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Hema Malini

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Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director, producer and politician, born on 16 October 1948, who became one of the most popular leading actresses of mainstream Hindi cinema. She debuted in 1963 in the Tamil film Idhu Sathiyam, took her first lead in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), and was promoted as the Dream Girl, the title of a 1977 film in which she starred. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her dual role in the comedy Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and a Filmfare Special Award in 2019. Beyond acting and directing she has chaired the National Film Development Corporation, received the Padma Shri in 2000 and sits in the Lok Sabha for Mathura.

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Filmfare Award 1
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1948 1
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is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician
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1. Hema Malini (Wikipedia)
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    born 16 October 1948
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    won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her dual role
  • Lead, first paragraph [nationality]
    is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, first paragraph
    Primarily known for her work in Hindi films
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