New Delhi. People also call Bollywood’s veteran actress Hema Malini by the name of ‘Dream Girl’. Recently he celebrated his 73rd birthday. Hema Malini was born on 16 October 1948 in Amankudi, Tamil Nadu. After making his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Sapno Ka Saudagar’, he never looked back and achieved a big position. Raj Kapoor was in the lead role with her in this film. After this film, Hema Malini was named ‘Dream Girl’. However, some time ago Hema had said that now she is ashamed if someone calls her a dream girl.
In Hema Malini’s biography, ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’, Ram Kamal Mukherjee narrates an incident after which Hema Malini was named Dream Girl. It is told in the book that during the first film she was named Dream Girl.
Actually, in those days Ananthaswamy was making a film with Raj Kapoor. When his eyes fell on Hema Malini, he cast the actress opposite Raj Kapoor. Hema Malini had said about this, ‘They wanted to cast a South Indian girl who dances well and matches the status of Vyjanthimala.’ At that time Hema was only sixteen years old. Being from South India, there were a lot of difficulties in correcting the tone of his Hindi. He was given voice training by Laxmi Sharma, the famous anchor of All India Radio.
When the film’s poster was being designed, Anantaswamy came up with the idea to launch Hema Malini as ‘Raj Kapoor’s dream girl’. In her biography, the actress said, ‘When the film was released, people and media started calling me a dream girl. I saw how this name attracted people. People often ask me, did I do anything special to become a dream girl? But I didn’t really do anything. I got this tag as a surprise. Yes, I did one thing like this… I never did such roles and films which would disappoint my fans and family.
Along with this, Hema Malini also told that now she is ashamed if someone calls her a dream girl. She says, ‘But now if someone calls me a dream girl, I am ashamed. I am no longer a girl.
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