Long before Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini were to play Bajirao Mastani, Here’s what happened – Exclusive | Hindi Movie News

Hema Maliniturned a yr older and her family and friends ringed-in the festivities in an unforgettable celebration. For the followers, seeing so many stars ascend beneath one roof for Hema Malini’s birthday was an immediate journey down reminiscence lane. That prompted ETimes to strike up a dialog with movie skilled and analyst Dilip Thakur, who recalled some implausible trivia from Hema Malini’s early years.
With out a lot ado, lets dive straight into the recollections as advised by Thakur himself. Learn on…

‘Hema Malini may have been Chandramukhi and Mastani’

Hema Malini acted in three Gulzar movies – Kinara, Khushboo and Meera. And she or he was going to play Chandramukhi in Devdas. The mahurat was held at Mohan Studio. Dharmendra was to play Devdas and Sharmila Tagore was to play Paro. However the movie acquired shelved after the primary schedule. The movie was marketed in newspapers nevertheless it by no means acquired made.

One other movie of hers that acquired shelved was Bajirao Mastani, which Manmohan Desai was going to make with Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini. There was a double-page advert within the commerce paper. They hadn’t revealed who was going to play Kashibai. It could have been attention-grabbing to see how Manmohan Desai would have made Bajirao Mastani. I feel Hema Malini would have been an ideal match for the function of Mastani, her character and skill to bop. She may have performed Chandramukhi effectively too.

‘Preventing off social stigma to concentrate on her profession’

When Hema Malini married Dharmendra, the social mentality was not accepting in direction of the second girl. Plus, Hema Malini was the primary heroine. Dharmendra was a high actor however she handled it. She has mentioned in her interviews again then that her mom and Indira Devi have been her Gurus. She must be given the credit score for the best way she dealt with the state of affairs, emotionally and mentally. She survived with out her picture and place getting maligned. In a while, Dharmendra and Hema Malini has two pretty daughters.

‘She was all the time protecting concerning the Deol household’

Sunny Deol entered into politics due to Hema Malini and have become an MP in Gurdaspur.
When Hema Malini was requested concerning the kissing scene between Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, she mentioned that she hadn’t watched the movie but.
When she was questioned why she didn’t come for the marriage of Sunny Deol’s son, she didn’t say something and didn’t permit any controversy to come up. Each the households have accepted one another however they’re not a part of one another’s private affairs.
When Gadar: Ek Prem Katha was launched, Chandan Talkies in Juhu was once our barometer. Hema Malini and Esha Deol went to look at the movie on the primary day, final present. That information was in every single place. Each of them additionally got here for the personal screening of Gadar 2.
Hema Malini and Dharmendra acquired married in 1980 and the households’ equation got here to an equal degree after a very long time. It was an enormous threat to get married that method.

‘The Sanjeev Kumar episode and a fortunate begin’

Sanjeev Kumar’s affection for Hema Malini was well-known. When she signed Sholay, she agreed on the premise of not having to do any scenes with Sanjeev Kumar. Their movie collectively known as Dhoop Chhaav acquired caught.
Hema Malini is a family-oriented, conventional, cultural, emotional individual. Her profession took with Johny Mera Naam. Had she not acquired that movie, she would have gotten sidelined. It was an enormous factor to be a heroine in a Vijay Anand movie.