DHARMENDRA & HEMA MALINI A Love Story Straight Out of Movies

When Ramesh Sippy narrated the script of ‘Sholay’ to Dharmendra, the actor actually had his eyes on Thakur Baldev Singh's (Sanjeev Kumar) role? He was even open to playing Gabbar Singh's part.

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But once the director told him that only Veeru would get to romance Basanti, Dharmendra instantly said yes and the rest is history. “I told Dharmendra that only Veeru and no one else will get to romance Basanti (Hema Malini) in the film. It didn’t take seconds for him to say yes to the role,” Sippy had said during his recent visit to the Kolkata International Film Festival. Reportedly during the shooting of ‘Sholay’, Dharmendra used to pay a spot boy to disturb his shots with Hema 20 times so that she had to hug him 20 times due to retakes. Some love stories feel like they're made for the big screen and then there’s Dharmendra and Hema Malini. It had everything: glamour, controversy, passion and a bond that refused to fade, no matter what the