Hema Malini is a popular Indian actress. However, in our country, she is especially known for her role as twin sisters Zita and Gita in the film of the same name. I wonder how the actress looks today?
Indian cinema is an excellent antidepressant. It’s funny, nostalgic, and incredible (in every sense of the word). Many films we know practically by heart. Take the melodrama Seeta and Gita (Seeta Aur Geeta): the film was released more than exactly 50 years ago – in 1972, but many still watch it with pleasure.
Zita and Gita
Hema Malini (real name Hemamalini Ramanujam Chakravarty) played the main role of twin sisters Zita and Gita, who were separated in early childhood. At the time of filming, the Indian beauty was only 23 years old.
Hema actively starred until the 2000s, after which, together with her husband, she switched to politics, only occasionally returning to the cinema. In 2011, she made her film, but it failed at the box office.
Today, Malini is 73 years old, but she still looks great. We would even say envy. In my personal life and career, too, everything is fine. Together with her husband Dharam Singh, they raised two daughters and made a fortune – about $ 850 million.
Interesting facts from the life of the star of “Zita and Gita” Hema Malini
- In India, the vast majority of girls get married before the age of 20 (or even strictly at 18). However, in the case of Hema, her parents went to meet her and, despite the fact that the groom was chosen by themselves, they agreed to wait until their daughter graduated from an acting university. At 21, she completed her studies and her Bollywood career took off.
- The age of actresses in India is short-lived. Usually, girls are removed until the age of 27, enjoying roles in romantic melodramas. Then in Bollywood, you become one of the aunts and mothers, and there are always a lot of candidates for these characters. In many ways, this is also why in the noughties Malini switched to another field of activity.
- Dancing is Hema’s great passion, which gave her an advantage, and added personality. In her films, the actress always performed complex dance numbers, which made her stand out from other artists.
