When Dharmendra broke Hema Malini and Jeetendra’s wedding

Bollywood is full of gossips, love affair, secret marriages. Everyone knows about the love affair and the perfect marriage between Hema Malini and Dharmendra. But very few know that Hema was almost married to Jeetendra.

Recently a biography of Hema Malini Beyond The Dream Girl written by Ram Kamal Mukherjee was released. The book gave up some shocking revelation and even tells us how Dharmendra broke off Hema Malini and Jeetendra’s wedding.

Hema was deeply in love with Dharmendra but Hema’s mother Jaya was not so happy with the relationship as Dharmendra was already married and even had two sons. Hence Jaya wanted Hema to get married fast as she thought this would make things back to normal.

At the same time, Hema and Jeetendra were working in two films Dulhan (1974) and Khushboo (1975). The two had got famous. Jeetendra had a soft corner for Hema. But Hema showed no interest and the settled to becoming good friends. Jaya wanted Hema to meet Jeetendra’s parents their parents decided them to get married.

“Hema, Jeetendra and their families had flown to Madras and the wedding was supposed to happen there. But an evening daily got a whiff of the sensational news and their next issue carried the ‘big story’. It left much of the industry in a state of disbelief but more importantly, it gave Dharmendra a jolt he was clearly unprepared for. Recovering his wits quickly, he rushed to Shobha Sippy’s house – then Jeetendra’s air hostess girlfriend – and the two took the next flight to Madras to take matters into their hands.

“When they reached Hema’s house in Madras, the scene, ironically, was no less dramatic than a blockbuster. Hema’s father couldn’t contain his rage and almost physically pushed Dharmendra out of the house. ‘Why don’t you get out of my daughter’s life? You are a married man, you can’t marry my daughter,’ he repeatedly yelled. But a pleading, helplessly sentimental and slightly inebriated Dharam could not be budged. Finally, they agreed to let him talk to Hema alone in a room, while everybody else – Hema’s parents, Jeetendra’s parents and the registrar of the marriage bureau – waited outside on tenterhooks.

After coming out of the room Hema she said that she didn’t want to get married. This whole incident left Jeetendra very angry and he stormed out of the house with his parents.

The biography will release today.

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