Hema Malini got married to Dharmendra when he was already married to Prakash Kaur and had four children – Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Vijeta and Ajeita. Dharmendra and Hema tied the knot in 1980 and had two daughters Esha and Ahana Deol. However, Esha did not know that her father was married to another woman, till she was in fourth standard. The ‘Dhoom’ actress had spoken about it in Hema Malini’s biography, which was titled ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’ by Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
Esha had said that when she was in class 4, a classmate asked her, “You have two moms, right?” Esha was shocked at this question and responded, “What rubbish! I have only one mother.” But she came home and told Hema about what had happened in school.That’s when Hema told her the truth. “Nowadays kids are much smarter. Imagine, we were in the fourth standard and had no idea about anything,” she said.
Esha further said she didn’t find anything wrong with it. “That was when I understood that my mother had married someone who was already married to another lady and that they also had a family. But frankly speaking, I never felt bad about it. Till today, I don’t think there is anything wrong with it. And I give full credit to my parents for not making us ever feel uncomfortable,” she said.
Hema was living alone with her daughters and Dharmendra would always be there for them, but he never stayed back most of the times. This however, didn’t seem unusual to Esha as they were just fine with having their mom. “When I was younger, I used to go to my friends’ houses where I would see both parents being around. That’s when I realized that it’s normal to have dads around too. But somehow, we were groomed in a way that it didn’t affect me much. I was very content with my mother and I loved my father,” said Esha.
Esha announced her divorce with Bharat Takhtani in February this year, after 11 years of marriage.
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