss UK Lisa Lazarus . And Jackie Shroff plays the villain.


Parveen will soon come to India to shoot for her remaining portions in 'Veer'. She has already shot in places like Bristol and Bath. And about her co-star Salman Khan, she says, "It's been fantastic so far. I met Salman Khan a few times. He is very focused on his work – it's quite inspiring to see."

Now that she has got her foot in the door to Bollywood, Parveen is eager to launch her acting career in Mumbai.