Biography reveals dream girl's love affairs

Biography reveals dream girl's love affairs

Bollywood -- Hema Malini, the ‘Dream girl’, is known for her grace, charisma and dignity on screen. But there's a lot more to her than meets the eye. While Hema has found domestic bliss albeit in an unconventional set up, she was far from a goody-two-shoes and had her fair share of admirers notably actors Sanjeev Kumar and Jeetendra. While this may be common knowledge in Bollywood circles, Hema for the first time talks openly about them in her recently launched biography.

The most eye-opening revelation is that Hema Malini and Jeetendra were all set to tie the knot, with even their parents agreeing to the match. But Hema backed out of the wedding literally at the altar - and no it wasn't because of Dharmendra, but simply because she got cold feet! A paragraph in the biography reads,

“Jeetendra persisted that they should just travel to Tirupathi and get married. For a brief moment Hema consented, but thensomething held her back.” 

Hema Malini and Jeetendra in a still from the film ‘Dulhan’ as featured in the biolgraphy 

The actress also opens up about actor Sanjeev Kumar who was reportedly driven to liquor because of his unrequited love for Hema Malini. Oddly enough, it was to champion Sanjeev's cause that Jeetendra became friends with Hema in the first place, and then ended up falling in love with her himself – quite a love triangle!

It is said that Sanjeev Kumar could not handle the rejection and took to drinking heavily. His friends blamed Jeetendra for manipulating Hema's affection, but those close to Hema reveal that Jeetendra was completely transparent.

Hema's biographer meanwhile, claims that the book is about a lot more than just Hema's love life.

“The entire media is just concentrating on the men and romance chapter in the questions. She is a complete persona,” insists Hema’s biographer Bhawana Somaaya.

Well, that might be true, but at the end of the day we are pretty sure that the loves of Hema's life are going to be the reason the book flies off the shelves.

Courtesy -- Pratiksha Menon



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