New Delhi. The relationship between Bollywood’s hero Dharmendra and Hema Malini is well known. Dharmendra, despite being married to his first wife Prakash Kaur, had fallen in love with dreamgirl Hema Malini and going against the society and family, he made the actress his life partner, but if you tell us that before Hema Malini, there was another actress in Dharmendra’s life. , then maybe you don’t believe it. Before falling in love with Hema Malini, Dharmendra was in awe of the beauty of tragedy queen Meena Kumari.
In the past, a lot was said and written about the relationship between Meena Kumari and Dharmendra. It was claimed in many media reports that Dharmendra and Meena Kumari were very close to each other, however, the actor never accepted these things, he had always called himself a fan of Meena Kumari. Dharmendra had said in one of his interviews that Meena Kumari was a star and he was just her fan and if you call the relationship between a star and a fan love, then yes it was love.
had to lose the film
Dharmendra had to suffer a lot of loss due to his name being associated with tragedy queen Meena Kumari. The film ‘Pakeezah’ was released in the year 1972. Meena Kumari and Rajkumar played lead roles in this film. Made under the direction of Kamal Amrohi, this film took 12 years to complete and as soon as it was released, the film was a hit on the screen. The makers first wanted to cast Dharmendra in the role of Rajkumar in the film, but due to his closeness with Meena Kumari, the actor had to lose the film.
Kamal Amrohi ousted Dharmendra from the film
Many years later, while talking about not being cast in ‘Pakeezah’, Dharmendra had said that people were jealous of him. However, in those days the actor’s name was being associated with Meena Kumari due to which Kamal Amrohi replaced him.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 8, 2024, 16:31 IST