Dharmendra and Hema Malini were the Bollywood IT couple of their day. Although it was an unusual marriage, they lived a happy life. Although he knows that Dharmendra is married to the girl of Bollywood’s dreams, his love thwarts her parents who want her to marry Jeetendra. Yes, their marriage was not approved by the family and that’s when the drunken Dharmendra took action. Dharmendra and Hema Malini’s wedding was filmed. When Dharmendra fell in love with Hema Malini when he moved to Mumbai and got married to Prakash Kaur. According to her autobiography Hema Malini: Beyond The Dream Girl, her mother Jaya Chakravathy convinced her to marry Jeetendra, who was also a superstar at the time. Hema and Jeenendra’s family even went to Chennai for a secret wedding. When Dharam paaji learned of this, he went to Chennai with his girlfriend and now Jeetendra’s wife, Shobha Kapoor.
After being repeatedly asked to leave Dharmendra, who was drunk at that particular time, he refused to leave. Finally, he was allowed to talk to Hema alone. The book reads: “Inside the room, the two experience a catastrophic emotional disturbance. Dharmendra, distraught and on the verge of collapse, repeatedly begged Hema not to make such a “big mistake”. On the other hand, on the outside, it was Shobha’s turn to rage as Jeetendra casually told her about his decision to marry Hema.
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