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Hema Malini - Chief Patron Pune Festival 2006
Hema Malini (born October 16, 1948 in Ammankudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the super-hit, Sholay. In 2000, she was awarded the Padma Shri. Hema Malini is a dedicated practitioner of Bharatnatyam, South Indian classical dance. Her two daughters have trained in the related Odissi school of dance, and the three have performed together at several charity dance concerts.She married Dharmendra and they have two children: Esha Deol (born 1982), who is also an actress, and Ahana Deol. Click on full Story >>
Educated at Andhra Mahila Sabha, Chennai, Hema first tried to enter films in 1964, but was rejected; Tamil director Sridhar said she had no star appeal. She persisted and found her niche in Bollywood. She debuted in a 1968 film Sapnon ka Saudagar ("The Dreamseller), playing a young teen opposite the ageing superstar Raj Kapoor.
Her career took off, and she became one of the reigning divas of the Bollywood film industry. Her fans called her The Dream Girl of Bollywood (an allusion to her first film) and she subsequently starred with Dharmendra in a film titled "Dream Girl" She starred in many movies and is perhaps best remembered for her glamour, style, and accomplished classical dancing. She formed a hit pair with Dharmendra and the duo gave a number of hit movies. She also achieved some strong dramatic or comic moments in films like Lal Patthar, Seeta Aur Geeta, Sholay, Meera and Satte Pe Satta.
After retiring from films for a number of years, she 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 2004 blockbuster Veer-Zaara. In both films, she played a beautiful , self-possessed, middle-aged married woman rather than the ingenue role of her earlier career.
She tried her hand at directing and made the 1992 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.
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