Apart from Dharmendra, Hema Malini also shared amazing chemistry with Dev Anand on screen. The duo acted in several films together including Tere Mere Sapne, Joshila, Shareef Budmaash, Chhupa Rustam, and Amir Garib in the early 1970s. But the movie that started it all was the crime thriller Johny Mera Naam, in which Hema and Dev were paired on-screen for the first time. The 1970 release had a popular soundtrack by Kalyanji-Anandji and its songs Pal Bhar Ke Liye and O Mere Raja are still admired by music aficionados.

While speaking at an event celebrating Dev Anand's 100th birth anniversary in Jaipur in September 2023, Hema Malini recalled how the shooting of O Mera Raja became embarrassing for her. She shared that they were shooting near Nalanda in Bihar and were supposed to sit in a sky

See Full Page