Hema Malini Old Photos: See Why Men Were Obsessed Over Actress When She Was Young

Veteran actress and politician Hema Malini debuted in the industry with Idhu Sathiyam and has risen as one of the most adored Bollywood icons. She strikes the deal with her extraordinary talent and eye-opening beauty, which makes her a goddess of the town since then until now. On her 72nd birthday today, take a look at Hema Malini old photos to see how much of a beauty she was in her young days along with the interesting facts about her.

1.   Hema Malini debuted in the 1963 Tamil movie Ithu Sathiyam and quickly became the Dream Girl of Bollywood. She shot to fame with films like Satte Pe Satta, Andaz, Sholay, Razia Sultan, Paap Ka Ant, Sitapur Ki Geeta. In most of her films, she mainly starred alongside her husband Dharmendra, Dev Anand, or Rajesh Khanna.

2.   Hema Malini is also known for her dancing prowess. She also trains Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancing and has Natya Vihar Kalakendra dance school under her wing.

3.   Malini is the wife of actor Dharmendra Deol who she co-starred in many of her films. Their first mutual project is Sharafat (1970). They became life partners in 1979.

However, when they first met, Deol had already been married to whom he was a parent to Bobby, Sunny, Ajeeta, and Vijeeta Deol. Look at Hema Malini and you will understand how the actress could make Dhamendra fall head over heels. Both of them changed to Islam as Dharmendra's first wife did not want to get a divorce.

Although Hema Malini’s parents were opposed to the marriage, the stars’ story was one of the biggest talks of the town.

Malini and Deol have two daughters, Ahana and Esha.

4. Hema Malini has been in more than 150 movies and she is the most famous for her roles as Parvati, Sati, and Durga.

5. Hema Malini has bagged numerous accolades including Filmfare Awards for Best Actress nominations, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (2000), the prestigious civilian honor Padma Shri, the Sopori Academy of Music and Performing Arts award among others.

6.  The actress is famous for her social supports, including being the support of PETA India. Hema Malini has written plenty of letters urging for the end of bullfighting and horse carriages.

7. She had a car accident in 2015 and got her nose fractured. The accident's media coverage created waves as they showed the actress's injured face and her family was not pleased about this. The crash led to the demise of a four-year-old girl and Hema Malini made waves herself as she blamed the father of the girl for the accident and his daughter's demise.

8. She has a lot of great songs to her credit. Her best songs are Humko Bhi Gham Ne Mara, Ho Jata Hai Pyar, Zara Jaldi Jaldi Mila Karo, Meri Dilruba Mere Paas Aa, Tum Jo Chale Gaye To Hogi Badi Kharabi, Bol Meri Gudiya, Kukdu Ku Bada Pyara Lage Tu, Soni Aur Moni Ki Hai Jodi Ajeeb, Baith Ja Khadi Ho Ja, and Sheher Mein Charcha Hai.

9.  She was the highest-earning actress in the time of 1971 to 1975 and the second-highest-paid starlet in 1976-1980 and 1982-1985 besides Zeenat Aman.

10. She is a part of parliament for Marutha. She started her political career in 1999 by supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Hema Malini was nominated to be part of Rajya Sabha by APJ Abdul Kalam, then President in 2003. She was officially in BJP in 2004 and got to be the General Secretary in 2010. And then in 2014, she was the MP in the General Elections after bagging the Mathura Lok Sabha seat.

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