Dharmendra and Hema Malini got married in 1980. The veteran superstar was already married to Prakash Kaur and a father to four children, including Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, when he fell in love and married Bollywood's 'Dream Girl'. Dharmendra and Hema Malini's love story not only remains one of the film industry's most discussed but also the most complicated love stories.

Did Dharmendra and Hema Malini adopt Muslim names to get married?

Dharmendra is a Hindu, and so, when he married Hema Malini in 1980, many speculated that the couple converted to Islam to tie the knot. Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s biography Hema Malini: Beyond The Dream Girl further mentions that both Dharmendra and Hema Malini changed their names to Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishn and Ayesha Bi R. Chakraborty, respectively, and

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