Birthday Special: Celebrating dream girl Hema Malini's 7 most memorable roles!

1. Dream Girl: This one has to be the most cherished movie title in the list. It was during the mid 70’s when Hema Malini was endowed with the title of ‘Dream girl’ by her fans. It was in 1977, that she starred in the movie with the same name opposite her husband Dharmendra. Hema ji played five different characters in this movie where she was again cast opposite her real life love, Dharmendra. Dream Girl truly does sum up the magnetic charm that Hema Malini personifies.



2. Sholay: Hema's role of Basanti in Sholay has to be one of the most memorable characters in Bollywood history. Hema Malini’s superb comic timing, her adorable conversations with her horse Dhanno and the filmi 'Naach Basanti’ dance for Gabbar. Though there were big names like Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar associated with the film, ‘Sholay’ would have been incomplete without the lovely ‘Basanti’ and her antics.



3. Seeta Geeta: Her versatility and her vivaciousness shines so bright in the film as she effortlessly plays two twin sisters with completely different personalities who swap places. One can never get enough of watching the carefree, bubbly, super fun and rather brash Geeta who’s a street performer and has a blast teaching Seeta’s evil aunt a lesson.



4. Baghban: In 2003, Hema Malini starred opposite the megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the family drama - ‘Baghban’. Hema Malini looked convincing yet pretty in the role of a mother, and her pairing with Amitabh Bachchan garnered a lot of appreciation.



5. Satte Pe Satta: This movie was about seven uncivilized and unkempt brothers living on a farm. She played the role of a nurse, Indu, who tries to humanize the crazy brothers.
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6. Lal Pathar: In this film Hema Malini very courageously took up a negative character which very few of her contemporaries would dare to attempt.



7. Andaz: After impressing the audience with her brilliant act in ‘Johny Mera Naam’, Hema Malini gave one of her finest performances in ‘Andaz’. The challenging role of a widow was carried out effortlessly by Hema. The presence of superstar Rajesh Khanna and Shammi Kapoor, didn’t overshadow her role in the film. This romantic flick gave Hema Malini the much needed exposure.




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Hema Malini turns 66, wants quiet birthday

She says she looks back at her journey with 'affection'. "I was supposed to be in my constituency Mathura. But it's impossible for me to travel right now. So this birthday is being spent with family in Mumbai, and that means Esha and her husband Bharat.

My younger daughter Ahana was supposed to join me in Mathura from Delhi where she lives. And Dharamji (Dharmendra) is in New Zealand to attend a function. So, he is not here with me this birthday," Hema said.

The actress of 'Sholay', 'Seeta Aur Geeta' and 'Dream Girl' fame, has been traveling incessantly of late.

"At the beginning of October, I was shooting for Ramesh Sippy's 'Shimla Mirch' for two days. Then on October 3, I had to rush to Kanpur for a function. The organizers were kind enough to arrange a private jet," she said.

"From Delhi, I flew straight to Mumbai in time for Karva Chauth (Oct 11). I was scheduled to be in Mathura with my constituents for my birthday. But I can't travel any more right now. I'm exhausted. I just wanted a quiet birthday," said the Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha member from Mathura.

Hema wants to thank her fans for being with her for so many years.

"I don't know what people saw in me. But I've only received love and respect from within the film industry and from my fans. I look back with a lot of affection at all the films that I've done. If you ask me to single out one film, it would have to be Gulzar saab's 'Meera'," she said.

That was the Dream Girl's dream role. "I wish Lataji had sung for me in 'Meera'. That will remain the one regret of my career. I even requested her personally. But she had her own reasons for not singing in 'Meera'," she said.

Whatever bitterness transpired at that time is now washed away. Today Hema and Lata are mutual fans.

"She gifts me the most beautiful saris. I've been wanting to gift her one. But getting the right fabric and design for Lata-ji is not easy. I've finally managed it," she said.

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Deepika Padukone gets her father to act

Deepika Padukone has shot for a print ad with the sports legend for a private bank, which will soon be flashed in the media.

A source said, “The father-daughter duo feature in a print ad for a private bank. The reserved and soft-spoken Prakash Padukone is camera shy and it took Deepika a while to make him comfortable."

Recounting Padukone senior’s humility, another source said, “I had seen him at the registrar’s office in Bandra where he completed the registration formalities for Deepika’s house but not even once did he flaunt his status. He stood there patiently till his turn came for the verification process."

The list of celebrities who have earlier shot for commercials with their respective fathers includes Sonam Kapoor and Salman Khan.

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Hema Malini to spend 66th birthday with family

"Will be in Mumbai with my family for my b'day and then go to Mathura for a few days where I will oversee preparations for the Cleanliness Drive," Hema posted on her Twitter page on Wednesday.

Popularly called Bollywood's 'dream girl', Hema is a Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok, Sabha member from Mathura.

She divides her time between Mumbai, Mathura and other cities to fulfill her personal and professional duties.

Married to 'Sholay' star Dharmendra, the actress has two daughters Esha and Ahana -who are both married and well-settled now.

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'Boyhood' inspired me to watch world cinema: Varun Dhawan

"It took 12 years for the director to make this film. I have seen the film and I loved it... This film inspired me to watch world cinema. All kinds of films help an actor to grow. I don't see any difference between commercial or art cinema -- a film is a film," Varun Dhawan told reporters before the screening of 'Boyhood' at Cinemax, Versova.

He was accompanied on Wednesday at the 16th MAMI film festival with his Badlapur director Sriram Raghavan.

'Boyhood' is directed by Richard Linklater.

Talking about the length of the film, he said: "When I was watching the film, I didn't know when it came to an end. You don't feel its lengthy. Sriram always says a film is as lengthy as it seems."

The ongoing 16th MAMI film festival which started on Tuesday will continue till 21st October.

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Coalgate: SC refuses to restrain coal companies from trading fossil fuel

“These companies were given 6 months' time and we cannot direct them not to excavate coal during the period,” stated the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court  last month scrapped the allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks to various companies since 1993 terming it as ‘fatally flawed’.

Allowing the Centre to take over operation of 42 cancelled blocks which are functional, the Apex Court gave a six month breather to the remaining blocks to wind up their operations.

The Apex Court said that the beneficiaries of the illegal process ‘must suffer’ the consequences and refused to show sympathy to private companies which submitted that Rs 2.87 lakh crores have been invested in 157 coal blocks and Rs 4 lakh crores in end-use plants.

Wednesday's order covering allocations made by various governments including Congress, NDA and UPA between 1993 and 2010 will pave the way for the Centre to put the remaining 172 blocks for auction.

A bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha said that its judgement is intended to correct the wrong done by the Centre over the years and to send a message to Government not to deal with the natural resources as if they belong to a few individuals who can fritter them away at their sweet will.

It, however, saved from the "guillotine" four allocations one each to SAIL and NTPC and two blocks to Sasan Power Limited owned by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power and also gave a six months breathing time to rest of them to wind up their operations by March 31, 2015.

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SAARC energy ministers meet in Delhi from Thursda y

"The energy ministers' meeting will be preceded by a meeting of senior officials of the SAARC on October 16.

A number of important issues related  to energy in the member countries would dominate the discussions," said the statement from India's Power Ministry.

Besides host country India, energy ministers and senior officials from the South Asian  Association for Regional Cooperation member countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives,  Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - will take part in the two-day meet.

The meeting agenda includes a review of implementation status of decisions of the fourth meeting of SAARC energy ministers held in Dhaka in September 2011, and consideration of the report of the senior officials' meeting scheduled on Thursday.

SAARC was created in 1985 with its secretariat in Kathmandu. Regional cooperation in the energy sector began in January 2000 with the setting up of a SAARC Technical Committee on Energy.

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