Veteran actress and politician Hema Malini turned emotional while remembering her late husband and Bollywood icon Dharmendra after receiving the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award on his behalf. Sharing a series of emotional moments from the ceremony, she penned an emotional note revealing how she felt Dharmendra’s warm presence beside her throughout the ceremony.

Hema Malini gets emotional after Padma Awards ceremony

The doting wife of the legendary superstar expressed that it felt as though Dharmendra himself was “holding her hand and guiding her towards the dais” where the honour awaited him. She wrote, “An euphoric moment! A moment when I actually felt my husband Dharam ji’s warm presence, holding my hand and guiding me to the dais where his Padma Vibhushan award awaited him.”