Dharmendra

Dharmendra is considered as the living legend of the Bollywood industry. His first marriage was to Prakash Kaur at the age of 19 in 1954. His second marriage was to the Bollywood actress Hema Malini. It is said that Dharmendra and Hema fell in love on the sets of Sholay. From his first marriage he has two daughters who are settled in California and two sons who are also successful actors: Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. From his second wife Hema Malini whom he married on 2nd May 1980, he has two daughters, Esha Deol, and Ahana Deol.

Dharmendra has starred in a large number of hit films in Bollywood. He was first signed by Arjun Hingorani for the film 'Dil Bhi Tera, Hum Bhi Tere' (1960). His first major hit film was Phool Aur Patthar.

Dharmendra has also experimented with film production. He launched both of his sons in films, Sunny Deol in Betaab (1983) and Bobby Deol in Barsaat (1995) as well as his nephew Abhay Deol in Socha Na Tha (2005). He has also done films in his native tongue of Punjabi starring in 'Do Sher' (1974), 'Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam' (1974), 'Teri Meri Ik Jindri' (1975), 'Putt Jattan De' (1982) and 'Qurbani Jatt Di' (1990).