Overview
- Hema Malini, citing her biography, says she decided to live apart from Dharmendra to maintain peace and dignity and rejects the notion that she felt lonely.
- News reports again cite a purported 1979 Nikahnama and say the couple converted to Islam, taking the names Dilawar Khan and Aisha Bi R. Chakravarty, though no new documentation is presented.
- Accounts add that the pair followed the private Nikah with a traditional Iyengar ceremony to honor Hema Malini’s roots.
- News18 relays an oft-told Sholay anecdote that Dharmendra paid crew members to force retakes so he could spend more time with Hema Malini.
- The coverage recaps their blended family, noting Dharmendra’s four children with Prakash Kaur and two daughters with Hema Malini, and their long on-screen partnership across dozens of films.