"I'm a lot ...", when Hema Malini says these words to Sautan, distance from Dharmendra's first family

New -delhi. The news of love affairs in the stars is not new. Many stories from ancient times were heard and many stars also talked openly about their love. There was a stir in the film industry at a time when veteran actor Dharmendra decided to marry Bollywood’s ‘Dream Girl’ Hema Malini. The shocking thing was that Dharmendra has already become a father of four children and is married. Her second marriage to Hema made headlines throughout the country without separating. This love affair looked like a fairy tale from the outside, but it was very complicated from the inside. In this marriage without divorce, along with both women, Dharmendra also had to wear a lot. Both women of Dharmendra have not talked to each other so far. Hema Malini reveals in her biography ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’ written by Ram Kamal Mukherjee that she met Prakash Kaur in some social ceremonies before marriage. But he never met him after marriage. Hema lives some distance from Dharmendra’s Bungalow in Juhu, but never went there. “I wanted to bother someone” writes Hema in her book, “I didn’t want to bother anyone. I am happy with what Dharam Ji did for me and my daughters. He played the role of a father like any father. I think I’m satisfied with this. “Sometimes circumstances are such that Hema said in an interview to Lehran: ‘I don’t feel bad about it, or I’m not sad about it. I am happy with myself that I have two children and I brought them very well. Of course, he (Dharmendra) was always together. No man and woman like to stay separate, but sometimes circumstances are such that someone has to accept. There were many stars behind Hema Malini, but she was Dharmendra for whom she loved. The superstars were already married when the love began. Prakash Kaur is the first woman of Dharmendra. Hema’s honor for Prakash Kaur and her family, Hema, expressed in her biography the honor of Prakash Kaur and Dharmendra’s first family. He wrote: ‘Today I am a working woman and maintained my dignity because I devoted my life to art and culture. If the situation was slightly different, I wouldn’t have been it today. However, I never talked about Prakash, but I respect him a lot. My daughters also respect Dharam Ji’s family. The world wants to know every detail of my life, but it is not a matter of others. It’s not someone’s business. Why did Prakash Kaur Dharmendra’s second marriage support? Dharmendra had to face a lot of criticism of the second marriage. When the world talked about Dharmendra, Prakash Kaur publicly defended her husband. In an interview to Stardust magazine in 1981, he said: ‘Why just my husband? Any man would leave me and choose hema. It does half the industry, how the courage to call someone a woman as a woman? She is not the best man, although she is very good with me, but she is definitely the best father. Their children love him very much. They never ignore them. Hema Malini and Dharmendra have a gap of 13 years. Prakash also expressed his opinion on Hema Malini when Prakash told this thing to Sautan Hema. In a conversation with Stardust, she further said: ‘I can understand what Hema is facing. They must also face the world, family members and friends. But if I was in place of Hema, I wouldn’t do what she did. As a woman, I can understand her feelings. But as a woman and mother, I do not accept them. This interview is from the time when the controversy over Dharmendra’s second marriage was at its peak. How is Dharmendra and Hema married? According to reports, Prakash Kaur refused to divorce. The Hindu law may not have a secondary, so rumors broke out that both of them accepted Islam, where a second marriage is allowed. However, Dharmendra denied these rumors in an interview with the Indian Express in 2024. He said he never changed religion. Tags: Dharmendra, Entertainment Special, Hema Malini first published: September 2, 2025, 08:30 IST