Pooja Bedi says mom Protima's body was never found after 1998 Mansarovar landslide: ‘She died the way she wanted’

In a recent interview, Pooja Bedi remembered her mother, classical dancer Protima Bedi, who died in 1998. Here's what she said.

Actor Pooja Bedi’s mother, model-classical dancer Protima Gauri née Bedi, died during a landslide in 1998 during a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar. In an interview with Subhash K Jha for SCREEN, Pooja revealed that her mother’s body was never found after the tragedy. Here’s what she said.

Pooja Bedi on mother Protima’s death

Pooja Bedi remembered her mom Protima a few days after her death anniversary in an interview.

Pooja said in the interview that she regrets her mom, Protima, dying before she could turn 50, but claimed that she had died the way she wanted. She said, “There are so many regrets about her leaving the planet before she even turned 50. There is so much that I wish I had done with her. But she was a woman who lived life on her terms. She lived the way she wanted, and she literally died the way she wanted.”

Explaining further, she revealed that Protima’s body was never found, “She always said she wanted to die out in nature and, you know, be one with nature. At the end of this beautiful, glorious life, she didn’t want to be pushed into some crematorium with a mock ceremony of her ashes being put in the Ganga. She wanted to die out in nature; that was going to be a grand finale. And that’s exactly the way it panned out. Her body was never found. You know, it was one with the universe, one with the earth.”

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