Hema Malini on living away from Dharmendra: ‘Nobody wants to be like that. But I am not sulking'

While Dharmendra and Hema Malini are married, he never got divorced from his first wife. Hema lived with their daughters Esha and Aahna before they got married.

Hema Malini and Dharmendra have been married for a long time but they stay in different houses. In a recent interview, Hema opened up about living in a separate house from her husband and said she is happy. ()

Dharmendra and Hema Malini are seen together on special ocassions.

Hema and Dharmendra have been married since 1980 and have two daughters - Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. Before he married Hema, Dharmendra was already married and had four children.

Hema on living separately

When the interviewer from Lehren.com informed her that she is considered a feminist icon and one of the reasons is that she lived in her own house, Hema said, “Symbol of feminism? (laughs). Nobody wants to be like that, it happens. Automatically, what happens, you have to accept. Otherwise, nobody will feel like they want to live their life like this. No! Every woman wants to have a husband, children, like a normal family. But somewhere, it went out of the way."

Hema ‘not feeling bad’

Dharmendra was married to Prakash Kaur when he first met Hema. Dharmendra and Prakash had two sons -Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol - and two daughters Ajeeta and Vijeta. With Hema, he has two daughters, Esha and Ahana.

Recently, Dharamendra's grandson Karan Deol got married and Hema and her daughters Esha and Ahana skipped attending the grand wedding ceremonies. Later, the veteran actor also wrote an emotional post for his wife and daughters.