New Delhi. It is known that when Bollywood’s own-man Dharmendra married his on-screen girlfriend Hema Malini in real life, he was already married and had four children. Dharmendra married his first wife Prakash when he lived in Punjab and did not come to Mumbai to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor. When he came to Mumbai, his son Ajay alias Sunny was born. But, after four children – sons Sunny and Bobby, and daughters Ajita and Vijayata, Dharmendra married again but did not divorce his first wife. For years, there has been a lot of speculation about the relationship between the two Deol families of Dharmendra with Prakash and Hema, but even after a million differences, they all think well for each other behind the closed doors.
In the biography ‘Dharmendra: Not Just a Hee-Man’ written by Rajiv Vijaykar, the writer referred to meeting Dharmendra’s first wife Prakash Kaur and wrote, ‘She is a woman who is beautiful as well as more satisfactory. However, this meeting was only a few minutes. He told him, ‘She was such an extraordinary housewife who always supported Dharmendra in the progress’.
Prakash Kaur was looking for a good groom for Isha
Prakash Kaur used to care about not only her four children but also the children of her husband i.e. Hema. Not only this, before Isha Deol’s marriage to Bharat Takhtani in 2012, Prakash Kaur was looking for a relationship for her step daughter. Referring to the book, Rajiv Vijaykar wrote, ‘Though we may feel a bit strange, but it is absolutely true that Dharmendra once told me,’ Prakash is looking for a good groom for Isha (Deol). ‘
Dharam Paji had pulled Laxman Rekha
In the same book, the author also gave an example of veteran journalist Bharti S. Pradhan, when she saw Prakash at the airport, but when she proceeded to talk to her, she ‘disappeared’. Bharti told about this in detail, ‘Dharam was very simple and sociable, but still there was a small Lakshman Rekha. We could not get closer to his wife or daughters. We have never crossed the boundaries, we always followed those restrictions’.
Airport when Prakash Kaur collided
He further told, ‘Once I saw him sitting at the airport and when I smiled, he also smiled. When I came back, Prakash disappeared, then Dharmendra said, ‘Oh, she was very cautious because you were there.’
Prakash Kaur loves Hema’s children.
The tradition was not involved in marriage
Let us tell you that Isha married India in 2012. This marriage was good for 12 years, but after having two daughters, both of them got rift and both got divorced. However, Prakash offered to find a groom for Isha. However, this could not be possible for some reason. No member of Prakash’s family attended the wedding at Isha’s wedding. So much that in 2023 Sunny Deol’s son Karan Deol’s wedding, Hema and her daughters were not present. Because this has been the tradition of the family of Dharam Paji’s house.
When Isha Deol reached the step mother’s house
Isha had earlier admitted that she had met Prakash only once when she had to go to her house to meet her uncle, Dharmendra’s brother, as he was very ill. The actress had told that I touched her feet and she left me and left me. He shared this story in ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’. In the same book, he shared that when I was in fourth grade, I came to know that the person I got married by my mother is already married. He also has another family. But to be honest, I never felt bad. Till date, I do not think anything is wrong in this and I give full credit to my parents that they never let us feel uncomfortable.
Hema Malini respects Prakash Kaur
Talking about Prakash, Hema has mentioned in her book. He told that he never met Prakash Kaur. But she respects them very much. Even his daughters respect Dharam ji’s family. The world wants to know in detail about my life, but it is not a matter of knowing for others.
