3. DHARMENDRA & HEMA MALINI
She is the “Dream Girl” and he is the “He-man” of Bollywood. She ruled a million hearts with her charm and screen presence and he found pleasure in beating the goons on screen. So, when these gorgeous looking stars met sparks flew and they fell for each other.Dharmendra and Hema Malini are together for many decades but it was not a rosy ride for the couple.
Dharmendra and Hema started dating in 1970 when they were shooting together for ‘Tum Haseen Main Jawan’. Dharmendra was married to Prakash Kaur already at that time and was having two sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. After meeting Hema, he got so enthralled by her charm and beauty that he could not stop himself and without caring much about the world he started wooing Hema to get into a relationship.
Hema was an established and the most sought-after actresses of that time and she had already rejected marriage proposals from actors like Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar. Even though these actors were successful they failed to impress Hema as they didn’t have the qualities she wanted to be in her dream man. But with Dharmendra, it was different altogether.
Initially, Hema had a few reservations and did not show much interest in Dharmendra as he was already married and she was not keen to get involved with a married man having two kids. But love was bound to happen and it finally happened and they married each other in 1980. Before getting married they both converted to Islam since Dharmendra’s first wife Prakash Kaur was not willing to get divorced.
Dharmendra has two daughters, Esha and Ahaana Deol from his second marriage.