Overview

• Bhatt described Babi’s final mental collapse on The Himanshu Mehta Show as an “unimaginable tragedy.”
• He revealed she was never formally diagnosed yet experienced untreated schizophrenia and intense paranoia.
• The filmmaker recounted efforts by colleagues to persuade her to withdraw from the fiercely competitive film industry.
• Bhatt vividly recalled her telling him “Darr lagta hai” to express her overwhelming fear.
• His testimony offers new insight into Babi’s hidden struggles more than two decades after her 2005 death.