When Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar clashed over Hema Malini
When Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar clashed over Hema Malini
Bollywood, the Mecca of Hindi films in Mumbai has always been full of legendary rivalries, but few were as dramatic as the one amid Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar. Their clash wasn’t just about box office success or star power it slipped into their personal lives too, creating moments that left scars.
In the early 1970s, when Sanjeev Kumar was dreaming of a future with Hema Malini, a single stunt by Rajesh Khanna at a public event turned everything upside down.
In An Actor’s Actor; The Authorised Biography of Sanjeev Kumar by Hanif Zaveri and Sumant Batra, the authors shared an incident that added fuel to the fire. Sanjeev was called with Hema, and Rajesh was called with Sharmila Tagore, as they were shooting together.
Sanjeev, whose bond with Hema was already fragile, did not know Rajesh Khanna would be there.
In the years that followed, Hema Malini moved on and married Dharmendra in 1980, while Sanjeev continued with his career.
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