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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Young Hema Malini]] |
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| 4 | Nicknamed the ''Dream Girl'', Hema Malini (born 16 October 1948) was an extremely popular and prolific UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actress, starring in over 150 films between the late sixties and mid-eighties. In her heyday, she was noted for her skills as a classical dancer and her ability to play both comic and dramatic roles. She was considered [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the most beautiful woman in Bollywood]], and one of her [[HopelessSuitor unrequited suitors]] [[Creator/SanjeevKumar died unmarried]], allegedly because he decided that if he could not marry Hema, he would marry no one. |
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| 6 | Her [[{{Polyamory}} bigamous]] marriage to Creator/{{Dharmendra}} was highly controversial. The nearest parallel in Hollywood might be the public reaction to the affair between Creator/ElizabethTaylor and Creator/RichardBurton (both then married to other people) when they were filming ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}''. In Hema's and Dharmendra's case this controversy came from a number of factors: his married status, the numerous other marriage proposals that she had received and turned down, and her reputation in the industry as a very pious, ladylike woman who just didn't do things like that. She and Dharmendra have two daughters together: Creator/EshaDeol and Ahana Deol. She is also on amicable terms with his sons from his first marriage: Creator/SunnyDeol and Creator/BobbyDeol. She is mostly retired from acting, but sometimes produces or directs movies. |
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| 8 | !!Her most famous films include: |
| 9 | * ''Film/SeetaAurGeeta'': where she plays a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dual role |
| 10 | * ''Film/{{Sholay}}'': a very successful "curry western." During the filming, she fell in love with her future husband Creator/{{Dharmendra}} |
| 11 | * ''The Burning Train'': basically ''Film/TheToweringInferno'' [[RecycledInSpace on a train, with musical numbers!]] |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Trishul}}'': A complex saga of family feuds and corporate sabotage. |
| 13 | * ''Film/JohnnyMeraNaam'' |
| 14 | * ''Film/DreamGirl'': where she takes a string of orphan children to [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]. |
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