00:00Two marriages, two women, and one man, Dharmendra.
00:10Before he became a superstar, Dharmendra married Prakash Kaur in 1954 when he was just 19.
00:15They had four children together, including Sunny and Bobby Dior.
00:18It was the early 1970s when Hema and Dharmendra met on the sets of Tum Haseem Mejava.
00:30Something very different and very soft-hearted person, the way he spoke, that really impressed me.
00:38Their chemistry was instant, but Dharmendra was already married.
00:41Hema Malini, Bollywood's dream girl, was wanted by many actors in the industry.
00:46At one point, her mother even convinced her to marry actor Jitendra because Dharmendra was already married.
00:51At time comes, then I said, you have to marry me, so we cannot go on like this.
00:55You better marry me now.
00:56I don't expect anything else from him, just his love, that's all.
01:00And he's always given you that?
01:01He's always there for me, so what else I need?
01:04I don't want his property, his money.
01:06In 1980, Dharmendra married Hema Malini and did not divorce his first wife.
01:11There were rumors about the two stars converting to Islam, changing their names to Dilawar and Ayesha B.
01:16and performing a nikah in 1979.
01:18Years later, Congress leaders submitted in court a nikah nama certifying BJP's Bikaner candidate Dharmendra's illegal marriage to actress Hema Malini.
01:26Dil ka bojh na banjai unpe bojh.
01:29Halka karne se darta hoon.
01:31However, in an interview with the Indian Express in 2024, Dharmendra firmly denied the speculation, saying,
01:36I never change my religion.
01:37During the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Dharmendra's affidavit listed only Prakash Kaur as his wife.
01:43That revelation hurt Hema.
01:45Headlines at the time said she was stung by the controversy and as a result, she refused to campaign for Dharmendra.
01:51Even Prakash Kaur once defended him in a 1981 Stardust interview, saying,
01:55Any man would choose Hema over me.
01:57He may not be the best husband, but he's definitely the best father.
02:00Is it one big happy family?
02:02You know, we are very private as a family.
02:05Very, very private.
02:06I love my brothers.
02:07They're always there for me.
02:09And my father has always been there.
02:11Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur celebrated the 71st anniversary in June 2025,
02:16a moment Bobby Deol shared online.
02:17In her biography, Hema Malini, Beyond the Dream Girl, Hema wrote that she met Prakash only briefly before the marriage
02:23and never after, despite living close to Dharmendra's Juhu Bangalow.
02:27What I admire about my dad is, it's because he's such a large-hearted person.
02:33He has been able to balance out both the sides beautifully.
02:37Over the next four decades, she and Dharmendra quietly built a life together,
02:41raising their daughters Isha and Ahana.
02:43Even today, seeing them, it's like pure true love.
02:46Perhaps that's what makes this story so unique.
02:49Not a fairy tale, but a story of choices, imperfections and love that refused to fade.
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