Hema Malini turns 64 today! On her birthday, we take you through her journey so far...
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Hema Malini R Chakravarthy was born on October 15, 1948 in Ammankudi, Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu
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During her childhood years, she showed no interest in academics, barring history, which was her favourite subject
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She made her Bollywood debut in 1968 with 'Sapno Ka Saudagar'. The film also starred Raj Kapoor and Tanuja.
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Right from her first film, she was promoted as the dream girl, a tag that has remained with her ever since. She starred in the movie of the same name in 1977 with Dharmendra.
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The dream girl of the film industry had a lot of actors swooning after her. Reportedly, Sanjeev Kumar and Jeetendra were amongst a lot of other people who had proposed to Hema but she refused.
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Hema fell in love with actor Dharmendra and the two converted to Islam to get married as Dharmendra's first wife, Prakash Kaur refused to divorce him. Hema and Dharmendra have two daughters together, Esha Deol (she recently got married to businessman Bharat Takhtani) and Ahana Deol.
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She is best remembered for her roles in movies like 'Sholay', 'Seeta Aur Geeta' and most recently 'Baghban'.
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Hema Malini was elected to the Rajya Sabha, with the support of Bhartiya Janta Party, which she joined in 2004 and stepped into active politics.
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Hema Malini is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. Even at this age she performs at various events across the country.
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She has also served as the chairperson of National Film Development Corporation.
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The Indian government honoured her with a Padma Shri in the year 2000.
