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The Story of Hema Malini and Dharmendra Who Converted to Islam in Order to Practice Polygamy, Now Living Separately

The Story of Hema Malini and Dharmendra Who Converted to Islam in Order to Practice Polygamy, Now Living Separately

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The Story of Hema Malini and Dharmendra Who Converted to Islam in Order to Practice Polygamy, Now Living Separately

The love story of actress Hema Malini and actor Dharmendra is one of the legends in Bollywood. They met when Dharmendra was already married and had a child, but they still wanted to get married.

Originally, Hema and Dharmendra were Hindus. However, in Hinduism, marrying two women is not allowed, and Dharmendra did not want to divorce his first wife. Here is the continuation of their story...

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Before meeting Hema, Dharmendra was already married to a woman named Prakash Kaur. From that marriage, this senior Bollywood actor has 4 children.

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Dharmendra's meeting with Hema changed everything. They fell in love with each other and didn't want to separate, so Dharmendra asked Hema to convert to Islam in order to practice polygamy.

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Finally, Hema and Dharmendra got married officially following Islamic traditions in 1980. However, they did not live together. Hema decided to live separately from Dharmendra and Prakash.

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Hema's decision to live separately from Dharmendra was once referred to as a symbol of feminism by the Indian public. However, Hema rejected being called that. "It's not a symbol of feminism. No one wants to live like this. But this is just how it happened," said Hema as quoted from NDTV.com.

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"All women want to have a perfect family. Having a husband and children living in the same house, like any other normal family. But some women cannot experience it," said the actress who is now a politician.

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Although they live separately, Hema's relationship with Dharmendra remains good. They are still affectionate even though they don't live in the same house and only meet occasionally. Hema doesn't feel sad even though she has to live like this now.

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Although Hema has a good relationship with Dharmendra, she is not on good terms with the actor's first wife. Hema is also not on good terms with Dharmendra's children from his first wife. When one of Dharmendra's children got married recently, Hema and her child did not attend.

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"Even though I live alone, only with my children, Dharmendra is always there. He is always there for us, every moment," said Hema.