Veteran actor Hema Malini as soon as stated that she had no jealousy or resentment in direction of Dharmendra’s first spouse, Prakash Kaur and her sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. Bollywood’s Dream Girl stated that she trusted and beloved Dharmendra sufficient to tide over any such misgivings or worries. Hema Malini and Dharmendra have been married for forty years. Their marriage had been the topic of a lot dialogue in tabloids on the time and Hema admitted that her dad and mom weren’t fairly happy with the union as Dharmendra was a married man, however she couldn’t think about anybody else. She stated that she and Dharmendra had been collectively for too lengthy, and to contemplate another person at that time, ‘it would have been wrong’.
In a 1999 interview with Simi Garewal, Simi talked about Hema Malini by no means tried ‘competing’ together with his different household for his consideration. Hema answered, “No, not at all. You love a person so much, and you get so much love from that person, so how can you torture that person for such petty things? That’s the reason why I never bothered. I never irritated him or tortured him. I wanted the love to continue. Nothing can come between us. I understand his problem. I adjust everything according to him, for which he loves me more. When I give so much, I get so much.”
Hema Malini and Dharmendra in Seeta Aur Geeta. (Express archive photograph)
When Simi requested whether or not she holds any resentment in direction of the opposite household, Hema answered, “Not at all. That’s why I’m the happiest person today. You love a person so much, what is the point of torturing them?” When Simi requested if they’d mentioned the scenario earlier than marriage, Hema answered that they hadn’t, indicating that she simply accepted the circumstances with out query.
In her biography, Hema Malini: The Dream Girl, authored by Ram Kamal Mukherjee, she opens up about her marriage with Dharmendra and the equation she shares with Prakash Kaur. She additionally revealed that she by no means visited the ‘other’ household as she didn’t need to disturb them. She had met Dharmendra’s first spouse Prakash Kaur on a number of events, most of them social gatherings, however after her marriage, they didn’t see one another. “I didn’t want to disturb anyone. I am happy with whatever Dharamji did for me and my daughters. He played the role of a father, like any father would do. I guess I am happy with that,” Hema Malini stated.
Dharmendra and Hema Malini with daughters Esha and Ahana Deol. (Photo: Express Archives)
“Today I am a working woman and I have been able to maintain my dignity because I have devoted my life to art and culture. I guess, if the situation was even slightly different from this, I wouldn’t be what I am today. Though I have never spoken about Prakash, I respect her a lot. Even my daughters respect Dharamji’s family. The world wants to know about my life in detail, but that is not for others to know. It’s no one’s business,” she added.