Throwback: Hema Malini in an interview said Dharmendra is a traditional father when it comes to daughters Esha and Ahana,

Throwback: Hema Malini in an interview said Dharmendra is a traditional father when it comes to daughters Esha and Ahana,

Anecdotes on enduring Bollywood celebrities, such as Dharmendra and Hema Malini, are always lauded.

In an interview with Simi Garewal for her popular show ‘Rendezvous’ Hema Malini once talked on how traditional Dharmendra was at heart, notwithstanding being a major star in Bollywood. She revealed how Dharmendra preferred the women in his life to dress, including his daughters.

Dharmendra is a traditional father when it comes to daughters Esha and Ahana, revealed Hema Malini

Elaborating, Hema said that her Dharam ji was very protective and always preferred traditional Indian clothes rather than western outfits.
That applied to Hema Malini surely, for one always sees her in traditional and elegant sarees. It seems that the unwritten code also applied to the couple’s daughters, Esha and Ahana.

Hema further added amid the interview that the superstar father would prefer to see his daughters don a salwar-kameez when he was with them. So, whenever the girls came to know that Dad was going to be home, they would shed their jeans and shorts and wear ethnic wear.Hema clarified that it wasn’t as if he had anything against western clothes like jeans and skirts. It is just that he was very traditional and liked to see his girls in a salwar-kameez.

The girls were present at the interview too and joined in with more details. For instance, when Esha decided to act in films, she had to seek Dad Dharmendra’s consent.

Everyone knew that Dharmendra would much rather see his daughters at home, not in films. But as the saying goes, one has to change with the times, and that’s exactly what Dharmendra had to do.

News input KV Raman