D O B September 16,1948
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Ammngudi, Tamilnadu
Known For Actor, Singer, Director, Producer
Married N/A

Biography Hema Malini born October is an Indian actress director and producer as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar she went on to appear in numerous successful Bollywood films most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra She was initially promoted as Dream Girl and in starred in a film of the same name During this period she established herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses noted for both her comic and dramatic roles and her accomplished classical dancing Malini is one of the most successful female filmstars in the history of Indian cinema Appearing in over films in a career span of years she has starred in a large number of hit films and her performances in both commercial and arthouse cinema were often recognised She is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by the party in Rajya Sabha the upper House of parliament during - She now spends most of her time involved in charitable and social ventures though she still makes occasional appearances in films Hema Malini Chakravarty was born in Ammangudi Tamil Nadu India to V S R Chakravarty and Jaya Chakravarthy Her mother More was a film producer Hema Malini was educated at Chennai She acted in a short episode as dancer in Pandava Vanavasam a Telugu film Hema first tried to enter films in but was rejected Tamil director Sridhar said she had no star appeal She persisted and found her niche in Bollywood She debuted in a film Sapnon Ka Saudagar The Dreamseller playing a young teen opposite t he ageing superstar Raj Kapoor With Dev Anand in Johnny Mera Naam Hema became a top star She worked with him again in other films as well with the latest being Aman Ke Farishtey Hema double-roled with Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar in s Seeta Aur Geeta as the top female star in Bollywood She became one of the reigning divas of the Bollywood film industry and her fans called her The Dream Girl of Bollywood an allusion to the movie of the same name where she starred opposite Dharamendra Hema starred in many movies throughout the s and s and is perhaps best remembered for her glamour style and accomplished classical dancing She formed a hit pair with Dharmendra and the duo performed a number of hit movies like Sholay Charas Aas Paas Jugnu Seeta Aur Geeta The Burning Train She also achieved some strong dramatic or comic moments in films like Trishul Joshila Lal Patthar Meera Khushboo and Kinara After taking a long break from films for a number of years in the s and early s Hema has recently made a comeback of sorts She co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in the successful film Baghban and played a cameo role also opposite Bachchan in the blockbuster Veer-Zaara In both films she played a self-possessed old married woman rather than the ingenuinee roles of her earlier career She tried her hand at directing and made the film Dil Aashna Hai which featured an all-star cast including Shahrukh Khan and the late Divya Bharti She also directed and starred in the TV serial Noopur in which she was depicted as a Bharatanatyam dancer going to America She is a dedicated Bharatanatyam artiste a classical dance of India Her two daughters have trained in the same dance form and the three have performed together at several charity dance concerts Top Bollywood stars like Sanjeev Kumar and Jeetendra proposed to her but she married Dharmendra on May Dharmendra who was already married to Prakash Kaur and had two sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol could not marry Hema as Prakash refused to divorce him According to the Hindu Marriage Act a Hindu cannot marry a second time while the first wife is still alive But since India doesn't have a common civil code and has different marriage rules for different religions they were able to exploit that loophole in the law Both of them converted to Islam - and married under that civil code rather than waiting for Dharmendra's divorce to come through Dharmendra belongs to a Punjabi Jatt family Three years after their marriage Hema subsequently gave birth to two daughters Esha Deol born and Ahana Deol Her daughter Esha is an accomplished classical dancer In on the TV show Koffee with Karan she said that she taught her daughters Tamil language very well but had to hire a tutor to help her daughter Esha Deol learn Punjabi for a film Apparently Esha's father Dharmendra whose mother tongue is Punjabi converses with Hema and his daughters only in Hindi and English Hema Malini and her husband have been involved in politics as members of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP She was elected to the Rajya Sabha the upper house of the Parliament of India with the support of the BJP In February she joined the party officially With her film career less hectic she has been an active member of the party attending party meetings and rallies and campaigning for the party through various elections In March she was made a general secretary of the BJP thereby giving her an important post in steering the party in the future