Overview
- Hema Malini’s biography is foregrounded again, noting she chose not to live with Dharmendra to preserve peace and dignity for both families.
- Esha Deol’s recollection resurfaces of first meeting Prakash Kaur at age 30 during a family health crisis, saying she sought blessings and left respectfully.
- Outlets reprise long-circulating reports that Dharmendra converted to Islam and married Hema in a private nikah followed by an Iyengar ceremony, while offering no new independent documentation.
- Prakash Kaur’s rare 1981 interview is re-quoted, where she defended Dharmendra as a father and addressed public judgment with composure.
- Anecdotes from film sets, including the oft-told claim that Dharmendra paid crew to prolong Sholay takes with Hema, are presented as industry lore.