Golden Era of Bollywood: Remembering HEMA MALINI on her 68th Birthday

Hema Malini was born the 16th of October in 1948 to a Tamil Iyenger family. When she was 15, she was considered for a role in a Tamil film, but was rejected because she was too thin.Earlier in Idhu Sathiyam 1961 a Tamil film she appeared for a small role as a dancer.

She got her first Hindi film offer in 1968 opposite Raj Kapoor in Sapno Ka Saudagar, which she accepted. Since then she has been in numerous movies.
Hema Malini attended the Andhra Mahila Sabha in Chennai where her favourite subject was history.,she studied at DTEA Mandir Marg and in 12th Standard left to begin her acting career.Her 2nd Hindi Film was Waris 1969 with Jeetendra as her Hero.In the next year her 5 films released but she came into prominance only after Johny Mera Naam 1970 released.In most of her films, she starred opposite her husband; Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna and Devanand.

Hema Malini's first film with Dharmendra was Sharafat (1970),later on she performed with Dharmendra in 28 films including Sharafat, Tum Haseen Main Jawan, Naya Zamana, Raja Jani, Seeta Aur Geeta , Patthar Aur Payal, Dost (1974), Sholay (1975), Charas, Jugnu, Azaad (1978) and Dillagi (1978).

She fell in love with the already married Dharmendra when they filmed for Sholay in 1975, and both of them converted to Islam and married in 1980 because Dharmendra's first wife refused to divorce him. She is lovingly known as Dream Girl by fans ever since doing a film by the same name in the mid 70s. Other than acting, she is also a director, producer and a politician.

After her marriage, Malini made films including Kranti, Naseeb (1981), Satte Pe Satta, Rajput, and Ek Nai Paheli (1984). Malini portrayed the role of a classical singer in the film opposite Rajesh Khanna,

She directed the film Dil Aashna Hai with Divya Bharti and Shahrukh Khan in the leading roles. Following this, Malini focused on dancing and television work
After taking a break from films for a number of years, Hema made a comeback with Baghban (2003). for which she earned a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. She also played a substantial supporting role in the 2004 film Veer-Zaara. In 2011, she directed her second feature film Tell Me O Khuda which featured both her husband Dharmendra and her daughter Esha Deol

In 1999, Malini campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Vinod Khanna, a former Bollywood actor, in the Lok Sabha Elections in Gurdaspur, Punjab. In February 2004, Malini officially joined the BJP From 2003 to 2009, she served as an MP to the upper house of the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by the then President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. In March 2010, Malini was made general secretary of the BJP, and in February 2011, she was recommended by Ananth Kumar, the party general secretary. In the 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, Malini defeated the Mathura incumbent, Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) by 3,30,743 votes.She was then elected to the Lok Sabha.

She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Her daughters Esha Deol & Ahana Deol are also trained Odissi dancers. They performed with Malini in a production called Parampara for charitable events. She also performed with her daughters at the Khajuraho Dance Festival. Malini also studied Kuchipudi with Vempati Chinna Satyam and Mohiniattam with Kalamandalam Guru Gopalakrishnan. She has played a number of dance roles including Narasimha and Rama in Tulasidas's Ramcharitmanas.In 2007, she performed in Mysuru on the eve of Dussera, where she played the roles of Sati, Parvati and Durga. Malini owns the Natya Vihar Kalakendra dance school.

She won Best Actress Award for Filmfare in 1973 for Sita Aur Geeta. and nominated for 10 times Last she was nomited for Baghban in 2003.
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