Dharmendra and Hema Malini
Veteran actor Dharmendra died on November 24, 2025. Following his death, his first wife, Prakash Kaur, and their children, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Ajeita Deol, and Vijeta Deol, organised a prayer meet in Mumbai. Notably, his second wife, Hema Malini and her daughters, Esha and Ahana Deol, were not only absent from the prayer meet, but they hosted a separate prayer meeting on the same day. This sparked speculation of a rift between the two families. Now, Hema Malini has reacted to rumours of a rift between the two families and also broke her silence about the separate prayer meets.
During a recent conversation with Times Of India, Hema Malini addressed the issue of hosting separate prayer meets and said, "Yeh humare ghar ka personal mamla hai. We talked to each other. I kept one prayer meeting at my home because my group of people are different. Then, I kept one in Delhi because I am in politics, and it was important for me to keep a prayer meeting there for my friends from that field. Mathura is my constituency, and the people there are mad about him. So, I kept a prayer meeting there as well. I am happy with what I did."
In the same interview, Hema Malini also addressed rumours of a rift with Prakash Kaur, Sunny and Bobby Deol. When asked whether Dharmendra's Lonavala farmhouse would be turned into a museum for his fans, she replied, "Everything is happening in a nice way. So there's no need to worry ki yeh do alag families hai, pata nahi kya hoga. Kisiko itni fikr karne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Hum log ekdum achche hai. (So there's no need to worry that these are two separate families or wonder what might happen. No one needs to be so concerned. We are all perfectly fine)."
During the interview, Hema Malini also recalled Dharmendra's final days, sharing, "It was an inconsolable shock. It has been terrible because for a month, we were struggling when he was not well. We were all there, I, Esha, Ahana, Sunny, Bobby, all together. In the past, there had been instances when he went to the hospital and came back home fine. We thought iss baar bhi aa jayenge. He was talking to us nicely. On my birthday (October 16), he even wished me. His birthday was coming up on December 8, when he was turning 90, and we were thinking of celebrating it nicely. The preparations were on, and then suddenly, he was not there. To personally see him sink was very difficult. Nobody should have to go through this kind of situation."
