When Hema Malini Said She 'Expected' More Time With Dharmendra: 'He Has Many Problems...'
Hema Malini once opened up about her marriage with Dharmendra, motherhood and the regrets she carries.
Hema Malini and Dharmendra's marriage was one of Bollywood's most talked-about romances, beginning on the sets of Tum Haseen Main Jawan. Despite Dharmendra already being married to Prakash Kaur, their love story captured hearts across the nation.
In a 2018 interview with National Herald, Hema Malini opened up about her personal life and shared candid reflections. When asked if she felt happy, she said, 'I wouldn't say everything is perfect. One doesn't always get what one wants in life. When one is younger one dreams of a perfect life, which doesn't exist. I didn't get everything that I wanted. But I never gave myself the opportunity to miss all the things that I didn't have. I had my two daughters. The last 30 years of my life just sped by with them. Taking them to school, looking at their homework, doing their hair and managing their tantrums I relived my own childhood. Now when they're grown up I suddenly look back and I feel, arrey, I missed out on something!"
On what she missed the most, Hema ji revealed, 'Maybe I expected more of my husband's company. I thought we'll be together more often. I never felt that absence until now. When I married I thought we'd come to an arrangement that would suit all of us. Lekin nahin hua. But it's okay. I accept the situation. I got my daughters. He has many problems to look after. As a human being I'm bound to have regrets….But he loves me like mad. When I think of his feelings for me everything seems worth it, even his physical absence."
Hema Malini once opened up about her unconventional marriage with Dharmendra in a 2023 interview with Lehren Retro. She had said, 'Nobody wants to be like that; it happens. Automatically, what happens, you have to accept. Otherwise nobody will feel like they want to live their life like this. Every woman wants to have a husband, children, like a normal family. But somewhere, it went out of the way… I am not feeling bad about it, or sulking about it. I am happy with myself. I have my two children, and I have brought them up very well," she said in the interview.
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