When Hema Malini said Dharmendra’s dad was very fond of her, would come to her home and arm-wrestle her father: ‘He would say…’ – The Indian Express
Hema Malini and Dharmendra bought married in 1980 however on the time, he was already married to Prakash Kaur they usually had 4 children collectively – Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Ajeeta Deol and Vijayta Deol. So, the wedding between Hema and Dharmendra was a low-key affair. Hema’s biography, Hema Malini: Past the Dream Lady by Ram Kamal Mukherjee, mentions that this was a conventional Tamil marriage ceremony that was held at her brother’s home.
Within the e book, Hema recalled that her father-in-law, Dharmendra’s father Kewal Kishan Singh Deol, was very keen on her and her household and would typically go to her father and brother. She recalled, “He would drop by and meet my father or brother for chai (tea). As a substitute of shaking palms he would arm-wrestle them, and after defeating them he would jokingly say, ‘Tum log ghee-makkhan-lassi khao, idli aur sambhar se taqat nahi aati’ (You guys ought to eat ghee, butter and lassi. Idli and sambhar gained’t offer you power).”
She additional recalled, “My father would be a part of within the laughter. He (Dharmendra’s father) was a really jovial particular person.”
Hema has beforehand spoken about how her father VS Ramanujam Chakravarthy was not in favour of her and Dharmendra’s relationship. Whereas capturing for the movie Charas in Malta, her father and the 2 actors have been presupposed to journey in the identical automotive to the situation. Her father would make it a degree to sit down in the midst of Dharmendra and Hema. In an look on Rajat Sharma’s Aap Ki Adalat, Hema recalled that her father wasn’t supportive of the connection as a result of Dharmendra was already married.
Kewal Kishan Singh Deol was a college instructor in Punjab earlier than he moved to Mumbai to stay along with his son who, by then, had develop into a film star. Kewal wasn’t very supportive of Dharmendra’s choice to be within the films within the early days however was very proud when his son made it massive.
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