Hema Malini Birthday special: When a 'nervous' Shah Rukh Khan met the 'Dream Girl' for the first time – IndiaTimes

The Dream Lady of Bollywood, Hema Malini turns 75 at present. Not many know that certainly one of Shah Rukh Khan’s earliest films, Dil Aashna Hai, was directed by Hema Malini. Nevertheless, since SRK was so uncooked at the moment, he was presumably fairly nervous on the prospect of assembly the veteran actress.
The identical has additionally been talked about in Hema Malini’s biography, known as Hema Malini: Past the Dream Lady.The guide, penned by Ram Kamal Mukherjee quoted, “Hema remembers how nervous Shah Rukh had been throughout that first assembly. Apparently, each query of hers was met with a breathless, incoherent reply! The primary audition left her dissatisfied. Hema urged they struggle once more – this time together with his hair gelled again and his vibrant jacket changed with a plain tee. The outcomes have been passable however simply to be doubly positive, Hema known as Dharmendra over to come back and meet the younger actor. Dharam, it’s believed, took a liking to the younger man immediately.”

Not solely this, Hema Malini’s Guru additionally talked about that she was positive that SRK will develop into an enormous star. He quoted within the guide, “When she noticed his {photograph} for the primary time she advised me that Shah Rukh is a star and he’ll change the business. Since then, I knew that one thing massive was going to occur with my film. The day he signed my movie, the identical week he had signed 4 different movies, together with Deewana, King Uncle (1993) and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa(1994).”

King Khan and Hema Malini then went on to star in Yash Chopra’s Veer-Zaara years later.

In terms of films, certainly one of Hema Malini’s greatest films stays Satte Pe Satta, reverse Amitabh Bachchan. Recalling the movie’s shoot in Kashmir, Hema Malini had shared on a TV present, “Essentially the most lovely factor about Satte Pe Satta was that I used to be anticipating Esha. This film’s shoot was in Kashmir, and at the moment Srinagar was so lovely. There was a farmhouse close to the Oberoi resort, and that’s the place we stayed. We additionally shot in Gulmarg and Pahalgam. I have to say that Kashmir is ‘Jannat’ and Kashmiri individuals are beautiful.”

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