Entertainment News Desk – Bollywood’s ‘He-Man’ Dharmendra is celebrating his birthday today and on this special occasion, let us know about the beautiful love story of him and ‘Dream Girl’ Hema Malini. Everyone knows about their relationship, but not everyone knows how they reached there. During the shooting of ‘Tum Haseen Main Jawan’, love blossomed between Dharmendra and Hema Malini and while playing the role of a reel couple, they gradually turned into a real couple. Dharmendra went against everyone and married Hema Malini for the second time and because of this he made a big change in his life. In such a situation, let us know his story.
Dharmendra started loving Hema despite being married
Dharmendra was already married and his children also know that Hema loves him. Dharmendra also wanted to make Hema his own. But he did not want to divorce Prakash Kaur. Actually, under the Hindu Marriage Act, a Hindu man was not allowed to have two wives. Dharmendra reportedly did not want to divorce his first wife but could not stay away from Hema either. On the other hand, Hema Malini was also rejecting marriage proposals from people like Sanjeev Kapoor and Jeetendra to be with Dharmendra.
Know what was the Muslim name
Then both of them adopted the same path, they changed their religion and adopted Muslim religion. In keeping with Muslim personal law, which allows a Muslim man to have four wives. Dharmendra converted to Islam and changed his name to Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishna, while Hema changed her name to Ayesha BR Chakraborty.
Married in the name of Dilawar and Ayesha
Eventually, in 1980, the couple got married under the name of Dilawar and Ayesha. Three years later, the couple started their family with Esha Deol and then Ahana Deol. Dharmendra and Hema Malini never discussed their religious conversion in the media nor spoke openly about it. In an interview given to Outlook in 2004, he denied the allegations of religious conversion, saying, ‘This allegation is completely false, I am not a man who changes his religion for his own interests.’