Bollywood’s dream girl Hema Malini has once again come into discussion about her personal life. Her love story with Dharmendra has been one of the most popular stories of Bollywood. However, before Dharmendra, Hema Malini wanted to marry another actor. But due to a condition of the actor, their relationship broke and they separated forever.

Sanjeev wanted to marry Hema Malini

According to many reports and biographer Hanif Zaveri, Hema Malini and actor Sanjeev Kumar came close to each other during the film ‘Sita Aur Geeta’. Both of them liked each other very much and were serious about this relationship. Even Sanjeev Kumar wanted to marry her. Even at the time of ‘Sholay’, Sanjeev was hopeful of marrying her and had also talked to her family.

This condition was placed before marriage

However, Sanjeev wanted Hema Malini to stop working in films after marriage and take care of the house. But at that time Hema Malini was at the peak of her career in the industry and she did not want to leave acting. He did not accept these conditions, due to which their relationship broke. After the breakup of their marriage, their professional life was greatly affected and Sanjeev Kumar was very heartbroken. Even in films, he distanced himself from shooting with Hema Malini.

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Hema Malini called Sanjeev ‘male chauvinistic’

In an old interview, Hema Malini talked about Sanjeev Kumar and described him as ‘male chauvinistic’, which means male-dominated thinking. Shortly after breaking up with Sanjeev, Hema Malini married Dharmendra in 1980, which remained in the news. At that time Dharmendra was already married to Prakash Kaur and had 4 children. After marriage, Dharmendra also refused to work in the same frame with Sanjeev.

Sanjeev died at 47

After the breakdown of his marriage, Sanjeev never married and remained alone. He died in 1985 at the age of only 47, which was a big loss for the industry. Sanjeev had worked in many memorable films in his career and he is remembered even today. On the other hand, Hema Malini and Dharmendra were also one of the favorite couples of Bollywood. However, on November 2025, at the age of 89, Dharmendra also said goodbye to this world.

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