By Baiju NT [ October 16, 2008 ]
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Hema Malini celebrates birthday

Hema Malini, one of the most successful female film stars in the history of Bollywood, celebrates her birthday today (October 16). She was born in Chennai in 1948. We wish happy birthday and all the best to Hema Malini, a beautiful phenomenon of Indian cinema.

Hema Malini, a trained Bharat Natyam dancer and choreographer, made her debut in films with Raj Kapoor’s Sapnon Ka Saudagar in 1968. After a few average films, she got to fame with Johnny Mera Naam in 1970, starring the evergreen Dev Anand in the lead. However, it was with Seeta Aur Geeta in 1972, she established herself as queen of box-office. For Seeta Aur Geeta, she also won the Best Actress Award in the same year.

Hema starred in many movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s and is perhaps best remembered for her glamour, style, and accomplished classical dancing. She formed a hit pair with Dharmendra, and the duo performed a number of hit movies like Sholay, Charas, Aas Paas, Jugnu, Seeta Aur Geeta and The Burning Train. She also achieved some strong dramatic, comic moments in films like Trishul, Joshila, Lal Patthar, Meera, Satte Pe Satta and so on.

After taking a back seat from films for a number of years in the 1990s and early 2000s, Hema has recently made a comeback of sorts. She co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in the successful film Baghban (2003), and played a cameo role (also opposite Bachchan) in the 2004 blockbuster Veer-Zaara.

Notably, Hema Malini still remains one of the most popular and most loved female stars of Hindi cinema. Hema Malini will soon appear in Tamil veteran Kamal Haasan’s next movie Marmayogi. Hema Malini signed on the dotted line to play a special character in this film.